The highest bid, the most money has taken away the common good for all. Flat line wages and the fact that American Dream is only for the 2%.Send a message to Congress"Give America back to the people"!

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News reports about corporations being allowed to gut the defined pensions that were promised to their employees.

The NRA is revealing itself to be nothing more than a front for arms dealers and weapons manufacturers whose aim is to destroy AMerica through domestic civil war. We are a lll affected every day---just pick up a newspaper.

Fracking—injecting massive amounts of water and toxic chemicals into the ground to reach previously inaccessible oil and gas—is an extreme process, with catastrophic results. Maybe you've seen the footage of people in Pennsylvania lighting their tap water on fire after it's been contaminated with chemicals used in fracking. While industry claims it is a safe process, they cannot know what will happen once they start disturbing geologic structures--including groundwater and aquifer contamination--and possibly inducing earthquakes. Fracking uses massive amounts of precious water and threatens our water, our air, our farms, and our health—and contributes to global warming.

Their failure to pass simple legislation as it relates to gun control, background checks for gun shows and online purchases, etc. There is absolutely no reason for them to continue cow-towing to the NRA leadership who do not even listen to 80% of their own members, much less the 90% of everyone else in the nation. We, the people, are getting organized and your cushy job is in danger. We are tired of your allegiance to NRA, ALEC and other lobbyists. Yes, all of you should be ashamed. You don't even care about Aurora, Sandy Hook, Virginia Tech, and other victims. Your actions have proven that. So beware. Elections will follow and your name may not rise to the top afterwards.

The Koch brothers are the right-wing oil and gas billionaire duo infamous for funding the Tea Party. Now they want to buy their own media empire to spread their extreme views -- including the Baltimore Sun, and its parent, the Tribune Company. The Kochs have spent their fortune funding anti-worker candidates like Scott Walker, right-wing lobbying groups like ALEC and climate-change denying 'think tanks.' They even warned tens of thousands of their employees that there would be "consequences" if they didn't vote for Republicans. Not exactly the kind of guys I want running the most respected newspaper in Maryland. Isn't one Rupert Murdoch enough? The Baltimore Sun is a valuable source of honest journalism. We can't let it turn into a right-wing mouthpiece. Please sign our petition against a Koch brothers buyout of the Sun.

The residents of Schooner Cove 7001 Interbay Blvd Tampa Florida have gone long enough with no action to residents concerns.

Attorney General Eric Schneiderman needs to walk away from the pretend investigation into Wall Street's crimes in the housing market and launch a real investigation. Progressives calling for an investigation into Wall Street's role in the foreclosure crisis cheered when President Obama announced the creating of a Task Force to investigate fraud in his State of the Union last year. "Progressive hero" Attorney General Eric Schneiderman agreed to be part of the investigation, but threatened to publicly walk away if it failed to produce results. A year later, the results are in. It's time for Attorney General Schneiderman to walk away from this sham investigation. In an article today, Schneiderman admits he was "naive" to believe the Justice Department would prosecute big bankers. According to the Huffington Post, "In the months after Schneiderman took office in 2011, large financial institutions and their lawyers said they feared him. Now, some have said privately in interviews that they view him as a nuisance, given the dearth of cases he has brought." The investigation has proven to be a stalling tactic designed to make progressives think the administration is prosecuting bankers and helping homeowners. Attorney General Schneiderman can show the public he still believes in justice for bankers and homeowners by refusing to participate in this make-believe investigation. He should do exactly what he said he'd do and walk away. Instead of giving cover to a banker friendly investigation, Attorney General Schneiderman should use the tools at his disposal as New York's Attorney General to prosecute the bankers. Progressive organizations like MoveOn that cheered Schneiderman's appointment to the task force should support him as he walks away -- and continue fighting for justice for homeowners and bankers.

Last week, a massive explosion leveled the West, Texas, fertilizer plant, and claimed the lives of 14 firefighters and nearby residents and injured over 200, rocking the rural farming town to its core. According to the Dallas Morning News, experts say the disaster in West, Texas, "was easily predictable and probably preventable if anyone from any agency had discussed simple safeguards with the company." Despite this, Gov. Perry said he's "comfortable" with the level of state oversight of these kind of facilities. Gov. Perry made an even bolder claim—the majority of Texans agree with him. Tell Gov. Perry you disagree and want stronger state oversight of hazardous and polluting facilities.

I find myself caught in a catch 22. I make too much to go bankrupt (according to the rules), yet Congress changed bankruptcy rules that essentially forbid bankruptcy, while simultaneously allowing banks and credit card companies to jack up interest rates to whatever they like (I have 1 at almost 29%). They should have just brought back debtors prison.

It's time "ALEC" is treated like the lobbyist it is and not just a non-profit organization who says they are a bipartisan think tank that works for not only the good of their state but also the good of the United States Government. ALEC should have to pay taxes like any other organization since they do wine and dine some of our finest people in the our legislative branches, large corporations and etc. Bill Moyer had an expose' revealing this organization on Public Television and it just made me angry how the people we send to government to represent us seem to be there for the ride.