In addition to the wall, Trump wants to vastly expand detention camps to lock up more immigrants including families seeking asylum, put more agents on the border, expand raid operations that will terrorize communities, and re-direct more federal funds toward prosecution of immigration violations. These rubber-stamp convictions are intended to warp the statistics and bolster their hate-fueled propaganda portraying immigrants as criminals. Trump is building out a police state, in part through his Deportation Force, so that any challenges to his dystopian detention and deportation nightmare can be swiftly and forcefully suppressed. Already under Trump, we have seen chaos at our airports and in our communities. That chaos and cruelty would only be magnified if Trump gets his way, but in order to implement these plans, he needs more money. We have the power to say NO. Tell Senate Democrats--especially leadership and members of the Appropriations Committee--to say NO to funding for Trump’s Deportation Force.

I am a resident of Pawtucket and I want to see all sorts of conditions IMPROVED for the city I and my neighbors live in, not degraded by this high impact asphalt plant. There is no reason to place such a plant in this or any such urban area near residents. The plant would threaten the health and safety of all people, both nearby and those in the path of winds blowing fumes.

The program that has boasted language and literacy development to improved cognitive skills for students is on the verge of nonexistence. This dual language Immersion at LVCS promote children’s academic achievement. Please help us save the dual language immersion at LVCS.

I know many Palestinians who have been suffering for decades under Israel's Occupation of their land, a slow but lethal ethnic cleansing completely illegal under international law yet virtually ignored by our US media.

President Trump refuses to share his tax returns while he is being audited by the IRS. In turn, he should not be involved with any federal tax reform and tax reduction initiatives while he is being audited.

As a voter in East Marlborough Township, Pennsylvania, my votes are dissolved by the partisan committees who draw voting district maps. This means that our politicians get to choose their voters, rather than the voter choosing their politician. This affects all political parties and the committees drawing the district maps must be independent, nonpartisan, and fair to all voters.

Whereas there are Bills pending in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the House Committee on Foreign Affairs titled "Restricting First Use of Nuclear Weapons Act of 2017", WE THE PEOPLE support that these bills be enacted into law, which would prohibit the President from using the Armed Forces to conduct a first-use nuclear strike unless such strike is conducted pursuant to a congressional declaration of war expressly authorizing such strike. "First-use nuclear strike" means a nuclear weapons attack against an enemy that is conducted without the President determining that the enemy has first launched a nuclear strike against the United States or a U.S. ally. These bills pertain only to a US first strike with nuclear weapons and not to any other relevant situations such as the use of nuclear weapons defensively while America is under attack by such weapons from another nation. In view of escalating world tensions around whether the President of the U.S. would use a first strike nuclear attack, there is an immediacy to move these bills with many co-sponsors to the floor of the Senate and the House for full discussion of the merits of preventing a world-wide nuclear holocaust.

Strong public schools = strong communities! Stop robbing public education through ESAs!!!

To whom it may concern: We write as former College Hill Independent editors and contributors. We were dismayed to learn about looming cuts to the Indy and other campus publications, which could force many outlets to end their printed editions altogether. The Undergraduate Finance Board slashed budgets “out of the blue” and without explanation, according to editors quoted in an April 18 Brown Daily Herald article. Students deserve better. For us and many others, the Indy was central to our education, to building community both on-campus and off-, and to gaining the practical experience that helped us build careers in writing, publishing, and design. The loss of the paper's print edition will mean a decline in the role the Indy plays on campus and in Providence at large, and a sharp reduction in the breadth and depth of the education it offers to students interested in exploring careers in media and the arts. Hundreds of students at Brown and RISD contribute to the Indy every year. They come from a wide variety of backgrounds to express themselves through journalism, fiction, criticism, illustration, and more. The Indy provides a single forum for their collaboration, cutting across disciplinary boundaries and bringing diverse interests into direct conversation. The paper is run by consensus. We worked together to meet layout and print deadlines, debate controversial editorial decisions, and collectively determine the direction of the publication. At the completion of each issue, we felt proud to have created an object that represented not just our individual viewpoints but our ability to work together. As more than 25 years of archives can show, the paper provides an ongoing record of the issues that students have found most urgent. Because the paper is distributed throughout Providence, print has always been more than just a medium for the Indy. It is also a physical manifestation of Brown and RISD’s connection to to the larger Providence community. Students, faculty, and staff are very much a part of the life of Providence, and a print publication distributed beyond College Hill provides an opportunity to engage and critique the institutions' roles. Many of us have gone on to have careers in graphic design, newspaper journalism, and publishing. Our contributions to the Indy came stapled to our first job applications. Killing the print paper would disadvantage current students hoping to pursue similar vocations. We urge the Undergraduate Finance Board to reverse course. Restore full funding to the Indy and other campus publications, and protect Brown's commitment to student-run, student-organized publications.

The purpose of this petition is to demand a fair, independent, non-partisan investigation with broad subpoena powers, led by a special independent counsel to investigate the possible collusion by Trump and several Trump associates with Russia's hacking of the 2016 election in Trump's favor, and the continued ties by Trump and his administration with Russia since the inauguration.

I care about Missouri's children! I care about Missouri's economic health. I am against economic segregation and our children - rich or poor - deserve quality healthcare.

To demand that DNC leadership immediately put leaders from the reproductive health, rights and justice field in positions of decision making authority at the DNC. We ask that this be more than one person and that women of color reproductive justice leaders be among these appointees. We also ask that the party recommit publicly to centralizing support of champions and candidates with stellar reproductive health voting records in the party priorities.