Disturbingly, the Obama administration has criminally prosecuted more whistleblowers under the Espionage Act than all other past administrations combined. The tactic of criminalizing the messenger is timeless, however. For decades, truth-tellers have risked not only their careers but their reputations and freedom to disclose abuses of power that betray the public trust. Government abuse of power is peaking. Thanks to whistleblowers we know that Big Brother has moved into every American’s smart phone and computer. Now more than ever these whistleblowers need your support, and we need theirs. Demand that Congress pass legislation banning retaliatory criminal investigations and prosecutions against whistleblowers! Ironically, while criminal prosecutions are at record highs, the Obama administration has demonstrated unsurpassed leadership in whistleblower protection against job-related retaliation – as demonstrated by passage of the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act (WPEA) last Congress. The point of whistleblower laws such as the WPEA is to encourage employees to report waste, fraud, abuse and substantial threats to public health and safety. Unfortunately, as seen in the recent documentary War on Whistleblowers by Brave New Foundation, criminal prosecutions create a far greater chilling effect than merely demoting or firing a whistleblower. Tell Congress: It should not be legal to prosecute whistleblowers because of activities for which it is illegal to fire them! Whistleblowers who change the course of history are frequently criminalized in the process, even when they act lawfully, only disclosing unclassified information. Thanks to their courage, we know that the government has engaged in: - Extensive domestic surveillance, allowing big brother to tap into your phone lines and email accounts; - Gross misspending (in the billions!) to conduct illegal domestic spying, employing taxpayer dollars to target whistleblowers and media outlets such as the Associated Press; - Torture of prisoners of the "War on Terror” under official U.S. government policy; - Systemic race and gender discrimination within the Department of Energy; - The cancellation of U.S. air marshals on flights during a confirmed overseas terrorist hijacking more ambitious than the 9/11 attacks. Whistleblowers should be rewarded – not faced with jail time – for alerting the public to such threats. Congress must respond to the disturbing abuse of power by the Obama administration. Otherwise, it is the public that loses. Tell your elected leaders today: Ban the criminalization of whistleblowers!

For more than 8 million Floridians, the harsh reality of sequestration is about to hit home. As a direct result of sequester cuts — the across-the-board federal budget cuts that Congress enacted in March — the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is being forced to close offices throughout the country, and they have zeroed in on Tampa and Orlando. This state has the number one foreclosure rate in the nation, with the Tampa Bay area consistently ranking in the top 10 for the highest rates of foreclosures in the country. As Florida has barely begun to recover from the housing crisis, it’s astonishing that the Tampa field office would be put on the chopping block. Not only does it serve the second-largest number of people out of all four of Florida’s offices, but it also serves one of the largest populations in comparison to HUD field offices across the country. A report released last year by the Continuum of Care, led by the Homeless Coalition of Hillsborough County, indicted that Tampa has one of the nation’s highest populations of homeless families with children. HUD brought together eight committees made up of stakeholders, community leaders, and government officials to help address this problem. This is an office that services approximately one-third of Florida’s population. But closing this office will leave Central and Central West Florida citizens, as well as agencies that depend on the local HUD field office and its most valuable assistance and resources, in the dark. We may be able to save the Tampa office, but quick fixes will only work for so long and for some programs. It’s time for our lawmakers on Capitol Hill to act responsibly and pass a fair and responsible long-term budget plan so that communities such as Tampa are able to keep these much-needed resources. HUD should unquestionably remove the Tampa field office from its closure plan or risk seriously jeopardizing the health and welfare of citizens in this region. Help us save the Central West Florida HUD office by signing this petition and asking at least 10 others to join in this campaign for fairness to the citizens of our state.

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World peace I have never been working on this issue before, I work as regrested nurse in Sweden. To create a world without nuclear weapons. The countries who suggest other countries to lay down there nueclear weapons, have to have systems that stick to all ethical and high moral , the principles from old times. All systems should by my opinion follow the norms. They doesnt do that´today. Today "wistleblowers" like Julian Assange, Bradley Manning and Edward Snowden is shut down becaurse they point on the systems who is failing.They did not do anything more than used there courage to put the light on failures the system done.To make them to the problems is wrong way. If the world shall have a change, all countries need to admit the omission and make a change so the other countries can se with trust on the vestworld and understand there is a good intention behind the messages. How should it be possible to get a solution fast as the situation demands? To accapt that people in the system did thing's as was not so good for the human race.Instead of trying to hide it. There is always a caurse for everything and we are all under some kind of influence, so the rest of the world have to learn to forgive people that did wrong. We have to create a 0-leavel for blame in the same time clean all systems to the better and work with the principals as we know from oldtimes. Sorry for my broken enghish and thank you for reading. Have a nice day all of you and thank you for working for a better planet.

In honor of the work and ministry of the late Bishop John Vincent Jr, and the many of dedicated years of faithful service and contributions to the greater Tulsa community and surrounding areas, we are requesting the re-naming of the street "Fairview" on the corner of 570 NORTH Denver/Fairview in his honor, thus preserving his incredible legacy. Therefore we humbly submit this petition and thank you in advance for your willingness to acknowledge our request.

Lifetime should not be showing a film about this murder until the entire trial including the penalty phase is completed. It will possibly taint the new jury for the penalty phase and it is disrespectful to the Alexander family to show it before justice has been completely served

Health and Happiness,The more the manis aware ,the better he is and more use ful than for cash value Gratitude

Whole Foods Chooses Animal Abusers over Animal Rescuers Animal Haven, a small vegan Hawai`i animal rescue, was contracted by Whole Foods stores there to pick up scrap produce to feed to their animals and use the waste for growing more food to feed to the animals. Recently, they sided with animal abusers, and decided to let the rescue animals starve. They chose to side with green washers who use pigs as eating machines and landfill most of the food Contact the Whole Foods board memebers listed below -Tell them to choose animal rescuers over animal abusers. -Tell them every vote you make with your dollars will go for people who help animals, not people who abuse them for fun and profit. -Ask them why they say that they apply animal welfare standards to suppliers, while clearly not applying them to every pig abuser that picks up, and landfills their scrap produce. Dr. John B. Elstrott, Chairperson email: [email protected] phone: (504) 865-5462 John Mackey, Co-Founder, Co-Chief Executive Officer and Director email: [email protected] phone: 512-477-4455 Walter Robb, Co-Chief Executive Officer and Director email: [email protected] phone: 512.542.0390

Small retail businesses are having to accommodate many thousands of different state and local tax codes and be subjected to enforcement by out-of state revenue boards in out of state courts. With no system available to apply appropriate taxes at the time of purchase, the businesses will be forced to raise prices by up to 10% to cover the various taxes once all records are reconciled.

Rape is a brutal attack. First, Missouri Republican Congressman Todd Akin made the infamous "legitimate rape" remarks. And today, while debating restricting a woman's right to choose, Congressman Trent Franks claimed that “the incidence of rape resulting in pregnancy are very low.” Rape isn't some political game. These sort of remarks have no basis in fact and show no understanding of the trauma that women go through.

The US Government is going the route of George Orwell's 1984. The outright and unlawful actions they have taken "to protect us' is based on fear-mongering and a carefully calculated campaign machine designed to infiltrate our lives and takes us one step closer to the possibility of tyranny and oppression. Each little of power the government takes is power they never give back. It's time to give it back. In order to do so people have to understand that this is a gateway problem. Today, it's watching us. Tomorrow it's oppressing us. It doesn't matter if you're doing nothing wrong so you don't care if they're watching you. You should simply care that they are doing it. In a country that is supposed to be the home of the free shouldn't we feel free? Do you feel free if every move you make is monitored? Do you think you're free when there are people who have unfettered access to all your private communications? Do you think you're free when you can innocently say a keyword or combination of keywords that will instantaneously add you to the NSA watchlist? You're not. In order to be the land of the free and the home of the brave we have to do things right. That means respecting the constitution, our rights to freedom, our respect for each other and most of all - to not give into a fear that is generated through acts of terror. Never let an act of terror manipulate you. Stay strong, stay brave, stay a hero.

Congressman Kevin McCarthy's vote to defund Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) was a major disappointment to me and other constituents of the Central Valley. These students want nothing more than to contribute as productive citizens to the country they call home. His vote proposes to deprive the world of the contributions these young people could make in the future. ¡Sí Se Puede! Dolores Huerta President Dolores Huerta Foundation