Terry Jones is a so called pastor who is trying to start a religious war with the followers of Islam. He began by burning a Koran and posting the recording on YouTube. Then he promoted a hate film which has inflamed Islamist extremists, and led to the death of our Ambassador to Libya, and three other American diplomats. We can't give them peace or justice, but we can prevent this fanatic from spreading his hate. Tell YouTube to remove his hateful rants.

One year ago, Troy Davis was executed in Georgia. In the days leading up to his execution, he said “This movement to end the death penalty, to seek true justice, to expose a system that fails to protect the innocent must be accelerated. There are so many more Troy Davis’. This fight to end the death penalty is not won or lost through me but through our strength to move forward and save every innocent person in captivity around the globe. We need to dismantle this unjust system city by city, state by state and country by country.” And that's exactly what we're doing in California this November with Proposition 34. Prop. 34 replaces the death penalty with life in prison with absolutely no chance of parole. A “Yes on 34” vote guarantees we will never execute an innocent person like Troy Davis and it will also save the state of California $1 billion in five years. Prop. 34 in endorsed by the California Nurses Association, the California Labor Federation, the California League of Women Voters, the California Democratic Party, the California NAACP, and the California Catholic Conference of Bishops. Please join us in pledging to vote YES on Proposition 34 to ensure California never executes an innocent person.

Immediate action should be taken to correct problems at The Topeka Correctional Facility! Noone should be subjected to any sexual misconduct or abuse.

"What I think a town hall meeting is, is when you put out the word to a community a week ahead of time, you secure a location and you tell people it's either a general town hall meeting on any issue or a specific town hall meeting on an issue like health care, and you let everybody speak." Ironically, those were the words of our Congressman Mike Fitzpatrick back in 2010 when he was calling on his opponent to hold town hall meetings. But 2010 seems like the distant past. Avoiding town halls like the plague is the new strategy many members of Congress are using to steer clear of backlash over controversial votes on the Ryan Budget, the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy and earmarks for their wealthy donors. Unfortunately, Congressman Fitzpatrick is no different. Over the last eight months, Congressman Fitzpatrick has held no public town halls. That’s right, ZERO. That’s why we are calling on our Congressman Mike Fitzpatrick to hold a large public (publicized in advance) town hall in the coming weeks before the election. Congressman Fitzpatrick’s absence is not going unnoticed. Last week, the Bucks County Courier Times ran a front-page article on the fact that Congressman Fitzpatrick no longer holds public town halls. In the article, Rep. Fitzpatrick’s chief of staff claims that groups like PA Working Families are scaring him away from having town hall meetings. As a member of Congress, Mike Fitzpatrick controls military funding, foreign policy and the budget of the wealthiest nation in the world. He should not be running scared from us. We are Medicare recipients afraid of losing our benefits. We are retirees counting on Social Security to be there when we need it. And we are cancer survivors whose lives depend on health care reform. We want Congressman Fitzpatrick to know that we are his constituents and we won’t bite. We just want him to answer some questions on his votes on Medicare and other issues that affect our lives. We want real communication from him, not more campaign ads paid for by corporate donors and lobbyists. Please join us in calling on Rep. Fitzpatrick to live up to his duties as a public servant and meet with all of his constituents, not just the ones who agree with him. As long as Congressman Fitzpatrick collects a $174,000 salary provided by our tax dollars, he should be willing to meet with us. Thanks for helping us hold our elected officials accountable. Sincerely, Walter, Monica and Brenda Walter “Budd” Heinz, Levittown resident, cancer survivor Monica Tomlinson, Bristol resident, Medicare recipient Brenda McCullough, Newtown resident, future Medicare recipient

Ed Diana and the OC Legislature are using divisive tactics to delay maintenance while the historic Paul Rudolph Government Building continues to disintegrate. His plan is to stall until the building is beyond repair then stick the taxpayers with the bill to replace this perfectly useful building with a new monument to politics.

What seems to have been lost in all of the rhetoric is the belief that we can isolate an issue and simply vote on it. Most issues involving the economy, energy, environment, government, and jobs are interrelated. We can solve this in a way that benefits mankind and the country by mandating this one thing.

Petition to the state assembly and Governor of New York, requesting support for worker cooperatives and non-profit real estate trusts in low income communities in New York City.

As a constituent of Paul Ryan's I am appalled that he won't even respond to debate requests. Congressman Ryan and his Democratic congressional challenger Rob Zerban present drastically different visions for the future of the country and we deserve the opportunity to hear our candidates debate. Will you stand with me and Wisconsin's 1st Congressional District and demand that Paul Ryan comes back and debates Rob Zerban?

Fair Elections Now! Instead of focusing on their constituents and the important issues of the day, elected officials in Washington spend too much time raising money from wealthy donors and lobbyists – often from the very industries they’re supposed to oversee! It’s time to get our leaders out of the fundraising game and let them do the jobs we’ve elected them to do. The best way to do that is to pass the Fair Elections Now Act. Under such a system, qualified candidates who take no contributions larger than $100 can run for Congress on a blend of small donations and public funds. This bill already has more than 150 cosponsors. If your Representative is one of them, please thank him or her. If your Representative has not yet signed on as a cosponsor, please ask him or her to do so right away! (When you enter your address below, our system will look up the name of your Representative and his/her co-sponsor status.) Take action today!

Scott Van Nuzer, owner of Big Apple Pizza in Ft. Pierce, FL. had a picture of him giving the President a hug go viral. Since then some very hateful people have suggested boycotting Big Apple Pizza and some have even written negative comments about his business on Yelp simply due to his hugging the President. Please show your support for Big Apple Pizza by signing this petiton, ordering his pizza (buycott instead of boycott), and/or writing words of support on Yelp or other business rating sites.

It is time to end inequity in Public Schools. Any child should be allowed to enroll in any public school they have transportation options to and from, regardless of school district, county or state lines.

In 2008, The Supreme Court decided that corporations can use their money to buy political speech during peak campaign seasons. As a result, independent corporate political speech is now protected under the First Amendment. According to the Supreme Court, money becomes speech when corporations use money to speak. This makes corporations entitled to First Amendment free speech protection. Now, according to the Supreme Court, money is speech which makes corporations persons. This tortured and butchered logic underpinned the High Courts ruling in the Citizens United case. Citizens United wanted to use corporate money to air a film critical of Hillary Clinton which would have violated The McCain–Feingold campaign finance reform Act. The Supreme Court overturned the law on First Amendment grounds. The law previously prohibited "electioneering communication" by corporations.