In California—as in many other states—most recipients of the state’s welfare-to-work program receive their monthly checks through an EBT (electronic benefit transfer) card. But each time they use these cards to get cash, the banks charge them an ATM fee. A recent study found that big banks took more than $19 million out of the pockets of poor Californians in 2012. The average Calworks family lives on about $510 per month. Citibank has agreed to waive ATM fees for welfare-to-work recipients who use EBT cards, but the other big banks continue to take money away from low-income families. Sign the petition to Bank of America, Wells Fargo, JPMorgan Chase and the other big banks: Stop ripping off state funds and low-income people with your ATM fees.

The things this man says are dangerous, and inflammatory against a minority population, full of lies and hatred.

We do not denounce the Koch brothers because their wealth of more than $50 billion exceeds the combined wealth of the bottom 40 percent of all the citizens of the United States, or because they run and own one of the largest petrochemical businesses in the world, or because of their right-wing views. The Koch brothers are entitled to their wealth and to their opinions, but when they use their vast wealth to overpower the voices of average Americans, that is unfair and they should be held accountable. They've established a political front group, Americans for Prosperity, and are building their own permanent political machine, including hundreds of full-time staff in at least 32 states. They are pouring money into federal and state races—including more than $30 million already to help Republicans win the Senate this year. The Koch brothers are thereby using their vast wealth to undermine and corrupt our democracy—a shameful betrayal of our nation for which they deserve to be widely denounced. It's time we join our voices together to publicly denounce the Koch brothers and their dangerous, corrupting influence. They may not be swayed by our voices, but when enough of us condemn what they're doing, taking their money will become a political liability.

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Apple is a company that earned its beloved reputation by engaging in a competitive marketplace and providing its customers with innovative products. Comcast is a company that earned its reputation as one of the most hated companies by helping create laws that prevent competition and providing expensive low quality products. The result of Comcast’s behavior is that the United States has outdated and overpriced internet. This is an embarrassing situation for the country that invented the internet. Now Comcast is starting to do away with net neutrality, a concept that allowed innovative new companies like Facebook and Google to be created. Comcast’s tactics hurt the American marketplace and the American people. However, Americans recognize that not all companies are created equal and we want Apple to know that we will not tolerate one of our champions partnering with a villain in a race to reduce competition and squeeze the American consumer from the wonderful opportunities that capitalism can provide.

The world is finally beginning to realize that these Pesticides and Herbicides are harmful to human beings. The President of Sri Lanka is one of the few world leaders who has been strong enough to stand up to these powerful Chemical Companies. Hopefully one by one our world leaders will get together to request these companies to do more LONG TERM SAFETY studies before human beings are exposed to these toxic chemicals. WE do not have to prove that these products are safe. Monsanto has to prove that BEFORE they expose us to these chemicals. We SHOULD NOT forget that. An interesting documentary on how rural farmers in Canada and US were treated by Monsanto - this defies common sense http://youtu.be/omtYlsG1P5U

My mother and I have been fighting this in court for over 11 years. Even though, we have proven that there were no missing payments, the judge disregarded most of the evidence and granted the banks the right to evict anyway. In the meantime, John Stolarenko, the former president of Eastwood Mortgage Bankers who signed my mothers original loan documents, was convicted of mortgage fraud and served 10 months in prison. JP Morgan Chase/Wells Fargo/MassMutual took over the loan, and picked up where Washington Mutual left off, pushing forward with their attempts to evict my mother and take her home. I was advised on March 20th, by Sabira Bektic of Wells Fargo that she intends to evict my mother onto the street in the cold and that she has already provided paperwork to the sheriff's office.

WE THE PEOPLE OF BRADFORD COUNTY want the immediate stopping of Chesapeake Oil and Gas; All of their Affiliates; All Other Gas Companies following the their path of UNETHICAL and UNEXPLAINED way of deducting massive unexplained charges from Landowners in Pennsylvania! WE want what WE agreed upon in OUR Contracts. The agreement of 12.5 percent, (GMRA), has been BREACHED. Since the "KILMER CASE". some Gas Companies have violated Pennsylvania’s Guaranteed Minimum Royalty Act (GMRA). Guaranteeing NO LESS THAN 12.5 percent! This effects ALL PEOPLE in Pennsylvania! this is money that could be spent in OUR schools OUR Communities! BRADFORD COUNTY is being called upon to save this COUNTRY with their energy crisis and in turn the people have been taken and WE WANT WHAT THE WAS INTENDED 12.5 percent. Please help the People of Bradford County, help us pass BILL HB 1684

Last year, Congress passed the so-called Monsanto Protection Act. The bill allowed Monsanto to plant genetically-engineered crops even if a court found they were approved illegally. It protected Monsanto from lawsuits even if those crops turned out to be unsafe, and kept the USDA from having any authority over its effect on the environment or the lives of local farmers. The bill has now expired, but will you sign our petition demanding Monsanto stop buying policy and policymakers and keep this from happening ever again? The only reason the bill passed is because Monsanto recently spent record amounts lobbying our representatives and corrupting our legislative process: More than $6.3 MILLION. The company continues to fight state-led efforts to label GMOs and even lobbied to prohibit such labeling at the federal level. We need your help to stop the madness! Act now to safeguard farmers and the environment from potentially hazardous genetically engineered crops. Our legislation needs to protect the people from corporations -- not the other way around. Don't let the latest biotech industry plot slip under the wire. Please sign our petition to Monsanto now.

A three-judge panel has stuck down “Net Neutrality” – the principle that no corporation or state authority can censor, slow down, block, or privilege certain content on the web. It's the basis for what has made the Internet a place for creativity, free speech, and innovation. Without Net Neutrality, the very startups that make the Internet a force of innovation will be throttled – unable to compete with incumbent businesses that can pay to provide their access faster than any startup could. Carriers can now charge content providers to make sure their content works well – something that privileges companies already dominating the market at the expense of the startups that have made the Internet great. Facebook or Google might be able to afford preferential treatment – but what about the startup that otherwise could replace them? It’s incredibly insidious, and it threatens to take away the level playing field that’s made the Internet such an incredible boon for society. The FCC, however, has the power to protect Net Neutrality – if they classify broadband as a communications service, something we all know it is with all the time we spend communicating with friends and loved ones via e-mail and social media, they’ll have the power to reinstate Net Neutrality rules.

New Jersey just became the third state to ban the innovative car company, Tesla. We can't think of a better example of how money is corrupting politics — and business — on a local level. The New Jersey Coalition of Automotive Retailers (CAR PAC) spent more than $155,000 last year lobbying for a rule that will now make Tesla sales illegal. Why? Because Tesla's model of selling cars directly to consumers threatens the current structure of dealerships and middle-men. Rather than innovate, the CAR PAC has decided it's better off spending its money to influence government. We need to let New Jersey politicians know that a money-driven legislative process is unacceptable. This isn't about whether or not you buy a particular car; it's about special interests taking away the right for you to have that choice. The People should be steering our political process, not special interests. Tell New Jersey that this decision needs to be reversed and that money holds too much power over our democracy.Reverse the anti-competitive ban on Tesla Motors. Campaign contributions should not allow businesses to thwart competition in the state of New Jersey, and even more importantly, should not be the determining factor in how our democracy is run.

It has been reported that Verizon is defending its decision to provide hard-core porn titles with child and incest themes. The company was included in the 2014 Dirty Dozen List of pornography’s leading facilitators, compiled by Morality in Media (MIM), a national organization that opposes pornography. Verizon needs to show some corporate responsibility!