Because it is the Right Thing to Do.

The mayor of Burbank, CA has created a members-only Facebook Group, named 'City of Burbank', to be "a virtual community forum that promotes open communication between residents, provides community news/updates and ultimately establishes one more avenue of bringing our community closer!" Membership is granted at the discretion of the mayor, yet many residents' requests to join remain ignored. Posts with dissenting viewpoints are deleted without warning. Concerned residents urge the Burbank City Council and Staff to uphold transparency and fairness by officially directing the 'City of Burbank' Facebook group administrators to change the group name and description to reflect its unofficial status, or state the membership policies and refrain from political censorship so that all citizens of Burbank can participate.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions lied under oath during his confirmation hearing about his communications with Russian officials. This is perjury -- which is a felony. He should no longer be the nation's top attorney.

We deserve an Attorney General who upholds the constitution and doesn't lie under oath.

We deserve an Attorney General who upholds the constitution and doesn't lie under oath.

The Washington Post just revealed that U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions lied under oath at his confirmation hearing about his own contact with Russian officials during the presidential campaign, when he was a foreign policy advisor to Trump. During his confirmation hearing, when asked by Senator Al Franken “if there is any evidence that anyone affiliated with the Trump campaign communicated with the Russian government in the course of this campaign, what will you do?," Sessions replied, “Senator Franken, I am not aware of those activities … I didn’t have – did not have communication with the Russians.” The only way for Americans to be able to trust that our government can act with integrity -- to know that our top leaders aren't compromised by a foreign power, and to trust that the nation's top cop follows the law that he is duty-bound to enforce -- is for Attorney General Sessions to resign his post immediately and for his successor to appoint a special prosecutor to begin a comprehensive investigation of Donald Trump, his campaign, and his administration. Anything short of that is flatly unacceptable and puts our country's security, our free and fair elections, and our justice system at grave risk.

The American people deserve answers and now; not the partisan dusting under the rug that Trump’s congressional enablers want, but a true special independent investigation.

For those of us who have served in uniform, or belong to military families, there was nothing respectful about Trump's "tribute" to the widow of Senior Chief Owens. Instead, it was a loathsome and gut-wrenching moment - using a family's grief over a slain service member as a political ploy to shield himself from criticism, while refusing to take responsibility for his actions. During the 2016 campaign, myself and fellow veterans joined together to form Common Defense, an organization dedicated to fighting back against Trump's attacks on our most basic values. Now that he is in the White House, it is deeply troubling that Trump continues the pattern of using the military to push an agenda of hatred and division. We need to say loud and clear that we and our loved ones refuse to be pawns in Trump's game. Trump does not speak for the military community, and Trump knows nothing of the sacrifices we and our families have made. Trump's exploitation of Owens' death is just as unacceptable as his disrespect for the Gold Star Khan family during the 2016 campaign, and continues his long history of shameful insults to veterans, including POWs and Purple Heart recipients, as well as the countless Muslims, Immigrants, women, and people of color who served in uniform -- unlike Trump, who still only seems interested in serving himself. Of course the sacrifices of Gold Star families deserve to be honored, but Trump's speech was not a way of honoring Senior Chief Owens, it was taking advantage of a family's grief for his own political gain. This cannot be tolerated. Stand with us in condemning Trump's use of veterans and military families as political props.

The Republicans in the House of Representatives have sent nine bills to the floor that threaten our individual freedoms, the working class, and the environmental future of not only this country but the Planet. We need to take a stand to protect ourselves and the future of this country. Senators and representatives need to do the right thing and stand up for us. Vote NO on all these HR Bills.

What are your thoughts on this? Too many residents cannot afford to keep their older vehicles on the road when new car standards are applied to them. The U.S. Government Accountability Office, the research arm of Congress, issued a 2014 report saying it can find no definitive evidence that mandatory inspection programs reduce accidents, noting crash rates are about the same in states that have them as in those that do not.

The Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) is holding its most prestigious tournament--the 2017 U.S. Women's Open--at Donald Trump's New Jersey golf resort. Yep, a women's organization wants to give millions in revenue, free advertising and good branding to Donald Trump. It's straight up offensive. And even US senators agree--on October 26, three of them wrote to the head of the US Golf Association (USGA), who is in charge of venue decisions, urging him to refuse to affiliate the tournament with a racist serial sexual predator. Big companies like Uber and Nordstrom have already cut significant ties with Trump. If enough of us speak up and join the mounting pressure, the USGA + LPGA will be forced to move the tournament. Can you sign the petition?

As parents, we would do anything to keep our kids healthy and safe. But many of us won't be able to if Congress goes along with the health care cuts Donald Trump and Republican politicians are proposing. Repealing the Affordable Care Act could strip health coverage from 13 million children, according to a new report. Turning Medicaid--which pays for health care for almost 40% of kids--into "block grants" would harm millions more. Preventive care is so important for kids. Kids who don't get care they need for conditions like asthma can fall behind in school or worse. And a serious illness can easily bankrupt a family. No member of congress wants to be known as "The Guy who Took Healthcare from Kids." So if we make enough of a fuss, we can stop this. Please share this petition widely!