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"Joy Reid" as Debate ModeratorMy petition is to have a fair and equitable debate between the two candidates. There appears to be a bias of how the candidates are interviewed and treated.91 of 100 SignaturesCreated by "Joy Reid" as Debate Moderator
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Stop Prosecutions of Standing Rock Water Defenders38 water protectors have been arrested and are facing charges for opposing the Dakota Access Bakken oil pipeline in Sioux treaty territory in North Dakota. The pipeline company uses attack dogs and mace to continue building while destroying sacred sites with bulldozers. Support these protectors of Mother Earth, our water, and climate; learn how to live without fracked oil and gas; drop the charges by September 20!1,054 of 2,000 SignaturesCreated by Patricia Hammel
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Tell The American Bar Association To Rescind Its New Policy Supporting Second-Class Justice For R...We are a group of outraged parents whose daughters were subjected to second-class treatment by their colleges. Forced to endure woefully inadequate investigative and disciplinary proceedings that did not comply with civil rights laws, we watched in horror as campus officials cavalierly exonerated offenders whose brutal acts of violent discrimination against our daughters deserved punishment. Only after the fact did we learn that school officials had subjected our daughters to second class treatment during the investigation and hearing process. We were then shocked to learn that the American Bar Association had recently recommended that schools subject victimized women to second class treatment, even though women suffer far more violence on campus because they are female than does any other class of student suffer violence because of their race, religion, etc. Violence against any woman is a civil rights offense against all women. That an organization like the ABA, which purports to be dedicated to ensuring equal justice for all, would mock the very idea of gender equality in education, especially on the virtual eve of the 100th anniversary of women's suffrage, is profoundly disturbing. Please join us in this important initiative to repeal the ABA's discriminatory policy, and voice your support for full gender equality in all schools. For additional information, you may also go to www.pushforequaljustice.org. Feel free to share our message and website with others. Thanks for your support!1,260 of 2,000 SignaturesCreated by Allison Frank
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Department of Justice: Investigate Pam Bondi's Connection To Donald TrumpFlorida's Republican Attorney General, Pam Bondi, personally solicited and accepted a political contribution from Donald Trump while ignoring complaints of fraud at Trump University from Florida Residents. The Orlando Sentinel has chronicled how Pam Bondi received a $25,000 campaign contribution from the Donald J. Trump Foundation in September of 2013, just three days after her office announced it would not join a New York lawsuit that accused Trump University of fraudulent practices. Even worse, Donald Trump held a fundraiser for Pam Bondi at his Mar-a-Lago property less than a year after Bondi passed on the Trump University Lawsuit. Pam Bondi has not answered any questions from the media regarding her Donald Trump’s political contribution, and any illegal activity between Bondi and Trump has not been investigated by Florida prosecutors. If we want to protect the public trust and ensure that Florida residents are protected from fraudulent schemes like Trump University, then we need to hold corrupt politicians like Pam Bondi accountable for their unethical behavior. We demand that the U.S. Department of Justice launches an investigation on the unethical behavior between Pam Bondi and Donald Trump.765 of 800 SignaturesCreated by Juan Escalante
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Tell Congress: End Private Prison Tax Breaks!Mass incarceration in low-income communities feeds a cycle of poverty and crime and does little to keep those communities safe. It’s unconscionable that, through a loophole in our tax code, taxpayers are actually padding the profits of private prison owners who are getting rich off of mass incarceration. I’m fighting to end this outrageous, unjust special interest loophole and I hope you’ll join me. Sign the Petition: Tell Congress to end private prison tax breaks! - Ron Wyden11,024 of 15,000 SignaturesCreated by Senator Ron Wyden
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EEOC and DFEH: Take administrative action against Beach Blanket BabylonWe are concerned about the following audition notice and request that the EEOC and DFEH take administrative action: "All ethnicities are welcome to audition. Historically we have used performers whose facial features make them appear conventionally Caucasian. So if you fit this description, please send us your information. If you don’t, your amazing voice and stage presence could change our minds, so please send us your information." - Beach Blanket Babylon (San Francisco) ≈ 26 August 2016 Such a blatantly race-based employment preference violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act and California’s Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA), both of which prohibit discrimination based upon race and color. Under U.S. law, race is never a bona fide occupational qualification, and Beach Blanket Babylon’s preference for Caucasian talent combined with its own admission within the notice that an auditioner’s race is not essential for the role(s) in question leave no room for ambiguity. We further request that the EEOC and DFEH initiate investigations into systemic violations of Title VII and FEHA at all levels of California’s entertainment industry. Discriminatory employment practices are industry standard and disparately impact all but White males on and behind camera and stage.65 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Kathleen Antonia
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Student Loan Forgiveness!!!!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.15 of 100 SignaturesCreated by MECHELLR
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Second chance "family matters/Addiction is a disease"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 !!59 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Kimberly Kapp
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Ask Lester Holt and other debate moderators to do better than Matt Lauer and fact check Trump's liesDuring 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.62,454 of 75,000 SignaturesCreated by Brian Stewart
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Make Didlot Senior PrincipleBecause like I said he the homie and I don't like Mr.B20 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Kaycie Atkinson
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Nevada PUC: Grandfather Original Solar Customers!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.101 of 200 SignaturesCreated by Clean Energy Project
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MoveOn.org, stop trying to raise funds off of the #NoDAPL Standing Rock blockadeFor 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!113 of 200 SignaturesCreated by Patrick Young