Had enough of bad trade deals that hurt U.S. jobs and workers? Ever since NAFTA passed 20 years ago we've heard the rhetoric about trade deals that create jobs only to be hit with the reality later: these deals are about keeping wages low by trading U.S. jobs to the lowest bidder and protecting the profits of big corporations. Over the past few years Corporate CEOs have been setting their priorities for the biggest trade deal of them all - the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Now they want Congress to help speed things along by authorizing a special set of “Fast Track” rules for the deal so that when the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations are complete it can be pushed through without allowing time for close review, debate or amendments. It’s no wonder companies don’t want Congress to take a close look at what’s been going on behind the closed door of the negotiations. The deal gives special rights and benefits to companies that offshore investment and jobs and allows companies to attack our labor, environmental and consumer standards by suing countries that adopt legislation that might limit their future profits. Please take action today and tell your member of Congress to stand up to this corporate power grab and vote NO on Fast Track authorization for the Trans-Pacific Partnership.

Westworth village police officer william petty came into my backyard and shot my dog 6 times and killed him when we could of gotten him.

Civil justice. OC supervisor and the pilot program shelters in Laguna Beach have served to be the hub how communities help the homeless in Southern California . Call OC supervisor Lisa Bartlett and Corene Campbell at 858-249-9214 who are helping to recruit volunteers for census through churches.

After all, we've already paid for the room thanks to your new 'one day's notice' cancellation policy and 'one night's room rate' penalty fee. We'd like something positive for our fellow man to come from our personal expense. It's a reasonable request. Thousands of business and government travelers are regularly subjected to last minute changes in travel plans beyond their control. Still, we enjoy patronizing your hotel chains and sincerely appreciate their comfort and services. So let's face facts. You know all too well that the majority of us (travelers) are required to guarantee or prepay our own reservations, in advance, for reimbursement according to company policies or GSA federal travel regulations. If we can't cancel our reservations in time to meet your new policy, the pricey one night's fee comes directly from our pockets, never qualifying for reimbursement. Federal policy prohibits payment for services not rendered. Effective Jan 1, 2015 (your policy change date), you've disqualified yourselves from federal traveler reservations via Fedrooms.com. So let's you and I (Jane or John Doe traveler) make the best of your policy with a compromise for the common good. Instead of lining your pockets with income derived from selling a single room twice or left paid for and empty, let's set up a network for contacting over-crowded shelters and homeless veterans and mothers with small children to provide them with a night of respite from their struggles. It's a wonderful idea and doable. Locally, we have this need, a very desperate need for shelter from the cold, right here in Frederick County, Maryland. And you have hotels here, 4 or more and another on the way. All we need to do is spread the word to area travelers and notify our shelter and mission. Perhaps you may help us with referrals and a streamlined process for notifying you of our substitute guest's names for check in? Friends signing this petition support this concept. We hope you will too! _________________________________________ The Inspiration: New York Times Article Nov. 17, 2014 Excerpt: Two worldwide hotel companies, Marriott and Hilton, recently announced that they would increase their fee revenue by tightening rules on last-minute reservation cancellations. Business travelers have long been accustomed to being able to cancel a reservation at many hotels, without charge, as late as 6 p.m. on the day of arrival. Effective Jan. 1, those days are gone at the two chains. The companies say that if you don’t cancel your reservation by the day before your scheduled arrival, you’ll be charged a penalty of one night’s room rate. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/18/business/marriott-and-hilton-announce-penalty-for-last-minute-cancellations.html?_r=0 ___________________________________________ Think Progress Excerpt: After WDEL published the story, Brad Wenger, general manager of the nearby Christiana Hilton, chimed in on the comments section that his hotel would offer “10 rooms to homeless individuals tonight at no charge.” He told ThinkProgress that he’s “been working with local shelters to identify individuals in need.” Indeed, with frigid temperatures in the northeast causing many local shelters to be over capacity, he didn’t expect to have trouble finding people who could benefit from the offer. http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2015/01/08/3609625/luxury-hotel-homeless-christmas-cancel/ __________________________________ Frederick News-post Alderwoman Kelly Russell reserved five rooms at the Travelodge on Monocacy Boulevard for the homeless on Friday, hoping to give some of those without shelter refuge from the cold. http://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/politics_and_government/alderman-books-travelodge-rooms-for-homeless/article_a6f6f871-1b46-591b-b502-56ad0f2223ad.html

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The West Virginia Board of Education just voted to adopt K-12 science standards that include inaccurate and misleading content about climate change. At the request of Board member Wade Linger–who denies the fact that global temperatures are rising–the Department of Education rewrote the climate science sections of the Next Generation Science Standards (1) (2). The doctored standards contain blatant errors and misrepresent the scientific consensus on climate change. For example, Linger had the standard on factors affecting rising temperatures changed to now consider “the rise ‘and fall’ of global temperatures.” The change was made as data was coming in showing 2014 to be the hottest year in recorded history, and the 38th consecutive year that yearly global temperatures were above average (3). Another Board of Education member, Tom Campbell, is on record saying that he supports changing the science standards in consideration of the role of the coal industry in the West Virginia economy (4). As a citizen of West Virginia and as a father, it is important to me to see our children receive the best education possible. Science education should be free from political agendas or from misinformation resulting from such agendas. Our children should be taught the truth and to think critically, built upon a foundation of accurate science. The new standards will be taught in West Virginia starting next year, so there is still time for the Board to fix its climate education errors. Please join me in telling the Board of Education to correct all inaccurate and misleading climate science content in the state’s new science standards. Thank you for taking action for our children and grandchildren! Sincerely, Chris Clark, Father and Climate Parents member Charleston, WV (1) "Climate change denials added to West Virginia science standards to appease coal loving officials." Raw Story. http://bit.ly/1zY2deh (2) West Virginia Department of the Environment. New science standards. http://bit.ly/1Dr5Dwt (3) NOAA. National Climatic Data Center. http://1.usa.gov/1f58TjF (4) "Climate change learning standards for W.Va. students altered." Charleston Gazette. http://bit.ly/1zMTVKV

This year's flu season is off to a dangerous start: Forty-three states have already reported widespread flu-like activity and the total number of childhood fatalities during this year’s flu season has already reached a tragic 21. The flu is spreading, but we're missing one of our most important tools to fight the flu: Paid sick days! Urge your members of Congress to help combat the spread of the flu by supporting paid sick days. Sign on to MomsRising's message and this open letter, which we'll deliver to our Congressional representatives. ____________________________________________ Dear Member of Congress, When nearly 40 million Americans, including 80% of low-wage workers, lack even a single paid sick day, it's a serious problem for the health of our families and for the health of our economy. We’re in the middle of a flu epidemic and paid sick days are one of our best tools to fight the flu, but far too many people can't earn a single one. Paychecks are precious for working families and for our economy. Yet without paid sick days, many parents have to go to work sick or send their children to school sick. In fact, our lack of a national paid sick days policy is fueling the flu epidemic. Now more than ever, we must ensure that all workers, including those serving our food and caring for our children, have paid sick days to protect our families, our businesses, and our economy. I urge you to take the next step by supporting paid sick days at the national level so all families can thrive.

50% of all children will be Autistic in 10 years! Please help in signing this Petition to Expose the pesticide effect on our society and our children. Tell your politicians we need reform and immediate action! I have a 9 month old baby girl and fear having another child due to the rising incidence of autism. My nephew is autistic. The numbers have dramatically increased and can no longer be ignored. The government is not spending the money for research needed. More and more private research points to the governmental agencies avoiding proper testing due to costs involved in fixing the issues. Today's support structure relies on charitable donations and begging for help.

While a host of governors and state attorneys general have paired up to try and undo President Obama’s new immigration program that will grant temporary legal status to millions of hard-working immigrants, North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper has been an exception. So far he’s refused to join in on this anti-immigrant lawsuit, saying “I am concerned that a partisan lawsuit adds to the divisiveness that has prevented meaningful immigration reform in the first place." This new immigration program is a win for the state and North Carolina’s families. It would protect thousands of North Carolina's immigrants from deportation, and pump millions in new revenue into state’s economy. But the state’s governor, Pat McCrory, has a long history of going after immigrants. He’s part of the lawsuit to stop the President’s plan, and now he’s even publicly scolded Attorney General Cooper (a Democrat) for refusing to join in on the attack on North Carolina’s immigrants. This is partisan politics, plain and simple. Attorney General Cooper is on the right side of history here and he should stay strong against pressure from the McCrory Administration to give in. Immigrants are a part of North Carolina’s fabric and economy, and they deserve a way to become documented residents, not shunned and set up for deportation.

Kentucky Senator Rand Paul has introduced legislation that would cut off U.S. aid to the Palestinians unless they withdraw their application to join the International Criminal Court. Whatever one thinks of the ICC, or the Palestinian decision to join it, it is the right of every state recognized by the UN General Assembly – as Palestine is – to join the International Criminal Court if they choose to do so. The right of the Palestinians to join the ICC has been recognized by the UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon. Urge Senator Paul to accept the Palestinians’ right to join the ICC, by signing our petition. References: 1. “Senator introduces bill to cut aid to Palestinians,” Deb Riechmann, Associated Press, January 7, 2015, http://news.yahoo.com/senator-introduces-bill-cut-aid-palestinians-165949896--politics.html 2. “Palestinians will join the International Criminal Court in April, UN confirms,” Robert Tait, Telegraph (UK), January 7 2015, http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/palestinianauthority/11331615/Palestinians-will-join-the-International-Criminal-Court-in-April-UN-confirms.html

I choose to no longer take a quiet approach to the obvious deceiving and manipulating manor in which Suddenlink Communications conducts its business.

hI feel called upon to help preserve democracy and US constitution. in this case specially my own life and all that I had is in eminent danger, watching how, political beggaring and selfish conducts of politicians and senior officials of this country is destroying the constitution of the US, which is going to lead to a very disastrous claps and decline of this country domestically as well as world wide is polling and hard to stand still and watch. US is very influential in forming of the world politics and we need it to remain one of the monopoles of power in the world to have balance of power, which helps world piece. please sign my petition and help me out of this open prison.