Left Side of the Aisle #255

Left Side of the Aisle
for the week of August 4 -10, 2016

This week:
Good News: NBA pulls All-Star game from North Carolina
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2016/05/2471-some-items-on-lgbtq-rights.html
http://www.metroweekly.com /2016/08/mccrory-north-carolina-verbal-agreement-nba-amending-hb-2/
http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/7/21/1550657/-The-NBA-All-Star-Game-is-out-of-North-Carolina

Good News: Five court victories for voting rights
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2016/07/2541-good-news-win-for-voting-rights-in.html
http://www.wsj.com/articles/federal-court-orders-texas-to-change-voter-id-law-before-november-1469042781
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/30/us/federal-appeals-court-strikes-down-north-carolina-voter-id-provision.html
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/north-carolina-voting-law-fourth-circuit-ruling
http://www.theatlantic.com/news/archive/2016/08/wisconsin-voting-ruling/493766/
http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politics-government/article92732812.html#0
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2016/0730/Voter-ID-movement-stumbles-in-courts-as-judges-ID-racism
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2013/06/left-side-of-aisle-114-part-3.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2014/07/09/7-papers-4-government-inquiries-2-news-investigations-and-1-court-ruling-proving-voter-fraud-is-mostly-a-myth/?tid=a_inl
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2014/10/1776-voter-id-is-back-in-news-they-are.html
http://www.care2.com/causes/do-voter-id-laws-really-prevent-election-fraud.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2014/10/09/gao-voter-id-laws-in-kansas-and-tennessee-dropped-2012-turnout-by-over-100000-votes/
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2016/02/2386-new-study-shows-impact-of-voter-id.html

Footnote: Sam Brownback is a big loser
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/8/2/1556083/-Kansas-Primary-Election-Sends-Brownback-Supporters-Down-In-Flames

US militarism, Hiroshima to Libya
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2015/08/2156-70th-anniversary-of-bombings-of.html
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-libya-security-idUSKCN10C2NF?feedType=RSS&feedName=newsOne&google_editors_picks=true
http://www.salon.com/2016/08/01/obama_clinton_and_a_permanent_state_of_war_the_never_ending_bloodshed_that_one_wants_to_talk_about/?google_editors_picks=true

Outrage of the Week: Chelsea Manning faces charges for attempting suicide
https://www.aclu.org/
https://www.aclu.org/news/chelsea-manning-faces-new-charges-indefinite-solitary-confinement-related-suicide-attempt
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/chelsea-manning-faces-possible-charges-for-suicide-attempt_us_579a7c94e4b0e2e15eb52a11?
http://www.webmd.com/mental-health/gender-dysphoria

To Barack Obama: Pardon Chelsea Manning!

Hero Award: Mayor Joseph Curtatone, Somerville, MA
http://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2016/07/20/somerville-police-union-asks-mayor-remove-black-lives-matter-banner-city-hall
https://www.odmp.org/search/year
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/king-cops-killed-white-men-conservatives-silent-article-1.2632965

White support for voter photo ID increases when shown blacks voting
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2014/10/14/whites-are-more-supportive-of-voter-id-laws-when-shown-photos-of-black-people-voting/?tid=a_inl

Fight against Trans-Pacific Partnership not over; Clinton may flip-flop
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/search?q=TPP
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/terry-mcauliffe-hillary-clinton-tpp-trade-226253