My baby sister, 18, died while in the custody of the Midland County Jail under the watch of the jailers. On July 27 at approximately 10:30 pm my sister and her boyfriend were pulled over by the city police. This was a controlled stop. Her boyfriend was being watched by the narcotic's department. They knew that her boyfriend had just purchased meth. My sister had a warrant for a failure to appear on a failure to stop at a stop sign ticket. After getting to the jail, my sister swallowed 3.8 grams of meth that her boyfriend told her to. There were recorded phone calls of my sister stating "I did what you told me too, how much did I swallow?" By the next day, she was starting to feel the effects. All through the night fellow inmates begged for help; screamed at the guards to please help. My sister sat in a cell screaming and begging for them to call my mom! Repeating her phone number over and over! 5 women who have called me told the same story! At approximately 4am they removed my sister from her cell and threw her in a cold shower! At approximately 10am the girls in the cell knew she was dying! Finally at noon on the 29th of July the jail called my mother to tell her she needed to get to the jail immediately! My sister was sick and it didn't look good. Our sheriff came in at 12:25 pm to let us know they were dropping all charges so that we could get in to see my sister! Shortly thereafter they came in to let us know she was gone! We begged to see her! They made us wait another hour! For three hours we sat in a little white room as they did their paperwork while my sister died alone! I begged our sheriff a couple of months later to look through video to see if it could have been different! My sister's body had bruises everywhere. Her face was smushed down on one side! They lied and said she became aggressive when help was brought, but that makes no sense! At every turn, we have been denied information or an investigation! All we want is an investigation and if a jailer denied her medical that they are punished accordingly! I don't understand how anyone could watch as someone died! I don't understand how they, the jail, can honestly say they didn't know. What about inmate checks, bed counts, searching the inmates as they come in????? How do you not notice for three days that someone is overdosing!?!?!?! We have hired attorneys but they are blocked each time! Please, this is our last hope! She didn't deserve to die! Her son didn't deserve to lose his mother! Statement from a girl who was in the cell with my sister: "She made it to population .. when before she gets back there was supposed to go through intake. Where she is supposed to sit down with a nurse.. why didn't the nurse catch her heart rate and dilated pupils? They did an entire shift change ... the first guard let her down while everyone was still locked down to go get in the shower. ( which isn't supposed to happen ) asking if she was detoxing ( jokingly).. and still after being told she was overdosing didn't take it seriously. The second guard came on to shift and went back to medical 3x letting them know the problem... The first time she came back... Medical said she would have to wait for the nurse to come around.. Sandy told me she felt like she was passing every time she closed her eyes.. after I told the guard she didn't have that time to wait she went back and told them and came back saying she still had to wait.. after asking for a medical form that I could fill out for Sandy so she could sign it so that it would be on records is when she then went back again and came back and asked for Sandy to come with her... After Sandy came out of a cold shower to help her burning up body (in all of her jail-issued clothing) I gave her a white shirt, a pair of socks to help her freezing feet and pulled her hair into a ponytail. I walked her over to the guard and told her everything would be ok.. 😞"

Donald Trump's hostility to the American press corps is well known. By calling individual reporters "scum" and "losers", he has attempted to minimize the great American tradition of a free press which monitors and distributes news to an informed electorate. His ability to bypass this traditional media by tweeting his lies, racism and hate speech can be easily prevented by monitoring his "real Donald Trump" account (and eventually "POTUS") and shutting it down permanently if any tweet contains hate speech, racist remarks and verifiable false information.

Governor McCrory has performed dismally, damaging the state of North Carolina across the board. The voters of North Carolina have weighed in with their votes. McCrory needs to concede.

If Governor McCrory truly wants to respect the Democratic Process in NC, he would let the original results be tallied and certified. He's challenged 50 county board of elections and is continuing to try to extend his stay in Raleigh. Mr. McCrory you've damaged our state enough, cost us enough- it's time for the voters voices to be heard.

Asking Clinton & the Democratic Party to fund 2016 Recounts.

Our elected leaders are entrusted with representing our communities and government bodies with dignity and respect towards all citizens and will work to uphold our civil rights. It is dangerous enough when normal citizens convey racism and violence towards our neighbors. When our leaders do it, we face a potentially mortal threat to our Republic, which is based on a social contract of equality for all. The current political climate has our country in turmoil following the election. There has been a significant increase in hateful acts in our children’s schools, on our college campuses, and in our communities. We fear that the hateful and racist rhetoric of the campaign and its subsequent outcome has emboldened some citizens to unleash their previously restrained bigotry and prejudices. We are a civilized nation and each of us is accountable to denounce the prejudices and violence that threaten peace, democracy, and civilized society. Respectful and civilized behavior is not simply something we expect of our elected leaders in Washington, D.C. We expect it even more so from our neighbors and friends and local leaders here at home. Salem is our city. It is our home, and we will fight to protect it from hatred and discrimination and work to ensure that it is a community of respect, inclusion, and equality.

Irregularities in vote patterns have been found in Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania by computer experts. http://theweek.com/speedreads/663679/computer-science-experts-recommend-hillary-clinton-challenge-election-results-3-swing-states

I'm appealing to everyone who voted for Trump: if you are ashamed of the recent rise of hate crimes and some of Trump's picks for his administration, sign this petition. It’s disheartening to hear that the most racist of Americans believe that “Trump is President” is a fine excuse to draw swastikas, shout hateful slurs, and otherwise harass minorities. White Nationalists are growing in number and gaining power in "Trump’s America." Trump himself thinks that your vote for him, after everything he said during the election season, means he can pick people who have promoted hatred for Jews, Muslims, and other minorities for his administration. I have to hope that for most of you, this was not your intention; regardless, it is the outcome. I say all of this not to scorn you but to call you to action. I want to create a space where, should it be possible, a bold coalition of regretful Trump voters rise up, poised to fight back against what their votes have perhaps unintentionally encouraged. As the people who put him into power, you have a unique role to play, as your voices will ring louder than those who opposed him. I believe you are currently our best bet in the continued struggle for equality and respect for all. Thank you.

Numerous credible analyses make it appear all but certain that the GOP victory in the recent presidential election was the result of voter suppression and/or fraudulent vote counts. The clearest exposition of this argument is at http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/40381-how-the-gop-flipped-and-stripped-yet-another-american-election. The U.S. State Department relies on exit polling all over the world to evaluate the validity of elections, and we should adhere to the same standard. We must encourage Democrats in Congress to prevent the fraud-based theft of several states' electoral votes in the recent presidential election. Allowing Trump to accede to the presidency on the basis of fraud is akin to acceptance of what amounts to a coup d'etat, which is the use of legitimizing institutions to seize power illegally. If this seizure of power is allowed to occur, we shall all suffer the consequences.

To the Honorable John Barrasso, (R) (WY) Majority Leader Chairman of the Select Committee on Indian Affairs 307 Dirksen Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510 Phone Number: (202) 224-6441 To the Honorable John McCain, Member (R) (AZ) 218 Russell Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 Main: (202) 224-2235 Fax: (202) 228-2862 To the Honorable Lisa Murkowski, Member (R) (AK) 709 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 Phone: (202)-224-6665 Fax: (202)-224-5301 To the Honorable John Hoeven, Member (R) (ND) 338 Russell Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 Phone: (202) 224-2551 To the Honorable James Lankford, Member (R) (OK) 316 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510 Phone: (202) 224-5754 Fax: (202) 228-1015 To the Honorable Steve Daines, Member (R) (MT) 320 Hart Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510 (202) 224-2651 To the Honorable Michael Crapo, Member (R) (ID) 239 Dirksen Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 Phone: (202) 224-6142 Fax: (202) 228-1375 To the Honorable Jerry Moran, Member (R) (KS) 521 Dirksen Senate Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510 Phone: (202) 224-6521 Fax: (202) 228-6966 To the Honorable Jon Tester, Vice Chairman (D) (MT) Minority Leader Vice Chairman of the Select Committee on Indian Affairs 311 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510-2604 Phone: (202) 224-2644 Fax: (202) 224-8594 To the Honorable Maria Cantwell, Member (D) (WA) 511 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 Phone: (202) 224-3441 Fax: (202) 228-0514 To the Honorable Tom Udall, Member (D) (NM) 531 Hart Senate Office Building Washington DC, 20510 (202) 224-6621 To the Honorable Al Franken, Member (D) (MN) 309 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 (202) 224-5641 To the Honorable Brian Schatz, Member(D) (HI) 722 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON, DC 20510 PHONE: (202) 224-3934 FAX: (202) 228-1153 To the Honorable Heidi Heitkamp, Member(D) (ND) SH-110 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 Phone: (202) 224-2043 Fax: (202) 224-7776 To the Majority leader chairman, The Honorable John Barrasso, and minority leader vice-chairman The Honorable John Tester, and members of The Select Committee on Indian Affairs. We the People of the United States would like to urge your immediate response to the ongoing and escalating situation at the Dakota Access Pipeline near the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe’s reservation in North Dakota. Many of us have been following the situation very closely since late spring, early summer. We are very concerned about what we see on live video and what originally was not reported to main stream media. We are concerned about the ability of those at Standing Rock to have access to the bridge which has been shut down cutting off all traffic to the casino which is the livelihood of the tribe. We are also concerned about interference with access to the internet feeds which cuts the people at Standing Rock from allowing people to see what is happening on the front lines and having proof of the atrocities going on along with health and safety issues. The health and safety of the Water Protectors is paramount to ensure thei...

"My husband and son registered after 9/11 because we trusted and followed what was being demanded of us. We got punished for complying with the government. At the registrations, my family was abused and humiliated. We were put into deportation proceedings, and later, my home was raided by immigration authorities, who took me, my husband, and my daughter to detention, even though we had a pending asylum claim. My daughter and I were detained at a detention center for 11 days, and my husband was detained for six months. After his release, he was on house arrest for four years! The only way our family was able to endure and survive all of this and still be here was because of organizing with the rest of our communities to fight back." –S., DRUM Leader Donald Trump and his appointees have proven that anti-Muslim and discriminatory policies will be the hallmark of their time in office. But there are steps that President Obama can take right now to impede their policies. And we need to make sure he does. The idea of Muslim registry isn't new--and Trump doesn't even have to create the program from scratch. The Bush-era structure called National Security Entry-Exit Registration System (NSEERS) already exists and can be reactivated again if President Obama does not act immediately to end it once and for all. [1] If Trump wants to implement a similar program, he will be forced to start from scratch and experience fierce resistance from grassroots movements and legal advocates alike. At DRUM (Desis Rising Up and Moving), we saw first-hand how our membership was adversely impacted by NSEERS like our leader S. who shared her story above. We heard from many family members whose male relatives went to register and were then detained for days—some never returned home. NSEERS registered over 83,000 Muslim immigrant men and put over 13,000 into deportation proceedings. Out of all the registrations and deportations, zero men were ever connected to any violent activity.[2] The program was a failure and will continue to be a failure if it is implemented again. We fear this program will not only be implemented again, but be used to target even larger segments of Muslim communities in the United States. Just because the future program may not mention Muslims specifically, just as NSEERS did not, does not mean that Muslim communities are not at risk. We will not stand for it. We will continue to fight against it as we have already done. But now—in this moment—we need everyone to pour their energy into making sure President Obama shuts this program down once and for all so that it does not end up in the hands of Donald Trump. Sources: 1. “The Bush-era Muslim registry failed. Yet the US could be trying it again,” CNN, November 18, 2016 http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/18/politics/nseers-muslim-database-qa-trnd/ 2. “Donald Trump’s proposed “Muslim registry,” explained,” Vox, November 16, 2016 http://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2016/11/16/13649764/trump-muslim-register-database

It is your duty as President of the United States to protect your people. You must protect the safety of Native Americans and their supporters who have gathered peacefully to oppose the Dakota Access Pipeline. We stand up for the sovereign rights of Indigenous people to land. The Dakota Access Pipeline threatens to damage land held sacred to the Standing Rock Sioux and other Indigenous nations. We stand against violence and repression. Indigenous people have been facing cruel treatment from the United States Government and its leaders for centuries. It hasn’t stopped. The National guard, North Dakota state troopers, and private security firms have meted out harsh treatment on protesters of the pipeline utilizing attack dogs, rubber bullets, pepper spray, and strip searches in their attempt to break the people’s opposition. Such treatment has been labeled as ‘inhuman and degrading’ by a report issued by the United Nations. We demand protection of our environment on which we rely on for life. The DAPL symbolizes our tendency to value crude corporate greed over environmental sustainability. Damage to the environment is felt globally. Water shortages, extreme weather, and temperature rises are problems we are all currently facing, and the devastation will continue to increase. The DAPL will release more carbon into the air, and risks endangering a source of fresh water for the Standing Rock Sioux and 8 million people living downstream. “A nation that destroys its soils destroys itself. Forests are the lungs of our land, purifying the air and giving fresh strength to our people. ” ― Franklin D. Roosevelt #NoDAPL