The Department of Justice is leading negotiations with JPMorganChase right now, specifically for sell the toxic mortgage backed securities they and other Wall Street criminals use to destroy our economy and steal our homes. The reported amount is a record-setting $13 billion. However, corporate tax law likely allows Chase to deduct all or some of the record penalty they will be paying. That’s outrageous. First they strip the wealth from our homes with predatory loans, then use those loans to blow up our economy, then use the Great Recession as an excuse to steal our homes through foreclosure, and now want to use our tax dollars to help pay their fine. Tell Jamie Dimon, CEO of JPMorganChase: No tax breaks for Wall Street crime. Our tax dollars will not go to subsidize Chase’s role in causing the Great Recession, creating the foreclosure crisis, and stealing our homes. 1 One of the reasons that Chase is facing this record penalty in the first place is because of work by Action for the Common Good's Campaign for a Fair Settlement and others to push the Obama Adminstration to stand up for struggling homeowners and foreclosure victims. In March, when Attorney General Holder testified before Congress that Wall Street banks couldn’t be prosecuted because of their outsized wealth, people like you joined with 333,000 others from Action for the Common Good, CREDO, MoveOn, Campaign for America’s Future, and the Courage Campaign to demand the Obama Administration end “Too Big to Jail”. Some of you helped deliver those petitions to US Attorneys in cities across the country. And you stood with 500 home defenders from around the country who risked arrest at the Department of Justice in order to demand accountability for Wall Street criminals in May. That action ended with 28 arrests and non-violent protestors tazed, while seven more were arrested at the high-end Wall Street law firm Covington and Burling protesting the revolving door between the DOJ and Wall Street. Then just two weeks ago over 500 of you called AG Holder’s office demanding a strong deal with Chase. You and people like you are true warriors for justice. That’s why it is simply unacceptable for any of us, as taxpayers, to pick up part of the $13 billion tab for Chase’s wrong doing. Tell Dimon: Don’t demand any tax deductions from this settlement. [1] Recent agreements between the DOJ and other corporations show clear precedent here, including one from November 2012 with BP, forbidding them from deducting any of the $4 billion they owe for the Gulf of Mexico oil spill disaster. “Government doing more to prevent corporations from deducting settlements,” Washington Post, December 31, 2012 http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2012-12-31/business/36103880_1_tax-deductions-million-settlement-federal-agencies [2] "Exclusive: JPMorgan settlement could cost bank closer to $9 billion," Reuters, Oct. 22, 2013. http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/10/22/us-jpmorgan-penalties-idUSBRE99L19720131022?ak_proof=1

Black folks are being routinely stopped outside of Barneys NY by NYPD officers after making an expensive purchase at the luxury department store in New York City. The NYPD has become notorious for targeting Black and Latino residents — subjecting our communities to thousands of illegal and discriminatory stops, searches, and frisks each day that lead to unlawful arrests, constant harassment, and in some cases, serious injury or death. Please join us in urging NYPD Police Commissioner Ray Kelly to conduct a full investigation of the arrests made outside of Barneys and to release information about the racial breakdown of suspects arrested, the number of people actually charged, and details about Barneys' role in these incidents.

I believe that the October shutdown of our government was a criminal act that should be imvesigated and prosecuted. No minority can be allowed to obstruct our democratically created laws.

October is Juvenile Justice Awareness Month. Because we are making a documentary about incarcerated youth, we've learned A LOT about whats going on in the system. There is so much that needs to change, and raising the age so that minors aren't prosecuted as adults is one of the easiest ways Governor Cuomo can make a difference. To learn more about our documentary, please visit www.likeanyotherkid.com

The Portland Police uses vehicle-mounted cameras to capture 128,000 license plates every single day with their new license plate tracking program. Even if you're not suspected of a crime, they're tracking your vehicle. This kind of information allows the police to track people’s daily routines, where they go to church, which doctor they visit…even a person’s political affiliations. There are no rules for how long it can be kept or strict guidelines on its use. Right now, data is kept for four years, even if you're not suspected of a crime. Tell the Portland City Council to implement rules that require the Portland Police to discard all location data after no more than one month, except where specifically relevant to a particular criminal investigation.

Even though employer's are only supposed to consider the last seven years of one's criminal background report this is not what is happening. Potential employees are being screened out for jobs or in some cases offered a job only to be told that due to negative items on their criminal background report they cannot be hired. I believe an amendment can be made to Title VII of the Civil Rights Act to protect employment discrimination in regards to items on one's criminal background report over seven years old.

Most of my friends, including myself ride motorcycles. A lot of us know of personally or have heard of someone who has died or been hurt by a hit and run accident. The person who "hit and ran" is not getting prosecuted, and this needs to stop. This is a horrible offense, and should be taken more seriously by the judicial system. I believe in doing so drivers will be more cautious of bikers when they are on the highways.

Why it is important is explained at http://www.laprogressive.com/mandatory-minimum-sentencing/. The bill is designed “to prevent unjust and irrational criminal punishments.” If enacted, it would allow judges more discretion in sentencing below the mandatory minimum for many federal crimes if they are convinced that doing so would not endanger public safety. Not only would it save lives and money from being wasted, it would also demonstrate to politicians and average citizens in this time of ideological rigidity that Congress still can, at least occasionally, come together to work for the common good.

Bullying and Cyberbullying is becoming an epidemic in this country. Young men and women are taking their own lives, and in some cases being encouraged to do so by bullies. Since there is no real punishment that is serious enough for the issue, the bullies feel invincible. I have been teaching Middle School for 17 years and have seen the changes in students. My drama classes this year believe we have to make a difference. Please help us to make a change.

Nearly 2 years ago, 14-year-old Daisy Coleman was raped at a party by a high school football star and grandson of a powerful local politician in Maryville, Missouri. But now, he’s walking free while Daisy and her family struggle to survive with what happened to her. Immediately after the rape, Daisy and her mother went to the hospital and reported the rape to police. Matthew Barnett was charged, and he confessed on tape. But months after the rape, county prosecutor Robert Rice--who has close ties to the alleged rapist's influential grandfather--dropped the charges. Worse, the town and high school ganged up not on the rapist, but on Daisy and her family. This is Steubenville all over again. And just like the Steubenville case, if thousands of us speak out and shine a national spotlight on Maryville, we can get justice for Daisy and her family. Will you sign our petition to demand justice for Daisy?

The reason I'm starting this Petition is to have my name cleared from a case file on me through DCYF agency. In Rhode Island That existed 19 years ago. I was never charged with any crime on this matter. This file is preventing me from having my grand daughter in my custody.

To save the United States.