American Democracy is at stake

technically because the electoral college is so badly skewed, it is possible for a candidate to lose the general election by 10 million votes and still win the electoral college. It is a disgrace!

technically because the electoral college is so badly skewed, it is possible for a candidate to lose the general election by 10 million votes and still win the electoral college. It is a disgrace!

Some people can't afford to go out and replace worn and torn clothing. I and every other student/parent can agree. When a child with a small hole in there Jean's above the knee walk in to a place of learning, it's not something an administrator should call out and get a parent riled up about. If a girl walks in with a crop top showing an inch of her midriff that she worked hard to provide for herself it is NOT an administrator place to call her parents and send her home. In all reality no one cares what a student is wearing. We are not wearing it to provoke anyone in any way. Sending home a child because of their clothes is an issue especially when counting them absent and provoking truancy.

On February 11, 2020, Senators Ron Wyden (D-OR), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Mark Warner (D-VA) each attempted to introduce a separate election security bill through a 'request for unanimous consent' of the full Senate. The bills included the SAFE Act and two bills that would require campaigns to report offers of foreign assistance, including donations or coordination, to the FEC and the FBI. If a foreign government offers to interfere to help a campaign, Senator Warner chided, "the appropriate response is not to say thank you. The appropriate response is to call the FBI." Senator Blumenthal warned that after the Senate Republicans' acquittal of Trump, "There is no doubt that he will only be emboldened in his efforts to illegally enlist foreign governments in his re-election campaign." Under the 'request for unanimous consent' rules, only one senator need object. In this instance a Republican senator from Tennessee objected three times and quickly halted consideration of all three bills. In their defense, Republicans might say the Senate has already passed election security measures, which is true. $380 million was appropriated by Congress in 2018 to states for election security and another $425 million appropriated in the 2020 budget. (The House appropriated $600 million this year., but as talked about above the Senate won't pass it.) But Wyden counters, "Any bill that gives hundreds of millions of dollars to states without requiring that states use paper ballots, conduct audits, and follow basic cybersecurity standards, is a nonstarter . . ." Wyden continues, “America is 266 days away from the 2020 election, and Majority Leader McConnell has yet to take any concrete steps to protect our federal elections from hacking or foreign interference." He adds that refusing to take even the simple step included in one of the bills that would ban states from connecting their voting machines to the internet is like "stashing our ballots in the Kremlin." It's time American voters demand the SAFE Act be passed as soon as possible. Demand that adequately funded comprehensive election protections be in place and well functioning in time for this year’s election. With persistence and focused participation, perhaps we can – together – make this issue a public priority, a media priority and even -- perhaps grudgingly -- a Senate priority! A vision that should certainly be attainable in a country still referred to as the greatest democracy on earth. PS: Please share this information with your friends. If they do not want their names on the petition they can contact their senators by phone, mail or email by going to their websites found at this address: https://contactsenators.com/ Obviously, the more voices the better! Thank you for your participation!

Fox News, because of the stupidity of the cable model, where consumers pay for channels they never watch, profits from the people they denigrate on a daily basis. If cable providers are faced with losing hundreds of thousands of subs, maybe they will move Fox News to a tier where only the people who want to receive the service will pay for it. That will significantly hurt how much money they make from subscription and from advertisers.

Attorney General William Barr has falsely presented the findings of the Mueller Report to the American public, Mr. Barr has traveled to various other countries acting as an emissary for Donald Trump, President of the United States, and he has become involved in decreasing Federal sentencing guidelines for Roger Stone. We believe Mr. Barr is acting on behalf of the personal interests of President Trump and against the interests of the citizens of the United States who in this instance is his client.

Trump is running victory laps. He is ranting that the Senate acquittal vote proves that the impeachment business was phony, a persecution by his enemies. He is firing officials who testified against him, and deriding the Democratic leadership. In contrast, Clinton, who was impeached for lying to Congress about a sexual relationship with an intern, expressed shame and remorse. Trump must be made to understand that he did something wrong and can be held accountable, not just by Democrats but also by members of his own party. Whereas a vote to convict takes 67 senators, it only takes 51 senators to pass a resolution to censure. More than 4 GOP senators have said his behavior vis-a-vis the Ukrainian fund was (and continues to be) unacceptable. Recently, 8 GOP senators voted for the Iran War Powers Resolution, which says that Trump must have Congressional approval to start a war with Iran. Manchin’s Censure Resolution was introduced just before the final vote on Trump’s guilt, and was tabled at that time. The Senate may well be ready to pick it up again, in the light of his recent actions. Please sign and spread this petition to everyone you know who cares about the Constitution and maintaining our democracy.

Going to the voting booth is NOT ENOUGH !! I live in Idaho. I will be there. That is the kind of commitment we need to send this message and get results. He is the enemy of every US citizen and needs to be stopped; Mitch McConnell and Lindsey Graham as well.

One more act of a "unitary" view of the presidency, for which Trump is completely incapable of understanding; we are at the doorstep of slipping into authoritarianism, and this president will do everything in his power to make sure we don't have independence in our Judiciary system.

Don't want him one day more scared of what he might do next

Censure is a moral statement on immoral behavior. While this president and his supporters stonewalled the Impeachment trial and made it a farce, this is an historical footnote on that behavior that will follow him to his grave and into history. He should not get off with an acquittal; this will say why and how he did it in the most shameful way conceivable and condemn him for it.