What's Left #23

What's Left
for the week of June 1 to 7, 2017

This week:
Killer cop Timothy Loehmann fired
https://www.aol.com/article/news/2017/05/30/cleveland-policeman-who-fatally-shot-tamir-rice-is-fired/22117609/

Good News: NJ Town must pay penalty mosque for wrongful denial of permit
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/town-that-denied-mosque-permit-to-pay-islamic-group-dollar325m/ar-BBBGjOW

Good News: North Carolina voter suppression blocked by SCOTUS
https://www.aol.com/article/news/2017/05/11/study-voter-id-laws-may-have-blocked-200-000-voters-in-one-stat/22082266/
https://www.aol.com/article/news/2017/05/15/supreme-court-rejects-bid-to-revive-north-carolina-voter-id-law/22087422/
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/30/us/federal%2Dappeals%2Dcourt%2Dstrikes%2Ddown%2Dnorth%2Dcarolina%2Dvoter%2Did%2Dprovision.html?_r=0
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/inside-the-republican-creation-of-the-north-carolina-voting-bill-dubbed-the-monster-law/2016/09/01/79162398-6adf-11e6-8225-fbb8a6fc65bc_story.html?tid=a_inl&utm_term=.3a108b4e3349
https://ivn.us/2017/05/29/nonpartisan-coalition-celebrates-huge-victory-voters-in-illinois/
https://www.brennancenter.org/analysis/automatic-voter-registration

Good News: Successful suit by transgender boy against school could have wider application
https://www.aol.com/article/news/2017/05/31/federal-appeals-court-rules-in-favor-of-transgender-students-ri/22119271/
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/wisconsin/articles/2017-05-30/transgender-student-at-wisconsin-high-school-wins-appeal?utm_source=AOL&utm_medium=readMore&utm_campaign=partner
https://www.vox.com/identities/2017/5/30/15714642/seventh-circuit-transgender-school-bathroom-ash-whitaker
http://www.gallup.com/poll/210566/support-gay-marriage-edges-new-high.aspx?
http://www.gallup.com/file/poll/210683/170515SameSexMarriage.pdf
http://cdn.yougov.com/cumulus_uploads/document/ihowxjstz7/tabs_HP_transgender_20150220.pdf
http://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/americans-oppose-bathroom-laws-limiting-transgender-rights-poll-n731826
https://www.prri.org/research/lgbt-transgender-bathroom-discrimination-religious-liberty/
http://fusion.kinja.com/alabama-is-about-to-make-it-legal-for-adoption-agencies-1794676920?utm_source=fusion_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2017-04-26

Single-payer health plans advancing on state level
https://d25d2506sfb94s.cloudfront.net/cumulus_uploads/document/divhts7l9t/econTabReport.pdf
https://morningconsult.com/2017/04/12/plurality-voters-back-single-payer-health-care-system/
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2017/04/27/time-golden-and-now-single-payer-bill-advances-california
http://www.latimes.com/business/hiltzik/la-fi-hiltzik-single-payer-20170526-story.html
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2017/05/16/single-payer-success-ny-medicare-all-bill-passes-state-assembly
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2017/05/26/face-trumpcare-abomination-new-jersey-latest-state-join-single-payer-push
https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/676

Anti-vaxxers convince Somali immigrants in Minnesota to avoid vaccines; biggest measles outbreak in decades follows
http://fusion.kinja.com/minnesota-faces-worst-measles-outbreak-in-decades-after-1794959556

Good News/Not Good News: Belief in creationism down; genuine belief in evolution still low
http://www.gallup.com/poll/210956/belief-creationist-view-humans-new-low.aspx

Clown Award: Rep. Tim Walberg
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/ben-carson-poverty-state-mind
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/how-trump-aides-get-him-to-read-his-national-security-briefing-materials
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/urinating-sketchy-dog-statue-appears-next-fearless-girl-n766071
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/tim-walberg-climate-change-god

Outrage of the Week: Even undocumented immigrants who try to become legal are being deported
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/05/30/he-met-federal-agents-discuss-path-citizenship-they-arrested-him-instead/354928001/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/04/19/trump-increases-deportations-former-dreamers/100609524/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/04/21/trump-wants-expand-deportations-but-report-finds-ice-already-falling-behind/100772676/

Only 36% could find North Korea on a map of Asia
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/05/14/upshot/if-americans-can-find-north-korea-on-a-map-theyre-more-likely-to-prefer-diplomacy.html?_r=2
https://www.aol.com/article/news/2017/05/15/study-majority-of-americans-cant-identify-north-korea-on-a-map/22088114/
https://www.aol.com/article/news/2017/05/17/seattle-prepares-nuclear-attack-north-korea/22096104/
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2015/02/goody-goody.html

Everything You Need to Know: What Donald TheRump thinks about power in four sentences
http://fusion.kinja.com/trump-congratulated-philippines-president-duterte-on-mu-1795500175
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/white-house/article153222754.html