I am asking federal and state legislators to take action to address Facebook's discriminatory practice of bias against Minority Communities (People of Color, Women, and the LGBTQ). Facebook's employees consistently block and censor facebook participants that post comments that make Christian, White, Males, with right-wing political leanings uncomfortable. These comments are consistently tagged with being against community standards, yet when a second review is requested the second reviewer reposts the comment and restores the commenters account access. If the poster does not request a review, which is often the case the commenter is unnecessarily denied account access In effect, facebook's employees with the lack of oversight by executive management have created "jim crow" practices to silence the voices of Minority Communities on social media. I and others have been repeatedly censured, blocked, or have comments removed simply because facebook's employees are uncomfortable with comments that address and call out racism, the criminality of the current administration and the privilege and entitlement White, European-Americans in the USA. On December 23, I posted the comment " I look forward to the imprisonment of tRump and eventual execution for HIGH TREASON", after reading a second child had been died while illegally detained at the USA and Mexico border. My comment addressed this administration's possible treason, racist policies and incompetent execution of their duties. My comment was reported and the first reviewer stated it was against facebook's bullying policy and against community standards. My comment was based on the fact that execution is an accepted sentence for HIGH TREASON. At around 6:00 that evening I requested a secondary review. At a little past 11:30 pm facebook that night, I received an apology they got it wrong, they had reposted my comment and would restore my account access. My account was never restored because some facebook employees felt entitled to block my account. Everyday since 12/23/18, I requested through facebook's process that they need to again review their documentation and restore my account. Everyday for the last THIRTY DAYS my request was ignored. It was ignored because facebook's employees believe they are entitled to ignore citizens of the Minority Community, and especially Women of Color. AND KNEW NO ACTION WOULD BE TAKEN FOR THE CENSORSHIP OF A WOMEN OF COLOR BECAUSE THEY HAVE DECIDED TO SILENCE MINORITY VOICES! I want both state and federal legislators to review facebook's documentation for their review process, and resulting actions based on race, color, and orientation. Based upon my experience and anecdotal comments from others, "Minority" (Women, People of Color, and LGBTQ) communities are ''policed" at highers rates than right-wing, White, Males on facebook. The verbal abuse, slurs, threats, and stalking allowed by this group on facebook is against community standards yet consistently allowed after review by facebook employees. And too often, the reporter is provided with the glib suggestion by the facebook employee to "block" the commenter has become the standard mode or operation for when "Minorities" report posts on facebook. Please join me in ensuring Facebook is held accountable and their employees are not allowed to censor the voices of People of Color, Women and the LGBTQ community to enforce a Right-wing propaganda agenda. If you have also been subject to their employees sliding scale of review please share your story with your legislators BELOW IS MY DOCUMENTED REVIEW BY FACEBOOK ON 12/23 Your reply Dec 23, 2018 You let us know you don't think your post should be deleted. We're reviewing your comment Dec 23, 2018 Someone will be taking another look at this post. Your comment is back on Facebook Dec 23, 2018 We're sorry we got this wrong. We reviewed your post again and it does follow our Community Standards. We appreciate you taking the time to request a review. Your feedback helps us do better.

Because the only way to get their attention is to NOT give them the attention they crave. Maybe then we can open the Government back up and stop using furloughed workers as hostages!

Villas Property Management, There has been a sharp increase in car break-ins in our apartment complex during the past few months. The residents of Villas at Oakwell Farms pay to live in a gated community with a security guard with the belief that our property, ourselves, and our loved ones will be safe. Since the car break-ins have increased, the Villas has provided no response to how safety measures will be improved to prevent future break-ins from occurring. We believe this inaction is negligent especially since reports of theft have been increasingly reported to the Villas management. We, the residents, demand: 1. A meeting for the entire apartment complex that addresses the following: a. Inform residents of all security issues that have occurred in the past 12 months: car vandalism, car break-in, property damage, theft, burglary, and assault and the steps the Villas has taken to address these security issues. b. Inform residents about security measures the Villas will take including but not limited to: i. Having security guards make hourly rounds around the entirety of the apartment complex ii. Installing two security cameras per building iii. Hiring another security guard, outlining their hours on duty, job description, and frequency and areas of patrol iv. Timely address of broken gate issues and notifying residents via email or text when the gate is malfunctioning so they can take actions to protect themselves and their property If preventative measures do not take place within a month, we demand that our rent is decreased by 10% because we no longer live in an apartment complex that can meet our security demands.

I am starting this petition because Burlington, NC doesn't have a street that honors Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. I feel like this would show the community unity. We have a confederate solider statue in Graham, NC, so why can't we have a street named after such an honorable and astute man as Dr. King.

There is no reason except interest group driven domestic politics that Cuba should be the only non-conflict country in the world for which the US government requires its citizens to have a license to travel. While the door has opened considerably, too many Americans fear they do not qualify to explore Cuba independently or cannot afford the high costs of group travel. The emerging private sector in Cuba has been badly damaged by the decline during the Trump Administration of self-directed visitors from the US. Polls show as many as 81% of Americans, including 57% of Cuban Americans, favor normal freedom of travel. Bipartisan majorities in both the Senate and House are also in support, but it has been a low priority issue that faces opposition from a few powerful politicians. The removal of virtually all US Consular staff from Havana has crippled normal visa procedures for Cubans, requiring they make expensive and time-consuming trips to third countries that are uncertain of success. The US obligation to provide 20,000 migratory visas annually is far from fulfilled. Educational, professional and cultural exchange and business missions have become impractical for most Cubans who want to visit the US. Greater travel in both directions is essential for mutual understanding and trust building to achieve real normalization of relations.

Shooting's, stabbings right in our residential neighborhood. Our kids playing on the streets and drunks parking in front of our homes to avoid detection from police. Wandering our streets after closings causing disruption in the middle of the night. Gunfire so close to where our children play and sleep. This place must be closed. A residential neighborhood is no place for that kind of business.

Our Representative in Congress, Tom McClintock, voted 12 times to keep the government shut down over the last month. While Trump finally relented, we could be back in the same mess in three weeks unless Congress takes action now. Every day the government was shut down, the U.S Forest Service was not working to prevent the next round of catastrophic wildfires from destroying our communities, and the Park Service was not protecting or managing OUR lands. When the government was shut down, the FBI, TSA, air traffic controllers and the Coast Guard were all hobbled. Tax refunds were not processed. Thousands of our neighbors were sitting at home, looking for jobs, or forced to work without pay. The shutdown cost the U.S. economy $11 billion. All for a wall that we don't need or want, and that Mexico was supposed to pay for! Tom McClintock once again sacrificed his constituents and communities for far-right ideology and allegiance to Donald Trump. Tell him you expect him to start representing the people and lands of the 4th district, by voting against any more government shutdowns! Thank you for taking action.

Protect women's right and autonomy over their bodies. This bill will be considered during the next legislative session which begins in early March and will likely pass if we don't make our voices heard. Republican lawmakers argue that a fetus is a "functioning human being." A fetus is not a "functioning human being" as it cannot survive outside the womb. Typically a pregnancy is not viable outside of the womb until at least 24 weeks.

Senator Mike Regan's Critical Infrastructure Protection Act (CIPA) is taken right from a model ALEC bill designed to quash pipeline protest. See their model bill here. https://www.alec.org/model-policy/critical-infrastructure-protection-act/ We have a chance to stop this bill before it's introduced if we can pressure our PA senators to refuse to co-sponsor it. Please sign and share our petition! Read Regan's Co-Sponsorship Memo herer. https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/Legis/CSM/showMemoPublic.cfm?chamber=S&SPick=20190&cosponId=27828&fbclid=IwAR2jIBaxQive1M5l_2FREGdLjVNqFLwP44soJZmPTmztxW3BYL9U1GP5BII

I'm sick and tired of watching our democracy be sold out by big money interests. We need to demand Representation By The People, For The People! Stop the dismantling of democracy!

As someone who plans on enlisting I do not think its fair to discriminate one one person enlisting because of our political views.

In a stunning revelation, the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) says that not only were "thousands" more migrant children separated by the Trump administration than previously known, but that they don't even know how many children were taken away from their families because of failures to track families as they were being separated! To date, no one has been held accountable for this ethical and humanitarian disaster. Instead President Trump continues to demand more funding for the very agencies that separate children as a condition for reopening the government, including demanding funding that would pay for 52,000 detention beds to jail immigrant families, money to hire more agents for separating kids, and even seeking to eliminate protections for asylum seeking kids arriving at the border without a parent! The Trump administration’s policy of purposeful child separation is a moral failure for our nation, inflicting deep trauma on already vulnerable children. Moreover, the anxiety and distrust children suffer when they are institutionalized away from loved ones can cause long-lasting mental and physical health problems, particularly for small children who need personal attention in their formative years. Children who experience extended separation from their parents as a result of incarceration or detention are at increased risk of facing a variety of physical, mental, and behavioral health issues throughout the rest of their lives. In fact, this type of child-parent separation is classified as a specific type of trauma: an adverse childhood experience (ACE). Family detention is not only cruel, but also more expensive than alternatives to family detention, such as the Family Case Management Program (FCMP) that the Trump administration terminated it in 2017. Under the Family Case Management Program, children and their parents were placed into a program that provided individualized family service plans and had a proven 99% success rate ensuring the family attended their hearings. The Family Case Management Program cost only $36 per family per day, in comparison to family detention, which costs on average $798 for a family (2.5 individuals). Take action! Say NO to family separation!