Wolves are just now beginning to recover in the United States and Secretary Jewell has made a politically-motivated decision to placate special interests in the ranching and sporting communities to strip gray wolves of vital protections. Without these safeguards, wolves will never recover in most of the United States.

Growing up in Germany, I have seen the benefits of a strong social safety network for a resilient economy (and that economy was helped by the US Marshall Plan - this is my thanks - let the same generosity be returned back home)

The Department of Justice is leading negotiations with JPMorganChase right now, specifically for selling the toxic mortgage backed securities they and other Wall Street criminals used to destroy our economy and steal our homes. The reported amount is a record-setting $13 billion. $4 billion is designated for relief to homeowners. While this settlement will only recoup a small part of the damage JPMorganChase and Wall Street caused, it is promising that this time, according to news reports, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder refused to negotiate away the right to criminal prosecutions. JPMorganChase is finally negotiating around its misdeeds that helped crash the housing market and world economy. Now it is time for them to stop foreclosures and instead work with people whose lives are still reeling from the crash: Jaymie Kelly of Minneapolis has paid for her house five times over but has been left underwater after being duped into a predatory Chase loan. Chetti McAffee of Seattle fell behind on her home loan only after Chase bank told her she had to in order to apply for a modification. Ana Ramos in San Francisco was left deeply underwater after Chase and its subsidiary Washington Mutual continually “lost” her paperwork and refused her payments. One of the reasons that Chase is facing this record penalty in the first place is because of work by the Home Defenders League and others to push the Obama Adminstration to stand up for struggling homeowners and foreclosure victims. In March, when Attorney General Holder testified before Congress that Wall Street banks couldn’t be prosecuted because of their outsized wealth, people like you joined with 333,000 others from Action for the Common Good, CREDO, MoveOn, Campaign for America’s Future, and the Courage Campaign to demand the Obama Administration end “Too Big to Jail”. Some of you helped deliver those petitions to US Attorneys in cities across the country. And you stood with 500 home defenders from around the country who risked arrest at the Department of Justice in order to demand accountability for Wall Street criminals in May. That action ended with 28 arrests and non-violent protestors tazed, while seven more were arrested at the high-end Wall Street law firm Covington and Burling protesting the revolving door between the DOJ and Wall Street. Then just two weeks ago over 500 of you called AG Holder’s office demanding a strong deal with Chase. You and people like you are true warriors for justice. That kind of action is why this settlement isn’t really a “relief” unless it helps people like Jaymie, Chetie and Ana. They are all able and willing to pay on a fair mortgage that reflected the current market value of their homes. Really, it’s the least Chase Bank can do. Tell Chase CEO Jamie Dimon: It’s time to fix what you broke. Halt foreclosures in the wake of negotiating this settlement. Then give a fair mortgage modification - no more run around - to restore home equity for underwater homeowners across the country.

Eleven million undocumented Americans and their family members are waiting while John Boehner and the Tea Party Caucus play politics with their futures. H.R. 15 enjoys bi-partisan support in Congress with endorsers on both sides of the aisle. We believe that, if introduced on a discharge petition, H.R. 15 will pass the House. Representative Alan Grayson, we are counting on you to introduce H.R. 15 for discharge to the House of Representatives.

As a fan of underground rap I have found that the government limits these artists from expressing themselves fully on regards to government issues. These artists are unable to say what they want and express their opinions because the government limits a right that we are all granted: freedom of speech. Everyone should be able to say what they want without being limited.

It is difficult to sleep at night knowing our very lives and the lives of our children are in TEPCO's hands. We demand that our government protect us now. Call Pres. Obama at the White House (202) 456-1111 and send a personal email to Sec. of Energy Moniz: [email protected] TELL THEM TO TAKE OVER THE FUEL REMOVAL and to CONTAIN FUKUSHIMA WITHOUT DUMPING RADIOACTIVE WATER INTO THE GLOBAL PACIFIC. We should not have to beg for this. Write a letter to the editor of your newspaper too!

Veterans Courts assist veterans charged with non-violent crimes who are struggling with addiction, mental illness, or other illness and come in contact with the criminal justice system. Veterans need help, not jail. The Veterans Court for Lake County, IN has been denied because of funding. Let's find another way. By signing the petition you are supporting legislation to fund Veterans Court in Lake County, IN without reducing other social services in the county.

Pesticides pose serious health risks to children, to the Chesapeake Bay and local waterways and to honeybees. Maryland researchers need basic information about when and where pesticides are being used so they can investigate any potential links to intersex fish, beehive deaths and clusters of serious illnesses like cancer, autism, asthma and birth defects. Contact Governor O’Malley today and ask him to strongly support this much-needed mandatory pesticide reporting database. Tell the Governor that for our health, for the health of our kids, for clean waters, and for our honeybees we need basic information on pesticide use. Find out more: http://www.mdpestnet.org/take-action/smart-on-pesticides-maryland/

If every Democratic senator co-sponsors this bill right away, the media, Senate and House Republicans, and President Obama will get this message loud and clear: Social Security cuts are off the table.

I've listened to about enough bloviatious crap from the right-wing who are trying to destroy this country. It's not enough that they want to shut down the government - now they want to steal what we have earned, working since we were teenagers in the 1950's and '60s. Enough already! This is the line - cross it, and it's clobbering time!

Contrary to what you may have heard, part of the Keystone XL pipeline is very close to going into operation. The Southern Leg of the Keystone Project, which Barack Obama has not only neglected to stop, but has signed an executive order to expedite, is only months from going into operation. When it does, it will commence its 700,000-850,000 oil-barrel-per-day assault on the climate even without the northern Keystone XL Pipeline being completed. Tell Obama not to let climate disasters like this happen on his watch.

Tobacco companies are marketing products with fruit, candy and alcohol flavors which are sold at local stores. We, the undersigned, believe these flavored tobacco products are created to appeal to children and teenagers in order to get them to experiment with tobacco. We believe discontinuing the sale of these products in Hawaii will ultimately protect children and youth from becoming addicted nicotine users. We strongly support a statewide law to discontinue the sale of these flavored tobacco products in Hawaii.