President Trump's tweets about Mika Brzezinsky were beyond despicable. His behavior is appalling, unacceptable, and beneath the dignity of the office of the President. He has no consequences for his behavior. The ONLY thing he seems to care about is to be worshipped by the masses, so maybe this will get his attention.

SUCCESS! On Friday, June 30, Governor Kasich announced that he had vetoed the provisiions in the state budget to limit or effectively end the expansion of Medicaid to low-income adults that would have caused 500,000 or more Ohioans to lose healthcare coverage. But the legislature says it has the votes to override the Governor's veto. Now, can you help by signing our petition to tell state lawmakers to let Governor Kasich's veto stand? https://petitions.moveon.org/sign/tell-lawmakers-to-protect

He no longer represents the views of the state of Colorado constituents.

Transparency is a bedrock value in in our democracy. Our democracy relies on a free, fair, and adversarial press to hold power accountable. That’s why it’s so alarming that President Trump’s White House has decided to ban television cameras and live audio from multiple press briefings -- CNN even had to send in a sketch artist instead, while C-SPAN showed just the podium! It’s just the latest example of the White House refusing to communicate openly with the American people about the decisions it makes that affect all of us -- from our healthcare to our national security. When journalists challenged this latest move, Sean Spicer just replied that the White House was doing what “we can to communicate our message” and that Administration has “tremendous respect for the First Amendment.” But this ban smacks of contempt for the First Amendment as well as the American people -- not “respect.” The camera and live audio ban is part of a disturbing pattern out of the Trump Administration to attack institutions that serve as a check on power. Whether it is the President’s Tweet that the media is the “enemy of the American People” or rhetorical broadsides against the federal judiciary, Americans are increasingly aware of the hostility that the Trump Administration has shown to those whose job it is to safeguard and uncover the truth. But we’re not an authoritarian state -- we must stand up for a free and independent press that holds power accountable. Tell the White House to drop its ban on cameras and live audio from press briefings.

Our jaws are on the floor. The Senate version of the Trumpcare bill is worse than even our darkest fears. It will take a wrecking ball to health care in this country, leaving millions without care, making health care unaffordable for many, eliminating funding for Planned Parenthood, and giving massive tax cuts to the wealthy. Shockingly, this bill's cuts to Medicaid are even deeper than those passed by the House--at a moment when Medicaid and Medicare should be dramatically expanded. If the House bill was 'mean,' this bill is cruel. Nothing remotely like this bill should be considered by any member of Congress, and amendments won't get it into the ballpark of the compassionate and practical policy-making we need from our elected officials. As-is or with fig-leaf amendments, this bill would go down in history as the most cruel, destructive act of wealth transfer to the richest Americans at the expense of kids, low-income Americans, the elderly, those with disabilities, and the vast majority of Americans. It's a moral disaster and political malpractice by any senators who dare to support it.

Under Trump's proposed budget all long distance Amtrak passenger train services would lose federal support and would be discontinued. The national passenger train network would be destroyed. It would no longer be possible to cross the United States by train. As the resident of a small community I would no longer be able to travel to see family or pursue business and employment possibilities. Many other small towns across the USA would lose their ability to travel to the outside world to seek medical help, educational opportunities and job opportunities. The amount of federal support for these Amtrak services is very small compared to the rest of the federal budget. Many more tax dollars are spent in supporting the White House fleet of airplanes than is spent on the entire Amtrak budget. For more information on this issue go the the website of the National Association of Railroad Passengers (NARP) at NARP rail.org.

A dark cloud hangs over this Administration as Trump himself, and numerous top campaign aides, are being investigated for obstruction of justice and potentially colluding with Russia to interfere in last year’s election. The Senate must not and can not act on a lifetime appointment to the highest court until this investigation is complete. The cases the next Justice will rule on will have wide-ranging impacts on nearly every American and could roll back decades worth of progress on LGBT rights, women’s health and reining in corporate power. Mitch McConnell held open a Supreme Court seat for nearly a year last year out of pure politics. Surely he can hold open this seat until an investigation of this magnitude can be completed. It is long past time for him, and Republicans, to put country before party and do the right thing.

It's clear that the protection of our democracy and the vote can't be provided by our compromised and colluding president.

We are all negatively impacted when our government acts in a secretive manner, and we all benefit when our government acts in a transparent and open manner, allowing for a healthy debate of today's most pressing issues.

Marijuana was the only drug I tried that helped relieve the negative symptoms of my Aspergers Syndrome. I had to quit smoking it when I was accepted into the pain clinic, due to random drug testing. The symptoms of autism, such as overstimulation, meltdowns, and confusion can be very excruciating! I want to at least try to help legalize marijuana across the board, and the nation-wide referendum to legalize marijuana will allow the citizens of all 50 states to vote Yes or No. Please sign my petition, for the sake of autistic people, and for people not on the spectrum alike, to enjoy both medical and recreational marijuana.

The senators and congresspersons who support Trumpcare seem more concerned with cutting costs than providing a good healthcare plan. Perhaps they will do a better job if they have to use Trumpcare.

Every 20 years, Florida convenes the Constitution Revision Commission. It’s a group of 37 political appointees that have the power to put constitutional amendments before the voters in 2018. Coming on the heels of the most destructive and divisive presidential campaigns ever, it’s a welcome opportunity for Floridians to demand the commission help fix our broken elections. Despite very little notice of the commission hearings, Floridians are packing rooms to speak their minds. In fact, the commission had to move several meetings to larger rooms to accommodate the large crowds. One of the key topics cited by dozens of speakers: getting rid of the horrible closed primary system that locks out over a quarter of our registered voters and forces politicians to cater to a small fraction of the electorate during the primary, where the majority of races are actually decided. These primary voters are often the most ideologically extreme in both major parties. A closed primary suppresses the vote of people, who do not like political party-politics. Independent voters want to vote for the person, not the political machine behind the politician. They want the candidate to be beholding to "we the people" not the Democrats or Republicans, and the often politically corrupting party system. Now more than ever, Florida needs to shift to open primary elections in order to accommodate the rapidly growing number of independent voters that are now a larger group of voters nationally than the Democrats or Republicans: 39% of all voters now identify themselves as "independent" rather than affiliated with one of the two major political parties, according to a 2014 analysis by the Pew Research Center, compared to 32% Democrats and 23% Republicans. Therefore, we are asking that the CRC put Open Primaries on the ballot. Any amendments proposed by the CRC would be placed on the 2018 General Election ballot. Any amendments placed on the ballot by the CRC would have to secure 60 percent approval by voters to be added to the Florida Constitution. After signing this petition please go the the CRC website and post your request & comment: http://flcrc.gov/Proposals/Submit