The residents of Prince George's County are shocked and surprised to see the Maryland NAACP and the local Prince George's County Chapter of the NACCP support the construction of the MAGLEV. The project will not create 74,000 construction jobs as they like to claim. It may not also create 1500 permanent jobs because of technological innovation and automation. The proposed routes will travel through communities of color such as Bladensburg, Beacon Heights, Laurel, Riverdale, Hyattsville, Greenbelt, Beltsville, Brentwood, and Lanham.

This petition aims in one more way to preserve democracy against the violations of the Trump administration and the current Attorney General. Right now, instead of an independent judiciary, it seems we have a ventriloquist's dummy in the office of Attorney General. This is a violation of the US Constitution which wisely created three SEPARATE branches of government. If the Attorney General simply does the bidding of the President, the people have no legal defense against the President's violations of our democratic rights.

Twitter by its own rules should block Donald Trump when he uses Twitter as his mouthpiece for spreading his hateful ideology: "You may not promote violence against, threaten, or harass other people on the basis of race, ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, religious affiliation, age, disability, or serious disease" (Twitter Safety policy).

We the people would like to have a discussion about the current state of garbage pickup in Greece, NY. We need to find a solution to the pricing issue for all of the town's citizens.

I am starting a petition to get the support and cooperation of the local community to fight against these rules pressed against Deer Lakes Bowl; to get permission from the West Deer Township, Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board, and the Pennsylvania State Police, to allow Deer Lakes Bowl to have live music, every Saturday, on the outdoor patio!

I have paid over $3000 to work for free, which includes tuition, athletic fee, campus health fee, and other campus-based fees when the internship was 2.5 hours from campus. Total income for 10 weeks of 40hrs/week; $0.00 dollars Any politician who claims to want to make college more affordable - and/or - supports a $15 /hr minimum wage but does not pay all college interns is a lying hypocrite.

ICE is a federal entity, operating in an unconstitutional manner and with cruelty as its motivating principle. It was created in haste after 9/11 without proper oversight and functions now with fear and cruelty as its motivating principles. When local law enforcement gets involved with ICE, they no longer are serving the community, but abdicating authority to the federal government and becoming part of evil, inhumane practices. This is not how our communities are kept safe -- this is how we are told to live in fear and distrust our neighbors.

We learned a crucial lesson after 2016, that US voter data was processed abroad by a defense contractor based in the United Kingdom. The British authorities declared that had Cambridge Analytica not abruptly ceased operations, it would have been fined and prosecuted for committing mass data abuse under UK law which prohibits political profiling without consent and data rights. We reject the notion that it is acceptable for campaigns to employ international vendors. We further reject the notion that it is appropriate for entities that also contract with militaries should be able to also work on political campaigns. This did not happen before 2016 and it should never happen again. We demand the right to know about our data, who is collecting it, how it is being processed, used, and shared. We demand to know if it includes inferences made about us and it attempts to predict our behaviors and beliefs. All corporations, organizations, political parties and campaigns must be required to disclose our data to us when we request it. There must be criminal penalties for corporate officers who refuse to comply with disclosure orders. Companies must not be able to use bankruptcy law to evade accountability for data crimes. We demand the right to refuse that our data be collected, processed, and stored. We must not be penalized for taking our data back from those that seek to harvest it. Data privacy cannot become a new luxury for only those that can afford it. We demand that lawmakers stand up to the powerful lobbies that aggressively work to weaken laws that seek to protect and limit the use of data. We demand that the industry lobby stand down and let us be granted true data rights. Industries that profit from our data owe it to our democracy that sustains their businesses. It is time for them to allow their business models to be disrupted by the necessity to grant all residents of the USA the essential data rights to sustain election integrity. All 200 million registered voters in the US were victims of mass data abuse that was used to weaponize political media against individual voters without their knowledge or consent. We must confront the new powers of political technology and algorithmic social media to diminish the integrity of free and fair elections. The same tools used to sell ski vacations and skin creams are being used to let candidates chose their voters while finding other voters than can be dissuaded from voting. Disinformation can be untraceable because tech platforms and advertising networks grant maximum privacy to advertisers and minimal privacy to voters. Democracy is not assured without fundamental data rights.

Paired with our unparalleled natural resources, our picturesque communities offer Mainers’ powerful economic growth tools. Our built environment is recognized as an incredibly rich resource that has not yet been deeply tapped to deliver value. These two bills provide a powerful tool for local economic and community revitalization, supporting governmental bodies, nonprofit organizations, and citizens in their mission to rehabilitate and preserve historic buildings. Our historic buildings are not only important to our cultural heritage, they are a valuable investment in our future. Buildings benefiting from these funds will be substantive drivers of activity in their communities. Rehabilitated and preserved buildings: --generate revenue from property and sales taxes; --create jobs, strengthening the local and state economies, --foster a strong sense of place that tourists love (tourism is our #1 economic driver) and locals need to maintain and deepen their ties to their neighbors and their community; --maximize conservation efforts by recycling buildings; -- provide attractive public spaces for citizens to meet, do business, and recreate; and --serve as a generational bridge to the history of our state; they articulate the story we tell about ourselves.

Sexually exploiting underage girls is a heinous crime that should not be protected by political affiliation. Epstein should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

Blessings, Russel Renny Harris was convicted of conspiracy, murder, a sale and possession of controlled substances and sentenced to 48 and one-third years to life. Sadly, on December 16, 1991, on Beekman Avenue in the Bronx people lost their lives in a brutal senseless attack. Renny has already served 26 years and some months making him eligible for clemency or pardon. Renny used his time during incarceration to better himself, serving as a mentor to younger incarcerated individuals. He has maintained an above average academic, work and disciplinary history which shows his maturation. Those who have visited, corresponded and speak to him have seen, read and heard his growth. Petitioning for clemency would serve as another vehicle by which to obtain his freedom. Clemency or pardon is most commonly available to permit a judgment of conviction to set aside where there is overwhelming and convincing proof of evidence not available at time of conviction. There is nothing compelling the Honorable Governor Kathy Hochul to grant clemency to an actually innocent defendant. Hopefully, with the past and continued support of his devoted and loving family as well as friends, the Honorable Governor Kathy Hochul will see Russel Harris has a chance to productively, successfully and positively integrate himself back into his community and society.

In Lane County, the Point-in-Time report showed we had a 44% increase in the total number of people experiencing unsheltered homelessness. On the night of the count, more than 2,000 people lacked housing and adequate standards of living. Homelessness leads to other human rights violations among the most vulnerable. Women face violence and sexual abuse. Persons who are rendered homeless are challenged to survive. There are thousands of people living in their vehicles and outdoors in our community. We need policies that do not ignore this reality but instead take actions that address this crisis immediately. Some of the immediate areas a housing and homeless state of emergency declaration can address, which would help make the TAC report implementation possible are: expanding safe and legal parking places for individuals and families living in RVs or other vehicles; developing year-round campgrounds; permitting alternative shelter options that allow people to stay with their pets, partners and possessions; initiating a temporary moratorium on the conversion of affordable housing into other uses; expediting permitting and siting for building more affordable housing units; facilitating more mobile-home park and Single Room Occupancy buildings (SROs); and putting vacant buildings, such as the Armory, into service for winter and extreme weather events. An emergency declaration could help streamline government procedures in order to act more quickly and utilize our community resources more effectively. Please move this forward to help eliminate the systemic barriers to equitable treatment and address this escalating human rights crisis that is homelessness in Lane County.