The Secretary of Labor is supposed to stand up for the rights of workers, but Alexander Acosta has shown that he is interested only in protecting the rich and powerful. He broke the law to protect a man that spent decades preying on young girls and, for these efforts, was rewarded with a cabinet position. This man has no place in our government - let alone as the head of the Department of Labor, an agency tasked with investigating claims of workplace sexual harassment and assault.

It serves no good purpose to put this question on the census form. It only reinforces the racism coming from the White House.

Illinois has already passed this provision - it is time for other states to follow suit.

I am deeply troubled by the constant, steady normalization of cruelty, brutality, competition, and aggression by the Trump administration. I hate to think that a day I grew up celebrating with hot dogs and sparklers and American flags could, for children now, become a day on which they see weapons of destruction being touted as the primary means by which to achieve freedom and happiness.

Rescind the Medals of Honor Capitol Hill has introduced legislation that seeks to rescind 20 Medals of Honor awarded for the Wounded Knee massacre. If passed, the "Remove the Stain Act" would remove the names of the 20 cavalrymen who are currently on the Medal of Honor Roll. It wouldn't require any surviving medals to be returned, nor the denial of any benefits. All 20 men who received the medal are dead. The effort began when Rep. Denny Heck of Washington went to his staff with an idea for a bill. Native American groups have been calling for the medals to be rescinded for years. "The congressman had been reading about the massacre and was bothered by the fact that the 20 Medals of Honor had not been rescinded," his spokesperson Bobby Mattina told CNN. "He sees this bill as helping Native American communities with healing, but also protecting the prestige of the Medal of Honor and removing the stain of the massacre from its legacy." One of his cosponsors is Rep. Deb Haaland, who earlier this year became one of the first Native American women to ever serve in Congress. "This bill is particularly significant because it's a marker," she said in a speech announcing the bill's introduction. "It shows that our country is finally on its way to acknowledging and recognizing the atrocities committed against our Native communities." https://www.stripes.com/house-lawmakers-propose-bill-to-rescind-medals-of-honor-awarded-for-wounded-knee-massacre-1.587558 https://www.military.com/daily-news/2019/06/26/lawmakers-seek-revoke-wounded-knee-medals-us-soldiers.html https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/26/politics/medal-of-honor-wounded-knee-trnd/index.html

This will prevent people who pose a threat to the United States from sitting in the Oval Office.

With its dangerous decision in Rucho v. Common Cause, the Supreme Court has given politicians a green light to rig electoral districts in their favor -- by refusing to take a stand against partisan gerrymandering. Five justices have given the high court’s approval to blatant, extreme, and explicit partisan gerrymandering -- granting politicians unfettered permission to rig districts to their liking. But unlike the Court, We the People won’t sit idly by while power-hungry politicians deprive us of our right to fair representation. We have to take this fight to the states -- and push for strong, voter-focused redistricting reforms. Reforms like independent redistricting commissions, which take the power to draw electoral maps AWAY from politicians and give it to the people. These commissions are already working to create fair, impartial maps in states like California, Arizona, and Montana -- and now more than ever, it’s time to take them nationwide. The Court’s decision is a setback for Fair Maps -- but not an insurmountable one. We know our democracy works best when the American people have the power -- not self-interested politicians -- and when every voter can make themselves heard. So we’ll fight state-by-state until not one voter is silenced by gerrymandering. Take the End Gerrymandering Pledge and tell your state lawmakers to pass strong, comprehensive redistricting reform.

HB0203 creates the "No Representation Without Population Act" to stop the practice of prison gerrymandering. Counting prisoners at their last known address will also help the transition to a productive life for the prisoner. Keeping the integrity of the Census count will keep their home communities accurately represented in the state legislature. Link to HB203: http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocTypeID=HB&DocNum=203&GAID=15&SessionID=108&LegID=114071 Contact The Illinois Senate: http://www.ilga.gov/senate/ Contact The Illinois House of Representatives: http://www.ilga.gov/house/

MoveOn supported Senator Sanders in the beginning of the previous campaign. When the going got tough, MoveOn like so many others caved in when the DNC began their shenanigans. Had MoveOn and others demanded accountability and remained steadfast in conviction, we may not have ended up where we are today. To a better America, to bring back decency, common sense and begin the implementation of the programs designed by Senator Sanders, we the people need Senator Sanders, not a copy cat or corporate blue dog, to be the next President of the United States.

I must sincerely question the results of elections going back as far as 2004, when the balance hung on the Ohio count. Exit polls indicated that Senator Kerry had won, but Diebold machines gave the state and the election to President Bush. An 11-year-old child was able to hack a Florida machine in under ten minutes (cf., https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/nation-now/2018/08/13/11-year-old-hacks-replica-florida-election-site-changes-results/975121002/), and Mr. Mueller's report indicated that foreign agents were evidently hard at work in 2016. These machines are a threat to our system of government, and we must return to paper ballots.

After decades in which the Republic was well served by a Senate that took seriously its constitutional charge to provide advice and consent on judicial nominees, a new brand a republican took control of the Senate and denied consideration of the President's nominees altogether. This refusal extended even to a Supreme Court nominee. Since the Senate can no longer be trusted to revere tradition and the people's will, as consummated in a selection of a President, more restrictive language in the conduct of the judicial process is needed to avoid a future Mitch McConnell running roughshod over our Constitution.

E. Jean Carroll, writing about a rape attempt by Les Moorines of CBS you explained why you did not go to the police “I am a member of the Silent Generation. We do not flap our gums. We laugh it off and get on with life....”Jean, America must not laugh this off: “... still wearing correct business attire, shirt, tie, suit jacket, overcoat, he opens the overcoat, unzips his pants, and, forcing his fingers around my private area, thrusts his penis halfway—or completely, I’m not certain—inside me. It turns into a colossal struggle. I am wearing a pair of sturdy black patent-leather four-inch Barneys high heels, which puts my height around six-one, and I try to stomp his foot. I try to push him off with my one free hand—for some reason, I keep holding my purse with the other—and I finally get a knee up high enough to push him out and off and I turn, open the door, and run out of the dressing room. The episode lasted no more than three minutes, she said. She said she has never had sex with anyone since.” Jean, we know how difficult it will be to see him in court and empathize with you as reported in the NY Times. “Ms. Carroll said she never came forward because she feared death threats and 'being dragged through the mud, being dismissed'.” But rape must not be dismissed, and thousands, probably millions of Americans will honor you for your courage and commitment to see justice enacted. Lastly, we men, who have signed this petition beg you to act because by not allowing one of us, in this case the most powerful man in American, to get away with his evil, every American will know that the sexual violence against women must not be ignored, or allowed to continue in our country, or anywhere else.