Citizens United prevents the average person's voice from being heard. Voter turnouts are already low this will only influence more people to not be involved in their government. What good is a democracy if elections can easily be influenced by massive amounts of money. The U.S. Supreme Court made a mistake, now it is up to the people to fix it.

We support keeping the Pendleton OR mail processing plant open and maintaining the strongest public post office in Oregon.

We support keeping the Bemidji, MN mail processing plant open and maintaining the strongest public post office in Minnesota.

Maine's last election for Governor was won by the Tea Party with 39% of the vote because Independents and Democrats did not collaborate to support one of their two candidates when the race came down to the wire. This year we face the same three-way race, and the polling looks very similar. If we don't vote for whichever challenger is ahead in the polls , we will face the same outcome and the Tea Party in power for another four years.

Last month, California Assembly Democrats killed the DISCLOSE Act, which would require telling the truth about who is behind ads about Ballot Propositions. You can send a message to those Democrats about how you feel about their caving in to pressure from special interests, by signing this petition. Oh, and, by the way, as you sign the petition, you can give them a piece of your mind about what they did! We’re tired of ads that are really paid for by the Koch Brothers or PG&E or Monsanto saying they’re paid for by fake front groups with high-sounding names like Americans for Prosperity (a front group for the Koch brothers) or California Drivers Alliance (a new front group for the Oil Companies), or Americans for Mom and Apple Pie. We demand to know who is really paying for the ads, and the DISCLOSE Act will require that. Make a bold statement for truth in advertising–sign the petition. The whole progressive agenda will be helped by the DISCLOSE Act. Imagine how different things would be if special interests opposed to LGBT rights, civil rights, healthcare reform, and corrective actions to reduce global warming and protect the environment, had to clearly disclose themselves to voters on their ads about ballot propositions. Ask your legislators to stand up to the Special Interests and vote for the people–sign the petition. You’ll be glad you did!

As Americans we are being spied on and making our lives very translucent. Are politicians should lead the way. Especially since greed, corruption and oligarchy is destroying once a great democracy. It's time for "the new deal to save our democracy".

This baseless law is the main reason that the usually lucrative brunch service has not taken off in Mobile as it has in New Orleans, Nashville, Pensacola, Savannah, Atlanta and other Southern cities. Brunch service traditionally starts at 10:30AM but if you can't have a Bloody Mary or Mimosa until noon then it isn't really brunch is it? It's just lunch.

Law enforcement agencies are backed by strong lobbies. Thus, there are no laws mandating that law enforcement agencies report the number of people they kill or injure.

Uganda's dictator Gen. Museveni has ruled Uganda by the barrel of a gun and hate campaigns for 28 years. His army has invaded neighboring Congo causing the deaths of millions and much destruction. Early this year he declared that Gays were "disgusting" and promoted attacks against Uganda's LGBT community when he signed the anti-Homosexuality act. His resume is filled with hateful statements: He once said "Hitler was a smart guy, but I think he went a bit too far by wanting to conquer the world” and told The Atlantic Magazine in September 1994 “I have never blamed the whites for colonizing Africa: I have never blamed these whites for taking slaves. If you are stupid, you should be taken a slave.” He doesn't care that Uganda's hospitals have no medicines and schools lack books: In 2011 the U.K.'s The Daily Mail reported that he diverted $50 million in foreign aid money to purchase a private Gulfstream Jet. http://tinyurl.com/63xbcff Now he's diverted $600,000 that can go to Uganda's hospitals and schools to pay Mercury llc, an American PR agent, to "spin" positive tales about his regime.

I believe this is one of our only chances to get big money (and the narrow interests that go with it) OUT of politics.

Martha Coakley is the Democratic Party nominee for governor despite getting less than half the votes! Would she have won in a 2-person race? Candidates are frequently elected with fewer than 50% of the votes, often because the majority was split among competing candidates with relatively similar positions. In 2000, more people voted for Al Gore and Ralph Nader than did for George Bush. Many people feel that votes for other than the two frontrunners are "thrown away". Those votes should count! Requiring a majority, assuring us another chance in the absence of that majority, would encourage us to vote for our first choice, even if that candidate is a "long shot". A runoff system could encourage more voting by people who now believe their vote doesn't matter.

Senator Ted Cruz does not seem to care if there is a government shutdown. A government shutdown hurts the United States and its citizens.