Left Side of the Aisle #251

Left Side of the Aisle
for the weeks of June 23 - July 6, 2016

This week:

A tale of two assaults
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2016/04/09/former-vanderbilt-football-player-found-guilty-of-raping-a-student-who-had-blacked-out/
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/king-brock-turner-cory-batey-show-race-affects-sentencing-article-1.2664945
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/king-rapist-brock-turner-judge-embody-worst-america-article-1.2662841
http://www.metrolyrics.com/sex-kills-lyrics-joni-mitchell.html

Footnote: pushback
http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/juror-in-brock-turner-case-tells-judge-shame-on-you-w210048
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/jurors-refuse-serve-judge-sentenced-stanford-rapist-article-1.2667764
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/jun/14/aaron-persky-brock-turner-trial-judge-removed-new-/
https://www.change.org/p/california-state-house-recall-judge-aaron-persky

Good News: net neutrality wins
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2016/06/14/the-fcc-just-won-a-sweeping-victory-on-net-neutrality-in-federal-court/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2016/06/15/the-net-neutrality-court-decision-in-plain-english/?wpisrc=nl_p1most-partner-1&wpmm=1
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-internet-idUSKCN0Z01RR
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2014/01/1426-net-neutrality-neutralized.html

Good News: guns controls upheld
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/supreme-court-again-refuses-to-consider-weapons-bans/2016/06/20/d108abf6-34b7-11e6-8758-d58e76e11b12_story.html
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2016/06/20/supreme-court-guns-assault-weapons-connecticut-new-york/86133004/

Good News: no increase in youth pot-smoking in Colorado
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/06/21/colorado-survey-shows-what-marijuana-legalization-will-do-to-your-kids/?wpisrc=nl_p1most-partner-1&wpmm=1

Good News: young Americans souring on capitalism
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/04/26/a-majority-of-millennials-now-reject-capitalism-poll-shows/
https://foreignpolicy.com/2016/06/16/why-young-americans-are-giving-up-on-capitalism/

GMTA on demonizing the poor
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2015/10/2237-states-continue-to-demonize-poor.html - cut assistance
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2016/03/2425-drug-war-used-to-demonize-poor.html - less likely
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2015/10/2248-only-poor-face-drug-tests-to.html
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/jun/16/gwen-moore-drug-test-rich-for-tax-deductions?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/gwen-moore-drug-test-the-one-percent
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/may/19/too-many-laws-treat-the-poor-like-children-who-cannot-be-trusted

A bit on Brexit
http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2016/06/uk-brexit-guide/482730/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAgKHSNqxa8
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/eu-referendum-live-latest-poll-news-brexit-results-leave-remain-when-date-vote-odds-uk-britain-a7094741.html
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-dirty-secret-about-the-brexit-vote-its-all-a-sham-2016-06-21
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-brexit-idUSKCN0Z713G

UN: 65 million displaced persons
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/06/20/482762237/refugees-displaced-people-surpass-60-million-for-first-time-unhcr-says
http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/20/world/unhcr-displaced-peoples-report/
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=54267#.V2pN4jWE2d9
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/syrian-refugee-resettlement-security-screening_us_5702589de4b0daf53af00458

One word on Senate gun votes
http://time.com/4375965/hillary-clinton-orlando-shooting-senate-gun-control-vote/?xid=tcoshare