Sen. Jeff Sessions has spent decades undermining civil rights and the right to vote, targeting voting rights activists and favoring rollbacks to federal voting protections. Now, he’s been nominated for Attorney General. Putting him in charge of the Department of Justice would effectively repeal the Voting Rights Act (VRA), and threaten the progress we've made towards a more inclusive and accessible democracy. We must stop him. Sessions has repeatedly attacked the VRA, our most effective tool to stop voter suppression, calling it an “intrusive piece of legislation” and applauding the Supreme Court when it gutted major VRA protections in 2013. As Attorney General, Sen. Sessions would be in charge of enforcing the VRA through the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division. We can’t trust someone so hostile to this cornerstone civil and voting rights legislation to faithfully enforce it. There’s compelling evidence that Sessions would use the Department of Justice to increase - not fight - voter suppression. As a U.S. Attorney in Alabama, Mr. Sessions aggressively prosecuted three civil rights activists who’d worked with Martin Luther King Jr. for their efforts to register black voters. The jury came back with a fast verdict clearing them of all charges, but not before Sessions had threatened them with up to 250 years in jail and a trumped up prosecution. Even today, and even despite his own personal role in prosecuting civil rights workers, he denies the fact that thousands of eligible voters are being turned away at the polls each election. In 2013, he said: “if you go to Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, people aren’t being denied the vote because of the color of their skin.” This is extremely naive or willfully ignorant at best. Sen. Sessions must know that all three states have pushed voting restrictions that disproportionately harm Black voters -- something the Department of Justice is required to protect against. Beyond the issue of voting rights, Sessions has shown, through a history of racially offensive comments and regressive policy positions, that he cannot carry out the DOJ’s responsibility to advance civil rights and prevent discrimination in housing, education, employment, and other areas of American life. The Attorney General’s duty is to ensure that every American receives equal justice under the law. We cannot give this job to someone who spent his career obstructing progress toward equal justice and voting rights. Sen. Jeff Sessions is unfit to serve as Attorney General. The Senate must reject him.

It's one small way to frustrate the fascist who is not my president.

As a progressive Jew, I am horrified that someone with Rabbi Hier's history and reputation would give his imprimatur to the presidency of a man who has sought and encouraged the support of the most dangerous bigots in this country. Rabbi Hier should withdraw his agreement to speak at the inauguration and take no other action to normalize this evil man and his evil administration.

Wells Fargo has invested $467 million in the Dakota Access Pipeline. The pipeline threatens the water supply and way of life of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in North Dakota. Now, amid worldwide outcry over the pipeline, tribal leaders and allies are calling on Wells Fargo to divest from the pipeline--or the people will pull their money from Wells Fargo.

Due to the racist and vile rhetoric and the irreparable damage such a man could do if allowed to contemplate sitting on a Public School Board

There is no need to explain Paladino's comments further. They speak for themselves. To clarify our demand to "cut all ties to Carl Paladino now" we mean that Trump must: 1. End any public or private connection to Carl Paladino, 2. Cut all financial ties that he, his business partners, his family, or any of their business partners may have with Paladino, his business partners, his family, or any of their business partners may have to Paladino or any business with which he is affiliated, 3. Return any donations or gifts you or anyone in your family may have received, 4. Demand all members of your administration do the same, and 5. Commit to the severance of ties at least through the end of Presidency. Other remedies may be necessary also, but anything short of these demands means that Donald Trump's claim to be President for all Americans cannot be taken seriously.

Freedom of speech and the right to protest is guaranteed in the Constitution and should also be honored in the workplace. As Donald Trump has repeatedly and publicly disrespected women, been charged with rape three times, and noted for entering the dressing rooms of contestants at his own events, it is unreasonable for Rockette employees to be subjected to the possibility of similar degradation. At no time should any employee be fearful of loss of employment as a result of not participating in a situation that is detrimental to their safety or dignity!

January 2017, an amendment to a Missouri statute will take effect. This change will affect students, schools, and our communities. Justice and liberty are at stake; a law that could potentially stifle an education before it begins, disproportionately affect citizen votes, and further disenfranchise citizens must be repealed. Don't sentence our children for the crimes of our society. There are multiple outlets to learn more about this issue. Here are some: https://www.google.com/amp/fox2now.com/2016/12/21/fighting-at-school-could-result-in-felony-charge/amp/ http://www.theroot.com/articles/news/2016/12/missouri-statute-feeds-school-to-prison-pipeline/ http://thefreethoughtproject.com/school-fights-felony-prison-pipeline/ You can also call your state representatives to affect change: http://www.house.mo.gov/member.aspx

I am doing this petition, so we can show how many people support diversity. We need to show that everyone should be treated the same and that is something that will make a successful country. "Our diversity is not a source of weakness; it is a source of strength, it is a source of our success." - U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell

John R.K. Howard is a menace to society. He and two juvenile perpetrators allegedly ganged up on a mentally disabled Black teenager and sodomized him with a coat hanger in October 2015. According to the original lawsuit, this young Black man also had a history of being taunted by Howard and other classmates with racist names, including "Kool-Aid," "chicken eater," "watermelon," and the N-word. The youth had to be hospitalized for rectal injuries from the assault. In May 2016, the Idaho attorney general originally charged Howard with sexual assault, but in October 2016 this charge was lowered to felony count of injury to a child. As a result, Howard will be sentenced to just two to three years of probation and up to 300 hours of community service. To add insult to injury: The Alford plea which Howard submitted allows him to maintain his "innocence" even though it is very likely that prosecutors would have won a conviction against him if the case had gone to trial. Once again, we have a brutal case of racial violence, of white on black crime, and the white perpetrator literally walks away, while the Black victim and his family are left to deal with violent memories and physical injury and the fact that the legal system failed to grant them the justice they deserve. Americans are sick to death of one travesty of justice after another in response to racially motivated crimes. This is an alleged double hate crime inspired by prejudice against both race and disability. We demand justice for our fellow Americans!

"Voter Fraud" by individuals is a myth that has been proven virtually non- existent. "Election Fraud", tampering with Voters and Votes by organizations is highly illegal and very alive in America. Research long before 2016 identified many systematic ways Poor and Minority voters are disenfranchised. When confronted with several well documented vote purging strategies, the Michigan recount was canceled. Recounting votes reported Election Day may produce insignificant results. The number of votes disqualified in Michigan is 7.5 times the amount Trump allegedly won by. The same is true of most other swing states. If only 15% of these votes were unconstitutionally invalidated, the election reverses.  The gutting of the Voting Rights Act brought back the formerly illegal and confidential Interstate Crosscheck System and many other tricks used to purge votes in Red States. Until a thorough investigation of all disqualified votes, discriminating tactics, and “spoiled” ballots takes place, there is no way to know who truly won this election. This should concern both Trump and Hillary voters. There will be no coming together of disparate ideologies or races while this Jim Crow shadow still hangs over America. If there's anything we've learned in 2016, it’s throw out the rules. Our elections are verifiably fair or not. Left or Right the issue is the truth, and the time it takes to agree on it is an insignificant price to pay considering the alternative. What better time than now, while the iron is hot? Every citizen owes it to America to demand the truth, and our Government owes it to us to secure it without hesitation. http://www.gregpalast.com http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/04/republican-voting-rights-supreme-court-id

Russia interfered in our presidential election to help Donald Trump win. Hostile foreign governments shouldn't be allowed to threaten our democratic process. This affects all American citizens. We deserve to know what happened.