I go to PG-13 movies with my children and previews of horror movies cause them to cover their eyes, ears, and cower in fear but they cannot escape the spooky sights and sounds being thrown at them!

During a recent radio interview, Senator Toomey claimed that Hillary Clinton poses a greater threat to the U.S. than Donald Trump. As a veteran who served for years in military intelligence, I know Senator Toomey is wrong. Donald Trump is more dangerous for our national security than any nominee in the history of the nation, regardless of party affiliation. Throughout this campaign, Donald Trump has shown again and again that he is irrational, impulsive, and utterly unqualified to be President. On the use of nuclear weapons he has said “we need unpredictability.” He won’t commit to protecting our NATO allies, has asked Russia to conduct cyber attacks against the United States, and has even claimed that President Obama is "the founder of ISIS." These are just a few of the reasons that former Governor Tom Ridge and 49 Republican security experts wrote a letter warning that Trump "would be the most reckless President in American history.” Join me in telling Senator Toomey that he needs to listen to the people of Pennsylvania--veterans and military families alike--and help keep our country safe by clearly stating he does not support Donald Trump.

because my people are opressed and tired and we want to live in longhouses and teepee's and mudhuts again. we want our old way of life back. if the Amish are aloud to live the way they live why cant we.

Students, scholars, and all manner of active citizens have relied on free access to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel archives to better understand our community's history. The removal of these archives on Tuesday, August 16 makes it impossible for most citizens to view this valuable information. Please show your support for our city by restoring access to these archives.

UPDATE: The California legislature just passed SB 32 and AB 197. It's a huge victory, but our work is not done. *Sign the petition and urge legislators in the Assembly and the Senate to pass SB 1383. Short-lived climate super pollutants like methane pose a serious risk to the health and prosperity of all Californians, and the passage of SB 1383 is crucial to protecting our clean air for future generations. ### California has a long history of leadership and strong legislative action when it comes to protecting the state’s air quality and fighting climate change. From the Clean Air Act of 1970, to the Global Warming Solutions Act (AB 32) of 2006, California’s track record is second to none. With only two weeks left in California’s legislative session, there is an opportunity to extend California’s landmark climate legislation, AB 32, which requires greenhouse gas emissions to be reduced to 1990 levels by the year 2020. Big Oil has poured millions of dollars into attempts to weaken our clean air laws. The oil companies are focused on profits instead of our health and climate and are unrelenting in their efforts to weaken these crucial targets. By taking action now, we can stand up to the oil companies and strengthen our clean air laws. If passed, SB 32 and AB 197 would improve upon AB 32 by further reducing greenhouse gas emissions to 40% below 1990 levels by 2030, while strengthening California’s legislative authority and ensuring transparency and accountability. Legislators will also consider SB 1383, which works to reduce super-pollutants like black carbon, methane, and fluorinated gases. These super-pollutants threaten our climate, clean air, and our health. It’s largely low-income people of color who suffer the health consequences. It’s not right, and it’s time to take a stand against this injustice. We cannot let the oil companies defeat these important measures to strengthen our clean air laws because the facts show our clean air policies are working. We’ve cut toxic pollution, improved kids’ health, and created 500,000 clean energy jobs in California. Stand up to the oil companies and strengthen California’s clean air laws. Tell Governor Brown and legislators to continue standing strong against the oil companies.

The Department of Justice announced that it is cancelling its contracts with private prison companies because of dangers and abuses outlined in exposés and a recent official government report(1). However, the majority of federal private prison contracts are actually held by the Department of Homeland Security for its sprawling immigrant detention facilities. While private prisons make up 8% of the prison population, they made up 62% of immigrant detention in 2014(2). In the wake of the Dept. of Justice announcement(3), the stock price for the main private prison companies plummeted. But they've told shareholders that immigrant detention is a stable investment and a growth industry. The Department of Homeland Security even has plans to open a NEW detention center to house transgender detainees in Texas. But all of those immigrant prisons are also dangerous and riddled with abuses. 12 people have died just at a single Corrections Corporation of America facility, the Eloy Detention Center in Arizona. Conditions there prompted a call for a Congressional investigation after a suspicious "suicide" last summer(4) and there are multiple demands for investigation into four sexual assault cases where guards are accused of abusing detainees. What is true about the findings of private prisons under the Department of Justice is true in immigrant detention under the Department of Homeland Security only at a larger scale. As long as private prisons exist, they'll just be recycled between government agencies. With the Department of Justice moving to end its contracts, private companies today will be looking for new customers and the Obama administration needs to make sure that DHS and no other government agency will be their clients. As we push for an end to immigrant detention, sign to remove the profit motive from detention. Background: 1. Inspector General Report on Private Prisons https://oig.justice.gov/reports/2016/e1606.pdf#page=2 2. The Problem With The DOJ’s Decision To Stop Using Private Prisons https://thinkprogress.org/the-federal-government-is-not-actually-ending-private-prisons-40e8c8dbf976#.uz5q79a4c 3. The Dept. of Justice Will Stop Using Private Prisons http://www.vox.com/2016/8/18/12536310/private-prisons-bureau-of-prisons 4. The Strange Death of Jose de Jesus http://latinousa.org/josedejesus/

I feel that allowing various groups to give a 3 minute inspirational message at the city council meetings would help my lovely city be more tolerant. Certainly allowing only the Baptists to give invocations is a violation of the First Amendment to the Constitution.

The U.S. Department of Justice recently announced that it plans to reduce, and ultimately end, its use of privately operated prisons. While the Department of Justice decisions will impact 13 privately operated federal prisons, it does not affect the over 100 of privately operated prisons that the Department of Homeland Security uses to detain undocumented immigrants. This means that the Department of Homeland Security will continue to use the same private prison operators over which the Department of Justice expressed "safety and security" concerns - subjecting thousands of immigrant detainees to the inhumane conditions of prisons owned by corporations like Corrections Corporation of America, the GEO Group, and the Management and Training Corporation. Private prisons have a well documented history of abusive practices and human rights violations, which the Department of Homeland Security often disregards. What is worse, private prisons often cut critical services, programs, and resources just to maximize their profits - leaving detainees without medications or other essential needs. If we want to stop private prison corporations from abusing and profiting from the incarceration of human beings, then we need all federal agencies to end their use of private prisons. We demand that the Department of Homeland Security decline to renew its contracts with private prison corporations!

City commissioners have this to say about this offer. " These are the people, who brought us the Emergency Manager law, who brought us the disaster in Flint, who brought us Detroit Public Schools, who brought us the seizure of public land in Benton Harbor.” Your signature is opposition to stop the next plan to privatize our local communities, and that you stand with the local community.

Incredible! Republican leaders who complain about "rigged elections" are trying to do exactly that in North Carolina by making it harder for African Americans and students to use early voting. Dallas Woodhouse, executive director of the North Carolina Republican Party, sent instructions to Republicans who hold the majority on all 100 county boards of elections to "make party line changes to early voting." He specifically told them to close early voting sites on Sunday, remove them from college campuses, and open more in Republican areas, according to his emails obtained by the Raleigh News & Observer. More than half of N.C.’s voters used early voting in 2008 and 2012; it was even more heavily used by African Americans and young voters. Closing sites and reducing hours will mean longer lines and discouraged voters on Election Day. Fortunately, many Republican members on county election boards are ignoring Woodhouse and obeying their oath to serve all voters. But in Raleigh, Fayetteville, Wilmington, and many other areas, they are opposing Sunday voting where it was used in the March primary. The reduced early voting plans of these counties will come before the State Board of Elections on September 8. The State Board has the power to restore them and repudiate the deliberate anti-black, anti-youth strategy of Republican Party leaders. Sign the petition to ask Mr. Grant Whitney Jr., board chair, and other board members to restore early voting on Sunday afternoons and on campuses that were recently eliminated or opposed by Republican county election boards. Last month, the federal Court of Appeals overturned a state law it said would suppress voting; we can't let local officials do the same thing with weak or discriminatory early voting plans for November.

The incarceration of immigrants has skyrocketed under President Obama, allowing the private prison industry to rake in massive profits by locking up immigrants in facilities where they often face abuse, violence, unsanitary conditions, and lack of proper medical care. The Department of Justice is phasing out the use of private prisons, saying that they are less safe, less secure, and less effective. But the Department of Homeland Security – which incarcerates immigrants - handing out most of the federal government's contracts to private prison companies, is continuing business as usual. The DOJ’s decision is important because it shows that the Obama administration is starting to acknowledge that mass incarceration is out of control and that imprisoning people for profit can't be justified. But unless we push President Obama to do more, it won't make a difference for thousands of immigrants locked up in for-profit dungeons.

In the 2012 election, registered voters from Tillicum turned out at a 10 percent lower rate than the rest of Pierce County. Voters from this community have expressed time and again that having a ballot box in their neighborhood will make it much more likely that they participate in our democracy. We need a ballot box in Tillicum now.