• Who does Steve Daines work for?
    The point of Senator Steve Daines' support is that whatever Donald Trump and the Koch Brothers want, he will deliver. This is sad, a shame, and he will use fake issues to uphold his position no matter what he has been told. I won't forget that.
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    Created by Michael D. Fried
  • Rep. Raskin: Please give your friend an earful — not your endorsement
    “A person who sees his friend taking the wrong path must tell him … Whoever could have rebuked but fails to do so is considered responsible for the wrongdoing, because he passed up his opportunity [to say something].” — Maimonides Rep. Raskin, Some of us are constituents in the 8th district who elected you to Congress last year, based on a three-term track record as a fiercely progressive state legislator. Some are grassroots progressive leaders from across the State of Maryland who look to you as a critically important moral leader during these challenging times. All of us are proud of the reputation you’ve already established on Capitol Hill over the last six months as a strong voice for our shared values. We’re writing because late last week, state Senator Bobby Zirkin, your former colleague, announced that you will be headlining a fall fundraiser for his campaign for re-election to the Maryland legislature (http://bit.ly/2w3OB6J). This endorsement is clearly very meaningful to Senator Zirkin; at a recent speaking engagement with constituents at Chizuk Amuno Congregation, for example, he mentioned you by name at least half a dozen times. We certainly don’t blame you for staying in touch with former colleagues or for maintaining friendships with people with whom you do not always agree. And we’re mindful — and grateful — that Sen. Zirkin co-sponsored and championed the successful campaign to ban fracking in Maryland this year. That said, Senator Zirkin should be hearing a private rebuke from his friend in Congress right now — and not a public endorsement. Over and over again, as the chair of the powerful Judicial Proceedings Committee, Sen. Zirkin has actively undermined work for equity and justice throughout Maryland. Just in the most recent legislative session: • Sen. Zirkin led the fight against paid sick leave, and was one of just four Democrats who voted against the bill in the state senate. He also consistently put corporate interests ahead of workers' interests in his actions advancing amendments to water down the legislation. • Sen. Zirkin, the largest Maryland recipient of 2016 campaign contributions from the bail bond industry, pushed a bill in Committee and again on the floor that would have restored cash bail, a system that disproportionately incarcerates black Marylanders before trial who are simply too poor to make bail. Sen. Zirkin kept advocating for the legislation even after the Attorney General described it as “dangerous,” after the entire Legislative Black Caucus voted to oppose it, and after the House of Delegates had dropped it entirely. • And finally, Sen. Zirkin did not stand with our state’s immigrant and Muslim communities — who feel particularly targeted right now — in their interactions with Maryland law enforcement. The TRUST Act, which died in Sen. Zirkin’s committee, would have prevented local Maryland jails from honoring “detainers” — unconstitutional requests by federal immigration agents to keep people in jail without a warrant. It also would have included a provision to prohibit Maryland from implementing a Muslim registry. On the final day of the legislative session, the Latino Caucus' chair Del. Joseline Peña-Melnyk did not mince words: “Sen. Bobby Zirkin, shame on you! You played with us. You killed the bill. You amended it to another bill. You held it on the floor on [the last day of session]. You knew what you were doing. Shame on you!” Rep. Raskin, we know these positions aren’t who you are. But your headlining this campaign event will surely give the impression that Sen. Zirkin, like you, has a strong track record of progressive leadership in Maryland, and is an ally to those who are working to resist the Trump agenda. And Sen. Zirkin seems eager to publicize that misimpression. Sen. Zirkin must answer to all of us, and especially his own constituents, about why he did not stand as an ally to the Legislative Black Caucus, the Latino Caucus, or working families last session, and chose to focus instead on championing unpopular positions aligned with business interests. He must explain why his biggest concern, according to this fundraiser invitation, is that our discourse is “overly partisan,” rather than understanding, as you do, that the Trump administration’s attacks on basic freedoms transcend conventional politics and place our communities of color at particular peril. Rep. Raskin, you’ve spoken powerfully since January about the mandate we have at this time to fight for our values, and to be crystal clear about who we are. Your public endorsement of Sen. Zirkin at this time obscures the clarity we need to move forward in Maryland. Sen. Zirkin has some explaining to do to his constituents, and to all of us in Maryland, about the role he has decided to play in obstructing racial justice and worker protections. If you continue to provide Sen. Zirkin with progressive “cover” he does not deserve, blunting the rebuke he needs to hear from all of us, then you will have some explaining to do, too.
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    Created by Joelle Novey
  • Investigate Trump's Ties to Russia NOW!
    This is a defining moment for your Senators. Will they fight back in the face of corruption? Will they stand up to Trump? Or will they let him run roughshod over our core governing principles while they stand by and do nothing? If people like you stay silent, your Senators will cave to their political instincts, and Trump will get away with attacking our system of government. So we need you to demand that they defend our democracy from Trump’s worst authoritarian instincts. Tell your Senators to call for an independent investigation into Trump's ties to Russia!
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    Created by Peter Stocker
  • Protecting Florida Voter Registration Database
    Voter registration databases (VRDB) are rich targets and may be an attractive target for computer intrusions. This problem is not unique to individual states—it is shared across the nation. Voter Registration Databases (VRDBs) present a unique target for cyber threat actors. It is vital that the Florida Secretary of State take precautions to defend VRDBs against cyber intrusion.
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    Created by Ron McClelan
  • Lisa Murkowski and Susan Collins: Your President and Party have Left You
    Trump is a disaster. Republican control of both houses of Congress is a disaster. Trump and his supporters are attacking Senators Collins and Murkowski for their health care votes. Both would do well as Independents or Democrats. It would make the Senate a 50/50 split.
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    Created by Ray Johnson
  • Sunoco: End your racism!
    The era of slavery and Jim Crow is over!
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    Created by John Meagher
  • Investigate profits being made by Trump in his visits to Mar-a-Lago and N.J. golf courses
    We shouldn't be paying for these exorbitant costs when people are without health care, food or other necessities.
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    Created by Linda Zabielski
  • Save our Marine Sanctuaries from Unnecessary Drilling!
    Marine Sanctuaries are like National Parks of the ocean. But now, Trump wants to open them to Big Oil. This is a disaster waiting to happen. We need your help to stop it! Leave your comment telling NOAA to keep Big Oil out of our oceans!
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    Created by Peter Stocker
  • Stop Wray's nomination for FBI Director
    Because we have just found out that Wray worked for Chris Christie on Bridgegate and did not disclose this.
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    Created by Marilyn Lee
  • Stop this giveaway to the fossil fuel industry
    The so-called "Energy and Natural Resources Act of 2017" would increase fracking, allow easier approval for dirty oil and gas pipelines and exempt dams for hydro power from environmental laws. We need your help to stop it! Tell your Senators: Stop this giveaway to the fossil fuel industry!
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    Created by Peter Stocker
  • End Gerrymandering
    Our country is divided by extremism. It is time to stop the madness and find a way to give a truer representation of social and political hopes and expectations of most Americans.
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    Created by Frank Howe
  • Disruptive Airplane Noise
    We the residents of Roslindale, MA along with Dorchester, Roxbury and Jamaica Plain are victims of MassPort's bungling and the FAA's indifference to our plight. Airlines do not want to climb over the water because it uses more fuel yet climbing over residential areas starting at 5 am is perfectly acceptable as it doesn't cut into profits even though it negatively affects the quality of life for residents.
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    Created by Mary O'Connor