I am starting this petition to protect our democracy from a weakening of safeguards like the Office of Government Ethics. DT and GOP are threatening to defund the OGE.

If passed by the Senate and signed by the new President, these acts would result in wholesale destruction of rules protecting the environment, worker health and safety, consumer rights, and the well-being of families and communities. These rules translate laws passed by Congress into actual practice, after extensive study by the relevant federal agencies and ample opportunity for public comment. The new House acts also would cripple all future rule-making. For more information see https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/16/opinion/the-assault-on-health-and-safety-begins.html The Senate must reject this radical restriction of the federal government’s power to protect Americans.

As a commissioner, Tommy Hunter represents all of Gwinnett County not just his constituents in District 3. His divisive comments are currently circulating in national news which can negatively impact our community’s reputation and ultimately, our county’s economic growth and sustainability.

We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, call on Senator Bernie Sanders to form a third political party in the United States of America. The Democrat and Republican party leadership have proven, each in their own ways that they are more interested in retaining power and prosperity for their respective parties than they are interested in prosperity for their constituents or the nation as a whole. The 2016 election has proven beyond any reasonable doubt that our nation is now ready to gather behind a new leader and work toward a common cause of returning our nation to rule By The People and not by the oligarchy. We need a party and a leader that speaks for all of us. We need a party and a leader that energizes the people and has the knowledge and experience to lead us down the right path to achieve our goals. That leader is YOU Mr. Sanders and the party is whatever you choose to name it. By forming a new party now we CAN have more registered voters under the leadership of Bernie Sanders by the 2018 election than either the Republican or Democrat parties have. We CAN make substantial gains in the local, state and federal elections of 2018 and by 2020 we CAN have our party represented in the White House. Please Senator Sanders, agree to lead the moderate, reasonable majority of voters that desperately seek to organize behind a movement that can make a difference. We implore you to form a party that we can all believe in as much as we believed in your presidential campaign.

Until Mr. Trump's ties to Vladimir Putin can be clarified and any security concerns completely dismissed, he is not fit for the office of President of the United States.

Starting the petition so that if Trump wants to run for re-election and be on the ballot in Pennsylvania, he will have to release his tax returns and all future presidential candidates will have to release their tax returns as well. We do not need the US Congress to pass a law like this. If a handful of swing states which Republican and Democratic candidates need to win require tax returns to be on the ballot, every future candidate will do it.

An unprecedented urgent situation requires unprecedented urgent measures. Call on the US Supreme Court/Attorney General to suspend the Jan. 20th Inauguration in order to allow appropriate time to fully review and consider:   1) Official warnings that a Trump presidency represents a top national and global security threat, as issued by top military, security, legal, political and scientific experts (including by Republicans, the standing president, high-level officials, world leaders and top university professors) throughout 2016 to date;  2) The results of full medical & neuropsychiatric exams on Donald Trump prior to transmitting the power of office and the nuclear codes, as formally urged by top Harvard professors of psychiatry and APA member professionals throughout 2016 to date;  3) The results of recent official conclusions on election interference and compromise by Russia, emitted by US Intelligence Agencies, as well as all related pending investigations;  4) Full resolution of conflicts of interest and foreign financial ties according to the Constitutional Emoluments Clause prior to taking office. Basic principles: an election without election integrity is not an election.  We, the people, should not be forced to accept dubious election results, that threaten our national and global security. Whether it is to follow "tradition" or "smooth transition of power" - none of these values will endure if we face a nuclear incident that can occur at any time once Trump is given the nuclear codes, or any number of dangers still pending the serious, thorough consideration required.  According to the results of the above items, SCOTUS options may include, as necessary, election rectification (honoring the popular vote) or reconvening elections (if possible, with UN/OAS election observers to monitor election integrity). _______ This is a national and global security issue affecting us all. This is not a partisan issue, nor even exclusively a national issue. The USA and all the world's nations stand to be fatally affected by how unequivocally we recognize and step up to rectify a compromised election result.  This is a petition for our highest justice authorities to  heed dozens of the world's highest authorities consistently issuing formal urgent warnings about the multiple dangers of a potential Trump presidency.  Ensuring our national and planetary safety, the integrity of our democratic election institutions and of the presidential public mandate, and respect for our national sovereignty must come before all other considerations. Selected Background Information: 1) Well over 200 top experts and authorities have issued formal warnings and concerns on major security issues arising from Trump's incompetence and instability. Here is just one joint letter of many: 50 GOP Officials Warn Donald Trump Would Put Nation’s Security ‘at Risk’ https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/09/us/politics/national-security-gop-donald-trump.html?_r=0 2) Formal communications from numerous highly esteemed Harvard psychiatry professors / APA member professionals, alarmed by Donald Trump's mental instability, symptoms and dubious fitness for office, urging President Obama to command full medical and neuropsychiatric exams of Donald Trump prior to transmitting power and the nuclear codes. One article of many: Is Donald Trump Mentally Ill? 3 ProfessorsoOf Psychiatry Ask President Obama to Conduct ‘A Full Medical and Neuropsychiatric Evaluation’ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/richard-greene/is-donald-trump-mentally_b_13693174.html 3) Recent official conclusive evidence of election interference issued by at least four US Intelligence Agencies, the conclusion of other related pending investigations, and a full recount and audit of the election pending from the official preliminary recount that took place in Nov/Dec 2016 (Jill2016.com/Recount)

"When the president does it, that means it is not illegal." This infamous quote, which ultimately brought down Nixon's presidency, seems to be Trump's justification for refusing the financial disclosures expected of any holder of higher office. Trump has so far refused to release his taxes, divest himself from his businesses, and disclose his financial entanglements and debts he has all over the world. The bipartisan Senate Intelligence Committee is probing into the involvement of Russian intelligence agencies in the 2016 election, including possible illegal ties between Russia and Trump's team. We must urge the investigating panel to subpoena Trump's tax returns to check if Trump is beholden to any foreign entity. The Senate Intelligence Committee stated that it would use "subpoenas if necessary". Now that the Trump administration has taken over the national intelligence agencies, it is more urgent than ever that his tax returns are released because: 1. Trump's tax returns will confirm the nature of his financial ties with Russia; 2. They will reveal Trump's conflicts of interest and possible violations of the emoluments clause of the Constitution; 3. The investigating panel has the legal grounds now to demand that Trump release his tax returns, as all requests from an ethical and moral standpoint were willfully ignored. Let's put a stop to all the lies, spins, diversions, and excuses spouted by the Trump regime and concentrate on how we can hold him accountable by demanding the subpoena and release of his tax returns. Please sign this petition and share the link.

When you see some food in the store labeled as promoting good health, you'd think -- of course -- that the product would be good for your health. That's not necessarily true. The government does have some standards for how companies can claim health benefits, but those are mostly focused on fat and salt. What about sugar or artificial ingredients? You're on your own to figure that out. Science now recognizes the role that sugar plays in a variety of health problems, including obesity, diabetes, and heart and liver disease. But health food shouldn't just be about avoiding bad substances -- it should be nutritious too. Tell the Food & Drug Administration that you expect health food marketing to be honest and to promote good nutrition.

The House of Representatives just revived an extreme measure to slash the salaries of federal employees they don't like to just $1 per year. The implications of this ability are vast -- and horrifying. A radical politician can effectively fire someone who works on a program they don't personally agree with -- like, say, climate science, ethics investigations, or environmental standards. This rule could inject electoral politics into everything the government does. The president could even use this rule to encourage his allies to purge the federal workforce of non-loyalists. Members of both parties have expressed outrage -- there is a likely majority in the House if it came up for a full, public vote. Public pressure convinced congressional Republicans to drop their attack on independent ethics oversight -- it can put an end this shocking rule too.

By Election Day 2016, it had become painfully obvious that Donald Trump was hiding something in his tax returns. The less troubling possibilities were troubling enough: that he had lied to the American people about his degree of business success, or that he had exploited tax loopholes that, while technically legal, would strike most Americans as improper. But there are growing reasons to be concerned about darker possibilities: corrupt business practices that would make Trump vulnerable to blackmail by anyone who knew the truth, or financial ties to foreign governments that would amount to taking bribes once Trump took office. Many members of the cabinet, and other political appointees (such as heads of independent agencies) wield significant power. Furthermore, in the case of lower-ranking political appointees, Federal law allows the President to reappoint them to higher positions in an acting capacity once confirmed by the Senate to the first position. Therefore, it is dangerous for the Senate to confirm any appointee who may have been chosen for improper reasons. Many of Trump's nominees would arguably stand a good chance of being reappointed by Trump's successor were he to resign or be removed from office with their appointments still pending. However, even with Trump's less-controversial nominees, it would be deeply embarrassing for the Senate to have rushed their confirmations, if the worst suspicions about Trump ultimately proved true. Offering Trump an ultimatum will provide Trump with a powerful incentive to resolve these questions as quickly as possible. So for the sake of the country, and the dignity of the Senate, we ask you: tell Trump you will not vote to confirm any of his political appointees until he lets the American people know the truth.

I am outraged that in less then week Trump will ascend to the Presidency of the United States before the American people know the extent of foreign interference into our election.