Left Side of the Aisle #204

Left Side of the Aisle
for the week of May 14-20, 2015

This week:

Good News: House passes USA Freedom Act
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/05/13/usa-security-nsa-idUSL1N0Y41R620150513
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2015/05/13/266553/house-votes-overwhelmingly-to.html#emlnl=Afternoon_Newsletter

Hero Award: The Vangardist magazine
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/breaking-news/magazine-printed-with-hiv-positive-blood/story-fni0xqi4-1227335075988?nk=1d63f8404001570ede9480b984fc4083
http://news.nationalpost.com/health/the-vangardist-an-austrian-mens-magazine-printed-an-entire-edition-using-ink-laced-with-hiv-positive-blood
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/04/30/magazine-printed-in-hiv-blood_n_7176448.html

Everything You Need to Know: about why we can't stop corporate corruption
http://techcrunch.com/2015/05/12/verizon-will-pay-90m-fcc-settlement-relating-to-bill-cramming/?ncid=rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Techcrunch+%28TechCrunch%29
https://www.fcc.gov/document/verizon-sprint-pay-158m-settle-illegal-billing-investigations-0
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/05/12/us-aol-m-a-verizon-commn-idUSKBN0NX18820150512

Clown Award: Sen. James Inhofe
http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/22/opinions/inhofe-obama-nuclear-energy/index.html
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2012/03/09/441515/inhofe-god-says-global-warming-is-a-hoax/
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2015/04/24/3650610/americas-top-climate-denier-now-agrees-top-climate-scientist/
http://thehill.com/video/in-the-news/239767-inhofe-obama-wants-legacy-of-eliminating-fossil-fuels
https://news.vice.com/article/as-carbon-pollution-hits-record-level-senator-james-inhofe-says-climate-change-is-greening-the-planet

Outrage of the Week: Senate Dems collapse on fast-track
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/13/business/senate-vote-obama-fast-track-trade-deal.html
https://www.citizen.org/tpp
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2012/09/left-side-of-aisle-75-part-4.html
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2015/04/2016-outrage-of-week-fast-tracking-tpp.html
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/05/12/us-usa-trade-idUSKBN0NX0B320150512
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/05/senate-democrats-relent-on-obama-trade-bill/393068/
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2015/05/13/266523/senate-leaders-agree-to-another.html#emlnl=Afternoon_Newsletter
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mess_of_pottage

Footnote: lies about TPP and the US auto industry
http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/06/politics/obama-tpp-trans-pacific-partnership-cars-japan/

Update: states move against civil asset forfeiture
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2013/08/left-side-of-aisle-120-part-1.html
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2015/01/1901-good-news-mostly-feds-largely-end.html
http://www.ij.org/department-of-justice-forfeiture-release-2-10-2015
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2015/02/something-else-that-would-have-been-on.html
http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/15%20Regular/bills/house/HB0560.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/05/06/montana-civil-asset-forfeiture_n_7222258.html
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/15-16/bill/sen/sb_0401-0450/sb_443_cfa_20150420_111009_sen_comm.html