Left Side of the Aisle #254

Left Side of the Aisle
for the weeks of July 21 - August 3, 2015

This week:

Good News: win for voting rights in Wisconsin
http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/judge-issues-injunction-allows-voters-without-ids-to-cast-ballots-b99764677z1-387501461.html
http://www.politicspa.com/turzai-voter-id-law-means-romney-can-win-pa/37153/
https://www.thenation.com/
https://www.thenation.com/article/a-big-victory-for-voting-rights-in-wisconsin/
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/todd-allbaugh-voter-id-wisconsin-gop
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2015/04/1985-voter-suppression-is-right-wing.html

Outrage of the Week: Supreme Court legitimizes corruption
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/06/supreme-court-overturns-bob-mcdonnells-corruption-convictions-224833
http://www.npr.org/2016/06/27/483749525/supreme-court-overturns-former-virginia-gov-bob-mcdonnells-conviction
https://www.yahoo.com/news/jersey-sen-bob-menendez-indicted-corruption-charges-195317722--politics.html?ref=gs
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/07/18/latest-ex-utah-official-gratified-by-charges-decision.html
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Anatole_France
http://www.citizensforethics.org/
http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/27/politics/bob-mcdonnell-supreme-court/index.html

Protesters plan "Fart-In" during Democratic convention
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/sanders-fans-plan-dnc-fart-protest-clinton-nomination-n611596
http://www.aol.com/article/2016/07/24/democratic-party-head-resigns-amid-email-furor-on-eve-of-convent/21438028/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/wikileaks-dnc-bernie-sanders_us_579381fbe4b02d5d5ed1d157
http://economichumanrights.org/
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/8/13/766336/-

Clown Award: Rep. Steve King
http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/7/18/1549495/-Iowa-Congressman-asks-what-sub-groups-have-contributed-more-to-civilization-than-white-people
http://www.aol.com/article/2016/07/18/gop-congressman-says-non-white-sub-groups-have-contributed-les/21434394/?icid=maing-grid7|main5|dl22|sec1_lnk2&pLid=1686787329_htmlws-main-bb
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/07/19/rep-king-takes-heat-for-questioning-contribution-non-whites-in-society.html
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/what-steve-king-considers-racist-and-divisive
http://www.girlsaskguys.com/other/q1421386-why-is-it-that-the-majority-of-inventions-are-by-whites-caucasians

The world in numbers
 http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/20/europe/turkey-failed-coup-attempt/index.html
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2016/07/18/erdogans-appeal-to-islamists-in-wake-failed-coup-spurs-fears-for-turkeys-future.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/british-parliament-set-to-renew-nuclear-weapons-program-for-three-more-decades/2016/07/18/5892583e-4c5e-11e6-bf27-405106836f96_story.html
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-36820416
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/trident-vote-nuclear-weapons-theresa-may-a7142726.html
http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/18/world/oxfam-richest-countries-refugees/
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jul/18/refugees-us-china-japan-germany-france-uk-host-9-per-cent
http://www.unhcr.org/statistics/unhcrstats/576408cd7/unhcr-global-trends-2015.html
http://www.unhcr.org/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/07/13/one-striking-chart-shows-why-pharma-companies-are-fighting-legal-marijuana/?wpisrc=nl_p1wemost-partner-1&wpmm=1
http://content.healthaffairs.org/content/35/7/1230
http://www.webmd.com/pain-management/pain-management-spasticity
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/more-than-6-in-10-adults-say-us-race-relations-are-generally-bad-poll-indicates/2016/07/16/66548936-4aa8-11e6-90a8-fb84201e0645_story.html?wpisrc=nl_headlines&wpmm=1
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2016/07/18/3797907/solar-energy-miracle-charts/
http://www.bloomberg.com/company/new-energy-outlook/#findings