What's Left #13

What's Left
for the week of March 2-8, 2017

This week:
Good News: minimum wage raise in St. Louis
http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/2/28/1638759/-Minimum-Wage-in-St-Louis-Unexpectedly-Jumped-Today-from-7-70-per-hour-to-10-00

Good News: voting rights victory in Virginia
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2017/3/1/1638995/-Major-win-Supreme-Court-reverses-ruling-that-protected-Virginia-GOP-s-legislative-gerrymander
http://electionlawblog.org/?p=91402
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2017/3/1/1638995/-Major-win-Supreme-Court-reverses-ruling-that-protected-Virginia-GOP-s-legislative-gerrymander
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/16pdf/15-680_c07d.pdf

Good News: 5th circuit says filming cops is 1st Amendment right
http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/2/27/1638392/-Federal-Appeals-Court-rules-in-favor-of-the-First-Amendment-you-can-film-cops
https://www.aclu.org/issues/free-speech/photographers-rights/filming-and-photographing-police
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/02/divided-federal-appeals-court-rules-you-have-the-right-to-film-the-police/

Clown Award: Bill O"Reilly
http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/23/politics/louie-gohmert-gabby-giffords/
https://www.aol.com/article/news/2017/02/28/education-secretary-betsy-devos-faces-twitter-backlash-after-linking-hbcus-with-school-choice/21858125/
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/devos-tries-to-walk-back-statements-historically-black-colleges-school-choice
https://www.rawstory.com/2017/02/welcome-to-the-trump-plantation-historically-black-college-vandalized-after-betsy-devos-gaffe/
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2017/2/19/1635487/-Trump-proclaims-new-terror-attack-Look-at-what-happened-last-night-in-Sweden-Sweden
https://mediamatters.org/blog/2017/02/24/bill-o-reilly-hosted-fake-swedish-defense-advisor-fearmonger-about-refugees/215463
http://mobil.dn.se/nyheter/varlden/fake-sweden-expert-on-fox-news-has-criminal-convictions-in-us-no-connection-to-swedish-security/
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2017/02/25/Fox-News-claims-Swedish-unknown-Nils-Bildt-is-national-security-advisor/3121488075119/

For the Record: Amnesty International says US not safe for refugees
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immgration-canada-border-idUSKBN1602NG

For the Record: Shell Oil knew about climate change in 1991
https://thecorrespondent.com/6285/shell-made-a-film-about-climate-change-in-1991-then-neglected-to-heed-its-own-warning/692663565-875331f6?utm_source=digg&utm_medium=email

For the Record: Grace Slick donates Chick-fil-a money to Lambda Legal
http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/2/27/1638374/-Singer-Grace-Slick-licenses-song-to-Chick-fil-A-and-then-donates-money-to-LGBTQ-organization
https://www.aol.com/article/news/2017/02/28/jackie-evanchos-transgender-sister-juliet-just-won-lawsuit-over/21858875/

For the Record: DOJ back to using private prisons
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2016/08/2582-good-news-federal-private-prisons.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/doj-private-prisons-sessions_us_58af529ce4b0a8a9b780669a#pt0-135499

Update: Dakota Access Pipeline
https://www.governor.nd.gov/news/burgum-issues-emergency-evacuation-order
http://www.alternet.org/activism/dakota-access-pipeline-protesters-set-fire-camp-ahead-evacuation
http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/24/politics/trump-keystone-xl-dakota-access-pipelines-executive-actions/index.html
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/02/the-dakota-access-pipelines-final-stand/516225/
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/dakota-access-standing-rock-deadline-1.3993636
http://standwithstandingrock.net/standing-rock-sioux-tribe-asks-federal-court-set-aside-trumps-pipeline-reversal/
https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2016-11-25/trump-s-stock-in-oil-pipeline-company-raises-concern
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/dapl-pr-firm-wrote-pro-pipeline-letter-sent-by-three_us_58ac8bd7e4b0acc17645d7e6

Footnote: Seattle cuts ties to Wells Fargo over DAPL
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/seattle-cutting-ties-with-wells-fargo-over-dakota-access-pipeline/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/seattle-wells-fargo-dapl_us_589b56b2e4b0c1284f29da4b?7wtielrujdfs9k9
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118884/quotes

Outrage of the Week: GOPpers attack First Amendment right to assemble
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2017/02/113-rules.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/arizona-bill-protesters-racketeering_us_58af3692e4b060480e05e81d
http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/arizona/2017/02/23/arizona-senate-oks-racketeering-charges-riots/98296298/
http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/legislature/2017/02/23/5-things-know-arizona-bill-arrest-protesters-riot/98302932/
http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/plan-a-protest-lose-your-house-bill-sb-1142-killed-by-arizona-house-9121181
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2017/2/28/1638615/-In-a-victory-for-Democracy-Arizona-s-House-kills-Republican-led-anti-protest-bill
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/02/24/republican-lawmakers-introduce-bills-to-curb-protesting-in-at-least-17-states/?utm_term=.7e71adf974a8