I don't believe that President Trump should be allowed the honor of placing a person on the Supreme Court while flauntingly disregarding the norms and established precedent of the previous Office holders. The Senate must demand he adhere to our minimum expectations. He must not be allowed to trample the Presidential norms. What will he trample next.

As local planning processes happen across the City, we need a City-wide strategy to prevent displacement. City agencies that hold land should explicitly put these priorities in their Requests for Proposals.

In the United States, it’s not about what you look like or where you come from that makes you American - we are all equal. But Donald Trump doesn’t agree and has declared war on immigrants and wants taxpayers to foot the bill. If you think Trump’s current immigration policies are already bad, just imagine what he will do if he gets billions more from Congress. Taxpayer money would be used to build his costly and unnecessary southern border wall. Another $1.2 billion would be spent on immigration enforcement agents and detention beds to detain and deport millions of hard-working immigrants As Americans, we cannot allow Donald Trump to replace our most cherished values with his xenophobic agenda. Republicans will need 60 votes to pass any funding bill - and there are only 42 Republicans in the Senate - so Democrats have the power to be the resistance to the Trump agenda. You can help keep immigrant families together and save American tax dollars by blocking Donald Trump’s border wall and deportation force -- but you have to act now. Congress can defund Trump’s mass deportation plan, but they're not going to do it without a strong public outcry from Americans like you. Take a stand now and sign this petition telling Congress to block funding for Trump’s deportation force.

Breitbart 'News' is corrupting American news cycles and misleading a broad portion of the American public.

The big payment processing companies - Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Discover - are processing funds for some of the vilest white supremacist groups. White supremacist hubs like Stormfront are able to easily receive funding because these companies are allowing them to. And thanks to transaction fees, these companies are making money every time someone donates to one these hate groups. Some of the groups receiving money from Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Discover are responsible for numerous hate crimes, murders, and the radicalization of terrorists Dylann Roof, Timothy McVeigh, and Wade Michael Page. These companies have cut off other hate groups in the past, it’s time for them to step up and cut off all white supremacist groups from their financial resources.

NY lawmakers agree on pay raise for caregivers March 15, 2017 04:58 AM ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - The New York state Senate and Assembly are in agreement on a plan to increase funding for the care of the developmentally disabled. The Republican-led Senate and Democratic-controlled Assembly both included $45 million in additional funding in their chamber's proposed state budgets. The money would support pay raises for the direct support professionals who care for people with developmental disabilities. Low pay has created high turnover and staffing shortages. Harvey Weisenberg, a former lawmaker and father of a disabled son, says some caregivers are so poorly paid they're choosing to work fast-food jobs instead. Now supporters must convince Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who did not include the money in his own state budget proposal. A vote on the budget is expected by April 1.

Starting in the fall of 2017, SRHS seniors who have met the graduation requirements cannot have a "home period" (taking one period off). The district claims it is due to a new law; however, the lawmaker disputes that and the California Dept. of Education says there is no law that bans a "home period." Many districts (including Poway) have "home periods," which allow students to hold part-time jobs/internships, volunteer, and/or play sports and still maintain good grades. This makes them more well-rounded, which is what high-level colleges are looking for. This is in the best interest of children. Thank you!

Kathleen Dumais, a Montgomery County Delegate, is uncertain about supporting critical provisions in the MD TRUST Act that would ban programs like 287(g), stop local detention centers from enforcing civil immigration law, and protect the privacy of all Marylanders. We need your help to encourage her to support MD TRUST Act including all the critical provisions listed above. Support Maryland's immigrant communities and sign the petition. The MD TRUST ACT would prohibit law enforcement agencies from collaborating with ICE on civil immigration enforcement, and prohibit the contribution of state or local resources to a federal effort to register people on the basis of protected classes including religion and national origin.

Fuel standards may be the most important environmental regulation we have, and they make sense on many levels. They save us gas costs, they keep American car companies competitive and they protect our environment. Tell the EPA and car makers, we won't buy yesterday's gas guzzlers. Move forward not back.

Western Environmental Law Center is a nonprofit, environmental law firm dedicated to defending wildlife in the West. On March 7, 2017, WELC served a Notice of Intent to sue the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for failing to protect wild winter steelhead.

One of my sons has Affordable Health care and supports it. I am very upset about the ideas that Trump has - he is not educated enough to be the leader of our country. I am an immigrant. I grew up under Hitler, I grew up in the war, part of my family died in the two world wars. I knew Hitler because I was an artist since childhood. He had good intentions in the beginning but was not suitable to carry them out.

Myself and many others have been the victims of sexual assault and rape by homegrown American men. The idea of using violence against women as an excuse for this Muslim travel ban is absolutely infuriating and demeans the nature of violence against women!