Left Side of the Aisle #89

Left Side of the Aisle
for the week of January 3-9, 2013

This week:

Good news: three more states recognize same-sex marriage
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_Washington
http://www.salon.com/2012/12/30/same_sex_marriage_takes_effect_in_maine/
http://www.politico.com/story/2013/01/maryland-same-sex-marriage-ceremonies-begin-85638.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/dec/09/washington-gay-marriages-midnight-ceremonies

Good news: SCOTUS will not enjoin requirement for contraceptive coverage
http://womenshistory.about.com/od/sangermargaret/p/margaret_sanger.htm
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/09/bill-baird-birth-control-abortion_n_1411886.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Baird_%28activist%29
http://firstread.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/12/26/16171443-supreme-court-declines-to-block-provision-covering-contraceptives-in-health-care-law

Latest attack on Planned Parenthood
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/texas-judge-oks-ban-planned-parenthood-funding-article-1.1230888
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/court-blocks-ind-defunding-planned-parenthood-article-1.1190280

Clown Award: suing CT for $100 million for Newtown shooting
http://www.salon.com/2012/12/30/a_6_year_old_newtown_survivor_seeks_100m_from_ct/
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/01/01/us-usa-schoolshooting-legal-idUSBRE90007420130101

What "the deal" to avoid the "fiscal cliff" means
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323320404578215373352793876.html
http://www.politico.com/story/2012/12/democrats-win-tax-fights-in-emerging-fiscal-cliff-deal-85625.html
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2013/01/01/fact-sheet-tax-agreement-victory-middle-class-families-and-economy
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jeffrey-sachs/reject-the-deal_b_2392654.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_spending
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/02/us/politics/some-liberals-say-obama-squandered-his-tax-leverage.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/house-members-meet-to-review-senate-passed-cliff-deal/2013/01/01/6e4373cc-5435-11e2-bf3e-76c0a789346f_story.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/the-impact-of-tax-increases-on-taxpayers/2013/01/01/4bef53f0-5475-11e2-8b9e-dd8773594efc_graphic.html
http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/money/economy/story/2012-02-09/income-rising/53033322/1

Outrage of the Week: NRA pushes to deregulate silencers
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suppressor
http://www.salon.com/2012/12/30/silencers_the_nras_latest_big_lie/

FISA renewed as Senate refuses oversight
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/27/fisa-senate-vote_n_2372720.html
http://dissenter.firedoglake.com/2012/12/27/a-few-senators-take-a-stand-for-privacy-ahead-of-surveillance-law-reauthorization/