They should free our director and free Biafra, or they will light a fire they cannot quench.

I'm tired of seeing American taxpayer get ripped off every 2 years so each candidate can live luxuriously on the campaign trail, double dipping from campaign donations and legislative salaries, while their constituencies sit idly by and do nothing about it.

I recently discovered why all the CNA's [Certified Nursing Assistants] I work with are uninformed regarding politics in this country. Many work 2-3 jobs to afford basics [food, shelter, car] and many confided that they can not afford what is called "expanded cable" [too expensive for them]. The poor are being disenfranchised. This is NOT Democracy.

Nine out of ten voters agree: big money has too much influence over our elected officials. From shadowy SuperPACs to billionares buying influence, the candidates are all complaining about the influence of money in politics -- but no one has grilled them on the solutions. After three presidential debates, no moderator has asked Democratic or Republican candidates what they'll actually do to solve the problem of money in politics. We can fix that. The moderators at the next debate will have a chance to get candidates on the record for specific reforms -- but only if they hear from enough of us.

Help keep American people safe: do not let Trump win the election because he doesn't care about America or the American people. America is not just one race; it's every race coming together to build a nation. Whites aren't the ones who own this country. This country was built by the Native American people so if were saying that all the races should go back, then we're saying Trump needs to go back to his own country, too. See? What he's doing is very wrong and he doesn't deserve to be president because he doesn't care about our country or the American people.

I am sick of the republicans constantly pulling these partisan committee it is time for the taxpayers to make them pay for false partisan actions.

My fiancé has been gainfully employed since he was 18 years old, has four children to support, and was recently diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis, which hit him out of nowhere and has left him unable to work in his previous field or any other as he has no energy, shakes horribly, cannot drive, write or walk unassisted most of the time. Despite all of this Disability has consistently denied him disability benefits. We are finally at the point that he gets a determination hearing in front of a judge, but disability has 414 days to schedule the hearing, which leaves us in a horrible bind for an additional year.

The Illinois Lottery has said that anyone who has won $600 or more won’t be paid until the state budget is passed. Illinois issued a statement saying that its check writing account is empty and it can’t be replenished right now. Please sign this petition calling on Illinois to adopt a budget or end the sale of its Lottery sales.

Since its inception in 2008, Wisconsin's non-partisan Government Accountability Board (GAB) has done the job it was designed to do: maintain both the integrity of our state government and our elections. Yet, despite this overwhelming support, Wisconsin legislative majority leaders intend to "overhaul the GAB" in ways that include installing partisan appointees, and removing independent funding for investigations into political corruption.

We need supporters to contact the City Council including City Councilman Brian E. Lewis and Jim Hosfelt on the committee. They are listening right now carefully. They are terrific but the committee needs to hear what the public wants. You can message them your support or leave a message for all of Council at 736-7006. Say you support the Youth New Year's plan in the Dover Post. The time has come for us to reunite as a community. This is one strategy put forth by the Youth Advisory Council. It is not just a big party, but a way of engaging people with positive local groups that will expose people to drug and alcohol free activities all year long. We need to change the paradigm of young people and show them that family friendly events beat loser events which risk one getting into trouble. By relying on local people and activities, we not only keep costs low but provide a positive peer network that will engage people all year long. What a way to start the year, families being together, friends together in a positive way that will bring business downtown. We cannot rebuild our sense of community by accident. It takes a comprehensive strategy. The youth are an important part of it.

Democratic Presidential Candidate Lawrence Lessig recently announced that he will serve a full term in office, making sure that fundamental reform is implemented. Let's show him our support and appreciation.

Mary Jo White, the famously soft-on-Wall-Street chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission, just got exposed in a massive conflict of interest. She was just revealed trying to use her power as SEC Chair to push out the tough leader of the country’s accounting watchdog board – and replace him with someone who will take it easy on the Wall Street firms her husband’s law firm represents. Mary Jo White’s husband is on the advisory group of that same accounting watchdog board – a fact his law firm has brazenly marketed to gain Wall Street clients looking for easy treatment. When reporters exposed their conflict of interest, her husband's law firm tried to quickly scrub its website of evidence it marketed his involvement at the accounting watchdog board – but it got caught red handed. Sign the petition to tell Mary Jo White to recuse herself immediately from the selection of the next accounting watchdog, because of her unacceptable conflict of interest.