We need to be freed from the high interest rates that the loans have submerged us in...Only to not be able to find jobs OR a livable wage.

My grandchildren are caught up in the system due to my son's addiction. I'm not allowed to have them or even openly communicate, although we've always had an ongoing long term established relationship. Due to my past of addiction that created it's horrible havoc in my life and unfortunately my children's. I have over 2 decades of sobriety and recovery. I got my own children back and out of this broken system but many years later the same sadness affects our life with my grandchildren!! This is horrible and unhealthy for me and many others like me, but more than that the children who don't have a choice even when they speak up. Let's change laws to better lives with love not bureaucracy !!

During this week’s NBC News Commander in Chief Forum--the first joint forum for Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump--moderator and "The Today Show" host Matt Lauer failed to do his job as a journalist by not correcting Donald Trump’s lies about never supporting the Iraq War and continuing to ask the Republican candidate soft, open-ended questions. During the forum on military issues and foreign policy, NBC’s Matt Lauer: > Failed to hold Donald Trump accountable by allowing him to repeat his lie that he always opposed the Iraq War. (NBC News later fact-checked the comment after the forum and deemed it false.) > Failed to ask Donald Trump any serious questions about some of the candidate’s most troubling foreign policy comments-- neglecting to address Trump’s attack on Gold Star parents Khizr and Ghazala Khan, his attack on Senator John McCain’s prisoner-of-war status, Trump’s multiple deferments from the Vietnam War, > Spent one-third of Secretary Clinton’s time pressing her on her use of a private email server--and then asked her to be “brief” responding to questions on ISIS. Leading journalists agreed that Lauer and NBC failed to give Americans a well-moderated forum by failing to fact check basic falsehoods, mainly Trump’s Iraq War assertion: "This #NBCNewsForum feels like an embarrassment to journalism.” – New York Times’ Nicholas Kristof “How can someone like @MLauer not set the record straight on Trump's bogus claim of being against the war in Iraq?” – Washington Post’s Fact Checker Glenn Kessler "Lauer has done great interviews. But that's one of the weakest, least incisive performances I've seen from a presidential forum moderator.” – Slate’s Will Saletan “Matt Lauer never challenged Trump's claim he opposed Iraq war in 2002 (which he did not). @chucktodd would not have let that go by.” – New York Times’ Trip Gabriel “‘I was totally against the war in Iraq,’ Trump says, saying something that is not true. Matt Lauer offers no follow up.” – BuzzFeed Politics’ Andrew Kaczynski "Trump lies about opposing Iraq war. Lauer lets it go. No follow up. Unreal.” – New York Magazine’s Jonathan Chait Americans rely on moderators of presidential forums and debates to hold candidates accountable and correct blatant lies like Trump’s Iraq War statement. Already, one of the four debate moderators, Fox News’ Chris Wallace, said it’s “not my job to be a truth squad” and correct any “falsehoods or unfounded accusations,” on which Trump’s campaign has been built. Tell NBC News’ Lester Holt — and other presidential debate hosts Martha Raddatz (ABC News), Anderson Cooper (CNN), and Chris Wallace (Fox News) — to commit to asking serious, substantial questions of all candidates and hold candidates accountable for misinformation.

Because like I said he the homie and I don't like Mr.B

In December, 2015, the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada came between 32,000 rooftop solar customers and their contracts with their power provider, and impacted economically favorable power rates that had previously been agreed upon. These solar customers invested in personal solar energy systems, acting in good faith based upon promises from the state. These promises were changed and undermined much to the detriment of the utility's customers. Through NV Energy's recent advice filing, the PUC now has the opportunity to remedy their decision that has devalued the investments made by tens of thousands of Nevada solar customers. Sign our petition and tell the PUC you want Nevada's original solar customers grandfathered under their original, contracted rates.

For months thousands of indigenous people and allies have been camped out in North Dakota putting their bodies on the line to stop construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline. Now that the struggle has gained national and international attention, MoveOn.org is circulating fundraising e-mails along with a petition to investigate the security firms that have been hired to attack peaceful protectors of water and land. When organizations like MoveOn.org use movement moments like this to seek donations, that pulls donations and resources away from the front line and indigenous communities that are putting their bodies on the line. It's time for MoveOn to stop profiting off other movement's struggles!

Sign and share. Put your name on something that can actually benefit our State. Studies have proven that marijuana stops the growth and development of cancer and other diseases. Read the research. Cancer is an epidemic in our country! Take the first step and sign. It's our legal right to have access to the cure for cancer and other medical conditions! It will help our economy. Sign now.

Costco would be a great asset for our community providing, jobs, merchandise and services.

Many cities across the country and our own state have changed local laws and ordinances to allow for the raising of a small flock of hens. It is time for Wentzville, MO to join this movement. With proper education and a little research it is very easy to raise chickens in an urban setting without fear of noise, smell or disease. At the same time you can provide your family with a very healthy choice in home grown eggs. This will relieve the pressure on factory farming, while giving residents the right to provide a much more humane, and safe environment for backyard chickens.Out of the 90 municipalities in St. Louis County alone 81 of them allow backyard chickens. Let's join cities like Lake St. Louis, Chesterfeild, Kirkwood, Ballwin and many more to put food production into the hands of city resident

Here we are again with Riders to defund Planned Parenthood and fly confederate flags in Veterans' cemeteries so a desperate situation with the zika virus can be funded. STOP this madness!

On August 8, the Obama administration notified Congress [1] of intent to sell $1.15 billion of weapons to Saudi Arabia, including tanks that would replace tanks destroyed in Saudi Arabia's war against Houthi rebels in Yemen. We urge Senator Jerry Moran to oppose this deal and to co-sponsor a resolution of disapproval against it. Past Congressional concerns about Saudi Arabia's war in Yemen have not been addressed. In October, Members of Congress wrote to the Administration [2] urging greater efforts to avoid civilian casualties in Yemen and achieve a diplomatic solution to the conflict. In June, 204 Members of the House, including 40 Republicans and all but 16 Democrats, voted to block the transfer of cluster bombs to Saudi Arabia after reports of their use in civilian areas in Yemen. [3] Yet, since the proposed arms deal was announced, a Saudi airstrike on a school in Yemen killed 10 children [4] – some as young as 6-years-old – and a Saudi airstrike on an MSF hospital in Yemen killed 11 people. [5] On August 30, 64 Members of the House signed a letter urging that the Saudi arms deal be delayed so that Congress can fully consider it. [6] Urge Senator Moran to cosponsor legislation to oppose the Saudi arms deal by signing our petition. References: 1. http://www.dsca.mil/major-arms-sales/kingdom-saudi-arabia-m1a2s-saudi-abrams-main-battle-tanks-and-m88ala2-heavy 2. https://debbiedingell.house.gov/sites/debbiedingell.house.gov/files/documents/151014_Yemen%20Airstrike%20Letter.pdf 3. http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2016/roll327.xml 4. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/yemen-school-airstrike_us_57b1938fe4b007c36e4f2f67 5. http://www.reuters.com/article/us-yemen-security-idUSKCN10Q1E0 6. https://www.yahoo.com/news/60-lawmakers-seek-delay-billion-211716904.html; http://www.defensenews.com/articles/sixty-us-lawmakers-want-to-freeze-115-billion-arms-sale-to-saudi-arabia

Computerized “flash-trading” is one trick hedge funders use to manipulate the market for their sole benefit. Essentially, they use a computer program to execute millions of trades in a short period of time – sometimes holding an “investment” for a matter of microseconds. These trades produce nothing of value while destabilizing the market, driving up costs for pension funds and putting everyone else’s investments at risk – yet, it gets a small group of traders very rich. I’ve proposed to tax each stock trade at a modest 0.03% – that’s 3 cents for every $100 in trades! That would be a great thing for America. The tax would drive out traders that created market instability and lead to the “flash crash.” It would raise $40 billion a year that could be invested in education, infrastructure, and other vital economic needs. The stock market should be about making smart long-term investments in growing companies, not electronic insta-trades that treat Wall Street like a casino and destabilize the entire economy.