Some members of Congress have been up to something that's unpatriotic: They want to create a tax "holiday" for huge corporations that have been stashing profits offshore to get out of paying their fair share of taxes here at home. Let’s tell Congress to fix our infrastructure by making sure that corporations pay their fair share of taxes. Big corporations from Apple to General Electric to Bank of America have more than $2 trillion in profits offshore, much of it in tax havens. They're eventually supposed to bring most of those profits home and pay U.S. taxes on them, but get this: There's no deadline for them to do so. These corporations are heavily lobbying Congress to let them bring those profits back to the U.S. at a tax rate that's just a fraction of what they would normally pay. The last time there was a special tax holiday like this, they paid a tax rate of 5.25% -- a small fraction of the official 35% corporate income tax rate. Meanwhile, our roads and bridges are crumbling, and the Highway Trust Fund that helps us repair and upgrade them will lose 30% of its funding in August. Some construction projects will stop, and we could lose 700,000 jobs. In a sense, we'll have a highway shutdown, like we had a government shutdown last fall. Some members of Congress want to pretend that giving corporations a huge break on their taxes is a smart way to fix our infrastructure. Democrats like Rep. Chris Van Hollen (MD) and Rep. Sander Levin (MI) want to save the Highway Trust Fund by making it even harder for corporations to shift profits offshore in the first place by changing their corporate address to a tax haven. Tell Congress: Big corporations depend on our roads and bridges, too. Make them keep their profits in the U.S. and pay their fair share of taxes. They owe our country. They should pay their fair share like we all do.

Detroit's Water Authorities Shut Down of the water supplies to the Detroit residents who did not pay their bills.

I'm sick about reading about the arguing politicians who are not doing the people's work!

I am a professional dog trainer and I see the devastating anguish dogs with noise phobias have. I also own one of these dogs. With fireworks now being set off for weeks before the fourth of July and often times starting in the late afternoon and early evening these dogs suffer for hours each day and for days leading up to the holiday then for days afterwards with each firework that is set off.

A parent should be charged with child neglect, child abuse and child endangerment when they ignore the signs of their child being a sexual predator. When a child is accused of sexual battery, counseling should be mandatory, not wait until there is a second or a third victim. My son became a victim when he was 3; nothing was done about it so now my 2 year old is a victim. Enough is enough! It needs to be stopped! No child should ever suffer from this awful crime, it stays with them forever. All children need to be protected.

I am at the end of my rope, so to speak. Every month I struggle to make ends meet and pay these steep costs (or go back to jail). I feel that I have paid for my crime, since some violent offenders receive less punishment. 13 years at my age (67 at time of sentencing) is the same as a death sentence. I have been clean and sober for three years now and fully intend to stay that way.

University of Missouri - Kansas City has denied disabled students a student council for over 80 years. Now UMKC students and Student Government Association have approved a resolution to finally give disabled students a voice on the Student Government Association. But, the UMKC administration has refused to approve a Disabled Student Council as part of their annual budget. Please sign this petition in support of a University of Missouri Kansas City Disabled Student Council.

I want my 1-year-old to grow up believing that Americans have a voice in their country and that citizens can have a greater impact than corporations. In 2012, the Koch brothers spent over $6.1 million to push their far right agenda in NM and failed miserably. Let's send them packing again and join the growing national movement to say "Koch no mas! Get out of our politics!"

The cases of rape an brutal murder of women and girls are a daily occurrence in India. These women and girls are not only being raped, they are being murdered in the most horrific ways. All of the case also involve a gang of men and often times a police officer is part of this gang, leaving the women or girl completely powerless from the beginning. Here are a few incidents which have all made national headlines: December 16th 2012- Munirka: 23 year old girl raped and murdered by several men on a bus outside Delhi. The young women was raped in a brutal manner, which include the use of a pole. She was with a male friend who was beaten with a pole. Afterwards she and her friend were thrown off the bus alongside the road. The perpetrators tried to run her over at that point, but she was pulled to safety by the male friend she was traveling with. They were found and taken to a hospital. More brutality to her body was found and she was flow to Singapore to receive treatment. She died 2 weeks later. The rape case on December 16th sparked protests across India and all over the world, but many incidents have followed. Sadly, nothing has changed. February 20th 2013 - Nagpur: Three sisters ages 11, 9 and 6 were found dumped in a well in Nagpur. The girls were on their way home from school. The autopsy reports showed that they were brutally raped. (http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/02/22/17056657-india-reeling-after-rape-and-murder-of-3-young-sisters?lite ) May 28th 2014 -Katra Village near Lucknow : Two girls ages 16 and 14 were found hanging in a mango tree. The police reports show that the two girls were raped and strangled to death when they went to go the bathroom in the field. Afterward they were hung in a mango tree nearby. June 3rd 2014 - South Garo Hills, Meghalaya: A mother was taken from her home while her family was locked inside. They could watch from the window. In resisting molestation the mother was shot in the head point blank with her family watching from the window http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/06/04/318890896/latest- sexual-assault-in-india-underscores-u-n-chiefs-call-for-action Women and girls are crying out for change. They need our help. It is time for these powerful Indian-American CEO’s of global corporations to speak up and help build the support that is so desperately needed. I am a mom, I am Indian–American. I was the first generation of my family born in the US. I have many family members living in India and I have had the opportunity to travel extensively through the country as an adult, and I spent many of my summers in India as a child. I have made connections, I have seen the beauty, I have seen the sadness, and this is why this issue hits home. Not to mention I have two beautiful daughters. Right now I am angry and completely heartbroken. I also feel completely helpless. That is why I am doing this. Please join me and supporting and helping these women and girls who are having their precious lives taken from them in the most horrific ways. It is our responsibility to push people with powerful voices to use those voices where they are needed most and to use those voices loudly.

Do we really want to be a people who turn our backs on children? One percent of the United States military budget would provide enough money for 60 or more hundred million dollar projects to assist children who arrive here and to assist those in the places they must now flee.

Concern for human rights and to stop corrupt and repressive government actions!

On June 27, 2014, he conducted a staged perp walk of litter suspects, even to the point of handcuffing and shackling them; and He blackballed a Nazareth resident who served his country honorably in Iraq, and who is currently employed as a Bangor police officer, from the Nazareth Police Department; and He falsely represented that this officer, a Nazareth resident, had been involuntarily committed, and attempted to get him fired in Bangor with the same false representation; and He has avoided hiring military veterans, instead hiring officers who were either fired by or left other departments knowing they were about to be fired; and He has refused to take any disciplinary action against a part-time police officer engaged in an an on-duty affair, despite complaints from numerous Nazareth residents, including Gehret; and He refused to take any disciplinary action against another part-time police officer (ERIC SCHWAB) who, after responding to a domestic disturbance on June 9, 2014, returned and drank with one of the victims; and He has created a culture of intolerance for any criticism of the police department that resulted in Officer Eric Schwab posting a Facebook comment asking fellow police officers to "light this fucker up" in response to factual criticisms made by O'Hare on his blog; and He has usurped the authority of Borough Council with criminal prosecutions and threats of criminal prosecution, including a file on each member of Council; and He has forced the ouster of long-time members of the Police Committee, and He has used Borough resources (the state police crime lab control number) to request investigation, not of crime in Nazareth, but criminal mischief directed at him in Bushkill Township; and He abused borough resources by using the borough control number to request a state police criminal background check for a part-time Nazareth police officer who was applying for full-time jobs in other municipalities, falsely indicating it was for an investigation.