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Breaking News: The negotiations with Iran have been extended. This is progress and means that a final agreement will be stronger. The diplomatic talks with Iran are good for our national security. They’ve frozen Iran’s nuclear program and opened it to daily inspections. The talks are also helping forge important alliances to help deal with the crisis in Syria and the rise of ISIS. These are real and crucial outcomes achieved by level headed talks. Despite this, people like Lindsey Graham and John Mccain are trying to undermine the negotiations because they’re stuck in a mentality that dragged us into Iraq. It’s the type of thinking where military action is the solution to almost any foreign policy dilemma. We don’t use typewriters for day to day business and we shouldn’t use 19th century thinking when it comes to modern global challenges. The next 48 hours are critical - that’s when most people are going to decide where they stand on this issue. That’s why it’s so critical that we take action now, to publicly demonstrate that we are for diplomacy and give Members of Congress the public pressure they need to be able to keep silent or publicly support diplomacy.

For the second year in a row, Walmart employees have had to launch a food drive for themselves. That comes as Walmart’s most profitable day of the year, Black Friday (now Thanksgiving, too) is only days away. The Walton family is the richest family in the world, and their company, Walmart, remains immensely profitable. But at the same time, they were paid $2.6 billion a year in stock buybacks from Walmart stock. A recent Demos report shows that not only do they deny that $2.6 billion to their own workers, but they use it to lobby against the interest of all workers, spending $7.3 million since 2000 to further their opposition to minimum wage increases, paid sick days, and workplace protections. Walmart pioneered the low-wage, no-benefit model that is wrecking our economic system. But that model is short-sighted. Were Walmart to invest in its workforce, it would actually benefit its own bottom line and the economy overall. The go-it-alone, self-interested growth model the Walton family pioneered isn’t working for anyone in our economy, least of all their employees. Rather than use their money to deny other workers decent benefits, demand the Waltons use their unprecedented fortune so their workers receive the $15 and full-time schedules the workers are asking for.

What’s Wrong With The Felony Murder RULE - Common Sense: 1. It is fundamentally unfair and in violation of basic principles of individual criminal culpability to hold one felon liable for the unseen and unagreed-to results of another person’s action. 2. The felony murder rule OPERATES as a matter of law upon proof of the intent to commit a felony to relieve the prosecution of its burden of proving intent to kill, which is a necessary element of murder. 3. The intention to commit a felony does not equal the intention to kill, nor is the intention to commit a felony, by itself, sufficient to establish a charge of murder. 4. The felony murder rule violates the Fourteenth Amendment’s guarantee of due process, more specifically, equal protection of the law, because no defense is allowed on the charge of first-degree murder, only the underlying felony. 5. The purpose of creating degrees of murder is to punish with increased severity the more culpable forms of murder, but an accidental or unknown killing during the COMMISSION or attempted commission of a felony is punished more severely than all other murder charges with exception to first degree murder. 6. The felony murder rule erodes the relation between criminal liability and moral culpability in that it punishes all homicides in the commission, or attempted commission, of the proscribed felonies, whether intentional, unintentional, or accidental, without proving the relation between the homicide and the perpetrator’s state of mind. 7. Holding one or many criminally liable for the bad results of an act which differs greatly from the intended results is based on a CONCEPT of culpability which is totally at odds with the general principles of jurisprudence. 8. The basic rule of culpability is further violated when felony murder is categorized as first-degree murder because all other first-degree murders (carrying equal punishment) require a showing of premeditation, deliberation, and willfulness, while felony murder only requires a showing of intent to do the underlying felony. 9. While the felony murder rule survives in California, and other states, the numerous modifications and restrictions of it by some states courts and legislatures throughout the United States reflect dissatisfaction with the basic harshness and injustice of the doctrine and call into question its continued existence. 10. The felony murder rule can be used by prosecutors in a manner so as to cause grossly disproportionate sentencing, depending on the circumstances of each individual case. 11. The felony murder rule is unconstitutional because the presumption of innocence is thrown out. The prosecutor must only prove intent to commit the original felony; once done, first degree murder attaches to the underlying felony even though intent, (mens rea,) to commit murder does not have to be proved. 12. The felony murder rule is unconstitutional because it violates the Eighth Amendment: cruel and unusual punishment, grossly disproportionate sentencing to the crime(s) actually committed. 13. The felony murder rule bears no rational relationship or equity in its two penalties, with the penalties of other California murder laws, including, at times, the charge of first-degree murder.

Bullitt County, Kentucky is a small community still striving to grow past its negative and ugly history of discrimination, and public officers like Chief Julius Hatfield should go where they belong – in the past. Chief Julius Hatfield must be immediately removed from his position, and all taxpayers and visitors to Bullitt County must be assured of their ability to receive basic emergency services from the fire department. The Bullitt County community is waiting on county officials to do the right thing without delay. Sign this petition to push county officials to fire Hatfield NOW!

Crimes committed by people serving in law enforcement is at an all time high, we see some of the most heinous crimes committed by law enforcement go unpunished. Most of these crimes are investigated by the Internal Affairs of the same department in which the suspects belong to. Asking the police department to investigated themselves of any wrong doing is like asking a child to tell you when they have done something wrong even when the evidence is overwhelmingly against them. Not all cops are bad but, we cannot go on thinking that all cops are good and have the best intentions at heart. They have the badge but they are still human and are to abide by the same laws they swore to uphold and we have many incidences where that has not been the case. What's worse is that these offenders are given a slap on the wrist if that and are sent back on the street to cause more chaos. In the last 7 months I have seen beatings, shooting, illegal raids, rape, murder, drug related crimes, drunk driving all by cops and in many of these cases were investigated by Internal Affairs where there was "No Wrong Doing" and every time the city aka the citizens have to shell out millions upon millions of dollars in these cases where there was "No Wrong Doing". I think it is time that we hold EVERYONE accountable, convict the bad cops so the good cops can do their jobs without the tension, pressure and dangers caused by those who believe they are above the law.

Iowa DHS Employment Outcome Vision is “Employment in the general workforce is the first priority and the expected and preferred outcome in the provision of publically funded services for all working age Iowans with disabilities." Iowa will not realize this vision without realigning the employment service system to support integrated employment. The purpose of rate redesign is to get providers the financial and professional development resources needed to deliver integrated employment services. The Employment Services Redesign Workgroup has not met since November 2013 and is waiting on approval from DHS leadership to proceed with the work. Multiple forces are driving the need to move Iowa forward: new CMS rules on integrated HCBS settings, Olmstead enforcement, the Workforce Innovation and Opportunities Act, and Iowans with disabilities who want access to integrated employment services across the state.

By most of the public, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder is a wildly misunderstood disability. Often, children who don't have it get labeled. As ADHD children who have it are misdiagnosed as something else. Many adults don't know they even have it. A blind person has a cane. A wheel chair is visible. ADHD is hidden disability. You won't know they have it, unless you know what your looking for. It's affects are very subtle, but have devastating effects have on their lives. ADHD persons can't take abilities that most people can take for granted. ADHD persons have no noise filters. In a crowded room, you can focus on one voice. Anyone with ADHD hears every voice and every noise all at once. It make it nearly impossible to focus. In city environment, sensory overload happens often. Heavy-bass music is toxic to anyone with ADHD. It makes you physically sick. You hands start to shake and your stress level is sky high. You can't take anymore and have leave to an area with dead silence. You stay away until that area is cleared of too much and too loud noise. There is no choice, but to flee the area as soon as possible. Get ear plugs or noise canceling head phones? Useless, they have no effect at this high a noise sensitivity perception level, specificly bass noise polution. Any excess noise prevents going to sleep. Any excess noise during sleep will disrupt it, make you tired in the morning. Ear plugs during sleep have very limited effects. Wearing headphones and ear plugs all the time is impractical. Having a sound proof living environment is required, not optional. Apartments don't work, feeling every vibration of every movement in the area. Family friendly environments with screaming kids is torture. Loud music is hell. Apartments can work, but are impractical. Sound proof houses are the only practical option. For that matter, entire community of houses dedicated to 24/7 quiet living is the ideal living environment. No heavy-bass music or loud music is allowed ever. Apartments or house owners must make accommodations by law, such as wheel chair accessible. This are paid for by the owner. ADHD required sound proofing is considered a modification, not an accommodation. So, anyone with ADHD has to come up with the funding on their own. The owner can still say no. All sound proofing added temporally is not of the quality needed. ADHD is not taken seriously as a disability. It's outrageous that something required for my basic functioning is not required by law. I request your support to get the changes to the law to fix this issue.

If you're homeless in Kansas City, Missouri, you're always welcome at the City Union Mission shelter -- unless you're gay. City Union's executive director says that because they are a "Christian, faith-based organization," they don't allow same-sex couples or families to stay together, and they require transgender people to dress according to the sex they were assigned at birth, regardless of how they identify today. The shelter claims to be adhering to "biblical standards," but Jesus' words about welcoming the stranger didn't include any asterisks excluding LGBT people. That's probably why other Christian organizations in Kansas City, like the Salvation Army and Catholic Charities, welcome same-sex families. City Union is rejecting people who badly need a warm welcome -- studies show that up to 30% of the homeless are LGBT.

This concerns the physical, mental and emotional well-being of the inmates. For example, unsanitary living conditions, lack of and improper medical care, safety issues because of understaffing and improper training. Family rights are being violated, and there are inconsistent policies regarding visitation. For example, former employees are prohibited from visiting inmates or marrying inmates, post employment. If you have not violated policy or disrupted the order of the facilities you should be allowed to visit and marry. Families should have longer visits. Women should be able to bring in feminine products and family members shouldn't have problems using the restroom. Also families should have the privileges of having family portraits for memories. Some children and loved ones will never be able to have family portraits.

Before I started exercising, I was taking $300 dollar/month memory pills and $300 dollar breathing pills. After about 6 weeks of Silver Sneakers, I no longer have to take those pills. That is money saved by Medicare and all the people who use the system. As we sign the petition, please be aware that my first reaction to Medicare not covering exercise was to plan a class action suit to force Medicare to pay for the best evidence treatment, and in the case of Alzheimer's, the only effective method of delaying onset of symptoms. Why is Medicare ignoring the obvious? Dwight Hine

I have seen my patients not being able to afford their medications because their generic medicines went from 6 pennies a tablet to $6 a tablet brand drugs. Same drug for the same use 100X price increase.