The Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution states, “No person shall be deprived of … property, without due process of law.” This provision, known as the Takings Clause, protects citizens from unreasonable government seizure of private property. However, now President Trump is looking to take private land from property owners who live near the US-Mexico border for his political border wall stunt. According to a recently released Quinnipiac University poll, a majority of Americans don't believe that Trump's wall is need to secure the border, it wouldn't make the U.S. safer, and it would not be a good use of taxpayer money. We reject Trump's border wall land grab. It's clearly an unreasonable government seizure of private property. Eminent domain should not be used for political stunts. The Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security must refuse to take property from citizens for political purposes.

My son is looking at serious time for a crime he committed. We are asking the judge to consider his mental illness in any plea deal negotiations and include services not simply state prison.

When a supervisor or co-worker puts-down, sabotages, or otherwise humiliates, threatens, or intimidates an employee, it makes life miserable for that employee day after day. Workplace abuse is about those in power having too much power and grossly misusing it, often causing anxiety, depression, insomnia, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), and suicidal thoughts with workers. It chips away at mental health, ruins self-esteem, and denies targets the dignity they deserve. Think domestic abuse but at work — with the same gradual feelings of low self-worth, self-blame, and isolation. Workplace abuse is a serious national problem. According to the Workplace Bullying Institute, the foremost U.S. expert, it's four times more common than sexual harassment or racial discrimination on the job. Over a third of workers — "60.4 million — are affected by it" and experience or witness bullying during their working lives.

Donald Trump has demonstrated his disrespect for the American people by refusing to make public his tax records. The American people deserve to know if their president is working in the interests of foreign agents. They also have a right to know if he has evaded his responsibilities to pay his fair share of taxes. Only by seeing his tax returns can we obtain answers to these essential questions. Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee Rep. Richard Neal, the only Democrat with the power to request the president’s tax returns, has inexplicably delayed making the request despite overwhelming support from the American people. Tell Richard Neal that we have waited long enough to see the president’s tax returns.

I am a first generation dairyman who owns a small dairy. I love my job and the animals and with milk prices so low we are having to borrow money just to feed the cows and stay in business and work 16 to 18 hours a day. Our cows are our family and we are being forced to think about getting rid of them because of the small dairy economy.

Bazaar Cafe has re-opened and is applying for its Limited Live Performance (LLP) permit.

I've been personally affected by Grace. I am concerned that we cannot hear her.

Let's stop preventable accidents on this corner. Something needs to be done!

Scientists have proven that climate change is occurring quickly mainly due to human activity. According to some experts, we have only about 12 years before this change is irreversible. I am a senior citizen with no children, so I will probably not be alive to see the truly catastrophic effects of our current policies. However, I have witness the majesty of the Earth and its life forms. I don't want our planet to become uninhabitable to the living things that bring such beauty and meaning to our lives.

In October, 2018, I went to the emergency room and found out my court ordered health insurance was terminated by my former spouse in July. I didn't have the money to take him to court and didn't have the money to get the necessary treatment. I also started to receive letters from doctors that I had seen in the previous months demanding pay because the insurance payout had to be returned to my former insurance company. My situation and situations similar to mine are common. We can support the stabilization of families with Medicare For All.

We attempted to get a visa for Canadian theater artists to come to the United States to perform their award winning disability theater play "Crippled." Even with the support of Actors' Equity Association, the Canada Council on the Arts, academics and professors in the field, disability activists, and theater practitioners we were denied by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services. You can read their denial letter at http://www.theexit.org/uscis-denial-ltr-2-2-2019.pdf . US immigration policy for artists, as interpreted by USCIS, is unduly restrictive, does not protect the security of the US, and impedes international cultural exchanges. This petition seeks to create a clear and limited policy that would allow theater and other performing artists, who already have the legal right to be in the United States, to perform for a limited period of time.

I am fed up with having to stand at check out lines where these tabloids are staring me in the face.