The abolition of slavery is a cornerstone of American culture and who we are as a nation. The fact that any state constitution even leaves it as an open question catches the unfamiliar by surprise. In the words of poet Maya Angelou: "when you know better, do better." This petition is the first step to doing better. Why should we let Alabama, Tennessee, Nebraska, Utah, Colorado, Oregon, Vermont, and Rhode Island be ahead of us on this matter? If you live in PA's 38th State Senate district, sign this petition and help Pennsylvania join that list!

Elon Musk is a massive threat to U.S. democracy.  With Trump’s support, Musk is on an unconstitutional binge.  He and his team of young racist tech bros are trying to destroy federal programs that millions of Americans depend on for our health, safety, and shared prosperity. Today, Musk is worth over $400 billion. He has built much of his wealth through billions of dollars in U.S. government incentives and contracts.  U.S. taxpayers have given billions to SpaceX and Tesla, two companies that Musk owns. Musk’s wealth is so closely tied to the federal government that he has become $218 billion richer since just 2024. Why?  Because investors and market analysts expect Musk’s companies to earn a lot more money from federal policies and contracts now that Trump is in the White House. Elon Musk is destroying our democratic system while profiting off of American taxpayers.  That’s why U.S. senators must immediately commit to blocking all legislation that funds -- or enables funding -- for Musk’s companies.  Right now, the U.S. senate has 53 Republicans, 45 Democrats, and two independents (Senator Angus King from Maine and Senator Bernie Sanders from Vermont).  Using a filibuster, it only takes 41 senators to block the legislation that makes Elon Musk’s new wealth possible. Once it becomes clear that Musk’s companies face a serious threat to their revenue, the market value of those companies will decline.  Musk and his financial supporters will lose billions of dollars in wealth. U.S. senators must block all taxpayer funding for Elon Musk.  Senators must filibuster any legislation that funds or enables funding for SpaceX, Tesla, or any other company owned or part-owned by Musk. -------------------- SOURCES: “Elon Musk Net Worth Tops $400 Billion, a Historic First,” Dylan Sloan, Bloomberg, December 11, 2024, https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-12-11/elon-musk-net-worth-tops-400-billion-a-historic-first  “Musk spent more than a quarter-billion dollars to elect Trump, including funding a mysterious super PAC, new filings show,” Fredreka Schouten, David Wright, Alex Leeds Matthews, CNN, December 6, 2024, https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/05/politics/elon-musk-trump-campaign-finance-filings/index.html  “How much of Musk’s wealth comes from tax dollars and government help?” Chris Isidore, CNN, November 20, 2024,  https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/20/business/elon-musk-wealth-government-help/index.html  “Elon Musk wants to cut government spending. Tesla and SpaceX benefit from it,” Rachel Barber, USA TODAY, November 15, 2024.   https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2024/11/15/how-tesla-and-spacex-benefit-from-government-spending/76301473007/  “Elon Musk says DOGE staffer who resigned for racist X posts will be brought back,” Jason Abbruzzese, NBC News, Feb. 7, 2025, https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/jd-vance/bring-back-vance-says-supports-rehiring-doge-staffer-resigned-racist-s-rcna191224 

If enough voices speak, they will be heard. If you are a veteran, or care about a veteran, it is imperative that you add your voice. There is strength in numbers and this is about as easy a thing you can do to make your voice heard. To make all  our voices heard! Stand up! It's time to take action and show our veterans that we do make good on our promise to take care of them in return for their sacrifices.  As a disabled veteran myself, I am very concerned that my earned benefits and healthcare could be taken away from me at any given moment. I've lived in a state of low key panic since January 20, 2025. I have buddies who are living in the same state of fear, and I have family and friends who are VHA (Veterans Health Administration) doctors and nurses and they're terrified.  We need these bright caring minds. Veterans can be a complex set of creatures due to the unique stressors military life brings.  Please try to find it in your heart to share your voice. I will stand beside you and share my voice as well. And I will have your six.  Thank you!

Wyoming has a long history of responsible regulation of firearms. Sensitive areas such as schools, college campuses, and government buildings should not have their rights to regulate firearms removed.  • Each school district already has the right to create their own concealed carry program for staff. A few school districts have implemented successful programs while many have decided not to.  • College and University Board of Trustees already can create their own concealed carry programs. The University of Wyoming Board of Trustees voted against allowing concealed carry on campus in November of 2024.  Sign this petition today to prove that the majority of Wyomingites do not want gun free zones repealed and want to maintain local control! 

It’s important because if we don’t speak up now! Rates will continue to rise and we will continue to be expected to pay them regardless of the price on the bill. The city doesn’t have reliable utility assistance for its residents. Community Service doesn’t have funding… Most community organizations will tell you that the bill can’t exceed $200 dollars in order to receive assistance. So majority of our residents don’t qualify for the assistance. It’s important to remember the cost of living and minimum wage that the state still hasn’t graduated from. 

If we lose our First Amendment rights and freedom of the press, democracy is finished.  We need big media companies and powerful CEOs to stand up to Trump. 

  President Trump's attempt to freeze funding for life-saving and essential science with a blatantly illegal and unconstitutional power grab should send chills down our spines. Research and grants abruptly halted. Medicine deliveries interrupted. Families and communities in shock. The Trump administration's Project 2025 plan has made clear that the President thinks it's his power and prerogative to unilaterally decide how taxpayer dollars are spent. That includes funds that Congress has already approved to go to local hospitals, universities, and research institutions for essential science, research, and programs that directly benefit our communities. The Trump administration has also made clear it will not stop trying to exercise this power wherever and however it can. Regardless of whether the administration has to walk back an executive order or is momentarily turned back by a court, they will keep at it until and unless Congress acts decisively and is clear that it will not stand for this illegal and harmful overreach. Urge Congress to oppose the Trump administration's illegal freeze of federal funds for programs, research, and science. The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) launched our Save Science, Save Lives campaign on Day 1 of the Trump administration to provide a bullhorn for UCS supporters to speak out with one voice. Right now, we need to band together to make sure our lawmakers to hear from us and are moved to stand up to the Trump administration and to protect science. Regardless of party, we expect our legislators to use every tool at their disposal to stop the illegal and unconstitutional attempt to withhold congressionally approved funds. Funds that our communities have been counting on for cancer and other life-saving research, critical disaster relief efforts, providing food to kids, and so much more. Take a moment to let your members of Congress know where you stand on Trump's illegal and unconstitutional power grab, and how you expect them to respond. 

This administration wants us to be overwhelmed and feel as if we are in complete chaos! Let’s not let them do that.  Let’s start by gathering everyone against this fascist administration in one place and we can do that by signing this petition to show how strong our numbers are! Show them how we outnumber them!  When we organize, we win. When we fight, we win

America is the wealthiest nation in the world. We can and should have a fully staffed flight control system and a fully funded FAA. A politic that would consider tax cuts for the wealthy so they can take joy rides into space, while at the same time using a 'Swiss cheese' approach to air traffic control to pinch government spending is insane.  The irreplaceable lives of 67 people were lost this Thursday due to a preventable accident. All mid-air collisions are this. At the time of this accident, the fact that one controller was doing the work of two, and that this was considered 'permissible' reveals the root of the problem: Short staffed air traffic controller systems. These dedicated, over worked heroes have warned us for years, since the 1970's when Reagan fired them all over a strike about working conditions, that their work load is unrealistic. As traffic has increased dramatically over the last decades, near-collisions have increased proportionately. Yet, our government leaders have not responded to the warnings that traffic controllers are overworked and under staffed. Many, many warnings have been ignored. Now 67 have died and their families have suffered the worst imaginable loss; all because these elected leaders have failed to respond. We the people must DEMAND that our air traffic control system be fully staffed and fully funded, so it can operate at it's best possible level and provide the best possible safety.  Our very lives depend on it. Please sign this petition, and we must all call / write your Senators and Congress persons and make this demand.  Fully staff flight controllers and fully fund the FAA.

Medical debt is a mounting crisis in Virginia. Half of adults in the state report having faced medical debt in the past five years. Of those, nearly 30% had more than $1000 in medical debt. This burden is often the result of unavoidable illnesses-nobody chooses to get cancer or suffer a heart attack. Our state legislature can act now to protect Virginia patients from predatory medical debt by passing this bill. Note that the bill has passed the Virginia State House on Wednesday January 29th, and moves on to the Senate!

Days ago, Trump removed a vital layer of oversight by purging over a dozen Senate-confirmed government watchdogs across Defense, State, Transportation, Labor, Health and Human Services, Veterans Affairs, Housing and Urban Development, Interior, Energy, Commerce, Treasury, and Agriculture, as well as the Environmental Protection Agency, Small Business Administration, and the Social Security Administration. Trump claims, “It’s a very common thing to do.” It isn’t. What it is, is illegal. But don’t ask us. Ask Senators Adam Schiff and Lindsey Graham, who agree that Trump’s Inspector General (IG) purge violates U.S. law. What they don’t agree on is what comes next — and that’s where you come in. A president can’t illegally dismiss officials designed to hold him to account without repercussions. The Inspector General Act, originally passed in 1978 and updated just two years ago, allows a president to remove an IG. To do it, he has to give Congress 30 days' notice before the removal and explain the rationale for each removal. Neither requirement was satisfied when Trump fired as many as 17 IGs late on Friday, January 24, 2025. The consequences of inaction at this moment could last generations. But together, we can demand justice and safeguard our democracy. Because when Congress acts, a president listens: In 2020, Sen. Chuck Grassley held up Trump nominees when he was angry about another dubious Trump firing of IGs. Decades earlier, when President Reagan summarily fired the IGs, congressional outcry got them reinstated. Members of Congress have a fundamental and legal duty to make sure that Trump follows the law — and the kind of leverage to get these expert civil servants reinstated. People’s lives and safety are on the line and lawmakers must act immediately. 

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