The following non-comprehensive list details a lack of care and concern at myriad levels. In numerous instances, basic due diligence with regard to the intersection of existing and impending federal policies as it relates to our National Forests were never considered. This is alarming, since the Arizona Alpine Trail utilizes this aspect of the public trust in order to fulfill its goals of becoming one of the most impactful cross-country ATV trails in the United States.  • Locals are concerned with increased dust, noise, and traffic in their communities. With no plan in place to mitigate these factors, there is the potential for added contaminants in the water sources (due to oiling unsealed roads in the event of large quantities of dust), noise pollution in small towns, and congestion on roads designed for full sized vehicles.  • National Forests act as critical watersheds - the White Mountains alone provide some 40% of the water for the City of Phoenix. With the potential for added ignition, damage to riparian areas, and increased dust, the damage to pristine rivers, streams, and waters that have the potential to become Outstanding Arizona Waters or designated as Wild and Scenic has not been sufficiently considered.  • The master plan acknowledges that there is no formal strategy or known metrics on how users will be reached or educated on the proper etiquette of trail usage or where the trail actually is. • Users of the AZAT and the ATV entourage in the White Mountains often boast online of ‘mudding’ in the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest in particular, creating vast deposits of erosion and encouraging additional wildcat trail creation. As the USFS is well aware, in the Alpine ranger district, unauthorized races were occurring until the agency was forced to shut them down. Thus, without a plan to curtail abuse, the potential for abuse has already been demonstrated.  • The master plan outlines that the bulk of education and outreach will consist of the AZAT volunteers directing people to the agencies. Arizona State Parks has indicated numerous times they do not oversee the trail, and the USFS is chronically understaffed and underfunded.  • There is no mention in the AZAT master plan that it is illegal to kill endangered species, or that it is illegal to harass wildlife. Considering that the AZAT is habitat and overlaps with several Threatened and Endangered species at both the state and federal levels, this is neglectful.  • AZAT administrators of social media outlets (notably on Facebook) have blocked or removed dissenting commenters on posts. This displays an unwillingness to listen to the public and meaningfully address concerns, and an ongoing commitment to control the narrative.  • The vast majority of AZAT is on Maintenance Level 2 roads in the USFS, which have a significant deferred backlog of routine maintenance that creates unsafe and harmful conditions. The AZAT master plan has no plan to maintain the roads of the AZAT, which creates prime conditions for potentially irreparable damage, habitat fragmentation, ecological destruction, increased fire, trash, and so on.  • Critically, no Motor Vehicle Use Map (MVUM) has been issued by the United States Forest Service on the Apache-Sitgreaves, where the majority of the AZAT sits. As previously mentioned, the USFS is chronically understaffed and underfunded, with no anticipated release date of an MVUM. This means that users on the National Forests have no idea where it is legal to travel with motorized vehicles.  • The amount of vehicular traffic estimated by the AZAT in the grant application with Arizona State Parks is half a million individuals. This amount of traffic was not accounted for during Travel Management planning, and will clearly require additional maintenance in addition to the backlogged maintenance previously outlined.  • The AZAT Master Plan alleges that changes/adaptations (including signage) involving a NEPA analysis will likely be approved using  a CE (categorical exclusion), which excludes the public and side-steps any detailed environmental analysis. . • The AZAT Master Plan mentions that meadows are suitable for staging. This is alarming due to the fact that numerous meadows in the National Forests have been obliterated by illegal ATV use. Meadows are not parking lots, they are ecosystems. Additionally, there is an added fire risk when hot exhaust systems are parked near dry meadow grasses.  • The photos in the AZAT Master Plan encourage reckless behavior, including: deeply rutted roads (page 87), and ATVs parked at ‘pull outs’ which are eroded features created by users (page 95).  • Explicit mention of designated Wilderness and the Arizona Trail in the AZAT Master Plan does not include education around the fact that the Arizona Trail and any designated Wilderness are explicitly and exclusively NOT for motorized recreation. In fact, any use of motors whatsoever is legally prohibited in designated Wilderness.. As bedrock environmental laws become increasingly eroded, the potential for motorized vehicles to creep into these quiet areas without consequence is extraordinarily high.  • The AZAT Master Plan never mentions etiquette or law surrounding looting, yet points users to sacred sites in the Sierra Anchas and beyond. The three forests this trail runs through have some of the highest concentration of pottery sherds, petroglyphs, pictographs, ruins, and so on in the United States. Failure to educate on the illegal behaviors of vandalism, theft and so on is irresponsible.  • The combined remote nature of the AZAT, unmaintained routes, and potential for accidents increases the need for coordination with sheriffs of numerous counties for search and rescue as well as emergency medical services for adequate provision of support based on the level of projected usage. The master plan does not indicate any awareness nor plan of how to scale these much needed publicly funded services.  • The increased need for law enforcement is not addressed. Critically, there is approximately one individual that monitors millions of acres of federal public land. There is no meaningful plan to fund or scale additional support for the USFS, which continues to be chronically underfunded and understaffed. 

Coach.Caleb Todd teaches his students about our freedoms and rights as American citizens through his U.S. Government and Economics classes! His teaches show his students to express their freedoms! By Coach.Todd taking away students ability to comment on Google Classroom and make announcements he is taking away the students rights and promoting a “Totalitarian Dictatorship ” for America! This is not what our constitutional government stands for, We must take action and bring back Google Classroom  comments and announcements other wise Not only will CALEB TODD be PROMOTING a “TOTALITARIAN DICTATORSHIP” but he’d be IMPLYING that the “AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR” was “USELESS & THE LIVES LOST DON’T MATTER” Let’s bring an end to this and save our freedoms while we still can!  This petition is NOT for bullying, harassment, harm, or disrespect. It is for using the voices of youth to make a difference and bring back the rights to comment and make announcements on Google Classroom to help better our educations and stand with our 27 amendment rights!  The preamble of the constitution first words are “WE THE PEOPLE” and in those words it is not talking about only the elderly or adults but it is talking about the elderly, adults, teenagers, children, and youth. The freedom We have as American citizens should not be discriminated by Age, Race, Gender,  Religion, Political Affiliation, Grade, Wealth, Or Personal Beliefs & Opinions.  The Voices of Youth should not be discouraged or put to shame but should be treated equally as adults with dignity, respect, and encouragement! Teachers should not punish students or discourage them to use their 1st amendment rights but encourage them to speak truthfully on their own  principles and values.  Youth is the future and youth should be able to speak freely about what is important to them rather than be ignored, forgotten, troubled, or punished for their freedom of speech and expression of their rights! No matter their Age, Race, Gender, Ethnicity, Religion, Political View, etc!  All American citizens have a voice too including youth! May we stand together For our freedom and voices while we still can! 

This matters because Americans with severe, lifelong disabilities should have the same right to fall in love, get married, and build a life with someone they love without being financially punished for it. The Disabled Adult Child (DAC) marriage penalty does not affect only disabled people. It affects parents, spouses, caregivers, brothers, sisters, and entire families. Any family can experience a devastating accident, illness, or disability that changes their lives forever. No family should then discover that the government places another obstacle in their path simply because their disabled loved one wants to get married. I became a quadriplegic just 21 days before my 21st birthday. I did not choose to become disabled, but I did choose to get married. That decision did not make me any less disabled. It did not reduce the amount of care I need or eliminate the expenses associated with living with a severe disability. My father worked until he was 92 years old and paid into Social Security throughout his working life. I believe the benefits earned through that lifetime of work should be available to help his severely disabled son—not denied because his son chose love and marriage. People should join this campaign because this is bigger than one person or one family. It is about basic fairness and dignity for Americans living with lifelong disabilities. We should never have a system that effectively tells someone, “You can have the financial support you need, or you can marry the person you love—but you may not be able to have both.” Your voice can help change that. Sign this petition, sh

Residents of Newport Township,  We all want our community to grow, but we also have a right to protect the place we call home. Data centers can bring major demands on our power, water, roads, and infrastructure.  Let’s stay informed, attend township meetings, ask questions, and make our voices heard. We may not get another chance. Newport Township deserves a say in its future  

Pennsylvanians were blindsided by the data center boom that came out of nowhere in early 2025. We were unaware of the negotiations with billionaires and data center developers going on behind closed doors. Apparently, elected officials and cabinet members involved in the negotiations figured that the Pennsylvanians they are in government to represent would just deal with whatever they were handed. They were wrong. On Tuesday, October 6th, people from across Pennsylvania will rally in the Capitol Rotunda at 12:30 to say NO to data center development in Pennsylvania. We will launch our Fall campaign that day. Over the course of the weeks that follow the rally, we will deliver letters from different constituencies expressing their opposition to data centers and generative AI. The reasons for their opposition are many - environmental and climate impacts, health impacts, rising energy prices, job losses, adverse impacts on our children, decreased property value, lost quality of life, increased surveillance of the public, and many more - but when we come together, we speak with one powerful voice that is saying NO! This petition will be delivered to reflect our collective opposition! Our first constituency letters are from health professionals, faith leaders, artists, and parents & guardians. We invite all Pennsylvanians to visit our rally webpage to read and sign the letters. We're also offering lots of transportation options to get to the PA Capitol on October 6! Check them out while you're on our webpage and be sure to reserve your seats now, as space is limited!

As Trump and Defense Secretary Hegseth make life-or-death decisions, independent journalism is critical to ensuring the public finds out what is actually happening. But for months, the Pentagon has shut out the press — at the very moment when we need answers most. It’s looked like Defense Secretary Hegseth banning journalists from the Pentagon’s press office, and more recently, a Pentagon spokesperson threatening to blacklist a reporter, simply for asking too many questions about Trump’s disastrous Iran war. Moves to shield the Pentagon from scrutiny and accountability would be troubling at any time. But amidst Trump’s genocidal threats against Iran at the United Nations, horrific stories of servicemembers struggling on the USS Lincoln, and as evidence mounts that the U.S. military has committed war crimes in Iran — limiting journalist access is outright dangerous. Litigation on these bans is moving forward, but we don’t need to wait for the courts to rule to make our voices heard: The Pentagon should answer to the people. Together, we’ll remind Hegseth that we don’t just deserve the truth and transparency; we demand it.

Shocking ProPublica reporting reveals a shuttered FBI investigation into hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of illegal donations to Sen. Collins’ 2020 campaign that may have directly resulted in tens of millions worth of Pentagon contracts in return. These are scandalous allegations of corruption for ANY sitting senator. The Senate Appropriations chair, tasked with negotiating the annual Pentagon budget, mired in potential criminal bribery? That’s a five-alarm fire. It burns all the hotter because FBI agents were reportedly given a “50-page document naming dozens of lobbyists, congressional staffers and members of Congress who he said helped him trade cash for contracts.” We demand to know who else is implicated, and we deserve answers. That’s why we need a Senate Ethics Committee investigation to get to the bottom of this now.

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Trump just signed off on a $2.8 billion sale of bombs to the Israeli government. And unlike a sale where another government uses its own money to buy U.S.-made weapons, the Israeli government will make this purchase via “foreign military financing.” That means it gets money — taxpayer dollars — from the U.S. government to buy U.S.-made bombs and bullets. You read that right: This sale means BILLIONS of dollars in weapons for the Netanyahu government, bought and paid for by you, the U.S. taxpayer. Rep. Gregory Meeks and Sen. Jeanne Shaheen have jumped to use their positions as ranking members of Congress’ foreign affairs committees to place a “hold” on the sale. It’s a welcome maneuver, but it’s one Trump’s blown through before. That’s why we’re already gearing up for the next phase: the Senate can BLOCK the bombs outright by passing a joint resolution of disapproval, so let’s put pressure on each and every senator to go on record in opposition today.

This is important because Comerica Park has been the home of the Detroit Tigers for more than 25 years and has become part of the team’s identity. Generations of families have made memories there, from Opening Day celebrations to playoff games and Miguel Cabrera’s historic achievements. A name change should not be decided only by corporations and sponsorship money. Tigers fans are the people who support the team year after year, so they deserve a voice and a vote before the stadium’s name is changed.

I care about this issue because I don’t think wild animals should be born into a life of captivity just so people can look at them. Southwick’s Zoo in Massachusetts for example, is home to more than 900 animals from over 160 species. Note that when you are walking around seeing extremely large animals like tigers on less than an acre of land. Knowing places like this exist makes me wonder why breeding animals for permanent captivity is considered acceptable when they have no choice in it.  I believe animals should be rescued, rehabilitated and protected especially when they are injured or unable to survive in the wild. I don’t think animals should be continuously bred simply to maintain zoo populations. There are already federal laws regulating the treatment of certain zoo animals but those laws focus on standards of care rather than completely preventing unnecessary captive breeding.  I want people to join me because these animals cannot speak up or choose where they live. If we can create stronger federal protections we can make sure that animals are being cared for because they genuinely need our help not because they were born to be displayed.

Other people should join and support this message because we as the future of the US should have a choice and say in how we want to live in the future. We can stop the destruction of the world before it progresses any further and that starts now with this petition.