Donald Trump is endangering our country with his impulsive tweets.

Hawaii public education is at a critical crossroads. Hawaii has the potential to have the best public education system in the nation if current movements in innovation, collaboration and empowerment are unleashed to their full potential. However, this potential is stymied due to special interest control of the Superintendent search process. The H.L. Castle Foundation, which shares interlocking leadership with the Business Roundtable and the Chamber of Commerce, has been too intimately involved in setting the public education policy agenda. Recent actions by the H.L. Castle Foundation in the Superintendent search reveal clearly that corporate money buys corporate control. The H.L. Castle Foundation offered to fund the search for the superintendent, and selected an Iowa-based search firm known for seeking out corporate-minded educational leaders who will likely be inappropriate for our state's culture, context and vision for the future of Hawaii's public education. The H.L Castle Foundation also held the process hostage by withdrawing their funding offer of $50,000 when the candidate pool widened to include a candidate who had been openly critical of the education policies the Castle Foundation helped to craft under the federal 'No Child Left Behind' law and the federal 'Race to the Top' program. They only reinstated the funding they had originally offered when the candidate withdrew. This is unacceptable. Now more than ever, we need public control of public education. Please sign below to show your support for transparency in public education. We are calling for the Castle Foundation to remove itself completely from the decision-making processes surrounding the selection the next Hawaii DOE superintendent.

CONGRESS SHOULD LIVE AND ABIDE BY THE RULES THEY ENFORCE ON "WE THE PEOPLE".

One of the many benefits of being a Member of Congress is that they can choose from among the very best insurance plans in the ACA, with extremely high government subsidies. They have 57 Gold Tier plans to choose from. They receive subsidies of 72 to 75 percent toward their premiums. And, among many other benefits, they also get FREE MEDICAL CARE on any military base in the world. But we don't know exactly how much our elected officials pay, out of pocket, for those insurance plans--nor do we know the extent of their coverage. Before they pick OUR coverage and out-of-pocket costs, shouldn't THEY be required to disclose theirs? SIGN THIS PETITION IF YOU AGREE.

On his first day as secretary of the Interior, Ryan Zinke reversed a policy that would have phased out toxic, lead-based ammunition and fishing tackle from national wildlife refuges by 2022. Lead, a powerful neurotoxin, is a huge threat for waterfowl and birds of prey, like ducks, bald eagles, and California condors. That Zinke undid this protection on his FIRST DAY is extremely disconcerting -- please demand that Ryan Zinke reestablish the transition away from lead in wildlife refuges.

I am outraged that we are cutting vital and lifesaving services for our citizens while subsidizing Trump's lavish lifestyle. We are already paying for TWO residences, at an extra 150,000$ a day in NYC. In addition, our money is going directly into Trump's pocket for housing the staff and security that he takes with him, because he has not properly divested, which is unethical in the extreme, if not illegal.

The taxpayer is essentially funding discrimination and violating the separation of church & State. Religious institutions pay no taxes and are using much of the tax money for political gain and personal advancement of their own church Hierarchy. The monies are diverted from higher priority needs and it appears with little or no accounting of expenditures.

While on the campaign trail, Donald Trump stated in a CBS 60 Minutes interview that "There's just so much to be done, I don't think we'll be very big on vacations." Trump and his Republican cronies were outspoken critics of Barack Obama’s vacation time and publicly criticized him for it. Now, barely 4 weeks in, the 45th President has taken a total of 25 hours worth of vacation, traveling to Florida each time on the tax payers dime. Where is the accountability? Holding the highest office in the world is a job that requires significant time getting up to speed- which means that a newly elected official should be spending more time doing his JOB! This spending is reckless and destructive to the economy. Sign this petition and say NO MORE! Let's put integrity back in the White House and tax payers' money where it belongs.

Half of our federal income tax dollars already go to the bloated Pentagon and its corporate contractors. The U.S. already spends more on its military than the next seven countries combined. [1] Now President Trump wants to increase the bloated Pentagon budget by another ten percent, by cutting most federal agencies that aren't "involved in security." [2] The Trump budget would completely defund the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which the CPB president warned could cause “the collapse of the public media system." [3] The Trump proposal would also cut Meals on Wheels, which uses volunteers to deliver warm meals to more than a million older Americans every week. [4] In their statements opposing the Trump budget, neither nor Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer [5] nor House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi [6] mentioned Trump’s proposal to add more bloat to the Pentagon. The reason for their silence surely wasn't public opinion: a recent poll found that 58 percent of Americans oppose the Trump plan to increase Pentagon spending by cutting other agencies. [7] Urge Congress to oppose any increase to the bloated Pentagon budget by signing our petition. References: 1. http://www.pgpf.org/chart-archive/0053_defense-comparison 2. https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2017-02-27/proposed-trump-budget-said-to-boost-defense-spending-cut-epa 3. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/16/business/media/corporation-for-public-broadcasting-cuts.html 4. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-meals-on-wheels_us_58caeda5e4b0ec9d29da217c 5. http://thehill.com/policy/finance/321333-schumer-trump-budget-would-benefit-wealthy-over-middle-class 6. http://www.democraticleader.gov/newsroom/22717/ 7. https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2017-03-08/majority-of-americans-oppose-trumps-proposed-increases-to-the-defense-budget

The bill’s provisions would allow insurance companies to control the medical care of injured workers by mandating a specific drug formulary that severely limits the prescribing of necessary medications, preventing workers from receiving the treatment they need to get better. House Bill 18, masquerading as an attempt to reduce opiate usage, would ultimately allow insurance companies to profit at the expense of the injured worker’s pain, suffering and decreased quality of life. We also encourage you to email or write your State Representative directly about this issue. You can find their contact information here: https://democracy.io/#/

The Executive Branch of the United States is not a family business and we need seasoned policy professionals representing our interests in the White House. Nepotism laws exist for a reason. The Trump administration is blatantly snubbing its nose at the law by not assigning Ivanka Trump an official title and salary, but bestowing on her all of the powers of a high level government officials.

I lived at Love Canal—which was the catalyst for the national Superfund program—with my two small children. More than 20,000 tons of chemical wastes were buried in our community—causing disease and painful illness. My daughter had a rare blood disease, and my son suffered from many medical problems, including liver disease, asthma, and epilepsy. Our house was worthless and our American dream taken away through no fault of our own. Fifty-six percent of our children were born with birth defects. I am also old enough to remember the black smoke of the steel mills, the rivers catching fire and sickness and death in communities that surrounded the factories. The magnitude of cuts suggested by this administration will take America back decades. There is no gentle way to state the obvious: Donald Trump's priority is corporations over people, children, and the planet. These cuts will gut the agency removing protections for American families. Cuts in the EPA budget mean no one is watching the polluters. No one will be there to make the polluters pay for cleanup and the costs of sick children from asthma, cancer, birth defects, and so much more. Rather than weakening the EPA and environmental protections, we should be strengthening rules to protect communities from the impacts of factory farms, fossil fuel production and use, and other pollution sources, and we should be working to ensure all people have access to clean water, safe food, and a livable climate.