The soccer stadium proposal appears designed to further enrich a megamillionaire and a billionaire - developer John Akridge and DC United majority owner Erick Thorir - at District residents' expense. The Washington Post editorial board agrees, proposing to "separate the transactions in a way that ensures fair market value for both properties and dispels any suggestion of a sweetheart deal." Even if the bill is amended along these lines, the lack of substantial public input remains a major concern. If building a soccer stadium in Washington D.C. is as popular as its proponents insist, taxpayer funds for that use should be approved in the full light of day.

The Administration has requested $5 billion in new funding for the new war in Iraq and Syria. But Congress has not yet debated and voted on an authorization for the use of military force [1], and budget watchdog groups say the Pentagon can easily find the money in the massive budgets it already has. [2] Urge your Representative and Senators to oppose any new funding for war in Iraq and Syria until Congress has debated and voted on an authorization for the use of force and the Pentagon has explained why it needs more money on top of the massive budgets it already has, by signing our petition. References: 1. “Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine: We're in ISIS war 'without legal authority,'” Laura Koran and Ashley Killough, CNN, Wed November 12, 2014, http://www.cnn.com/2014/11/12/politics/tim-kaine-isis/index.html 2. “The Pentagon's Budget Bamboozle: Lawmakers should look very closely at the latest Pentagon funding request,” Ryan Alexander, Taxpayers for Common Sense, U.S. News & World Report, Nov. 12, 2014, http://www.usnews.com/opinion/economic-intelligence/2014/11/12/congress-should-look-closely-at-pentagon-overseas-funding-requests

Let's stop the hate. Under Campbell's proposal, businesses will be able to discriminate specifically against the LGBT COMMUNITY.

The top 1% of the wealthy Americans account for 40% of its wealth, the top 1% are worth more than the bottom 90% combined and 95% of economic gain goes to the top 1%! The wealthy and powerful seek to maintain the status quo and practice avoidance to deal with the issue. They defend the "Trickle down Theory", scream "Socialism!" and employ scare tactics concerning a decline in job creation if anyone dares to question or implement policies that would alter the control of wealth and power. In the economic reality we live in things can only get worse for the poor and middle class. The playing field needs to be leveled. Wealth begets wealth so while the cash piles up exponentially for the rich as the stock market goes up, the middle class loses hope and the poor are left in the dust! The Supreme Court's "Citizens United" decision allows huge campaign contributions to flow from the wealthy to the candidates which gives certain people influence over election results and future policy decisions. Common sense dictates that the "Citizens United" decision puts elections up for sale and there will be an inherent indebtedness on the part of the elected toward the big money contributors.

Elizabeth Warren was elected to Senate leadership today! She will be in charge of shaping the Democrats' messaging and policy. Can you sign this "thank you card" congratulating Elizabeth Warren on her appointment?

The Military Service Buyback Bill (AKA 'Veterans Equality Act'), was overwhelmingly supported by 57 (of 57) NYS Senators and 133 (of 134) NYS Assembly Members over the Summer (June/July 2014). It waited months to be called for by Governor Cuomo (before election day) only to be promptly vetoed AFTER the election and notably right BEFORE Veterans Day. This bill would provide all Veterans the equality they deserve and is in need of a two-thirds vote by the Assembly and Senate in order to have Governor Cuomo's veto overridden. Let's show Governor Cuomo that Veterans and their families are important and that we will not allow him to make fools of them by toying with their votes or underestimating their ability to enact change in spite of him. They fought and continue to fight for our freedom, let's fight for their equality! Thank you!

my slender-identity issues people tell me to just accept the reality which tells me that i am not big and strong. who are they to judge? have they walked a mile in my shoes? i feel like i should be big and strong. furthermore, much like i feel that i should be famous (which i will elaborate on later), i feel like i was born with the identity of a big and strong "lumberjack" type of man with abundantly hairy armpits and a hairy chest. as a boy, i had never felt comfortable being skinny and weak. i was a strong man in a weak man's body. my small penis made me uncomfortable, my skinny wrists and arms made me uncomfortable, and i was especially never comfortable in the locker-room with my smooth armpits out for all the owners of hairy armpits to see. if i had the money that chastity bono's parents had, i would have gotten an armpit-change operation so that i would have felt comfortable with myself. i'm sorry, but walk a mile in my shoes and you'll see that any "pin the hair on the armpit" game is just as legitimate as a "pin the penis on the girl" game is. furthermore, just as much as i listened to adam ant's "strip" record, i was adamant that i wasn't going to go to a head-doctor to learn to accept the reality of my hairless armpits. likewise, i am not going to go to a head-doctor to learn to accept the reality of not having the body of a big and strong lumberjack/football player/manly man. my identity is my identity, some would say it's a mistaken identity, but those people are hateful to tell me that it is a mistake to see myself as a big and strong and mighty superman. didn't tom petty say "you don't know what it's like to be me," or something? if my brain's identity will make me regard myself in a way that is contrary to reality, then it is reality that needs to change...and NOT ME. in 1978, the movie "grease" was released the day after i turned 4. you'd have seen me doing my best to emulate john travolta's "greased lightning" dance. in 1983, when i became obsessed with michael jackson, you'd have seen me doing my best to emulate his "moonwalk" or "huevo" moves. in 1984 or 1985, a long obsession with madonna began. in 1990, i had memorized her whole "vogue" dance a month before seeing her "blond ambition world tour" - actually, i used the vcr to record mtv's entire "blond date with madonna" weekend. i have always had the identity of a famous person. at 4 years old, gosh - i was 9 or 10, and i had processed 9 or 10 years worth of information, before i realized that i was "born gay". well, for that reason alone, i can honestly say that it's more legitimate for me to be famous than it is for me to be gay. now, given that feelings i have about myself were there from an early age, i can honestly say that i was born this way. it would be a mistake to hire a psychologist as a way to get me to stop feeling the way i feel about myself. the mirror does not represent WHO I AM, regarding the big and strong hero of a man who is the only man i have respect for. the mirror is my enemy because i have no respect for myself, but i would love myself if i'd get some props surgically implanted on my body like chastity bono's fabricated gender was implanted on her body. if the government pays for prisoners to have sex-change operations, if the government spends money to legitimize gender-identity issues harbored by the trash-heap of society, then they should also spend money to legitimize the slender-identity issues of wimps who want to be heroes. especially if the wimps have never been in jail. NEWSFLASH: i have the wrong body - why should prisoners get sex-change operations paid for - damn it, i should look like the football heroes who are matthew muchnok and tim tebow! i have the talent to be a leading man in a movie, i have the talent to record a duet with madonna, and it is the government's job to see to it that i become a star. if the government is going to pay for any prisoner's sex-change operation, thereby legitimizing one mistaken identity, then who is the government (or anybody) to say which mistaken identities are legitimate enough to spend money on? the government should make me famous ON ACCOUNT OF the way i see myself. do i have to rape a politician's wife with my "slick willie" and go to jail, just so that i'd be set free of my identity crisis? it is the government's job to cater to my slender-identity issues BY SEEING TO IT that medical doctors turn me into the big and strong man that i want to be. it is the government's job to cater to my famous-identity issues BY SEEING TO IT that warner brothers approaches me with a contract to sign. dylan terreri, i www.jaggedlittledyl.com

Pour la survie de notre pays :

I have been bullied by fellow employees for years while management turned a blind eye. My immediate coworkers laughed in agreement of the verbal abuse, sometimes joined in and stated that they would not testify to the abuse if asked. The general consensus at work is that to advance in the workplace, you have to remain silent. Since victims cannot rely on the testimony of eye witnesses, they should be allowed to secretly record their abusers, especially if it involves management. There must be a way to root out bullying in government agencies.

Underprivileged children in need. The Angel Tree has been removed from Regency Square Mall in Florence, Alabama. The Corporate Headquarters has stated that no non-profit business may set up in the mall. They state that is "Solicition". This is profit for the store inside the mall so how is that not a profit for them. It pays their rent. No one is being told or made to shop for these children. They have been doing the Angel Tree for 20 years. Why all the sudden have they changed their minds? Please sign the petition and let them know we mean business.

In the Fall of 2012, I became a home owner for the first time thanks to Fannie Mae. witnessing first hand the important role the GSE's play in creating and maintaining a healthy middle class and economy through home ownership, I invested the remaining of my savings into Fannie Mae.

The owners are regular, common Americans plus the pension funds of teachers, firemen, policemen, factory workers, etc. In the chaotic reaction to the financial crisis in the early 2000's, decisions were made in haste and mistakes were made. We are asking for these mistakes to be corrected and that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac be returned to hardworking Americans. Thank you!