With heightened public alarm about money in politics, California's outdated online disclosure system is inadequate for meaningful transparency. SB 1349, by Sen. Bob Hertzberg, would create a modern campaign finance disclosure system that allows voters to access information crucial to understanding the candidates and measures they vote on. SB 1349 is a HUGE leap forward for disclosure and transparency in California. Please sign the petition to urge Governor Brown and legislative leaders to provide enough funds in the budget for SB 1349 to help shed light on Dark Money now.

Getting the game CafeWorld back on Facebook.

Let's bring an end to state sanctioned murder! Let's give Life not Death! I propose a 'Give Life Penalty ', whereby, if a condemned inmate agrees to donate non life threatening organs and/or to donate blood regularly; that their sentence be commuted.

Political Literacy is exceptionally low in the United States. While K-12 public education covers the fundamental structure of government, the inner workings of national political parties is almost entirely ignored. Political Parties set their own rules. Over the decades, the Presidential Nomination Process has changed and changed again; meaning, the current system is changeable. For 2016, we’ve got to work with what we’ve got and plan ahead for 2018 and 2020! Super Delegates make up 17-20% of delegate votes at the Democratic National Convention. This results in a few hundred party insiders ALWAYS choosing the nominee for the Democratic Party. Such a system blatantly concentrates control into the hands of a very few…while pretending to represent the many. The DNC and Corporate Media are pushing a narrative which promotes Hillary Clinton as the “legitimate” candidate, casting Bernie Sanders (and those who seek his nomination) as a “less than” or “protest vote.” In truth, both are legitimate candidates and no one needs to excuse their interest in one or the other candidate. Ultimately, we need the BEST person for the job, both in the race this Summer and as President for the next four years. A Contested Convention occurs when no candidate earns enough Pledged Delegates to clinch the nomination. In the 1930’s, a Contested Convention gave us FDR. His New Deal gave us Wall Street regulations, high taxes on the upper class, massive investment in America, and resulted in a strong Middle Class. In other words, “We’ve been here before, we’ve succeeded before, and we can do it again.”

[Even the smallest comment with your signature helps encourage others.] There can be no excuse for failing to disown uncivilized conduct by a supporter. Clear examples include expressing hope that a fellow Democrat meets a violent death, implicitly threatening harm, hurling obscene insults, and knocking over chairs to disrupt a convention. In 2008 a supporter of John McCain publicly called on the media to “peel the bark off Barack Hussein Obama.” Within hours, McCain announced “I absolutely repudiate such comments.” The offender responded “Why would John McCain repudiate me,” and stopped supporting McCain. Others would instead improve their conduct. Either response solves the problem. If however, a candidate remains silent, that silence is inevitably taken as encouragement by the offenders. Hence silence makes the candidate culpable and is itself unacceptable.

The DNC has been in bed with the dirty politics of the Clinton machine since the beginning of the primary season. When the deny Sanders in June, We need someone to vote for that isn't Authoritarian Donald Trump or Wall Street Pet Hillary Clinton that has legitimate chance of having a successful campaign and change the narrative of the election. The Libertarian Party is the third largest political party in the United States. Their presumptive nominee Gary Johnson was a two term Governor of New Mexico and his running mate was twice elected governor of Massachusetts. That is a ticket that should be taken seriously. He is pro pot legalization, anti war, pro choice, pro immigrant, anti-IRS, small government, and a successful business man who has climbed Mt. Everest. He can only take part on the presidential debates if he is polling above 15% nationally averaged in 5 national polls. He is already at 10 or -11 in the only 2 he's been included in. I would love another viable option rather than Clinton or Trump. Let's petition the major polling sources and the media to include Johnson in the polling! Lets get Johnson into the presidential debates, which can't happen without getting to 15% in the polls, which can't happen if he's not in the polls!! Help! Need to know more before you sign? https://garyjohnson2016.com http://www.ontheissues.org/Gary_Johnson.htm

Roanoke County Police killed Kionte Spencer on February 26, 2016. He was 18 and was walking down Electric Road when he was confronted by police and shot under questionable circumstances. Chief Hall of the Roanoke County Police has been unresponsive to demands from the Roanoke community that he release the dashcam video, open an independent investigation, and release the names of the officers involved in the shooting death of Kionte Spencer.

As John kasich so eloquently put it, we have gone batshit crazy.

In 2015, the Department of the Interior’s (DOI) Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) finalized a Record of Decision approving another 25 years of coal mining and burning at the Four Corners Power Plant (FCPP) and Navajo Mine outside of Farmington, New Mexico. The DOIs decision was predicated on a faulty Fish and Wildlife Service biological opinion and violated numerous statutes contained in the Endangered Species Act and National Environmental Policy Act. It is also in direct contradiction to the United States’ global climate change commitments. The Four Corners Power Plant was built in the early 1960s with a stated useful lifespan of 50 years. Each year it spews the greenhouse gas equivalent of over 11 million tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere alongside thousands of tons of toxic pollutants including mercury, arsenic, selenium, lead, and nitrogen oxides. These elements degrade regional air and water quality and are dangerous to human health. Studies clearly demonstrate that communities downwind of the mouth-mine complex already experience elevated incidences of chronic respiratory diseases compared with the rest of the country. Aside from this complex’s egregious impacts to environmental and human health, just as concerning is what this decision means for our regional economy. The coal industry is in permanent decline, the Navajo Mine is struggling to stay afloat, and FCPP needs hundreds of millions of dollars to modernize its antiquated facilities. Instead of reinforcing the economic and moral imperative to transitioning away from coal, this decision, in essence, directs hundreds of millions of dollars into toxic assets that are bound to fail. This money would be far better spent modernizing our infrastructure and preparing our energy economy for the jobs of tomorrow.

Without a strong showing for the Senate and House we are doomed to continuous gridlock and a right wing Supreme Court. Turning now toward unity is essential for the good of the country and progressive principals. Bernie has the power to create an organization that can pressure elected officials, he also has the power to hamstring us with another right wing Supreme Court.

Judge Andrew Hanen is the conservative judge in Texas who blocked President Obama’s new immigration programs that allow undocumented parents of U.S. citizens, people who came to the United States, and children to apply for driver’s licenses and work permits. In his latest display of anti-immigrant bias, Judge Hanen issued an outrageous order that accuses the U.S. Department of Justice of “misconduct” and demands that personal information of thousands of immigrants is released to the general public. If carried out, Hanen’s biased order would leave thousands of immigrant families exposed to intimidation or even violence from anti-immigrant forces across the country. Judge Andrew Hanen is not interested in upholding the rule of law; instead, he is willing to use the judicial system in order to carry out his biased political agenda. If we want to uphold the integrity of our judicial system, then we need biased judges like Andrew Hanen to be removed from handling any case where their ruling is partial. We demand that the Department of Justice file the necessary motions to seek the removal of Judge Hanen from overseeing United States v. Texas.

The biggest effect is that we would have a well informed electorate; which is what we should strive for in America