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While travelling I have had to purchase additional luggage because of contrived weight limitations. The additional expense caused unexpected debt and overshadowed a much needed vacation.

Senator Bernie Sanders has the longest history of supporting all forms of equality of any candidate running for president of the United States. He has opposed discrimination since he entered politics. He opposed DOMA in 1996, cosponsored a Constitutional Amendment for equal rights by gender in 2001. and has a 100% rating from the HRC and 93% from the ACLU. Senator Sanders has the longest history of supporting equality, and I believe all equality advocacy organizations should endorse Senator Sanders for president.

Caren is one of now many Co-op Food Stores employees who has been unjustly fired! She worked in the Deli at the Lebanon location of The Co-op Food Stores for 18 years. The mistreatment and bullying by management must come to an end and it is the Boards responsibility to ensure that the co-op reflects the communities values.

We are writing to address the recent breaking news stories that has inundated our community involving the current chair of the Spokane chapter of the NAACP. Although we cannot make official comments on the validity of allegations, we feel that until the investigation is complete and she resolves her issues that she take a leave of absence as President. We do not feel that she is in a position to properly reflect the values of our diverse community or the Spokane chapter of the NAACP. The questions surrounding her integrity may discredit the work that has been previously done to better the movement of social justice and equality in our community. We would not like to see partnerships that have previously been built to be severed as organizations and their representatives distance themselves from the impact of the allegations against the President specifically. Although, we do not speak on behalf of all the members of the community, we share the feelings of a significant number. As she has become the face of the NAACP locally, we have no doubt that the current climate may cause people to question the overall credibility of the organization and it’s systems used to select officers and its members. We are saddened by the NAACP's statement to support dishonesty and failure to apologize or acknowledge the communities impacted.

In America, one out of three homes with children has a gun, and nearly 1.7 million children live in a home with a loaded, unlocked gun. Every year thousands of kids are killed and injured as a result. The ASK (Asking Saves Kids) Campaign promotes a simple idea with the potential to help keep kids safe. It encourages parents to ask if there are unlocked guns in the homes where their children play. Parents ask all sorts of questions before their children visit other homes. They ask about pets in the house, discuss allergies and Internet access, and ask questions about supervision. ASK encourages parents to add one more question to this conversation: “Is there an unlocked gun in your house?” It’s a simple question, but it has the power to save a child’s life. 9 children and teens are shot each day in gun accidents 1 in 3 homes with children have guns, many left unlocked or loaded 80% of unintentional firearm deaths of kids under 15 occur in a home Every parent cares about the safety of their children. ASK allows parents to play an active role in keeping kids safe. Any parent can make a difference by asking and encouraging others to do the same. For more than a decade, the ASK Campaign has partnered with over 400 grassroots organizations to spread its message in neighborhoods nationwide. The ASK Campaign is a collaboration between the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence and the American Academy of Pediatrics who promotes the ASK message to its 62,000 members across the country. The ASK Campaign has successfully inspired 19 million households to ask if there are guns where their children play.

Since discontinuing the Run WARREN Run campaign, we the undersigned would like MoveOn to petition it's member as to whether or not MoveOn should endorse Bernie Sanders for the Democratic nomination in 2016. Bernie is carrying on the very issues Elizabeth has been fighting for like: Income inequality, raising the minimum wage, a federal jobs program fixing our roads and bridges, single payer healthcare, overturning Citizens United and more. (See http://berniesanders.com for details)

To show Lt Scott Bennett, gratitude and to help expose the truth so that we all can thrive on mother earth. Solution idea: Cut off the funding, and hold those accountable, by fully showing to the world who is exactly funding, these so called terrorist.... Is it from within our own USA government???

"Never before in the history of the United States Navy has a Naval Board of Inquiry ignored the testimony of American military eyewitnesses and taken on faith the word of their attackers."- Captain Richard Kiepfer, MD. Fifteen minutes into Israel's attack on the USS LIBERTY, Dr. Kiepfer was operating on a wounded sailor when he was hit by shrapnel and, with complete disregard for his own personal safety, exposed himself to overwhelmingly accurate rocket and machine gun fire, administered first aid and treated 174 USA Troops for pain and shock and conducted a major surgical operation. Congress has not INVESTIGATED Israel's June 8, 1967 attack on the USS Liberty which killed 34 unarmed Americans and wounded 174 service men. In 2003, an independent commission of experts convened, including Admiral Thomas H. Moorer, USN, Ret. Former Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff, General of Marines Raymond G. Davis, Rear Admiral Merlin Starling and Ambassador James Adkins. They concluded there was compelling evidence that Israel’s attack was deliberate and "Israel committed acts of murder against American servicemen and an act of war against the United States." The esteemed experts expressed their “Duty to the brave crew of USS LIBERTY and all Americans who are asked to serve in our Armed Forces, hereby call upon the Department of the Navy, the Congress of the United States and the American people to immediately take the following actions”: The first called for a new and true Court of Inquiry to be convened. The second, for every appropriate committee of the Congress of the United States to investigate the actions of the White House and Defense Department that prevented the rescue of the USS LIBERTY, including the NSA, CIA and military intelligence. The third called for the establishment of every June 8 to be known as USS LIBERTY REMEMBRANCE DAY. We, the undersigned Call on Congress to honor the USS LIBERTY and Support the Troops by taking the 3 steps listed above! HARD COPY of Petition and signatures will be personally delivered to the Florida offices of Senators Rubio, Nelson and Congressman Webster on Sept. 10, 2015 with an electronic delivery to CONGRESS and President Obama by MoveOn.org

Without a 2nd petition, the RAR leadership will not permit these items be added to the meeting agenda for discussion. This request to add these items to the RAR member meeting is pursuant to the RAR Bylaws Article 12, Section 3.

It's time for the characters in the hit musical Game of Thrones to finally start singing.

Because I have over 3,500 Facebook friends, I am often added to several groups a day. It takes time that I could be using in other ways to remove myself. A couple of the groups have endorsed beliefs that I do not share or endorse. I want the freedom to choose which groups I join.