Some press reports have suggested that the U.S. could begin airstrikes in Iraq at any time. Our best opportunity to stop this is to press President Obama to come to Congress for authorization, as required by the U.S. Constitution and the War Powers Resolution, before using military force. Pressing the President to come to Congress was essential to stopping the U.S. from going to war in Syria last year. California Democrat Barbara Lee and Virginia Republican Scott Rigell have initiated a bipartisan letter to President Obama, urging him to respect the Constitutional requirement to come to Congress for authorization before using military force. Urge your Representative to join the Lee-Rigell letter by signing our petition. The petition will be automatically delivered to your Representative when you sign.

NBC has decided that "abortion" is a dirty word. Sources report that NBC is refusing to run ads for the critically acclaimed movie Obvious Child unless they edit out any mention of the word "abortion," even though that's what the entire movie is about—a woman's completely normal experience with abortion. Since when did "abortion" become one of the words you can't say in an ad? Especially when it seems like you can't make it through 30 minutes of prime time without seeing an ad for Viagra warning about erections lasting longer than four hours. This is outrageous—that's why we started a petition to tell NBC: "Abortion is not a dirty word. Stop censoring ads for the movie Obvious Child." Can you sign the petition and share it with your friends?

Outsourcing dismantles public service. At stake are the jobs of hardworking career employees who are members of the Superior, WI community and care deeply about the success and safety of everyone who lives or works at the University.

I am seeing more and more shootings every week in America, many of those taking place in educational institutions. I have 7 grandchildren in school and I shouldn't have to worry every school day that they might not come home from school because they were killed there. We shouldn't have to worry that just walking down the street exposes us to a random gun shooting. We demand that our leaders take action to curb gun violence with whatever laws or regulations are needed.

I would like you to expand and extend bus hours for the people of Watertown who do not drive but have to work. I am currently affected along with countless others who may not have a vehicle but have to work late hours, people who end up walking 2-3 miles due to a lack of bus route.

After watching the Paw Project I had no idea how senseless and cruel this procedure was. I feel this should be an easy ban because it is 100% wrong and the only remote benefit is saving your furniture and to a lesser degree is a source of income for vets. Facts about declawing: Declawing is amputation; it is not merely the removal of the claws. To declaw a cat, the veterinarian cuts off the last knuckles of a cat's paw – cutting through bone, tendons, skin and nerves. In a person, it is equivalent to amputating each finger or toe at the last joint. Declaw surgery can be an extremely painful procedure with associated health risks and complications such as infection. Declaw surgery can produce permanent lameness, pain or arthritis. Declawing is the same mutilating procedure for house cats or big cats. There are effective alternatives to declawing Please help Pittsburgh to be the first city on the east coast to stop this cruel and pointless pet torture!

Despite hundreds of calls from disappointed listeners and 1-star reviews on Facebook, 99.5 The Mountain in Denver continues to air a completely false ad by the National Mining Association. It opens with this: "An 80 percent cost hike? That's something we better get used to if extreme new Obama administration power-plant regulations take effect." The claim is part of the Big Coal’s attacks on the new EPA power plant rule — and it’s 100% false. The Denver Post says the ad "flunks the truth test," and the Washington Post's Fact Checker blog gave the ad its worst rating: "Four Pinocchios." The CEO of Entercom -- 99.5's parent company -- is David Field, and he has the power to remove the ad. If enough of us in Denver speak out, they'll see how many listeners they stand to lose. The station is already frustrated by the negative attention it's getting, so let's show them it can all go away if they do the right thing. MORE INFORMATION "Radio ad about electric bills flunks truth test, but still airs," The Denver Post, 5-28-14 http://act.forecastthefacts.org/go/763?ak_proof=1&t=6&akid=478.7218.8fwc9z "A bogus claim that electricity prices will ‘nearly double’ because of clean coal technology," The Washington Post, 5-23-14 http://act.forecastthefacts.org/go/764?ak_proof=1&t=8&akid=478.7218.8fwc9z "Administrator McCarthy, Remarks Announcing Clean Power Plan, As Prepared," EPA, 6-2-14 http://act.forecastthefacts.org/go/776?ak_proof=1&t=10&akid=478.7218.8fwc9z

We , the American People want to stand and Defend all that have fought for our Freedoms ! These Americans (Our Soldiers) have given their blood , sweat and tears for All of Us and DESERVE everything that is due to them . They need to be RESPECTED ~ HONORED ~ LOVED ~ AND SALUTED !

Please help me to get the American Kennel Club (AKC) to do the honorable thing and remove their endorsed dog treats, which are made in China, from store shelves. PetCo & PetsMart have already agreed to remove & no longer carry or sell dog treats, that are made in China.  Let's urge the AKC to to do the same thing. By asking them live up to their mantra "We are not just champion dogs. We are the dogs' champion." Currently they are not being "the dogs' champion," because their endorsed treats are made & manufactured in the same Chinese plants that have sickened & killed over 1000+ dogs since 2007. I lost four very precious lives to their chicken jerky treats.  1) Bellehound's Sgt. Baroo 2U "Sargent" was only eight years old, when he died after having eaten dog treats that are/were endorsed by the AKC. He was a sweet, loving, red & white, Basenji, who loved to "baroo." He is also the dog who first alerted me to something being wrong. All four dogs showed similar symptoms, but his were the most severe. He became very sick, very thin, very quick, & could never seem to quench his thirst. I took him to my vet & his liver enzymes were off the charts.  He was in advanced, severe renal failure. He passed away in my arms, on December 6, 2011.  2) Bellehound's Creeping Violet, "Crackle" who was a tri-colored, flashy marked, feisty, but very sweet, Jack Russell Terrier. She was one of the best mousers I had ever had. She loved swimming, car rides & being my little, but very mighty, companion. She lost weight very quickly, became anemic, & also had the unquenchable thirst. True to her Terrier breeding, she hid her weakness, & illness well. She too was in an advanced stage of renal failure, by the time I realized she was sick. I lost her January 30, 3012. 3) Bellehound Rescued Me "Mimi" was a mischieviously, too smart for her own good, little tri-colored Basenji. She too loved to talk, & helped me to keep my other dogs in line. Her symptoms started out as diarrhea, vomiting, anemia (she & Sargent tested negative for hereditary anemia & Fanconi, some thing that is far too common in Basenjis). She was a fighter, she fought & lived the longest of any of my four dogs. How she managed to do that, I will never really comprehend. Other than that was her stubborn nature. She passed away in my arms August 5, 2013; three months shy of her 17th birthday. 4) Bellehound Scrawny Tawny Lion, JC "Bruiser" was my Service Dog. He was also the first for his breed with that job, not only in America, but the World. He was a very handsome, muscular, built, red, Thai Ridgeback Dog. He saved me from a rattlesnake in 2004. He received two Certificates of Honor from the AKC's Canine ACE Awards in 2005-2006 for that. In 2008 at eight & a half years of age, he made AKC history, by being the first Thai Ridgeback to earn a lure coursing title. In 2009 he was one of my Thai Ridgebacks, that was filmed for Animal Planet's, DOGS 101; Rare Breeds, episode.  In October of 2010 he was diagnosed with a severely damaged liver, & renal failure. He was placed on various medications, to help slow down the progression of his disease, & put him in remission. This was a year after I had quit feeding the chicken jerky treats (when Sargent, first became, deathly ill). Clearly the damage had already been done. Bruiser was my working partner for twelve & a half years, before he was forced, unwillingly into an early retirement. He had become so weak, & thin friends who hadn't seen him in a few months, couldn't even recognize him. October of 2013, I was told he was no longer in remission. I was devastated. I was told that my partner would die. There was nothing else my vet could do, & it would be just a matter of months, before his body would just shut down. I had to walk Bruiser to the Rainbow Bridge; even as sick as he was, he refused to give up his job, he could no longer walk, due to his progessed disease, he couldn't keep food or water down, due to the gastrointestinal upset, he had devoloped stomach cancer, three years after the treats were stopped. That's what no one gets, stopping the treats may put the dog in remission, but the poison in the treats has already caused organ failure & shut down. Bruiser fought the anesthetic, he weighed a mere 50lbs., but because of his love for me, to continue to be my working partner, he had to be double dosed. He was dosed for a 100lb dog, because the recommended dosage, wouldn't work. That is the type of partner I lost, on December 6, 2013, a day after his 13th Birthday. His death made me feel that this organization had stabbed us both in the back. I trusted the AKC, after all they have a Health Endowment section. Never in a million years did I think that they would sell anything, that would harm a dog. I sent the AKC several emails, begging for them to recall their product. They all went unanswered. I made comments on every one of their facebook pages, I was blocked from two of them. I called their Health Endowment Section, and after I asked why the AKC was selling treats made in China? I was told their office was not a part of the AKC; but they answer the phone "American Kennel Club, Health Endowment, how may I help you?" I was rudely brushed off. One of the facebook pages, before I was blocked told me (on a thread), "we don't make the treats, or own the company that makes them, we just endorse them." Endorsing treats that the FDA has known, was making dogs sick & killing them since 2007, is clearly not being any "dogs champion." The AKC also knew about it, as did Waggin Train, Canyon Creek (both owned by Purina), yet money seems far more important, than the lives of their customers. I am hoping that with your signature, we can get the AKC to follow in the same path, as PetCo & PetsMart, & pull their product, from store shelves. Before more innocent dogs are made sick & will eventually die, a very slow, painful, death. That is what I've had to watch, four of my dogs go through. The hardest & m...

“A problem so serious that it threatens the achievements of modern medicine.” This quote comes straight from the World Health Organization, which just released the disturbing results of a worldwide survey of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Their findings were the latest in a string of increasingly dire warnings from the public health community: Because of overuse and misuse, the lifesaving antibiotics we depend on are rapidly losing their effectiveness against dangerous infections. We're now in danger of returning to an age when simple infections are potentially fatal. Our decision-makers need to hear from the public, and it needs to happen quickly. That’s why OSPIRG and our national federation have launched a campaign to stop the overuse of antibiotics where the problem is the worst -- on factory farms that mix antibiotics right into the feed of healthy animals. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has the authority to stop the worst overuse of antibiotics on factory farms. Please join us in calling on the FDA to act now.

It difficult to see motorcycles especially at night. Being able to run additional lighting will increase visibility therefore saving lives.

We need to find these children, and bring them home to their love ones