I can no longer remain silent about the escalation of hate speech, racism, and incitement of violence from the Trump campaign. Leadership from a senior Republican senator is needed to call out this dangerous behavior anathema to American values.

Ali Mohammed Al Nimr was only 16 when he was arrested for demonstrating for democracy in Saudi Arabia, an authoritarian country where protests are illegal. Ali, and other Arab Spring protesters, were calling for democracy, perhaps the most American of all values. And yet, the US government, which is a close ally to Saudi Arabia, has turned a blind eye to his case, and to the cases of other non-violent protesters. As a result, Saudi has tortured Ali and sentenced him to execution by crucifixion, an act of astounding barbarity. If the United States government truly stands for freedom and democracy, it must stop Saudi Arabia from carrying out this egregious violation of basic human rights. It must pressure King Salman to release all political prisoners, including Ali Mohamed al-Nirm, Dawood al-Marhoon, and Abdullah al-Zaher, who were all minors at the time of their arrest.

When citizens from around the globe visit Washington, D.C., they ought to see true symbols of American democracy. Monuments that bear the names of real defenders of liberty deserve to be viewed. The name Donald Trump does not belong anywhere near the monuments and memorials that carry the names of Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, Roosevelt, or King.

Thousands of working Pennsylvanians are in desperate need of a wage hike. Since he was elected to office in Nov. 2010, Sen. Toomey has consistently sided with corporate CEOs and voted against raising wages. Without a raise, working Pennsylvanians will continue to struggle to afford basic necessities. We deserve to be paid fairly for the work we do. Our senator needs to stand up for working people, not corporate interests. Join us as we push Sen. Toomey to raise wages across Pennsylvania.

I am starting this petition because I fear for the future of not only the United States of America but the entire world. To allow Mr. Donald Trump to continue as a nominee for the Republican Party and possibly the President of the United States would be of grave consequence. He has already proven that he incites hatred and physical altercations among his supporters and protestors. It is an embarrassment to the United States. Taking into consideration the total lack of respect for other countries, religions, sexuality and color we simply can not allow this devastation to continue. Let us all unite, whether Democrat, Republican or Independent and remove the toxicity from the campaign. Can we really afford to allow this to continue?

We need to advocate for proper regulation and management of vacation rentals. We need to let our city leaders know that we want to keep Hood River real — a place for residents, not just real-estate investments. Read the full plan here: http://bit.ly/LivableHRplan.

The Indiana state legislature just passed a bill that attempts to strip away women's constitutionally protected right to safe and legal choices when it comes to what they can do with their own bodies. HB 1337 is the most dangerous anti-choice legislation this country has ever seen, and we must urge Governor Mike Pence to veto this unconstitutional bill. HB 1337 could be signed into law any day now, but we cannot allow states to continue to perpetuate the war on women by chipping away at their rights. Please join me in urging the state of Indiana to leave women's choices about what to do with their own bodies to WOMEN.

Thousands of local soccer-playing children in Annapolis, Maryland, many of whom are low-income minorities, are being denied equal access to modern, new, recreation and athletics facilities in publicly-owned parks located in their neighborhoods because of favoritism and cronyism on the part of the Director of Recreation and Parks, Rick Anthony. Mr. Anthony and his staff consistently award preferential access to the newest and most modern park facilities to elite groups from outside our town, who shouldn't even be permitted to use the facilities, and they deny equal access to the local residents. Elite travel teams from outside our town are being awarded most of the access to modern, newly constructed, recreation and athletics facilities in publicly owned parks in our town, while local children, many of whom are low-income minorities, are being relegated to inferior, poorly maintained, mostly dirt and stone fields that are not safe places to play. Mr. Anthony and his staff do not even follow the department's own adopted and published guidelines and policies. They violate the county's own guidelines and policies to make exceptions for a privileged group. They consistently make exceptions for one particular elite travel soccer group that seems to have Mr. Anthony's ear. Stop the conflicts of interest. Stop the insider deals. This must be stopped. Fair and equal access for the local residents must be restored.

The City of Eugene has been criminalizing our homeless community members for years and continues to do so at great cost. People have been arrested for violating no trespassing signs when sheltering themselves from the weather. Their RV's in which they live have been impounded along with all the belongings in them. They have been giving out violations and tickets for "illegal" camping and yet the City has not put the necessary effort needed into providing adequate shelter. In fact they have been doing things to make it even more challenging for people to self-shelter, such as constructing fences. Fences were constructed by the City (Parks and Open Space) under the overpass near 1st and Jefferson, near Washington Jefferson Park with a budget of $67,000. They were built in addition to the fences that were previously constructed in the park. Instead of using that money to come up with a solution to people having to live without shelter, they are using it to push people out of spaces that provide some shelter from the rain as well as a safer place to sleep. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights lists all of our human rights, including the right to housing. The City is not only in violation of this human right, but is also exacerbating this violation by not allowing people to self-shelter themselves. Recently the U.S. Department of Justice issued a brief in a court case that said punishing people who are sleeping outside when there are insufficient numbers of shelter beds being provided is a violation of the 8th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, and thus "cruel and unusual punishment. Preventing people from accessing a place to self-shelter it seems is equally a violation. There are plans for more fencing to be constructed in other areas as well, which means more of our taxpayers' money being used to do so. Please tell the City of Eugene, to remove any and all fences already constructed and to stop plans of any future fence construction as well.

We need to vet our presidential nominees. The Trump University trial is supposed to last well into the next president's first term. We can't have a president who is guilty of fraud, and we can't wait until he's in office to find out.

The Porter Ranch gas leak exposed just how dangerous fracked gas and infrastructure can be, as the gas blowout forced 15,000 residents out of their homes for four months due to health concerns. We have the ability to transition to real clean energy and ensure a future of climate resiliency, good green jobs and healthy communities, but we need L.A. Mayor Garcetti and the L.A. City Council to get on board.

Curious to see just what level of support there is for Jews in Europe. Jews remain the one group most vilified around the world regardless of their positive contribution to society. #Putin offers Russia refuge to European #Jews facing anti-Semitism http://on.rt.com/7299