What's Left #2

What's Left
(formerly known as Left Side of the Aisle)
for the week of November  10-16, 2016

This week:

We do not deserve to be a free people
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/data/turnout.php
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Joseph_de_Maistre
https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/a/ambrose_bierce.html

But we have to carry on as best as we can and there was some good news
https://www.publicintegrity.org/2016/01/06/19082/national-liberal-groups-push-record-number-2016-ballot-measures
https://www.yahoo.com/news/left-counters-election-losses-ballot-171815752.html?ref=gs
http://wgme.com/news/local/maine-voters-approve-recreational-marijuana-use
http://www.thecannabist.co/2016/11/08/montana-medical-marijuana-results-election-2016/66820/
http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/national.php
http://www.politico.com/2016-election/results/map/president
http://wlns.com/2016/11/09/finally-trump-wins-michigan/
http://www.bostonglobe.com/news/politics/2016/11/09/paul-ryan-echoes-donald-trump-calls-for-unity/Lr1reOLU02OmhNa9CM8mML/story.html
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/hillary-clinton-concession-speech-2016-donald-trump/
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/obama-on-2016election-outcome-remember-that-were-actually-all-on-one-team/
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/latest-latest-victory-43412576
http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/11/9/1594519/-Bernie-Sanders-or-Elizabeth-Warren-or-Van-Jones-for-DNC-Chair
http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/11/9/1594458/-We-oppose-everything
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/thousands-protest-trump-victory-across-nation/
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/he-not-my-president-donald-trump-inspires-thousands-protest-streets-n681696?google_editors_picks=true
http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2016/11/09/rally-planned-state-house-against-president-elect-trump/9mqnTKC5TiMgyS12AbUqTK/story.html

We have to accept the possibility of failure
http://www.governing.com/topics/elections/gov-2016-governors-races-results.html
http://www.governing.com/topics/elections/gov-republicans-add-dominance-state-legislatures.html

Good News: Joe Arpaio is out as sheriff
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/11/09/1593371/-Joe-Arpaio-is-sheriff-no-more

Good News: 4th Circuit says "even the president" can't override laws against torture
https://theintercept.com/2016/10/21/major-new-court-ruling-says-even-the-president-cant-declare-torture-lawful/

Public more accepting of undocumented immigrants than 10 years ago
http://fusion.net/story/367630/immigrants-path-to-citizenship-polls-2016/
http://www.people-press.org/2016/10/27/6-views-of-domestic-issues-race-immigration-health-care-abortion-supreme-court/
http://www.people-press.org/2006/03/30/americas-immigration-quandary/

RIP: John Zacherley
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0951650/bio