In 2013, Donald Trump's organization negotiated a 60-year lease with the Government Services Administration for Washington, D.C.'s historic Old Post Office Pavilion to turn it into a luxury hotel. Its lease with the Trump Organization reads, "No member or delegate to Congress, or elected official of the Government of the United States or the Government of the District of Columbia, shall be admitted to any share or part of this Lease or to any benefit that may arise therefrom." Trump tweeted that that he would leave his businesses ‘in total.’ But vague statements on Twitter–where he has lied and misled the public countless times in the past–are not action. Until he fully liquidates his personal assets or creates a true blind trust, his conflicts will remain. In this specific situation, if Donald Trump does not fully divest from his business holdings before taking office, he will be in direct violation of the lease agreement with the General Services . Tell the the Government Services Administration to cancel the lease and avoid this conflict. The Government Services Administration has managed the U.S. federal government's procurement, technological needs, and real estate holdings for the last 67 years. Its stated priorities guaranty the American people that all of its activities from the "biggest purchases to [its] most routine leases, are carried out with integrity and at the highest level of performance."

Very plainly, this petition's primary purpose is to prevent Donald Trump from becoming the 45th president of the United States of America by any and all means necessary, even if it means supporting a different Republican. On December 19th, 2016, members of the Electoral College all across the U.S. will cast their votes for the president of the United States of America. Currently, there is a group called the Hamilton Electors imploring the Electoral College to ignore their state's preferred candidate, Donald Trump, and vote for a more viable candidate, Mitt Romney. This will only happen if 37 Electors whose votes should be cast for Trump are cast for someone else; in this case, Mitt Romney. This is not so much a petition in support of Mitt Romney; rather it's a petition against Donald Trump. We must accept that Hillary lost and the House of Representatives will not support a Democratic candidate after Republicans won full Legislative control as well as the Executive Branch. We may have lost the party battle, but we can still win a small victory by denying Trump his throne. But this only happens if we all stand together and swallow our pride by unifying around the far lesser of two evils. Mitt Romney in unity or we all suffer Trump. So please sign this petition and encourage your representatives to make the pledge to back Mitt Romney for president and save America from complete regression. If we don't get House Democrats to pledge their support to Romney, then not a single Republican will take a chance by abandoning Trump. There are 435 members of the House, only 188 of them are currently Democrats, which means to pull this off with full Democratic support, we would still need to convince 30 Republican House members to abandon ship and support Romney. This is an incredible long-shot, but it's literally the only shot we have right now of avoiding four years with Trump. Please sign and share with fellow Never Trump-ers.

Stores, businesses and ordinary New Yorkers are being unfairly burdened by Trump's insistence on remaining in New York. Proper security and resources for the President-Elect are available in Washington, D.C.

Background 1: Eleven days before the election, FBI Director James Comey sent a letter to Congress announcing that they were re-opening the investigation into Hillary R. Clinton’s emails. Although it is state policy not to release such statements close to an election unless there is evidence that a matter is significant, his letter stated that it was unknown if the potentially new emails had any significance. Only a few days later, on Nov. 6, 2016, two days before the election, it was announced that Clinton was again clear of all charges, but both of these incidents—finding out that there might be new emails, and then finding out that Clinton had been speedily determined to be clear of charges—only further angered Trump supporters. At the same time, information was suppressed about an investigation into improper links between Russia and Trump. Comey’s announcements took place during the early voting period where approximately one-third of total ballots were cast. The emails were found to be either personal emails or duplicates of ones already examined. There are two complaints filed against Comey for violating the Hatch Act by abusing his position of power and influencing a presidential election as a federal employee. But an investigation has not moved forward. Background 2: Officials have stated that they are confident that Russia engaged in computer intrusion and email leaks during the campaign in order to interfere with and influence our election process. The Washington Times reported that the Russian government was also responsible for much of the “fake news” circulating on the internet in the weeks leading up to the election. There has been a bipartisan call by representatives in Congress for an investigation into this unprecedented interference by a foreign government in our election process, but this has not moved forward. The gross irregularities of the election are direct attacks on our democratic process and must be challenged and investigated in order to ensure our elections are fair for candidates of any party.

President Obama swept into office 8 years ago on a promise of hope and change founded on the importance of empathy, i.e., understanding the experience of the Other. Many people were inspired and deeply moved by his vision of hope, his stated desire for change, and his seeming care for the well-being of all. And now many are deeply disappointed. We believe he has lost his way and has failed to stand for the values he articulated 8 years ago. This is our call to President Obama to return to his highest values, values that are hard to hold when the weight of the world is on your shoulders, but values that we need even more now than we did 8 years ago.

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President Obama has established more new national monuments than any president in history, but there is still work left to be done. Congress keeps trying to undermine laws that protect our lands and polluters like the Koch brothers are gunning to open new areas to destructive mining. The League of Conservation Voters (LCV) is joining environmental advocates around the country to urge President Obama to keep protecting our lands and establish Utah’s Bears Ears region, El Paso’s Castner Range, the Gold Butte region in Nevada, and the area surrounding the Grand Canyon as national monuments. We have already seen President Obama is willing to act, but only if we raise our voices loud enough.

The election might be over, but the fight for the environment and the future of our planet is gearing up to be one of the most grueling, intense battles yet. People who care about the environment, who are worried about the dangers of climate change, and who want to save our only planet before it’s too late must rally together and fight back harder than ever. Take the pledge to stand with LCV and do everything in your power to make sure we not only defend the last eight years of progress, but find a way to move forward!

The Obama Administration just finalized its offshore drilling plan for 2017-22, taking Atlantic AND Arctic drilling off the table. This is a huge victory for our oceans! But Big Oil remains determined to drill in the Atlantic and Arctic Oceans and President-elect Trump has vowed to inflict Big Oil on our public lands and waters. We need more durable protections to help withstand the coming fossil fuel onslaught. President Obama has the authority to permanently protect the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans from offshore drilling — but he must take action before Trump takes over.

Trump’s election has put the Standing Rock Sioux and the Water Protectors fighting the Dakota Access Pipeline in grave danger. Not only is Donald Trump an actual investor in Energy Transfer Partners, the corporation responsible for building the pipeline, the corporation’s CEO even donated to Trump’s campaign! Now more than ever we need to we add our voices to amplify theirs. That is what the Standing Rock Sioux are asking for, and we need them to know we will be here for them. Add your name here to let the Water Protectors know they aren’t alone in fighting to protect Mother Earth.

Tell your Senators to stand up to ignorance and bigotry and speak out against Steve Bannon’s appointment to the White House. By making Steve Bannon first among equals in the White House, the Trump administration is undermining the equality we value for all people. This is unacceptable. While White House staff are not subject to Senate approval, our senators still hold tremendous influence. A groundswell of bipartisan opposition from the Senate — which is not impossible given Bannon’s appalling record — could have a tremendous impact. .

With a climate change denier headed to the White House, we must speak out louder than ever have before to force Donald Trump to recognize the imminent danger of climate change. If we stay silent, we could easily see the last eight years of progress wiped out and the climate crisis becoming much, much worse. Trump listens to TV and Twitter; we know because we have seen him talk about it for the last year. If we stand strong together and draw attention to this global crisis, we can force him to take actions his advisors would never dream of.