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!

As the world’s largest funder of cancer research, NIH research grants have made it possible to extend countless lives and notably reduce cancer development and death. We can also thank NIH-funded research for the first artificial heart valves, CT scans, breakthrough gene therapy, developing new ways to prevent, diagnose, treat, and manage infectious diseases including the flu, Lyme, and hepatitis; addictions like opioid abuse; and chronic diseases like heart disease, diabetes, and arthritis. It’s no wonder why these grants have garnered support from people of all political stripes. This research impacts researchers in every single Congressional district and Washington, D.C., mostly through academic medical centers.  Yet if Trump and Musk have their way, this innovative, life-saving research could grind to a halt. On February 10, a federal judge issued a restraining order against the Trump Administration from proceeding with these devastating cuts. However, we can’t let this battle just be fought in the courts. Our lawmakers need to hear from us that these cuts are not welcome: curing cancer is not a partisan issue. Patients, families, and communities need Congress to stop playing politics with our lives. Congressional Republicans especially need to send the message to Trump that their constituents’ lives and livelihoods matter. 

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 

Research universities are leading the way to do important research to improve medical treatments for serious diseases like cancer, Alzheimer's, diabetes, and many other debilitating and life-threatening illnesses. Significantly reducing NIH grant funding to research universities will cripple their ability to do their research to improve treatments and to even treat patients that get referred to them from their primary care doctors. We need healthcare in the U.S. to be top-level. This funding cut will cripple the U.S. healthcare system to provide quality care for patients.

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This is about who gets to exist in public spaces and whose stories get to be told on America's stage.  Drag performers have been attacked directly, resulting in bomb threats, armed protests, and mass shootings. But we've also seen how communities from coast to coast stand up for art and inclusion when given the chance. We're not going anywhere. Americans don't have to agree on everything, but we should be able to speak our minds and perform our art without bans, retaliation, or intimidation.  Join us in standing up for artistic freedom. Sign now to protect the Kennedy Center and free expression for all.

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!

  Those affected by the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO) have suffered from the adverse effects of the penalties for over four decades, having been denied their rightfully earned Social Security benefits.  They should not be penalized further by being forced to wait months, if not a year or more, for the bill to be executed. 

Elon Musk bought his way into the White House, spending millions of dollars to help Trump win the 2024 election. But our communities, families, and rights are not for sale.  While greedy and corrupt Musk threatens to slash taxpayer-funded public services we rely on—from Head Start child care programs to Social Security benefits—his own personal net worth has increased by $156 billion since the election.  Musk does not care about the American people. He only cares about grabbing power so he can line his own pockets, stealing from everyday Americans while he and his billionaire buddies get even richer at our expense. Together, we can stop Elon Musk!  Tell elected officials: The American people didn’t elect Musk. It's time to kick him out of the White House

A handful of hospitals, including NYU Langone, are suspending care for transgender youth out of fear of Trump's malicious, anti-science, politically-driven edicts. And others, such as New York-Presbyterian, are taking pediatric gender care off its website. Care for transgender youth saves lives. Trump's executive orders endanger the health of our kids—inserting politicians into decisions that should be made between families and their doctors. And hospitals need to continue offering those services while Trump's executive orders are rightfully challenged in court. This is part of a larger campaign to demonize and harm transgender youth, disempower their parents, and undermine health care. These go hand-in-hand with attacks on transgender folks in military services, teachers who seek to support all their students, doctors who provide essential care, and parental rights to make supportive, thoughtful, safe decisions for their children. The New York Attorney General Letitia James has warned hospitals that New York State law requires that they serve without discrimination. And suit has been filed to stop Trump's dangerous EOs. In the meantime, there is no reason to suspend care. More attorneys general need to step up, as has AG James, to insist hospital systems continue to provide life-saving care without discrimination and without choosing to comply in advance with dangerous and discriminatory EOs that are actively challenged in court.

We know that people having the health care they deserve that care for transgender youth saves lives. Trump's executive orders endanger the health of trans youth—inserting politicians into decisions that should be made between families and their doctors. And hospitals need to continue offering those services while Trump's executive orders are rightfully challenged in court—because these EO's on their own do not hold up under scrutiny. This is part of a larger campaign to demonize and harm transgender youth, disempower their parents, and undermine health care decisions for all. These go hand-in-hand with attacks on trans folks in military services, teachers who seek to support all their students, doctors who provide essential care, and parental rights to make supportive, thoughtful, safe decisions for their children. The New York Attorney General Letitia James has warned hospitals that New York State law requires that they serve without discrimination. And suit has been filed to stop Trump's dangerous EOs. In the meantime, there is no reason to suspend care. We all need to stand up to these attacks. We must refuse to comply in advance. Hospitals should do better—and put the needs of their patients first.

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!