Our democracy is under threat.

We are concerned about the chipping away of the Constitution by the current administration and seek the commitment of our Representatives to defend and support the Constitution and its amendments.

Nick Melvoin is running for school board and one of Trump’s biggest backers in California along with a host of billionaires are pumping money into his campaign. Their money is funding deceptive mailers, misleading people about incumbent school board member and teacher Steve Zimmer's record. As a teacher in this district, I’m disgusted that these billionaire special interest groups are influencing this election. These are people who’ve never sent their kids to our schools, but because they have so much money, they get to come in and try to confuse the voters about who supports public education. In addition to one of Trump’s top donors in CA, Melvoin's donors include a board member for the right-wing Cato Institute who used to fund Betsy DeVos’ anti-public education PAC. These are people who want to bring the DeVos and Trump agenda to California. The Trump/DeVos/Melvoin agenda would undermine public education here in LA. These types of extremists don’t belong in LA politics. All of these donations were so outrageous that Hedge Clippers, a group dedicated to tracking and exposing hedge fund money in politics, issues a report about our school board race. Nick Melvoin needs to reject this money. Any direct contributions he should publicly return and he should publicly condemn any independent spending by any special interest billionaires. Their money is poisoning Los Angeles and our country. Join me in calling on Melvoin to stop the dirty attacks funded by the billionaire and run a clean race. It’s what the voters of LA deserve.

Tacoma City Council, 1. Adopt a Sanctuary City Resolution: Codify into Tacoma City ordinance that police officers will not act as defacto immigration agents, that City employees refrain from performing duties from the Department of Homeland Security, and that the City will not cooperate or assist with any unconstitutional or illegal registration or surveillance programs targeted at any immigrants in Tacoma. 2. Continue to block any expansion of the Northwest Detention Center or any private correctional facilities across the City of Tacoma. If necessary, legislate changes to the City code to ensure this is enforced. With Trump’s expansion to the deportation machine, our City needs to be proactive to prevent the detention of undocumented immigrants. 3. Create a legal defense fund for undocumented immigrants who currently do not have a right to legal representation in immigration proceedings even though the federal government is legally represented throughout the process. Legal representation will ensure that immigrants are 10.5 times more likely to remain in their community. 4. Initiate the Immigrant and Refugee Task Force to address issues facing undocumented immigrants living and working in our City. This task force should include include diverse representation of immigrants, undocumented immigrants, refugees, and LGBTQ, labor, educators, faith, and ally community leaders.

New York has the opportunity to do something on behalf of the people of the United States of America that we cannot do for ourselves and force the release of the state tax returns of the President. This will also set an excellent legal precedent for future disclosure for ALL of our elected officials who should not be allowed to secretly profit from their public service at the cost of our security and ability to make informed choices of who our representatives are beholden to.

Net Neutrality keeps the internet free and open — enabling anyone to share and access information of their choosing without interference from companies like AT&T, Comcast and Verizon. But the Trump administration wants to get rid of Net Neutrality and shut down the open internet. Despite Net Neutrality’s popularity across the political spectrum, Trump's FCC Chairman Ajit Pai is about to introduce a plan that would destroy it -- he needs to be stopped.

President Donald Trump's erratic behavior and displays of mental instability increase significantly day to day, as the world watches. This is a serious crisis that can destroy humanity permanently. This is not about ideology, political party, or the 2016 election; this is about compassion for a very troubled man who is in the position of president with access to the nuclear codes 24/7. Nothing we debate, protect, or defend will matter if Mr. Trump's limited grasp on reality results in the loss of humanity.

This is basic common sense. The American people deserve to feel as safe as possible against all foreign and domestic threats.

I hate to see our Presidency being prostituted by Trump. He is profiting from the Presidency and building his businesses around the world. This is a misuse and abuse of our tax dollars and it is cheapening our country. He is for sale to the highest bidder and so is our White House. Also my tax dollars are paying for his constant golf trips to his resort in Florida and for his wife in New York and for his daughter in the West Wing and his son in law. And he still refuses to show us his taxes. How much more of this are we supposed to take?

On April 27, the Illinois Senate passed a bill sponsored by Sen. Daniel Biss that would require presidential candidates to disclose five years' worth of income tax returns to appear on the ballot in Illinois. “This is about transparency and good government," Biss said. "It’s something we need, and, frankly, it’s something I wish we’d had a year and a half ago." Senate Bill 982 now goes to the Illinois House for consideration. [1] Until 2016, major-party candidates for president had voluntarily released their returns since the Ford administration. Biss said voters should be able to look at information about a presidential candidate’s sources of income and investments so they can understand where potential conflicts of interests may lie. “Voters should be able to make up their own minds about a candidate based upon their own priorities and their own interests," Biss said. [2] Urge your Representative in the Illinois House to support SB 982 by signing our petition. References: 1. http://evanstonnow.com/story/government/evanston-now/2017-04-27/77543/senate-oks-tax-disclosure-bill-for-presidential 2. http://evanstonnow.com/story/government/evanston-now/2017-04-27/77543/senate-oks-tax-disclosure-bill-for-presidential

I was shocked at what Sheriff David Clarke had to say regarding the deaths of inmates in Milwaukee County Prison. He doesn't seem to believe that all lives matter. And when I did more research about him, read his startling opinions on crime and criminals, and then learned that he was being considered to head the Dept. of Homeland Security, I felt I had to do something to try to prevent this.

The people that need it most should not be penalized and hurt financially so the wealthiest Americans can get tax breaks. And children should not have to pay the price because that's who it hurts the most. We need to stick together and care for our children. It takes a village and this is our village and we must protect it. Please Sign for them!! <3