Recently, The Washington Post revealed that Trump has spent $258,000 from his nonprofit, tax-exempt foundation to pay legal settlements for his own for-profit business. And he is actually bragging about it: boasting that this was good business sense because it was "other people's money." This outrageous and abundantly unethical behavior concerning tax-exempt organizations must not go unpunished. If the IRS finds that the $258,000 Trump used for personal court settlements violated the law, the self-proclaimed billionaire will likely skate by with a minimal fine and/or a mandate for reimbursement. These slaps on the wrist won't go far enough. The new cases of likely llegal behavior are just the most recent scandals involving Trump’s morally-bankrupt, tax-exempt foundation: * Just last week, New York's Attorney General Eric Schneiderman opened a full investigation into the foundation. * The foundation gave an illegal $25,000 campaign contribution to Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi just days before she decided not to investigate Trump University fraud charges in 2013. This gift was found to be in violation of IRS tax laws, and Trump was required to pay a penalty tax of $2,500 and reimburse his own foundation for the full $25,000. * He has blatantly used his foundation's money to buy himself personal items and memorabilia, such as a football helmet signed by former NFL quarterback, Tim Tebow. Enough is enough: Will you join me by signing the petition telling the IRS to immediately revoke the tax-exempt status for the Donald J. Trump Foundation?

Four years ago, Regina got up early to vote before her workday started at Walmart. It ended up taking two hours to cast her ballot. Thankfully, she made it to work just in time, but voting shouldn’t be that stressful! No worker at Walmart, or any other business, should have to worry about facing a reprimand (or even losing a job) in order to exercise their right to vote. In the last presidential election, only about half of eligible voters across the U.S. turned out to vote, and in 2014 only one-third made it to the polls. Most American workers have little or no paid time off. In fact, 41% of them didn’t take a single day off in 2015. Additional factors like long lines, transportation challenges, and lack of childcare make voting quickly very difficult for low-wage workers. Voting is a right we hold dear in the U.S., but with too few voters making it to the polls each election year, we need to do everything we can to make sure people have the time they need to cast their ballot. Low-wage workers have it especially difficult because their work is typically less flexible and they are twice as likely to have to wait in long lines once they get to the polls. Companies like Walmart that employ a large number of low-wage workers have a great opportunity to do right by their employees—and by our democracy—by giving their employees paid time off to go vote!

To stop this illegal "stealing" of lands that is not NOT theirs to take. We must HONOR our commitment to ALL OUR Native Americans

Police freely shoot to kill unarmed people in our country contributing to the unlawful abuse of power by law enforcement and distrust of law enforcement. We need these shootings to be handled by the DOJ and stiffer penalties on law enforcement personnel.

The president has a duty to the people to protect them from dangers brought by the establishment. We must fight for these changes now.

We must push our politicians to represent us now. So many need to have these bills passed now. The people of this country who are counting on us can't wait 2 years or 4 years for these bills.

Embedded in the serious news stories that have occurred in the past 48 hours, US federal prosecutors have announced what we always knew to be true -- Governor Christie was aware of the political retribution taking place in Fort Lee, failed to stop high level members of his administration and then proceeded to cover it up through deceit. Our constitution allows for action. Urge the Assembly to initiate impeachment proceedings and hold Governor Christie accountable to his constituents! Source: 1. http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/09/20/nyregion/bridgegate-trial.html

The critical role of the media in a democratic society is to report objectively and without bias. Presidential debate moderators, representing the media, must be held accountable for exposing blatant misrepresentations of the truth in real time by requiring clarification and elaboration of the legitimacy of questionable statements.

Trump's shocking attitude toward the use of nuclear weapons and the climate crisis could bring irreversible global disaster. If Stein gets just 2-3% of the vote, that could put Donald Trump in the White House. Dr. Stein, you could indeed be our Savior, but only by getting out of the race.

Too many people are being arrested, prosecuted, and criminalized by using and possessing cannabis. Marijuana laws need to change in Pennsylvania. We have four of our main regions of Pennsylvania currently trudging ahead on their own recourse to try and blaze the way for statewide legislation. Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, State College, and Harrisburg have all decriminalized locally. Each very different. Isn't it time we take this across the board? We have a heroin epidemic statewide we should be focused on. And in most cases, Cannabis; although a schedule 1 drug along with heroin: is far less harmful and can actually aid in opiate addiction withdraw. For more information please check out our website. www.pasafeaccess.com

For years, some small-dollar lenders—offering products such as payday loans, deposit advances, vehicle title loans, and high-cost installment loans—have extracted billions of dollars in abusive fees and high interest rates from the very consumers and communities who can afford it the least. The result has left millions of consumers trapped in an endless cycle of debt. Finally, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is proposing rules that will protect consumers. Ask all Pennsylvania Members of Congress to sign on in support.

On average, 20 people per minute are victims of physical violence by an intimate partner in the United States and sixteen percent of mass shooters (2009-2015) had been previously charged with domestic violence. With a database similar to that of Megan's Law, people can see if their partners have domestic violence records and at risk domestic partners could begin protecting themselves by making informed decisions. Identifying domestic abusers, we can make our communities safer.