Senator Franken is our Senator. The people of Minnesota are entitled to have our system of due process and proportionality for unacceptable behavior applied to the people we elect. The fact that Al Franken was elected twice by the people of this State doesn’t absolve him of responsibility for anything he may have done. But certainly we are entitled to a process that objectively looks at the allegations against him and renders a judgment based on the existing norm of proportionality, the same norm that all of us live with every day. Al Franken is our U.S. Senator. He deserves due process and so do the people of Minnesota.

I have read about the devastating effects of climate change. As such, I will do everything in my power to keep my environment clean and healthy. Sadly, the coal billionaires are bribing our Republican state legislators into destroying our environment. We the people must petition so that you can help shut down coal plants to save our future and our environment.

We are having our income stolen by people like Corker who got a tax deal on our backs. NO more. NO legislator should benefit from legislation for a period of 4-7 years. Then we'll see if that's really "public interest" or not!

On 12/20/17, Politico revealed that California's Republican Representative Devin Nunes is leading an on-going and secret investigation of the FBI & DOJ leadership aiming to show bias against President Trump. Rep. Nunes is my representative, and I find his actions to be contrary to the ethical standards to which elected representatives at the national level must adhere in order to serve the entire nation. Instead, this is more of the types of actions that are further inflaming highly contentious divisions within the US.

This is not an Anti-Conservatism petition as I believe bipartisan bills are the most beneficial to the American population. Unfortunately, however, the corruption and willful undermining of our democracy within the Republican Party is apparent to the American People, and we demand it be dissolved and Conservatives start a new party with a commitment to honest public service, patriotism and real conservative values. Return the integrity to the conservative wing of America and end the party of corrupted Republicans.

It is unfair to Al Franken and the people he represents for him to resign over allegations that have not been subjected to an ethics investigation. He has stated he will resign on January 2. Please encourage him to reconsider.

I am not hearing about any support, only criticism and possible threats to the investigation. No one seems to be stepping up to defend it -- so the public must do so.

We have twice placed in office presidents who were clearly the minority vote getters in two of the last three changes in the presidency. We are the only nation in the world with such an undemocratic voting system for the sole nationwide office being voted upon. The Constitution says: "We the People..." without reference to the location of the people and our nationwide elections should reflect all the people's choice.

Because Merrill may drag his feet and delay Jones's seating the U.S. Senate when it is vital Jones be there, if at all possible, to help scuttle the present tax proposal by the GOP.

Like a cancer, there is an illness growing within our country. It’s an illness that is being nurtured by the POTUS and Republicans in Congress with tender and loving care. The coordinated effort by President Trump and his surrogates to discredit the Mueller investigation raises serious alarms. Rather than making themselves complicit in this assault on the rule of law, Members of Congress should send a clear message to the President that firing Mueller is a red line he must not cross. If Trump fires Mueller, as many now speculate is possible, the United States will find itself in a constitutional crisis—where the executive branch rejects scrutiny, checks and balances, and the rule of law in order to protect itself from accountability. The expert on government rights and wrongs is so concerned that—after a Trump-aligned member of the House, Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz, appeared on CNN and announced: “I call on my Republican colleagues to join me in the firing of Bob Mueller”— Walter Shaub, the former director of the US Office of Government Ethics who now serves as a senior director focusing on ethics issues for the Campaign Legal Center wrote: “Make a plan folks. Be ready to take to the streets. This is an attack on our Republic.” Taking it to the streets is always a good idea when the oligarchs and plutocrats spin out of control. That’s why the founding generation of the American experiment established First Amendment rights to assemble and to petition for the redress of grievances. But it is important, now, before a potential crisis becomes a real one, to signal what that reaction will be: a widespread public outcry to impeach President Trump. The POTUS and Congress need a wake-up call that their corruption is not being tolerated.

Banning words means banning any focus on groups of people or scientific inquiries. This ban obviously targets gay people and women and stinks of the Mengelian sort of Fascism practiced by Hitler. Rejecting LBGTs, pro-abortionists, and other diverse groups or scientific research related to them is motivated by the Christian idea of Creationism, and Trump has done this to appease this Christian Fascist arm of his party. It is a direct refutation of the First Amendment's call for separation of church and state. If this censorship stands at a major federal institution, it signals a complete breakdown of democratic principles and paves the way for rampant white supremacy, fuels racial and gender violence, as well as destroying the dynamic of scientific inquiry relative to the health of our nation.

President Trump has consistently bragged about his rights to pardon anyone he chooses within his inner circle who might be indicted as a result of the Mueller investigation. He is able to use this power over the heads of those who might be inclined to cooperate with the special prosecutor, but fear that said cooperation might prevent their potential pardon. Please prevent President Trump from using his power to obstruct justice by taking away his pardoning rights to members of his inner circle.