What's Left #33

Left Side of the Aisle
for the weeks of September 22 - October 6

This week:

Good News: House pushes back against civil asset forfeiture
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2013/08/left-side-of-aisle-120-part-1.html
http://reason.com/blog/2017/08/31/legislation-in-congress-would-block-jeff
https://theintercept.com/2017/07/20/jeff-sessions-wants-to-make-legalized-theft-great-again/
http://ij.org/press-release/house-unanimously-passes-bill-curb-civil-forfeiture-irs/
https://theintercept.com/2017/09/12/in-surprise-vote-house-passes-amendment-to-restrict-asset-forfeiture/

Good News: Teamsters Local is a "sanctuary" union; California is a "sanctuary" state
http://teamsters.nyc/2017/09/13/new-york-teamsters-become-sanctuary-union-following-deportation-union-member/
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/41976-teamsters-resolve-to-become-sanctuary-union-to-fight-deportation-of-members
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/7/25/1683837/-ICE-agent-anonymously-speaks-out-We-seem-to-be-targeting-the-most-vulnerable-not-the-worst
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/sessions-visits-sanctuary-city-tells-it-stop-n802796
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/9/1/1695283/-Jeff-Sessions-s-constant-claims-that-violent-crime-is-on-the-rise-are-simply-not-true
http://www.france24.com/en/20170918-anti-trump-resistance-grows-california-values-act-declares-sanctuary-state
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/national-politics/article172605966.html
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/09/15/trumps-crackdown-sanctuary-cities-blocked-nationwide/671900001/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2017/04/25/california-judge-blocks-trump-order-sanctuary-city-money/100897066/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2017/08/30/federal-judge-blocks-texas-tough-sanctuary-cities-law/619168001/
http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-wexler-sanctuary-cities-immigration-crime-20170306-story.html

Not Good News: SCOTUS reinstates TheRump's ban on refugees while case is on appeal
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/12/us/supreme-court-refugee-ban.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/us-appeals-court-rules-against-trump-effort-to-broadly-enforce-travel-ban_us_59b1cde0e4b0dfaafcf6cb7d?section=us_politics
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/9/8/1697022/-Trump-s-Muslim-ban-2-0-gets-smacked-down-in-court-yet-again

And the wars drag on: Afghanistan, Syria, Iraq, and Yemen
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mattis-says-over-3000-additional-u-s-troops-will-deploy-to-afghanistan/
https://www.vox.com/world/2017/9/19/16227730/trump-afghanistan-3000-troops-mattis
http://indianexpress.com/article/world/us-backed-militia-hit-by-air-strikes-in-syrias-deir-al-zor-say-syrian-democratic-forces-4846399/
http://us.cnn.com/2017/09/21/politics/russia-us-syria-meeting/index.html
http://www.newsweek.com/russia-threatens-us-special-forces-syria-and-will-fire-them-if-provoked-668855
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-kurds/syrias-kurds-to-hold-historic-vote-in-message-to-assad-idUSKCN1BW279
http://www.dcmilitary.com/strikes-continue-in-effort-to-defeat-isis-in-syria-iraq/article_63c34e59-151b-506b-a69f-f672b564ea9f.html
https://www.democracynow.org/2017/9/21/headlines/us_led_coalition_airstrikes_reportedly_kill_six_civilians_on_syria_iraq_border
http://www.france24.com/en/20170921-iraq-begins-offensive-retake-islamic-state-group-stronghold-hawija
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/sep/14/isis-kills-at-least-50-in-southern-iraq-attacks
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/09/urges-kurds-call-independence-vote-170916070603153.html
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/09/guterres-urges-iraqi-kurds-scrap-referendum-170917223002535.html
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-kurds-referendum-minis/turkey-iran-iraq-consider-counter-measures-over-kurdish-referendum-idUSKCN1BW1EA
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/09/iraq-top-court-rules-suspend-kurdish-referendum-170918102729593.html
https://www.albawaba.com/news/hrw-saudi-led-airstrikes-yemen-are-war-crimes-1020666
https://www.hrw.org/news/2017/09/12/yemen-coalition-airstrikes-deadly-children
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2017/07/276-outrage-of-week-war-crimes-in-yemen.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKsYw8n3Fyw

Clown Award: Air Force chaplain Captain Sonny Hernandez
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4891096/Trump-supporting-David-Clarke-told-revise-thesis.html
http://splinternews.com/republican-senator-accidentally-reveals-the-toxic-truth-1818593567
https://www.vox.com/health-care/2017/9/20/16333338/obamacare-repeal-graham-cassidy
http://www.newsweek.com/chaplain-urges-service-members-reject-religious-tolerance-665614
https://www.militaryreligiousfreedom.org/

The little Thing: Airlines ripping off last-minute passengers is emblematic of capitalism
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/dr-gridlock/wp/2017/09/06/3200-for-a-one-way-ticket-out-of-miami-the-story-behind-the-hurricane-irma-tweet-that-went-viral/
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/09/travel/airlines-face-criticism-amid-irma-price-gouging-charges.html
https://www.wsj.com/articles/airlines-mark-down-tickets-in-irma-affected-areas-following-complaints-1504989080
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2017/04/166-love-of-profit-is-root-of-all.html
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2015/10/2227-pursuit-of-profit-is-baseline.html