Too many people are being taken off medicine that gives them their only quality of life, only due to government involvement. Pain management by physicians is much safer and helps these people with the only quality of life they can get. Most patients of pain management are held to strict policy agreements including drug testing, pill counts, monthly visits and trying to find alternative treatments, which are often painful and do not help. We are patients, not addicts, and should be treated with respect. When will our lives matter? When more people die trying to live?

We have nothing but respect for our Secretary of State in California, Alex Padilla. However, it is his office where voter records can be switched from valid to invalid, and by extrapolation, one party to another. Further, it has been demonstrated that voting machines are hackable. Finally, the voting rules are complicated and potentially confusing to the decent citizen pulled off the street to run the polling stations and errors are made that can cancel votes. These are just some of the risks in running a fair and just election. The Secretary of State's office is responsible for the election process and accountable to the people in this great State of California - a beacon to the nation and the world. Mr. Secretary, you are on notice. As Citizens, we are called upon to watch.

For all of us, tuition rates have been astronomically increasing. Working families are struggling to send their children to college as they work longer hours while their wages stay the same. I am in one of those working families. My dad is an immigrant, a small business owner who provides jobs to our community. I have worked at the Portuguese consulate, I have worked in political campaigns, and throughout my career I have worked legally, and havecontributed my fair share of taxes. And yet, there are some who wish to deny my family the opportunity to send their child to college. At the University of Rhode Island, out-of-state tuition would mean an additional cost of over $16,000 per year. An unfair and unjust burden. We are Rhode Islanders and Americans as much as you and your families are. We are all trying to make a better life, which are contributing economically, to this great state of ours. With the passage of H7374, myself along with hundreds of others will not have to worry about a future administration rescinding tuition equity in Rhode Island, as it would then be codified in law. Read the full bill text here: http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText16/HouseText16/H7374.pdf

One out of every three women is sexually assaulted in their lives. I am one of them. We need to help victims of rape and sexual assault and not blame them for what has happened.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture just gave the green light to a genetically-modified mushroom that... stays whiter? This is a foolish use of GMO technology, and yet another example of how high-minded GMO rhetoric falls flat in light of more common vanity applications. Now, the product is headed to the FDA for review. As the agency dedicated to protecting citizens from potentially unhealthy or even dangerous products, the FDA has a responsibility to fully test these mushrooms before they go to market. Tell the FDA: This genetically-modified mushroom should not be approved for sale until the health and ecological impacts have been fully tested.

My step daughter was raped at a party because she was drunk and passed out. It was still rape! Rape victims go without reporting crimes because of laws such as this that make them ALWAYS the victim because the criminal act isn't dealt with and NOW has been deemed not criminal. We talk about protecting our women and children from criminal acts yet we allow things such as this law to be put into effect. All this does is re-victimize individuals who have been violated. If this were your mother, sister, aunt or daughter would you still feel the same? But also, women aren't the only victims. Many men and boys are molested and raped just like women. What if this happened to you? Would you still feel the same about this law? What if it happened to your son? Let's blast this craziness right back off the books!

All a Fargo Lutheran church wanted to do was be more welcoming of the community...the ENTIRE community. If protecting our freedom to be who we are isn't worth protecting, what is?

British corporation Oxitec has been working since 2011 to release genetically engineered (GMO) mosquitoes in Florida. These GMO mosquitoes would kill off one species of mosquito, but pave the way for possibly more-dangerous mosquitoes to move in, carrying harmful diseases like West Nile virus and dengue fever. Why release these biotech insects if they could cause the introduction of something worse? 

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued an initial finding of "no significant impact" for allowing these mosquitoes to be released in the Florida Keys. Public comments on this finding are being accepted until May 13. Join us in telling the FDA that it's too risky to allow the release of GMO mosquitoes in Florida — or elsewhere.

Our community doesn't want to change because of some people ! We love something and we are a BIG community !

The dysfunction and chaos of the 2016 Colorado caucuses highlighted the many flaws with this system. Hundreds of Democrats were barred from participating due to overcrowded caucus sites. Republicans did not have a say in their party’s presidential nomination process. Unaffiliated voters were completely shut out of the process. And anyone not available for three or more hours on the evening of March 1st had no way to participate. Luckily, there’s a better way. We have the exciting opportunity to restore the presidential primary in Colorado, while simultaneously preserving caucusing for smaller races. Please take action NOW and urge your legislators to vote YES on HB16-1454, which would allow every Coloradan to have a say in the presidential nomination process. The presidential primary allows more Coloradans to participate in the presidential nomination process. The caucus system bars those who cannot physically participate in the caucus. This includes those serving in the military overseas, parents without access to childcare, and employees who work in the evening. In contrast, the presidential primary will give voters the option to vote by mail, vote early, or vote in-person. In addition, research has shown that turnout rates for presidential primaries are significantly higher than presidential caucuses. The presidential primary gives unaffiliated voters a say in the presidential primary process. Colorado’s current system bars unaffiliated Coloradans—who make up 40% of registered voters—from participating in the presidential caucus. The presidential primary will give voters the option to temporarily affiliate with a party for the primary, and automatically un-affiliate after casting their ballot. The presidential primary amplifies Colorado issues in the national debate. Holding the presidential primary in late February or early March will entice presidential candidates to spend more time in our state, and bring Colorado issues into the national spotlight. It’s time to bring the presidential nomination process in Colorado into the 21st century. Please tell your state legislators to restore the presidential primary in Colorado by voting YES on HB16-1454.

Hollister is the next cheapest place on the border of Silicon Valley. Rents are skyrocketing. Affordable rentals are nearly impossible to find. Long time residents are doubled and tripled up, couch surfing, living in sub-standard units, homeless, or leaving the area. The upper floors of downtown sit empty. A proposed new homeless shelter does not include the "housing first" solution. We could easily fill 200 tiny houses. This is a critical point in the development of this community.

We as yidlifecrisis.com feel, for totally irrational reasons, spited by this and will not rest until it is solved (although for anxiety reasons we just tend not to rest, so if this is not solved, meh, not such a big deal).