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Instagram/Facebook: Stop the Exploitation of ChildrenSex traffickers use Instagram accounts to advertise and pedal vulnerable children for sexual purposes. As a high school administrator, I have struggled to help a young person get an exploitative Instagram account deactivated. Upon receiving a report regarding a minor, Instagram should immediately suspend the account and conduct an investigation, even when the child is unable to provide Instagram with the required government-issued ID.155 of 200 SignaturesCreated by Jennifer Renee Gebbie-Raanan
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Tell the DNC: Reject for-profit corporate PAC donations and let the people's voices and votes be...Spending more DNC money and political capital than we raise from for-profit corporate interests defending our receipt of for-profit corporate checks is a bad business proposition. Rather, we should welcome individual participation believing that each of us are equal at the ballot box and at the DNC. The DNC has the chance to make a powerful structural change in that direction at its February 13-16, 2019 meeting in Washington, DC. Already, over twenty DNC members have signed on to a resolution, authored by DNC Member Christine Pelosi, to do so. The full text of the Resolution is below, along with the names of the co-sponsors. We need to tell the DNC: Save our democracy! Uphold people over PACs! Reject for-profit corporate PAC donations! Pass the Resolution! RESOLUTION TO EMPOWER GRASSROOTS DEMOCRATS WITH A CORPORATE PAC-FREE DNC SUBMITTED BY Christine Pelosi, California Alexandra Chalupa, At Large Larry Cohen, At Large James Zogby, At Large Becca Doten, California Michael Kapp, California Sandra Lowe, California Melahat Rafiei, California Susie Shannon, California Jeri Shepard, Colorado Terry Tucker, Colorado Chris Reeves, Kansas Michelle Deatrick, Michigan Winston Apple, Missouri Persephone Dakopolos, Missouri Megan Green, Missouri Ron Kaminski, Nebraska Jane Kleeb, Nebraska Frank LaMere, Nebraska Patty Zieg, Nebraska Senator Nina Turner, Ohio Valdez Bravo, Oregon Travis Nelson, Oregon Tanya Shively, Oregon Kat Hoang, Texas Daisy Thomas, Utah Terje Anderson, Vermont Yasmine Taeb, Virginia Khary Penebaker, Wisconsin Andrew Werthmann, Wisconsin Jessica Chambers, Wyoming WHEREAS, millions of Americans voted in a "blue wave" of Democrats ready to work for the people and restore integrity in government - including dozens of candidates elected to party and public office from sea to shining sea who ran on a platform to End Citizens United, take no corporate PAC money, and empower individuals over corporate interests; and WHEREAS, as President Barack Obama said in his farewell address, "When trust in our institutions is low, we should reduce the corrosive influence of money in our politics, and insist on the principles of transparency and ethics in public service;" and WHEREAS, many of our most engaged activists believe that a pledge to take no for-profit corporate PAC money will gain the trust and support of millions of grassroots donors and revive our national party during the critical 2020 presidential election; THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Democratic National Committee acts to revive trust in our Party by reaffirming President Obama's BAN on for-profit corporate PAC donations to the DNC, placing us in line with the sentiments of our diverse grassroots Democrats so that more people's voices can be heard at the DNC and across the country; and, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Chair or his designee report on a quarterly basis to the public and this body on our party's compliance with this resolution.5,324 of 6,000 SignaturesCreated by Christine Pelosi and Susan Eastlake
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Tell Squarespace to dump Steve KingYou have probably heard of Steve King. The nine-term Congressman from Iowa is one of the most racist members of Congress. Here are some of the things Steve King has said: - "White nationalist, white supremacist...when did that language become offensive?" - “You can’t rebuild your civilization with someone else’s babies.” - Dreamers aren’t good people because "for every one who's a valedictorian, there's another 100 out there that weigh 130 pounds and they’ve got calves the size of cantaloupes because they're hauling 75 pounds of marijuana across the desert." There’s a lot more. Just this week we found out that his government website links constituents to a white nationalist blog! It’s time to take action. We have spent too much time over the years blasting King for his head-in-the-sand racism and we should not just denounce him and move on. It’s time to take King’s platforms away. Steve King hosts his campaign website (steveking.com) on Squarespace. Please sign our petition telling Squarespace not to host hate on its platform and to kick King off! There is precedent for this: Squarespace in 2017 gave white supremacist Richard Spencer and a number of other alt-right organizations 48 hours to find a new website host. Other platforms like Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube have deleted accounts belonging to extremists like Alex Jones and Milo Yiannopoulos. Media reports subsequently found that those actions dramatically cut down on their audiences. De-platforming works as a way to fight hate. Please SIGN and SHARE our petition telling Squarespace to kick off Steve King!17,994 of 20,000 SignaturesCreated by Matt Hildreth, America's Voice
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Boycott StarbucksWe need to send a strong message to Howard Schultz about his foolhardy notion that he needs to run for president as an independent voter. Boycott Starbucks! Make it viral and hit him on his beloved bottom line until he decides it's not the best idea.11 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Cheryl Ray
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Boycott Starbucks2020 Presential Election Candidates28 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Brian Dullaghan
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BOYCOTT STARBUCKS IF SCHULTZ RUNS AS INDEPENDENTSchultz running as an independent risks an unmitigated disaster resulting in Trump's reelection. A loud and clear message that millions of people are ferociously intolerant of such a move on his part might have an impact. At any rate, it would send a message.36 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Jeffrey Vogelgesang
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Gov. Newsom, Test Diablo Canyon Nuclear Plant for SafetyPG & E, the company that manages Diablo Canyon, cannot be depended on to protect the people of California. The company is facing bankruptcy resulting from massive Northern California fires and a fatal gas explosion. Please intervene to take charge of testing for safety at Diablo Canyon, a nuclear plant located on an active earthquake fault near San Luis Obispo, and assure the people of California the plant will not re-open if tests prove the nuclear plant is unsafe. In 2005, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission warned that Diablo Unit One was among the five most embrittled reactors in the U.S. Because the internals of all atomic reactors are subjected to intense heat, pressure and radiation, critical metals can lose their resiliency and shatter, leading to catastrophe. Cracking of dry casks at other nuclear sites, including San Onofre, make essential a full evaluation of the management of nuclear waste at Diablo. Additionally, a dozen earthquake faults have been discovered near Diablo since Unit One was designed, raising questions as to whether the reactor would be able to withstand a serious earthquake. It's imperative we avoid a nuclear accident that could endanger the lives of California residents.2,666 of 3,000 SignaturesCreated by Marcy Winograd
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Villas at Oakwell Farms: Improve security measuresVillas Property Management, There has been a sharp increase in car break-ins in our apartment complex during the past few months. The residents of Villas at Oakwell Farms pay to live in a gated community with a security guard with the belief that our property, ourselves, and our loved ones will be safe. Since the car break-ins have increased, the Villas has provided no response to how safety measures will be improved to prevent future break-ins from occurring. We believe this inaction is negligent especially since reports of theft have been increasingly reported to the Villas management. We, the residents, demand: 1. A meeting for the entire apartment complex that addresses the following: a. Inform residents of all security issues that have occurred in the past 12 months: car vandalism, car break-in, property damage, theft, burglary, and assault and the steps the Villas has taken to address these security issues. b. Inform residents about security measures the Villas will take including but not limited to: i. Having security guards make hourly rounds around the entirety of the apartment complex ii. Installing two security cameras per building iii. Hiring another security guard, outlining their hours on duty, job description, and frequency and areas of patrol iv. Timely address of broken gate issues and notifying residents via email or text when the gate is malfunctioning so they can take actions to protect themselves and their property If preventative measures do not take place within a month, we demand that our rent is decreased by 10% because we no longer live in an apartment complex that can meet our security demands.14 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Haley Yaw
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WholeFoods: stop selling Sabra hummus!We are calling for a boycott of Sabra hummus (and all Sabra products) because Sabra is partially owned by Strauss Foods, which actively supports the Golani brigade, an “elite” unit of the Israeli army which is responsible for grave human rights abuses. The point of boycotting products such as Sabra hummus is to encourage public scrutiny of companies complicit in Israel's continued human rights violations.373 of 400 SignaturesCreated by Penny Fellbrich
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Give My Family Internet, At&TMy family and I live no more than six miles to the nearest town, Mexia, TX. Our house will contain three generations of family, my family, which has two college students including myself. My mom was offered a job with epic games, which is now on hold since we have Hughes Satellite Internet, which is not suitable for the job. We live a mile from old DSL internet, that they no longer carry. By doing this petition, we are hoping to bring internet to the area we live in.11 of 100 SignaturesCreated by jade a snell
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Tell Harvard: Cut Ties With Makers of OxyContinPurdue Pharma, which makes OxyContin, is owned by the Sackler family. According to the New York Times, "Since OxyContin came on the market in 1996, more than 200,000 people have died in the United States from overdoses involving prescription opioids, and Purdue Pharma has been the target of numerous lawsuits." Here in Massachusetts, the opioid crisis has hit hard. In 2016 alone there were 1,821 opioid-related overdose deaths in our state. Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey recently filed a lawsuit that aims to hold members of the Sackler family personally responsible for deliberately misleading the public about the dangers of OxyContin, but we need to pressure Harvard to completely cut ties as well.14,849 of 15,000 SignaturesCreated by Jeremy Cohen
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Credit Cards and Banks: Don't Penalize Furloughed Federal Employees!This is one of those rare, clear cut moments in which the leaders of our financial corporations have an opportunity to lead or to fail. Failure to act to help furloughed federal workers is likely to result in profit down the line for these corporations who were so recently beneficiaries of that very government. What these companies will collect in penalties, fines, fees, and high rates of interest is so tiny compared to the magnanimity of the windfall they received as their tax liability was reduced. Helping the furloughed federal workers, or at least not hurting these workers with late fees, penalties, and high rates of interest for prolonged credit card debt, sets a remarkable precedent and is simply the right thing to do.32 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Paola Cabal