To the service of justice and in accordance of federal directives to lower the California state prison population, the State legislature and Governor should work toward the release of non-violent inmates that who's crimes are no-longer considered illegal.

We live in the richest, most powerful country on the planet, but for years I have been going to bed hungry. My hunger was not for food, but another basic need, similarly essential for my life and well being. My hunger was for the shooting to stop. America has had more mass shootings than there have been days this year. That means, more likely than not, before you sit down to dinner with your family tonight another mass shooting will occur. And as I send my students to the cafeteria for lunch tomorrow, another one. More innocent, unsuspecting lives lost, for nothing. Or more accurately, because the Republican-led Senate has chosen to ignore their constituents’ basic human need for safety. The failure of our Federal government to fulfill its duty to its citizens led me to compound my hunger. That is why I began this hunger strike. One hundred people die every day in America because of gun violence, and my love for those 100 people that are going to die tomorrow, outweighs my desire for a burger today. Originally my focus was on mass shootings. They are so random and get so much media coverage the result can only be terror. But truth be told, as horrific as they are, mass shootings are only a small fraction of the gun violence that is plaguing our nation. Suicides, homicides, domestic violence, accidental shootings are all largely preventable with Common Sense gun legislation. Any good faith movement by the Federal Government on gun violence prevention bills passed by the House and waiting on a vote from the Senate, would be reason to celebrate. And in my case have a taco. But for now, I am following this path. My name is Shai Stephenson and I am Hungry4Change. Are you?

This official petition is requesting that Michael Blakey, National Director, Katya Shalayeva, EXecutive Vice President, and Robert Gandara, Chief Operating Officer for Miss World America, an official Preliminary to Miss World, be removed immediately as National Director and Team. Mr. Blakey and his team have taken advantage of young women in a number of ways. To date, he (nor his staff) can provide an adequate explanation of the scoring process, despite numerous requests. He defrauded all of the contestants by requiring them to purchase a “sponsored custom designed” dress by designer Pol’ Atteu. These dresses were actually purchased from a discount dress website for $39 (teen dress) and $69 (miss dress) and the labels were replaced and sold to all contestants as "custom pieces." Blakey has allowed inappropriate comments of a degrading sexual nature such as "porking contestants" and "throwing them in the pool" to be said about the contestants and women in general on his social media. His only response is a "like" or "stay tuned". Judges were a collection of individuals with varying degrees of criminal charges ranging from fraud, misrepresentation, and drug charges. These individuals were allowed access to contestants on a one-on-one environment during an interview competition. Interview was judged by one individual vs a panel with no ability to provide an unbiased and fair scoring for the event. The values of Miss World are to empower women and to provide them with a platform for personal growth and success, and community involvement. Michael Blakey, Katya Shalayeva, and Robert Gandara do not support nor believe in the Miss World or Miss World America Organizations as their actions are in direct contradiction to core values set in place by Miss World.

President Trump wouldn’t be in power without voter suppression and the broken Electoral College. And time after time, he’s openly abused that power for his own private and political gain. Now, he’s throwing millions of dollars around to blackmail lawmakers and save his own skin. As the House’s impeachment inquiry into the president gains momentum, Trump is resorting to dirty schemes to curry favor with GOP senators -- who’ll serve as jurors in his impeachment trial. He’s tapping his vast fundraising network and urging his wealthiest donors to give money only to those senators who oppose impeachment. Trump is once again abusing his power to send a message: senators who ignore the rule of law and blindly support him will be rewarded -- while those who take seriously their constitutional duty to remain impartial will be punished. AND... because the Supreme Court has declared open season on campaign finance, there is NO LIMIT to how much money the president’s wealthiest donors can contribute at Trump’s direction to the senators who do his bidding -- and the PACs that support them. It’s extremely corrupt -- but probably legal. The only way to stop this is if Republican senators put their country before their party and reject this blatant conflict of interest. That’s we’re calling on every senator -- who will likely soon sit in judgment of the president in the constitutional impeachment process -- to publicly pledge to reject fundraising help from Trump until that process concludes. Add your name to tell them: don’t take President Trump’s dirty money.

To honor the efforts of Matt Holland and his work with the player community.

To honor the efforts of Matt Holland and his work with the player community.

Unfortunately I come from a long line of family members being sexually abused and the abuse being swept under the rug while the abuser is allowed to roam the streets free. Because of the negligence of both my parents my sisters future is in jeopardy. All of my siblings and I have been sexually abused and/or exposed by different individuals and neither of our parents have made the adequate decisions to properly protect us. The objective of this petition is to pass legislation that any person that has been complicit in any minors sexual abuse should be held at the same level of accountability as the actual perpetrator of the abuse.

We must stand against Religious extremism as a paid job in Government. This is paid propaganda out of tax dollars! https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/468437-televangelist-paula-white-joins-white-house-staff?fbclid=IwAR1cztk2EoV5CklPYYbUOZTkPJ_GuiqonaNov5yp2qmO70YwLMeJqubCWXs

A defendant must not be allowed to bribe potential jurors. Potential jurors who have accepted anything, directly or indirectly, from a defendant, must not be allowed to serve on a jury for that defendant.

Trump announced that he plans to station U.S. troops at Syrian oil fields — indefinitely — to "secure the oil" and steal it. It may all seem like just another Trump absurdity. Perhaps a way to distract from his greenlighting of Turkey’s attack on Syrian Kurds, or even his own impeachment troubles. But Trump seems deadly serious — and that’s terrifying. From Iraq to Venezuela to Syria, Trump has openly talked about stealing other countries' oil. And now he's pledging to use the U.S. military to do just that. But let’s be crystal clear, this is illegal and unconstitutional. Here’s the thing. The way this is supposed to work, is Congress decides when and where and whether the U.S. goes to war. It’s a bedrock of our constitutional system of checks and balances — exactly to protect against this kind of disgusting mission. That's why we need to make Congress do its job and block Trump's reckless, exploitative, and destructive foreign policy in Syria. And that means getting loud RIGHT NOW.

Trump may hold the record for the number of FERC Commissioners he's been able to appoint within three years. James Danly is his sixth nominee to the 5-member commission. One of his appointees only stayed a year and another passed away shortly after becoming FERC's chairman. With the exception of the very competent Richard Glick, who Trump appointed to one of the two Democratic seats, his appointees have continued the tradition of rubber-stamping natural gas projects and have ignored even the courts that have told them to consider climate impacts. “And last week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit chastised FERC for its ‘decidedly less-than-dogged efforts to obtain the information it says it would need to determine that downstream greenhouse-gas emissions qualify as a reasonably foreseeable indirect effect’ of a project (Energywire, June 5).” Here we go again. James Danly's confirmation hearing has been scheduled for November 5th. “Evidence of Danly's [approach] might be found in his leading the commission last year [as FERC General Counsel] to abandon the approach it had employed toward evaluating the effects of downstream greenhouse gas emissions from natural gas projects, using authority found in the National Environmental Policy Act." (E&E News, June 10) Please sign our petition calling on the Senate to say NO to making Trump's "humble regulator" a FERC Commissioner.

The spread of false information is prevalent and damaging, and most of it is aimed at personal attacks for political gain. It is estimated that 45% of people get at least some news from Facebook and half of those get it ONLY from Facebook. Mr. Zuckerberg announced that they will do NO fact-checking during this election cycle. In the absence of that, we must demand a responsible approach.