If there's a more appalling way to turn someone's trauma into a punchline, we haven't seen it yet.

We have a rare opportunity to put the pressure on and make Wisconsin the next state to bring equal rights to same-sex couples.

This man deserves to be allowed to retire after 19 years of honorable service to our country. He should not be medically forced out with no benefits. Our Veterans should NEVER be treated this way.

Wildfire season has arrived! We are in a serious drought in the Southwest. According to the National Interagency Coordination Center there are 7 uncontained and 3 new wildfires on public lands on May 31, 2014. [http://www.nifc.gov/fireInfo/fireInfo_statistics.html]. Yet the Forest Service and Department of Interior agencies (including BLM and Park Service) have not gone into emergency mode to clear underbrush fuels and make fire lines—before the fires start! Wildfire prevention needs to start today!

I'm not starting it, a petition. I want to add my name to the thousands who have already sign it.

"I took a pledge not to accept contributions from people who benefited directly or indirectly from doing business with the General Land Office. I've sent thousand dollar checks back to avoid any perceived conflict of interest. For sure, most if not all the oil and gas contributors to Bush do business with the General Land Office for leases or pipeline ROW" I am Now Reissuing This Pledge Whereas the Texas Land Commissioner is the fiscal trustee for $29 billion in State assets, we the undersigned do petition the candidates for Texas Land Commissioner to agree to take the following ethics pledge: “I will not accept campaign contributions from any individual who has profited directly or indirectly from doing business with the General Land Office of Texas and ; I will return of any such campaign contributions that may have been unknowingly accepted once I am aware of the ethical conflict of accepting the contribution from individuals or PAC’s that have benefited directly or indirectly from doing business with the General Land Office of Texas.” -John Cook Democratic Nominee for Texas Land Commissioner

I am a survivor of institutional abuse at a facility in Utah. I have been outspoken against the facility that abused me for many years. That program filed a SLAPP (Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation) suit against me and my family for speaking out against the hundreds of abuses witnessed, reported, and experienced at that facility. That suit is ongoing and has not been resolved. I live in Washington and was a Washington resident at the time of my enrollment at that facility in 1989. The majority of my 300+ witnesses do not live in Utah and have never lived in Utah. Many of us suffer PTSD as a result of our experiences in Utah and find the very idea of traveling to Utah for any reason abhorrent. Multiple witnesses submitted affidavits and sworn statements. I and many others were and are willing to testify in court via satellite. We are unable to afford multiple trips to Utah for 100s of witnesses and due to our special circumstances (having been harmed in Utah and being residents of other States), we deserve to be heard in court and for our special needs to be accommodated. Recently, victims who reported sexual abuse at a facility in Utah were emotionally traumatized by the very idea of returning to Utah to testify and the prosecutor chose not to go forward to trial because of this. It is imperative that victims of abuse and sexual assault who are residents of other States be given the opportunity to be heard in court via satellite when financial and/or any special circumstances prevent in-person testimony.

Saving auto shop means providing high school students with an opportunity to develop automotive skills that would be useful in their personal lives, professional lives or in the military. There are lots of lucrative opportunities that the automotive industry has to offer graduating high school seniors. The 2014-15 school year will be the last school year to offer Auto Shop.

I want every single human being to know how breast cancer affective is.

I was at the natural springs in florida and watched wildlife struggle to get out of the plastic death trap. Our waste in this society is great & every earth inhabitant is paying for it.

WE WOULD LIKE THE PERFECT PUPPY STORE AT 1235 WAMPANOAG TRAIL IN THE FORBES PLAZA TO REMAIN OPEN FOR BUSINESS

Did you know that Portland Schools have decided to close the Pre-K program at Longfellow? Neither did we! Longfellow's Pre-K program has been a big success, getting some great results for students from all over the city. Longfellow & Hall School's area families are missing out on the possibility of a Pre-K education at their local school. Children across the city are being denied the opportunity to experience a Pre-K program at one of the leading schools in the state of Maine. Return the public Pre-K program to Longfellow School!