Healthy adoptable animals are being killed needlessly .

Democratic Presidential Candidate Lawrence Lessig recently announced that he will serve a full term in office, making sure that fundamental reform is implemented. Let's show him our support and appreciation.

I am deeply embarrassed and extremely worried for the future of the United States of America and its Constitution. We have enough enemies in the world and the best way to show we are not all xenophobes is to throw Trump and his likes out of the USA! Join the struggle!

The recent shootings at college campuses are a sign that the use of firearms for purposes for other than what they were intended is on the rise. This is one way to combat this scourge.

This petition recognizes the great service to our democracy that Edward Snowden has provided and demands that he be allowed to return home to the hero's welcome he deserves without fear of prosecution and persecution.

Are children are being trafficked around for fraudulent funds

It is one small thing that could be done in memory of those killed in the Oregon shooting.

Violence against civilians is again escalating in Israel-Palestine. As with so many conflicts around the world, only a political resolution will ultimately end the violence in Israel-Palestine. Senator Bernie Sanders is calling for a realistic political resolution to the conflict and ending violations of international humanitarian law: [1] “The U.S. must play a leading role in creating a two-state solution, which will require significant compromises from both sides. The Palestinians must unequivocally recognize Israel’s right to exist, and hold accountable those who have committed terrorist acts. The Israelis must end the blockade of Gaza, and cease developing settlements on Palestinian land. Both sides must negotiate in good faith regarding all other outstanding issues that stand in the way of a durable and lasting peace in the region. In the meantime, strict adherence, by all sides, to the tenets of international humanitarian law is necessary in order to avoid escalating the conflict yet again.” As Senator Sanders says, compromise will be required by both sides; that’s obvious. But in Washington, acknowledgment that Israel needs to compromise is missing. Stand with Senator Bernie Sanders in urging President Obama and Congress to support a realistic political resolution to the Israel-Palestine conflict by signing our petition. 1. “Israel and Palestine,” Senator Bernie Sanders, https://berniesanders.com/issues/war-and-peace/

The spate of violence currently enveloping Jerusalem is direct result of behavior of Israeli police, army and settlers tormenting Palestinians. Over 30 Palestinians have been killed by israeli police army and settlers since Oct 1. Most are innocent of any crime. The government of Israel is inciting the violence by encouraging people to summary execution of Palestinians for crimes or perceived crimes. The Mayor of Jerusalem, Nir Barkat, went on television and said for all Israeli Jews who have gun permits to go to streets of Jerusalem. He did not say to kill Palestinians but what do you think he meant? There are several reports about marauding Israeli Jewish mobs chasing and murdering Palestinians who have committed no crime. This is not the only incident. On Sept 22, Hadeel Al-Hashlamon,18 year old girl, was murdered by another israeli soldier. The soldiers were not in danger and photographers took many pictures of the soldier trying to decide if he could get away with murder before he shot her. Since he took so long to shoot her he could have shot her in the leg and then got her medical treatment. He instead shot her in the chest. Then went and shot her again after she had fallen down. The video of Jewish settlers looking over the dying girl and making jokes and laughing is quite upsetting. The Israeli government thinks summary execution is good and only for Palestinians. Here are comments made by members of israeli government; The economy minister, Naftali Bennett, said in a cabinet meeting how he didn’t like these releases of Palestinian prisoners. “If you catch terrorists, you simply have to kill them,” he was quoted in Yedioth Ahronoth as saying. The head of the National Security Council, Yaakov Amidor, told Bennett, “Listen, that’s not legal.” Bennett replied: “I have killed lots of Arabs in my life – and there is no problem with that.” Ashkenazi chief rabbi of Israel, David Lau, was seen on a video telling an audience of yeshiva boys that they shouldn’t watch Euroleague basketball games in public; it was bad for their image. “What difference does it make,” Lau said, “if the kushim who get paid in Tel Aviv beat the kushim who get paid in Greece?” Kushim, especially when used in a dismissive context like Lau did, is a well-understood derogatory term for blacks. Likud Knesset member Miri Regev called Sudanese refugees “a cancer on our body” to a crowd of hopped-up south Tel Avivians in May of last year, shortly before the crowd went on a window-smashing mini-pogrom against the Africans in the neighborhood. The government of Israel is racist to the core and needs outside influence to stop mass murder like the US and UN and any other country.

This should properly be happening at a Federal level, but for now the impetus seems to be coming from cities. Seattle, Albuquerque, Santa Fe and others have declared Indigenous Peoples Day on the 2nd Monday of October. We believe that Taos should join them in doing so, at the Town and County levels, and continue advocating for this to happen on the State and National levels.

Racism must not become institutionalized by the United States and NBC, and the First Amendment must be protected. This is why Trump must be allowed to host SNL.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFFD18dgH6w The dictator has been in power for 30 years now and must resign. As elections approach in February 2016, his repression has gotten out of hand. Recently in a wild tirade he promised to "smash" his political opponents. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2JZh-ooZs8&feature=youtu.be%20https://www.facebook.com/bahati.remmy/videos/900314046724138/?autoplay_reason=user_settings Soon after that outburst, on October 10, his security forces abused and molested a woman, Ms. Zaina Fatuma, who is a leading member of Uganda's leading opposition political party Forum for Democratic Change. (Please share this ugly video of Ms. Fatuma's abuse with all your friends so the true nature of the Museveni regime is known to the world.) Ms. Fatuma was part of a convoy traveling with Dr. Kizza Besigye, leader of the FDC and presidential candidate, to address supporters in Western Uganda. The convoy was ambushed by police, who threw spiked belts on the road causing a major chain-accident of car crashes. It was a miracle no one was killed. Ms. Fatuma was arrested with other FDC party members -- she was the only one stripped naked by male and female officers. Sexually assaulting female opposition leaders has become a pattern in Uganda -- in April 2012, Ingrid Turinawe, a key FDC leader, was dragged out of her car by her breasts while being arrested in broad daylight. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdyMYGdXIAQ Gen. Museveni, who fears a popular uprising, pushed through a law called Public Order Management, which makes illegal a meeting of three or more Ugandans without permission of his feared police chief Gen. Kale Kayihura. Gen. Museveni has also been training civilians into armed militias called "Crime Preventers." Many people believe these militias will be unleashed to intimidate and brutalize supporters of opposition parties before, during and after elections. Some are as young as 10 years old, as photos posted on the official State House Facebook page shows. Gen. Museveni used child-soldiers years ago when he was a militia leader before he came to power. https://www.facebook.com/statehouseug/photos/pb.158559710878311.-2207520000.1444955359./991038347630439/?type=3&theater In the West, Gen. Museveni is known mostly for his attacks against LGBTs, such as when he told CNN that gays are "disgusting." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2ExVsMopMc However, little is known about his brutality against all Ugandans -- often not mentioned in Western media. All parts of Uganda have been touched by Gen. Museveni's tyranny: millions have perished, including in confinement camps for 20 years in its Acholi region. He has also caused the deaths of millions of Africans in Congo, Rwanda and South Sudan with his military invasions. Finally, his top officials have been abandoning him. His former prime minister and Secretary General of the ruling National Resistance Party (NRM) party until last year, Mr. Amama Mbabazi, is now running for president against him. Even with the political repression and attacks against Ugandan women, Pope Francis is scheduled to visit Uganda on November 27, 2015. Will the pope ask his host, the dictator, about his attacks on women? The atmosphere of violence unleashed by Gen. Museveni will only worsen heading into the elections. He cannot win a free-and-fair vote, but will rely on rigging with his hand-picked election commission and violence by his police, army, and militias. Museveni's own party, the NRM, should replace him with another candidate and force him to retire. Gen. Museveni knows that he can only retain power through violence. Uganda has suffered enough. He must RESIGN.