Our government is coming unglued. Congress is wasting time and money without accomplishing anything. Money is the new master, with all the laws written to overpower the people.

Corporations have vast resources way beyond those of individual human citizens. This puts U.S. human citizens totally out of the sphere of influence over our own government. This imbalance is unacceptable because it kills DEMOCRACY!

The Monsanto GMO tainting of the Oregon wheat crop due to field testing a decade ago requires the following actions by the State of Oregon: 1. Call an immediate moratorium on field testing of any GMO crop in Oregon; 2. Reaffirm the 110-year-old mission of the Oregon State Land Grant University to conduct practical agricultural research and offer it free to farmers; and 3. Seek legal remedy from Monsanto for economic damages to the Oregon economy due to its proprietary GMO seed.

The Children’s Place produced apparel at Rana Plaza in Bangladesh before the factory collapsed in a horrific industrial homicide, killing over 1,100 garment workers and leaving children bereft of a parent, grandparent, brother, or sister. And yet, the company still refuses to compensate the families of the victims and to sign the Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh, a binding agreement that would prevent tragedies like this and save countless lives. The Children’s Place has blood on its hands, and the Accord is the only credible way for the company to begin to make it right. It’s no surprise that brands like Gap and Walmart are still refusing to fix their deathtrap factories by signing the Accord — after all, they’re the ringleaders of the failed approach to worker safety that led to over 1,100 deaths at Rana Plaza, and they’re deeply committed to keeping their public images clean through massive expenditures on public relations and lobbying instead of investment in meaningful factory safety. The Children’s Place, on the other hand, has no excuse. This little-known brand, a New Jersey-based retailer of children’s apparel, has mostly flown under the radar since it was discovered that in the eight months leading up to the Rana Plaza industrial homicide, a factory in the building produced over 120,000 pounds of clothing for The Children’s Place. It’s long overdue for The Children’s Place to start to make amends to the thousands of children who were orphaned by the Rana Plaza collapse. We’ve tried repeatedly to communicate with the company to give them a chance to do the right thing, but they’ve ignored us. Apparently they’d rather put their heads in the sand and hope we don’t notice that they have the blood of hundreds of garment workers on their hands. But we will never forget, and we will never go away until they do the right thing.

If the Pinellas County Board of County Commissioners approves the future land-use amendment for Briarwood, many people will become homeless and many species will be destroyed, including bald eagles.

The California State Senate has passed the DISCLOSE Act. Now it is time for the State Assembly to act. The Assembly Elections Committee will take this up as early as June 18. DISCLOSE stands for "Democracy is Strengthened by Casting Light on Spending in Elections". The California DISCLOSE Act would bring transparency to California elections by requiring clear identification of the top three funders of tv, radio, print and online political ads, as well as billboards and websites. Monsanto, DuPont, Dow and other corporations spent $47 million to defeat GMO labeling in California last year. Chevron, Occidental Oil and Aera Energy spent $94 million to defeat a tax to pay for alternative energy under the name of "Californians Against Higher Taxes". Voters need to know who is really behind campaigns ads.

I can’t survive on the wages I make. So today, I and dozens of others who work in Seattle's fast food restaurants walked off our jobs. Most of us make close to minimum wage, and while the top tier of Seattle's economy is booming, we're getting left behind – unable to support our families, unable to build a better future, and unable to even make ends meet. It’s downright shameful that someone who works full time is forced to rely on public assistance because their employers aren't paying them enough. Paying us a livable wage will not only help us to support our families, but it will also help strengthen the entire economy. We'd be able to buy the everyday items we need, keeping the money in our community and making our neighborhoods safer. I've had it with food and coffee chains who are not paying workers in Seattle enough to survive. I hope that you are also outraged that full-time workers can’t afford rent, food, transportation, or health care. When I go back to work tomorrow, I want to know that Seattle has my back in my fight to be able to work hard and pay my rent. Please sign your name in solidarity.

Think this can't happen? Think again. Crowd-funding gives us the power of numbers. Which owners would you prefer own some of the nation's premier papers -- the Koch brothers? Murdoch? Or us? I love the investigative reporting that the Chicago Tribune and the LA Times have done. If the Kochs or Murdoch get a hold of these newspapers, you can say goodbye to crucial reporting.

It's dangerous to allow only a few multi-media-mega-conglomerates to control all avenues deciding what information we receive. There used to be laws greatly limiting the number of media companies a corporation could own in order to protect democracy. Many years of Republican Congress eliminated these limitations. Now, only 5 (like Fox & Disney) feed us right-wing propaganda while calling it, "the liberal media".

I like many others continue to be impacted by the Georgia foreclosure crisis. In Georgia, lenders can quickly move to foreclose on a home without the benefit of due process. In a recent Georgia Supreme Court decision, You v. JP Morgan Chase, the court failed miserably in responding sensibly to the grave consequences of foreclosures.

Lobbyist have to much influence on our representitives

Separation of Commerial bank from gambling Banks