Tillerson becoming Secretary of State

***UPDATE: Your pressure is working! The congressional hearings for four of Trump's nominees have been delayed. Let's keep up the pressure to ensure all nominees are thoroughly vetted before their hearings.*** Starting with Jeff Sessions, the Senate is trying to hurry through congressional hearings for 10 of Donald Trump's controversial Cabinet nominations—before the nominees have gone through the standard ethics review process. The director of the nonpartisan Office of Government Ethics said that this rushed schedule is "of great concern," and that this may leave some of Trump's selections with "potentially unknown or unresolved ethics issues." We can't sit back and let the Senate confirm millionaires, billionaires, and politicians influenced heavily by corporate lobbyists without insisting that they undergo standard background and ethics checks.

The City of Berkeley has raided one particular group of homeless people 14 TIMES IN THE LAST 3 MONTHS. These homeless people are engaged in a protest of homelessness and the City’s policies related to it. They have set up tents, been camping in highly visible places with banners and signs, and established camp rules against alcohol and drugs. During each raid, personal property and survival gear of the homeless protesters has been DAMAGED, DESTROYED, AND/OR CONFISCATED. Neighbors often check conditions of the camp and observe police behavior during raids, which usually happen around 5am. AT ONE RAID, A CITY COUNCIL CANDIDATE WAS ARRESTED while trying to protect a disabled woman who was being bullied by the police. PEOPLE IN THE CAMP HAVE PROFOUND HEALTH ISSUES including Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), insulin-dependent diabetes, uncontrolled hypertension, bipolar disorder, and PTSD and some require wheelchairs and canes to get around. The homeless camp invites people to visit and share about their visit on social media. The protesters are calling for: 1) Legal and sanctioned camping space and other stable solutions (such as a communal house or tiny homes) as an alternative to shelters. 2) A moratorium on police raids until #1 happens.

LEGISLATIVE DEVELOPMENT: SOCIAL ACTION Foster Care Unplugged has been working with local and state politicians to develop a Bill that will help reduce the likelihood of homelessness and poverty for youth aging out of foster care. This Bill will help to develop a trust fund that will offer alternatives to such challenges by allowing youth to have more concrete housing and career options. NY STATE SENATE BILL S7720 : Introduced by Senator Kevin Parker of the 21th district in Brooklyn, NY, this Bill is in relation to establishing a program for financial transitional living services for foster children. The office of children and family services shall establish a program to assist foster children in the care, custody or guardianship of an authorized agency to achieve financial security and independence as the children transition into independent living. To prevent honlessness, decrease crime rates within this population and open up resources for alternatives to adulthood Success through education. Click the link below for the entire bill stipulations. http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2015/S7720

I live on the lands of the Ohlone People and believe they deserve Federal and State "Recognition" .

Not having access to affordable health care is a hardship for every American which can result in life and death choices. It is and should be an unconditional right and not reserved for the privileged few. If our US Representatives and US Senators feel that they should and will reverse the legislation for the Affordable Care Act then they should also experience the same ramifications by no longer having access to health coverage for themselves and their families.

To NOT ALLOW Congress to use the PEOPLE"S MONEY to pay for a campaign promise made by a candidate., and to use that money instead to PAY BACK the money Congress owes Social Security.

So many of Trump's proposed appointees are unqualified (someone from the Sierra Club has noted the appointing Scott Pruitt to the EPA is like appointing an arsonist to head the fire department) and/or present a danger to the country and its future or both. It is essential that all the facts about their background and all of their positions on relevant issues be investigated, and made public, before they come to positions of power. Senators need to understand their constituents' concerns and act in response to them. http://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/07/us/politics/senate-confirmation-hearings-background-checks.html?smprod

As I type this, Congress is trying desperately to repeal the bill commonly referred to as Obamacare. This bill has given untold numbers of people, who had no healthcare before, coverage and saved countless numbers of lives in the process. And while they claim to be working on a replacement, we have heard the timetable of between a few weeks to "somewhere down the road". This is completely unacceptable! That is why, as a show of solidarity and good faith with the American people, the members of Congress that vote to repeal the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) should also suspend their own healthcare until such time that a suitable replacement has been conceived, ratified, and put into effect. If they truly have something good in the works and are not simply gas-lighting the American people, drunk off of their own power, or simply looking to dismantle the legacy of President Barack Obama, then this small action should be nothing but a minor inconvenience to them. Congress, do what you know to be right and suspend your own healthcare coverage until such time as a replacement for Obamacare has been completed.

Because I believe we need to protect the American electoral process.

In light of U.S. intelligence findings, outside influences successfully inhibited our political process and diverted its outcome. Our Founding Fathers did not think of everything. In order to achieve feats never before achieved we must employ methods never before used!!

Please add other names as you find them. Let's hit them where it hurts and let them know we won't tolerate the support of a tyrant.