Saturday, March 18, 2017

What's Left #15




What's Left
for the week of March 16-23, 2017

This week:
Good News: victory for voting rights in Texas
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2017/03/132.html
http://www.tristatehomepage.com/news/politics/texas-redistricting-plan-violates-voting-rights-act-judges-say/670602463
http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/3/11/1642452/-Huge-Court-strikes-down-Texas-Republican-drawn-congressional-map-for-illegal-racial-gerrymandering
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9wwbLsQNKXEV2d5SlhhLVF6VTA/view
http://electionlawblog.org/wp-content/uploads/Perez-congress-opinion-3-10-2017.pdf
http://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/redistricting-congress-states

Good News: more support for drug importation bill
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2017/01/104-outrage-of-week-dems-choose-big.html
http://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/2/28/14765092/cory-booker-pharma-bill

Not Good News: TheRump goes after clean water rules
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/trump-rsquo-s-order-may-foul-u-s-drinking-water-supply/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapanos_v._United_States
http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/2/28/1638639/-Trump-ignores-Supreme-Court-ruling-in-EO-to-roll-back-Clean-Water-Act-protection
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/clean-water-rule-repeal-risks-trump_us_58b91b1fe4b05cf0f3ff7372

Footnote: even TheRump is for "clean water"
http://www.great-lakes.net/teach/pollution/water/water5.html
http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/w/Cuyahoga_River_Fire?rec=1642
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZVgNwD14pA

Ya Gotta Laugh: TheRump supporters think ad for sci-fi series is real radio station
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2017/3/11/1642522/-Trump-Supporters-Reaction-to-Amazon-s-Resistance-Radio-is-both-Sad-and-Hilarious
http://resistanceradio.com/
http://io9.gizmodo.com/trump-supporters-get-mad-because-they-think-the-man-in-1793159888

Clown Award: TIME magazine
https://www.aol.com/article/news/2017/03/14/kansas-sen-steve-fitzgerald-compares-planned-parenthood-to-nazi/21887598/
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/john-merrill-promotes-voter-id-selma-anniversary-service-church-patrons-walk-out
http://www.blackpast.org/aah/bloody-sunday-selma-alabama-march-7-1965
http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/3/13/1642890/-Onlookers-gasp-as-a-Wall-Street-Bro-humps-the-acclaimed-Defiant-Girl-statue-on-Wall-Street
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/03/10/a-lawyer-named-amal-clooney-gave-a-powerful-speech-at-u-n-some-only-saw-her-baby-bump/
http://www.elleuk.com/life-and-culture/elle-voices/articles/a34621/amal-clooney-yazidi-genocide/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yazidis
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genocide_of_Yazidis_by_ISIL
https://twitter.com/TIME/status/840004347337551877

For the Record: resistance continues
http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/3/15/1643796/-Thousands-are-showing-up-to-welcome-Trump-to-Tennessee-with-a-Protect-our-care-rally
https://twitter.com/hashtag/ResistTrumpTuesdays?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

For the Record: best country in the world?
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-countries/overall-full-list

For the Record: vibrator company tracks product use
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-we-vibe-privacy-lawsuit-settlement-0314-biz-20170313-story.html

Update: DAPL
http://www.triplepundit.com/2017/03/confidential-dapl-memo/
http://www.documentcloud.org/documents/3480350-MemoDAPLUSACEApril2016ICN.html

Update: repressing protest
http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/2/27/1638278/-Arizona-GOP-plans-new-restrictions-on-the-ballot-initiative-process-after-major-progressive-wins

Update: government spying on citizens
http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/3/12/1642731/-Best-Buy-s-Geek-Squad-provides-extra-service-a-search-of-your-computer-and-a-report-to-the-FBI
http://www.ocweekly.com/news/fbi-used-best-buys-geek-squad-to-increase-secret-public-surveillance-7950030

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