The TPP, like its precursor the North American Free Trade Agreement, will harm the local economy. Leaked sections contain many troubling provisions: Reinstate SOPA and give unearned competitive advantage to legacy media companies. Privilege major financial institutions over credit unions and the emerging sector of public banks. Weaken current safety regulations including food inspections, and allow importation of food not up to American safety standards. Hinder renewable energy producers by blocking regulations and limiting deployment of smart grid and other infrastructure. Of greatest concern, the pact would allow corporations to sue governments in an international tribunal, and force the reversal of sound regulations. Please sign, and indicate in the comment section your private sector connection, so our legislators know that prosperity and security are only enhanced when each nation builds an economy that respects human rights, reflects local conditions, and supports small businesses. American Sustainable Business Council http://asbcouncil.org

Hundreds of thousands of people have listened to the customer service call that Ryan Block recorded with a Comcast customer service representative. While Ryan and his wife tried to terminate their Comcast service, the representative aggressively pushed them for reasons why, and wouldn't let Ryan end his service without an explanation. Ryan and hundreds of others have pointed out the real problem here: that Comcast employee was certainly too aggressive, but he works at a company with a legendarily terrible work culture and, according to Consumer Reports, one of the lowest customer satisfaction ratings in the country. If we want to have real power over whether or not we're at either end of this kind of interaction in the future -- as consumers with little choice in our broadband provider, or as workers locked into a system that drains us of choices and of self respect -- we need to make sure Comcast doesn't fire this worker -- and we need to fight hard in Congress and at the Federal Communications Commission to block the proposed merger of Comcast and Time Warner Cable that would expand Comcast's reach to tens of millions more customers nationwide. Comcast, don't fire this poor employee. Congress, hear this call as a warning -- a Comcast/Time Warner merger would be devastating for workers and consumers alike.

The current, erroneously written 14th Amendment, created largely by railroad executives, went against what had been the previous American standard, based upon English common law, to carefully differentiate between "natural" or "human" persons and "artificial" or "corporate" persons when creating laws. The failure to differentiate between humans and corporations has perverted our entire political system.

Koch Industries seeks to corrupt universities and the standards of education with their toxic strings attached. The University of Arizona has represented higher education beginning in 1885, and people in Arizona, & worldwide, demand the UofA uphold integrity and reject the Koch Brothers and all dark fundings. Here is a list of Universities and Schools where Koch money has infiltrated already; please note UofA is mentioned: http://www.kochfamilyfoundations.org/pdfs/CKFUniversityPrograms.pdf Tucson's local magazine voices concerns over radical Think Tank infiltration and deep-lobbying strategies at UofA: http://www.tucsonweekly.com/tucson/freedoms-ring/Content?oid=3133482 For those unaware of Charles and David Kochs' agenda, they seek to abolish the Environmental Protection Agency, further Lower minimum wages, discourage solar energy, shred women's rights ...while funneling millions to right wing candidates who will comply with them. Therefore, the University of Arizona needs to hear we are firm in our resolve to oppose dark money infiltration into education.

To discourage our elected officials from participating in ALEC and to educate the voting public about its evils. http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/get-alec-out-of-michigan?source=c.em&r_by=172823

The fact that the highest appointed court in this country decided that multi-billion dollar corporations have the right to freely spend untold amounts of money to influence peoples opinion using "public" airwaves in an election is tragic and absurd. Corporations don't go to war and fight, maybe get wounded, maybe die, yet they can profit from it and support politicians sympathetic to the Military Industrial Complex. Corporations don't breathe the air, yet they can pollute it and buy the influence of politicians that only care about money and power to pass bills allowing them to do just that. Corporations don't eat the food, but they can feed us the bottom of the barrel and then buy a politician who'll not only say it's fine, but offer them subsidies. I understand that politicians have been bought and sold since the first politician arrived and I understand that in the modern world, it's the corporations that are doing the buying, BUT THAT DOESN'T MAKE IT ALRIGHT AND IT SURE SHOULD NOT BE MADE LEGAL!!!! Sure, they can't put the money right into the politicians campaign fund and of course they can't have any contact with the candidates election committee, because, well that's illegal ( nudge, nudge, wink, wink, say no more, say no more), but to act as if these " Super -PACS" are without an agenda is moronic and they've already proven that they're more than happy to sink to the lowest common denominator.Overturn Citizens United, it's your duty to your constituents. Remember us? We're those little creatures that are still allowed to vote ( and even that privilege seems to be on rocky ground). Do your duty to your country, it's what you swore to do.

We’re launching a campaign to show grocery chains, like Meijer, that their customers want GMO labeling, and persuade them to follow the lead of other grocery stores like Whole Foods. We have a right to know what’s in the food we buy, so we can make healthy, responsible, and informed choices about what we’re eating. Sign this petition to Meijer CEO Hank Meijer and ask him as a customer to label GMOs in all store-brand products.

We’re launching a campaign to show grocery chains, like Target, that their customers want GMO labeling, and persuade them to follow the lead of other grocery stores like Whole Foods. We have a right to know what’s in the food we buy, so we can make healthy, responsible, and informed choices about what we’re eating. Sign this petition to Target CEO John Mulligan and ask him as a customer to label GMOs in all store-brand products.

The Koch brothers use their billions to fund radical right wing causes. The very least we can do is not support their efforts by not buying their products. If Costco and other retailers step up and stop carrying the products it will have a bigger impact. What the Koch brothers support is in opposition to many of the things Costco promotes.

The safety device that would have saved Janio Salinas was removed just 13 days before his death, and was put in after other workers were almost sucked under by the machines.

For Jeffrey Baldwin and the Toronto citizens who remember him, Superman is a symbol of love and hope even in the face of man's extreme cruelty.

The American Legislative Exchange Council is an organization consisting of global corporate interests and state legislators that collaborate secretly to draft thousands of model bills that are then introduced simultaneously in state capitols throughout the country. Meeting in backrooms, being wined and dined by corporate lobbyists like the Koch Brothers, Glaxo-Smith Kline, Exxon Mobil, Hughes Oil, Geo and Corrections Corporation of America (the private prison industry), the NRA, and the lobby to privatize our once great public school system, is not democracy of, by, and for the people. When you have government by the private prison industry, the NRA, or by the Koch Brothers, you have a culture where prison is encouraged by the school-to-prison pipeline, young black men are shot down with impunity, and a world where environmental degradation and climate change are the price we all must pay for business as usual. Some ALEC bills you may recognize: "Stand Your Ground Laws," promoted by the NRA; "Right to Work Legislation" supported by the Koch Brothers and other corporate interests, designed to kill living wages and public pensions; voter ID laws to kill democracy; bills to kill meaningful healthcare reform; the Parental Choice Scholarship Act that promotes vouchers and sends our tax dollars to for-profit schools and phony online degree programs. According to Progress Texas, out of 181 state legislators, at least 35 have known ALEC ties. It’s well past time to stop the flow of dirty money into our state legislatures. We must demand our elected officials stop subverting democracy and drop their memberships in ALEC. Let’s have government of, by, and for the people once again.