We just learned that Priceline.com is one of the growing number of huge, multinational corporations that pay nothing in income tax. While you and I paid our share, they literally did not pay a single penny. Their tax-dodging move of choice? They deduct executive bonuses from their taxable income ... meaning their executives get huge pay-days while the public gets nothing. Good thing we already have a Priceline "negotiator" to help stop this -- Mr. William Shatner, aka Captain Kirk, and the star of Priceline.com's commercials. Join us and ask Mr. Shatner to tell Priceline.com to stop dodging their taxes, and join our effort to make sure big corporations pay their fair share.

If you have been a victim or know anyone who has been a victim of a foreclosure fraud by anyone of the big banks or anyone of their sub-servicing companies . It's time for everyone to ban together to put a END to this type of fraudulent behavior ASAP in the State of New Jersey and around the Country . If you are being mistreated by your mortgage servicer you can file a complaint against them online with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau @ http://www.consumerfinance.gov/guidance Or call : (202) 435-7700 & 1-(855)-411-2372 They really want to hear from you .

El año pasado , mi hermana, Teresa Moreira, se encontró luchando por su vida en el hospital debido a un ataque de lupus. Fue hospitalizada por cerca de tres meses. Durante este tiempo caótico, dejo de hacer un pago por la cuota de su membresía. Desde que había sido hospitalizada , no había cargado nada a su tarjeta, y por lo tanto no tenía un saldo pendiente . American Express le informó a las agencias de crédito sin antes fijarse en su historial ni tratar de contactar a alguien para ver cual era el problema. En un momento en el que ella debía centrarse en su recuperación, ella ha tenido que lidiar con llamadas de teléfono a American Express , llamadas telefónicas a las agencias de crédito sin poder lograr la correccion de este error. Me parece que American Express podria reconocer de inmediato su error y tener la capacidad de corregir esta situación. Después de todo , hay registros médicos copiosas que acreditan su situación. Como esto lr psso a mi hermana, estoy seguro de que le pasa a muchos otros clientes leales a American Express los cuales nunca dejan de hacer sus pagos mensuales. Por favor firmen esta petición para instar a American Express a cambiar sus políticas de información de crédito en caso de enfermedad grave para los buenos clientes leales. Ellos deben recompensar y no castigar la lealtad.

I love WGN morning news. The morning crew is the best in the business. They are hilarious, witty, and they make the news (as bad is it can be), tolerable. Paul and Robin need to do the Thanksgiving parade. It will completely ruin my holiday, and I will blame WGN, the Tribune Company, all of its affiliates, the pencil-pushing management, and anyone else I can find to blame for my burnt, dried out and half-drunk turkey. Thanks!

We have been researching garment factories in Bangladesh, and have found that the factories are continuously unsafe and the workers' rights are unfair. The Bangladesh Fire Safety Accord was created to improve factory conditions, and was signed by numerous prestigious companies, yet Walmart was not one of them. Not only does Walmart need to sign the accord as it is an influential corporation, but it also must go further to increase the wages and amount of training of the workers for it will encourage other companies to follow in its lead.

A merger of the two largest cable companies in the United States would be a bad deal for consumers, leading to less competition and likely higher prices for subscribers. And a combined Comcast-Time Warner would be in a position to slow or even block Internet traffic from content providers like Netflix or Hulu if the cable company decided they didn't want the competition, threatening net neutrality. Subscribers are frustrated with the service and price of cable service, and almost no one thinks letting the two companies with the worst consumer satisfaction ratings in the industry would somehow magically make those problems go away. One of the biggest threats posed by this proposed merger is to a free and open Internet. Already cable companies are facing loss of subscribers from unhappy customers who want to "cut the cord" and switch to online services like Netflix and Hulu. Recent court cases have struck serious blows to the principal of net neutrality , which means a merged Comcast/Time Warner would have wide latitude to start restricting bandwidth or demanding payment from online services they deem to be competition. And with Comcast already owning Universal Pictures and all of NBC, the economic incentive to discriminate against competing content providers would be very strong. Finally, a combined Comcast/Time Warner would be, quite simply, just too big, with too much power over subscribers, content providers and, quite frankly, too much influence in Washington. Comcast and Time Warner may be hoping that armies of highly paid lobbyists and attorneys can push this deal through, so we have to make sure that the voices of millions of unhappy cable subscribers who know this will be a bad deal for them are heard.

VICTORY! Governor Brown has now signed SB 27, the bill to force Dark Money non-profits to reveal their secret funders in California elections! As California Clean Money Campaign President Trent Lange said afterwards in the Sacramento Bee: “Governor Brown’s signature of SB 27 marks a turning point in the fight to reveal secret funders of political campaigns. It starts to shed light on dark money in California and serves as an example for the entire nation." Your petitions and calls worked! SB 27 became law after more than 40,000 people like you signed petitions. More than a thousand people applied extra pressure by calling their legislator. SB 27 was a great coalition effort in which the California Clean Money Action Fund worked with not only the bill author Senator Lou Correa, the sponsor FPPC, and our CA campaign finance friends at California Common Cause, California Forward, and the League of Women Voters of California; but also with national organizations like Public Citizen, CREDO Mobile, Courage Campaign, Progressives United, Represent.Us, causes.com, MoveOn.org, Money Out Voters In Coalition, MapLight, Label GMOs: California's Grassroots, Lutheran Office of Public Policy - California, Moms Across America, and others. Thanks to everybody who signed and helped us achieve this historic victory! PLEASE ADD YOUR NAME TO THE PETITION and we'll tell you how you can help pass other crucial bills to end the dominance of Big Money in politics, like SB 52, the California DISCLOSE Act and SB 1272, the Overturn Citizens United Act. -- Your friends at the California Clean Money Campaign (www.CAdisclose.org)

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Update: Since this petition was launched, the remains of the missing worker have been discovered. The system doesn't allow for changes to the body of the petition people have already signed, but I wanted to share this sad news with you. Chevron owes the neighbors of the well that exploded in Greene County. Pennsylvania an apology, a real apology. Read all about Chevron's free pizza giveaway below (and see a photo of the letter and coupon). And stay tuned for more information about a call-in day! http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/attytood/Chevron-Endure-our-fracking-fire-and-the-pizzas-on-us.html

Arsenic. Cadmium. Mercury. Bisphenol A. Formaldehyde. These are just some of the potentially toxic chemicals in products intended for use by children. Chemical and toy companies don’t want you to know about it. Sign the petition to support SB 1569, requiring manufacturers to disclose products that contain these chemicals. Right now in Oregon, manufacturers aren’t required to tell us about potentially toxic chemicals that are in products intended for children. There’s a heated battle in the legislature and chemical company lobbyists are working hard to convince legislators that it’s simply too big a burden to tell us what’s in these products. Sign the petition NOW to demand that the legislature pass SB 1569 to help protect our kids from harmful chemicals. Oregonians deserve to have ALL of the information when it comes to chemicals in products, especially those used by children. Claims by chemical and toy manufacturers that it’s just too big a burden are ridiculous. Washington State already has a very similar law. Our kids deserve the same protections. Tell the Oregon Legislature to pass SB 1569.Sign the petition and let’s not allow big, out-of-state lobbyists to win the day.

Dear Friends, We have collected over 1200 signatures thus far, please begin to talk about this issue, promote and gain more signatures for our cause. The masses are ready to see corporations be accountable for the negative messages they promote. For those of you who don't know, on February 13, 2014, an artist signed to Universal, by the name of Nikki Minaj, released an album cover desecrating the memory of Malcolm X at the approval of her labels Cash Money Records, Young Money and Universal Def Jam. Several days later Rick Ross the former police officer pretending to be a drug dealer from the "hood", released a song disrespecting the memory of Trayvon Martin, at the approval of his labels Maybac Music and Universal Def Jam. Months earlier, Russell Simmons, the co-founder of Def Jam, promoted a "sex tape" which depicted Harriet Tubman having sex with slave masters to free slaves.This type of blatant disrespect should not be tolerated by anyone. Kids of all colors black, white, and brown are falling into the trap that some Hip Hop artists and labels are promoting. Therefore, we are petitioning Universal, Def Jam, Cash Money, Young Money, Geffen, Interscope and all other subsidiaries of Universal as we are sick and tired of Hip Hop being used to promote the degradation of all people, the high incarceration of black people and the corruption of youth. We Call on Lucian Grainge to stop promoting Hip Hop Artists who are being used as puppets to destroy what we created. We object to the use of our creative works being manipulated to promote Anti-African American Pride, Violence, Rape, and/or the degradation of African American Men or Women or Men and Women of any other culture. We demand a public apology from Lucian Grainge and a percentage of funding from all Hip Hop Albums to go to community programs to create jobs and resources within the African American Community and other communities who have been influenced by this negativity or we will not support anything distributed by the Universal Music Group, subsidiaries, or affiliates including but not limited to music, movies, youtube videos, or any other product or service you extend to the public. We ask for your support by signing the petition and boycotting Universal Music Group, their subsidiaries and products. Please have everyone in your household sign and SHARE***SHARE****SHARE**** WITH ALL EMAIL CONTACTS AND ON ALL SOCIAL NETWORKS Thank you, Eryka Pac

Comcast, the nation's largest cable and internet company, has announced plans to purchase Time Warner Cable, the second largest, for $45 billion. But the FCC and the DOJ can still stop this monopolistic merger. The deal would cement Comcast's stranglehold over an industry in which consumers already have few options and face steep prices and unreliable customer service. This merger would mean even less competition over price and service. High speed internet access is more important than ever, whether you want to get a job, start a business, get an education or just watch a movie. But the United States already trails every other developing nation in internet speed and affordability. We need telecom companies to expand access and build out 21st-century infrastructure to bring us up to speed with the world. Instead, telecom CEOs are only concerned with maximizing profit and gobbling up the competition. President Teddy Roosevelt would roll over in his grave. This kind of monopolistic behavior must not be allowed. Tell the FCC and the DOJ to block the merger.