This weekend, an official in the White House said that Sebastian Gorka—a senior adviser to Trump who has controversial ties to Hungarian Nazi-linked group Vitezi Rend—would potentially be ousted from his "counterterrorism" position, but the Trump administration hasn't made a final decision. Last week, Gorka abruptly walked off stage during a cybersecurity panel at Georgetown University after students protested his extreme Islamophobic views and ties to a Hungarian pro-Nazi political party to which he swore a lifetime oath of loyalty. And, as if his shady ties with far-right extremist groups alone aren't enough to disqualify him from serving at the heart of government, Gorka was also recently exposed as a fraud who has questionable Ph.D. credentials in Hungary. Gorka and his wife Katharine, another Trump adviser, have also spent the past two decades as part of the fringe Islamophobia network. They've worked at Steve Bannon's Breitbart and have been closely affiliated with Frank Gaffney's notorious Center for Security Policy, an extreme anti-Muslim think tank. Donald Trump claims to be an "expert" at firing people. Tell the White House to make the easy decision fire Sebastian Gorka now and remove him from government completely.

It is imperative that during such a frightening time in our history that the sense of community and connectivity that has always characterized the City of New York be made visible. This is crucial to the well-being of all children. No child should be worried about getting raided or losing a parent to deportation! It is time for our elected city officials to take a stand and protect the people that they have sworn to honor and defend. This is our home. This is our sanctuary! It is your duty as elected officials to love and support the people.

The American people want and need universal healthcare, and this can only become a reality if the entire United States Congress and the President can voice their support for H. R. 676, which, if passed by Congress and signed by the President, would expand our current Medicare system to cover all Americans. The United States can no longer afford to be the only developed and industrialized nation in the world which does not grant healthcare to its people as a right and not as a privilege.

Amnesty and “Human rights watch” to investigate Israel violations against Palestinian prisoners. We call for Amnesty International and Human rights watch to investigate Israel human rights violations and the Israeli policy of mass imprisonment of Palestinians • Thousand imprisoned with no charge • Imprisoned children • Regular mistreatment, torture, isolation, deprivation of visits We CALL FOR AN END to administrative detention (imprisonment with no charges or trial and SUPPORT the demands made by 6500 Palestinian prisoners now on hunger strike in Israeli jail calling for decent treatment of prisoners. We the undersigned citizens of the world urge Amnesty and Human rights watch to take practical steps in investigating Israel’s continued violation of human rights against Palestinian prisoners. We urge Amnesty and Human rights watch to investigate Israel human rights violations by assigning an emergency team to visit the Palestinian prisoners ASAP and to provide a report about their condition and human right situation in accordance with the fourth Geneva Convention and International law, as we believe such willful negligence can lead to further violence across the Middle East. Meanwhile, ending these prisoners’ plight will lead to peace in the region.

We're working for a fair, honest and inclusive America. We're calling on the Democratic Party to become the kind of fair, honest and inclusive organization that we'd like to work with.

We are all citizens of this country. All should be subjected by the same health-care options regardless.

When U.S. presidents order military action, the American people need and deserve a strong, vibrant, and independent news media, one that not only challenges the assumptions that lead us to war, but also one that holds our leaders accountable for the way in which they are conducted. When President Trump illegally launched military strikes on Syria, and later, when the U.S. military dropped one of the largest conventional weapons in its arsenal on a target in Afghanistan, we witnessed some of the most irresponsible and reckless coverage from the corporate media since they helped President Bush launch the Iraq war. War is not entertainment. But the media is glorifying Donald Trump’s warmaking, and it’s time we make them stop.

The practice of secretly gathering private information without cause is a violation of the 4th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Law enforcement officials have abused the power that these tools give them, which threatens the very foundation of our freedom. This practice must be stopped immediately.

In other countries, Jews, Polish, etc are paid reparations for life and generations thereafter for the holocaust, death camps and harsh treatment endured during the earlier wars. African-Americans in the US whose ancestors built this country via slavery and then thereafter forced into the European culture to then survive have been given NOTHING monetary or physical. Have you heard of or do you remember the statement, "40 acres and a mule?" Still waiting on the latter...Throughout history, there have been developed communities, banks, grocery stores, schools, parks, hospitals, farms, etc by African-Americans but have been burnt down because of the racism and greed. In the US, there is institutional racism by the government to automatically deter the African-American individual from progressing in life from BIRTH. There are numerous cases, daily experiences and mental issues developed from this treatment generation after generation. Just recently there was a documentary released on an African-American youth, Kalief Browder who committed suicide after enduring the injustices of institutional racism. This is just one example of millions. Racism is real, it exists, it affects African-Americans EVERYDAY and NO ONE cares. We have been at the forefront for everyone else's problems but when it comes to us and our well being, no one cares and everyone steals what we have done. We are the #1 consumer in the US but get treated the WORSE. Enough is enough, WE ARE OWED land and money and we want it NOW! Do the HUMANE thing and support this cause by signing the petition. You are appreciated.

As a Texas citizen, I am concerned with the xenophobic policies exposed by our governor!

Efforts to get Members of Congress to invoke their war powers to push back against Trump's threatened escalation of the Saudi war in Yemen - and particularly the threat of attacking the Yemeni port of Hodeida, which would cut off food to millions of people - are drawing increasing attention in the media. On May 2, the Washington Post reported: "Alarm grows in Washington as Saudi coalition attack on Yemen port appears imminent." The article noted that Reps. Mark Pocan [D-WI] and Justin Amash [R-MI] had threatened to introduce legislation that would seek to "prohibit U.S. involvement in any such assault." [1] On May 8, James Carden reported: "Congress Is Drawing a ‘Red Line’ Over Trump’s Support for the Saudi War on Yemen." Rep. Pocan told Carden: "In moments like this, it’s essential that Congress assert its constitutional authority to oversee, debate, and declare war before the US becomes involved in a catastrophic military action overseas." Citing the horrific nature of the humanitarian crisis in Yemen, Pocan said he could "hardly think of anything worse than the US military participating alongside the Saudi military in destroying the lifeline to food for 7 million people already on the brink of starvation." [2] Carden also reported: several staffers are in the process of "preparing language with legislative counsel to use the War Powers Act of 1973 in order to introduce a privileged resolution to withdraw US forces from the Saudi-led war in Yemen, with Hodeida as a Congressional 'red line.'" On May 9, John Nichols reported: "There Is Growing Bipartisan Opposition to Trump’s Unauthorized Military Actions." Nichols noted: "Not all Republicans are willing to accept the Trump’s administration’s shredding of the Constitution… Congressman Justin Amash, R-Michigan, has joined Congressman Mark Pocan, D-Wisconsin, in leading a congressional effort to warn the administration that it must consult Congress before lending US support to what members describe as 'a potentially catastrophic' military action by Saudi Arabia in Yemen." Nichols also reported the Members' threat: “Should the administration remain unresponsive to our repeated inquiries into the nature of US engagement in a potentially catastrophic Saudi attack on Hodeida, we will pursue legislation to explicitly prohibit US involvement in any such an assault.” Many thought it a foregone conclusion that the Trump Administration would green-light a Saudi-UAE attack on the Yemeni port of Hodeida. But that assault still hasn't happened. Members of Congress can take this threatened attack "off the table" by asserting their war powers. Urge House Members to demand a vote before Hodeida is attacked by signing our petition. References: 1. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2017/05/02/alarm-grows-in-washington-as-saudi-coalition-attack-on-yemen-port-appears-imminent/ 2. https://www.thenation.com/article/congress-is-drawing-a-red-line-over-trumps-support-for-the-saudi-war-on-yemen/ 3. https://www.thenation.com/article/there-is-bipartisan-opposition-in-congress-to-trumps-unauthorized-military-action/

**UPDATE: A lot of news has broken since I launched this petition to suspend Jared Kushner's interim security clearance many months ago. But the biggest news on Kushner broke just recently, when a memo was reportedly sent downgrading the presidential son-in-law and adviser and other White House aides who had been working on interim clearances.** Former House Oversight Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz confirmed that Trump's former national security adviser, Michael Flynn, may have committed a felony by not properly disclosing payments from Russia when applying for his security clearance. And Flynn's not the only member of Trump's inner circle who has been dishonest about his dealings with Russia. Earlier this month, Donald Trump's son-in-law and White House senior adviser, Jared Kushner, failed to report dozens of meetings with foreign agents, including meetings with Russian government agents as recently as December 2016, while completing a similar questionnaire as Flynn that is required for top-secret security clearance. This appears to be another attempt to conceal the meetings the Trump transition team had with Russian foreign agents. The American people need to make it clear to this administration that we will continue to compel them to be honest and transparent about their ties to Russia. Until such time as Jared Kushner fully discloses all relevant meetings he had with foreign agents, his interim top-secret security clearance needs to be suspended.