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Dr Foolish as the 2015 Bet Awards HostTo show the world that talent comes from some of the darkest places on Earth and he's hilarious678 of 800 SignaturesCreated by Ishmael Nelson
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Its Hate Not HeritageThis petition seeks to draw attention to the fact that Georgia lawmakers continue to promote Confederacy related events and activities with residents' tax dollars. Given the Confederacy sought to preserve/expand slavery, and was built on the notion that White people were superior to all races, it is time to end this racist practice.175 of 200 SignaturesCreated by Mark Patrick George
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Term Limits for all Congress MembersThere are some people in Congress who are there for decades. It is not a balance of power when you have a limited President but not a limited Congress. People who have been in Congress for several decades usually are there because of lobbyists and not because of the views of their constituents. Their views usually never change, even though the people they represent do. Balance should have the same rules when it is an issue in the Constitution. In the beginning it was a voluntary honor to serve in Congress. Now it is a paid job but at taxpayers' expense. As a tax payer, I would like to see terms and fresh people with fresh minds and ideas, keeping up with the times.144 of 200 SignaturesCreated by Frank Simplicio
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Get Fireworks back in Illinois!Studies show that consumer (1.4G) fireworks have become safer to use since being regulated by the Consumer Product Safety Commission. More consumer fireworks are being bought and used every year with fewer injuries per pound of product purchased, while Illinois continues to miss out on the taxes from these purchases. By relaxing the consumer fireworks laws in Illinois, residents will once again be able to enjoy using them and the state will realize the financial benefit from sales tax revenue.139 of 200 SignaturesCreated by Jason Sexton
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Hillary Clinton: Support GMO labeling and public health, not Monsanto![Note: The petition to Hillary was started before she officially declared her candidacy, before she became a grandmother, and before she had a serious challenger - Sen. Bernie Sanders - for the Democratic nomination. The petition language cannot be altered or edited once it has been made public, but the ask remains the same]. Hillary Clinton could be the next Democratic presidential nominee. Do we really want someone in the White House who protects Monsanto's profits at the expense of public health? Scientists, medical professionals and climate experts warn us that a food and agriculture system built around poisons like Monsanto's Roundup and Dow's 2,4-D, a system that promotes soy and corn monocultures instead of crop diversity, is unhealthy for humans and the environment. In fact, the World Health Organization in March (2015) declared Roundup a probable human carcinogen. Genetically engineered agriculture has failed. It has created superweeds that require increasingly toxic poisons, and those poisons are showing up in the blood, urine and breast milk of humans. The United Nations last year issued a report entitled "Before It's Too Late," stating that not only will genetically engineered crops not feed the world, as the biotech industry claims, but they are a huge contributor to global warming. Polls show that 93% of Americans want GMO labeling laws. It's time for Hillary, whose ties to the biotech industry run deep, to support public health, not Monsanto. The next leader of the U.S. needs to take a stand against huge corporations that are devastating the environment and human health. If Hillary Clinton is not that leader, consumers will look to candidates like Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), who has a proven track record of supporting states' rights to label GMOs, and the transition to organic, sustainable, regenerative agriculture.132,774 of 200,000 SignaturesCreated by Katherine Paul, Organic Consumers Association
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Saving CottonwoodSociety's future is surely slipping out of the horizon of a brighter future on a lot of self inflicted decisions..but keeping the Cottonwood Treatment Facility open is a HUGE necessity..even a police officer here in Cape Girardeau said, Cape P.D. used to only handled MAYBE 1-2 mentally disturbed people a month, now it's 1-2 a day! It's unbelievable..I have a son with a diagnosis of moderate ADHD, & ODD, our children of course are the/our future!!.. How can a great treatment facility like Cottonwood, where some employees have been there for two or more decades and SO many youths have benefited, just be called a budget cut???22 of 100 SignaturesCreated by easton meyer
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Family Feud App gone wrongI have been personally affected by all the defects in this App. I'm addicted and need for the questions to be answered by real people.31 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Yalonda Edwards
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Rep. Miller: End Corporate Tax Breaks for Outrageous CEO BonusesRight now, huge corporations, like Walmart, are getting tax breaks for handing out obscene CEO bonuses. The tax code sets a $1 million limit per executive for the amount of pay that corporations can write off their income taxes. But the problem is that there’s a loophole that exempts “performance-based” pay. So, corporations are shelling out huge CEO bonuses to pay less in taxes. For example, during the past six years, Walmart pocketed $298.6 million in fully deductible “performance pay,” lowering the company’s federal tax bills by $104 million. At a time when so many Americans are struggling to find well-paying jobs and pay for basic things like healthcare, education, and housing, it’s wrong and unacceptable to give corporations tax breaks for shelling out multi-million dollar CEO bonuses. It’s time to close this performance pay loophole and end tax incentives for outrageous CEO pay.138 of 200 SignaturesCreated by Jason Pfeifle
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Keep Exemptions Out of the Executive Order!President Obama will soon sign an executive order barring federal contractors from discriminating against LGBTQ individuals! However, we have just a few weeks to ensure that this executive order doesn't contain exemptions for religiously-affiliated groups that would drive a big hole through the middle of it. Federal contractors are paid with taxpayer money — and using taxpayer money to pay for discrimination is simply wrong. We know the religious right is already putting up a fight about this, and we must do the same. We will deliver your signature directly to the White House, and we want to include as many voices as possible -- sign the petition today to make sure that we secure equality without asterisks!14,893 of 15,000 SignaturesCreated by GetEQUAL
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Magic City on East EndA known person was sliced from his head all the way down to the mid-section of his torso Inside Magic City. The person who had the razor was patted down and allowed in the club. When the person was sliced open, the owners stated that the ambulance was downstairs as well as the police. When the parties went outside there were no police or ambulance, while the male involved in the incident bled until the ambulance was called. The person who had the razor was unconscious from a gash.172 of 200 SignaturesCreated by Lamarr Jones
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Stop the Spectra NYC Pipeline!Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, has already been proven to create dangerously high chemical and gas levels in ground and reservoir waters near fracking sites. NYC has historically had clean and safe drinking water; now it is threatened with both water supply, environmental and earthquake risks thanks to this project. We must tell our State Legislature and our Governor to say "no" to Spectra NYC.15 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Pamela Drake
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Give Sanctuary to Children Fleeing Drug Cartel ViolenceAlmost 60,000 children are currently being held in disease-ridden, filthy facilities as prisoners. They are fleeing unbearable violence from drug cartels in their home countries. They do not need to be sent back to this violence, nor do they need to be treated as criminals. They are refugees.152 of 200 SignaturesCreated by Marilyn Norrod