Displaced and persecuted Yezidi and Assyrians need a safe place of refuge. For the US government to refuse is wrong. These people have lost their homes, land and many have lost their entire families and children. They deserve a place to live without fear of persecution. They deserve mercy and love and to be shown that their lives , all lives matter

To encourage Maryland Senators Barbara Mikulski and Ben Cardin to vote FOR the Iran nuclear deal. Maryland Jews want to make it clear that while some powerful Jewish organizations may oppose the deal, most American Jews support it.

The Iran deal is a very good plan, and one that could keep us out of another unnecessary and costly war. For us and for future generations, this is a deal we should not pass up.

I support President Obama's historic nuclear deal with Iran and I am afraid if Congress does not support it, such a decision may lead to war with Iran.

To inform Congress that the majority of American Jews support President Obama's nuclear agreement with Iran.

Senator Schumer has demonstrated that he places the interests of the Natanyahu government before the interests of the United States and the majority of Democrats who enthusiastically support the Iran agreement. Note that Schumer also supported the Bush war against Iraq over non existent WMDs. In opposing a diplomatic solution to the Iranian nuclear program, he is willing to once again risk the lives and limbs of young Americans in another bloody and bankrupting war against Iran over its alleged nuclear weapons program. The Democratic Senate leader should be an honest, reliable and eloquent voice for the Democratic Party, not a hack for special interests like Senator Schumer.

Scuttling the Iran nuclear deal would create more instability in the Middle East. The war with Iraq was a mistake in which many Americans and innocent Iraqis died; let's not let that happen again. I don't believe the attack ads on this deal because there are too many people who are knowledgeable about the agreement and who support it. Diplomacy is the right solution. Please don't give in to the well-financed lobbying campaign against the Iran deal. Vote in favor of the Iran nuclear deal in September.

Killing rare and or endangered species is a concern for the people, the wildlife and the environment.

We've tried war over and over again with terrible results. It's insane is to do the same thing and expect a different outcome. Let's save our kids and give diplomacy a chance.

Nuclear weapons in the hands of the mad mullahs ruling Iran are the civilized world's worst nightmare. The deal negotiated by the P5+1 crosses all red lines and represents a failure of diplomacy. The only chance for diplomacy to work is for Congress to reject this deal and for the P5+1 to start over and stick with the red lines put forth by President Obama at the beginning.

I am a documentary filmmaker who has covered the plight of the Kurds in Iraq.

Dear friend: Puerto Rico (PR) is experiencing one of the worst crisis in many years. When we objectively evaluate the reason, the consensus is that the root of our problems is the lack of resolution of our status. Since 1898, PR belongs to the United States of America (US); since 1917, those who are born in this blessed Island are American citizens; and in 1952 we enacted our Constitution, which did not change our colonial or territorial status. I am proud to be an American citizen but resent my Island's relationship with the US. How many more years must go by without our soldiers, who go into battle risking their lives alongside their comrades soldiers residents of the 50 states, can vote for their "Commander in Chief"? How many more laws will be enacted in US Congress without Puerto Rico having a congressional representation with the right to vote to support or object them because of their impact on our daily lives? For how much longer we have to resign ourselves to be the first in line for cuts to federal funds and the last at the time of the distribution? All this because we are a colony; because based on our status, under the Territorial Clause of the US Constitution, Congress can discriminate against the 3.5 million of American citizens who live here. Because at the moment you don't live in the Island, this letter is addressed to you. Although I know that many have left PR by choice, during my visits as a candidate to become the first female Resident Commissioner in Washington, DC, I come across too many mothers who share their pain because their children have had to leave with the hope of finding better opportunities in one of the 50 states. Whether it was by choice or because you felt you didn't have any other option, I know you still love your Island and want the best for it. I know you're convinced that the discrimination must end NOW; we deserve EQUALITY. Unfortunately, our present situation leads too many to think that PR is no longer the Island of Enchantment; that instead of being Puerto Rico, it should be called "Puerto Pobre". This has to change NOW; it is time to act. The solution of PR's status is a matter that requires the support of those who live on the Island and those who like you, for living in one of the 50 states, have the right to vote for the President of US and a congressional delegation with the right to vote. And because of that power that you have and I don't, I ask of you to take a few moments of your time to electronically sign the enclosed petition. The same will be sent to the White House, to your congressional representatives and to the candidates for those positions. As you can see, in the same you demand from those with the duty to represent you to stop ignoring the issue; that it is time that the solution of PR's status becomes a priority for them, to be proven with action and not words. I'm counting on your support for this initiative; together we'll be stronger and I know that the political power that you have, because EnUSAMiVotoCuenta, will be decisive in achieving the goal of resolving PR's status and, finally, achieve the EQUALITY that we deserve. Your friend, Zoé Laboy