Johnson Brothers Liquor believes North Dakotans are Worth Less. They are demanding hardworking families make less than other parts of the country. Stand with North Dakota Workers as they fight for what they deserve. Tell them they should be a company who treat their workers with respect! Tell them JBL employees are not second rate! JBL Employees who do the same job as other parts of the country should be able to receive the same, too. They should NOT make less for the same exact job.

Former U.S. President Barack Obama is coming to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign on September 7, to receive an award for “ethics in government.” [1] Barack Obama’s career in government has a gruesome moral stain, for which he still has the opportunity to make restitution. In March 2015, as President of the United States, Barack Obama approved U.S. military intervention in Yemen on behalf of Saudi Arabia. The subsequent unnecessary and unjustified Saudi war and blockade in Yemen has created the worst humanitarian crisis in the world, with millions of human beings pushed deliberately to the brink of starvation, a “famine” imposed by Saudi Arabia, the U.S. and Britain akin to the British-imposed “Great Famine” in Ireland between 1845 and 1849. Obama’s unnecessary and unjustified military intervention on behalf of the Saudis in Yemen was and remains unconstitutional and illegal. It occurred and is ongoing without having been authorized by Congress, in flagrant violation of Article I of the Constitution and the War Powers Resolution of 1973. “It’s not a radical idea” to speak out against this ongoing, illegal U.S.-enabled Saudi atrocity. Senator Bernie Sanders said on September 1: “We must end U.S. support for this disastrous war in Yemen. It is also long past time that we begin to take a very hard look at our relationship with Saudi Arabia.” [2] Barack Obama isn’t President of the United States anymore. But that doesn’t end his personal moral responsibility for the ongoing atrocities of the U.S.-backed Saudi famine-war in Yemen. The atrocities of the U.S.-Saudi war in Yemen continue today. Just last month the U.S. helped Saudi Arabia blow up a bus full of schoolchildren, which Saudi Arabia still claims was a “legitimate military target.” UN investigators say Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have killed thousands of civilians in Yemen in airstrikes, tortured detainees, raped civilians and used child soldiers as young as 8, actions which are likely war crimes. [3] Barack Obama is speaking out now about “American values.” He could speak out now about ending this war. Helping Saudi Arabia blow up buses full of schoolkids isn’t an “American value” that the majority of Americans would ever vote for, if they were ever allowed to vote on it. If Obama spoke out now for ending the biblically-catastrophic Saudi war in Yemen, it would pressure Democratic leaders in Congress push for a vote to end the war. Obama’s silence on the atrocities of the war helps to perpetuate those atrocities. After the Saudis bombed the bus full of kids, liberal foreign policy expert Micah Zenko wrote: “The only reason that I can guess why the United States continues to arm, train, and provide essential logistical support for the air campaign in Yemen, is that this support has occurred during both Democratic and Republican administrations; as we learned in Vietnam previously and Afghanistan every day, where poor strategic decisions are made and sustained by administrations of both major political parties, there is no political advantage for the party out of power to critique current policy.” [4] Obama could personally change this dynamic by speaking out now. Some Obama Administration officials have already admitted that it was a moral mistake for the Obama Administration to enable Saudi Arabia’s famine-war in Yemen. Samantha Power, who as Obama’s Ambassador to the UN defended the war, said last December, "The US is … wrong (as were we in last admin) to keep supporting Saudi-led coalition as it kills civilians w/ impunity & blocks medicine/food/fuel supplies in face of looming famine." [5] Urge Barack Obama to speak out in Urbana on September 7 for ending the biblically-catastrophic U.S.-Saudi war in Yemen by signing our petition. References: 1. “Obama to speak Sept. 7 at UI,” Julie Wurth and Ben Zigterman, Champaign-Urbana News-Gazette, 8/30/2018, http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2018-08-30/obama-speak-sept-7-ui.html 2. “We must end U.S. support for this disastrous war in Yemen,” Senator Bernie Sanders, 1 Sep 2018, https://twitter.com/BernieSanders/status/1036064182259593216 3. “War Crimes Report on Yemen Accuses Saudi Arabia and U.A.E.,” Nick Cumming-Bruce, New York Times, Aug. 28, 2018, https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/28/world/middleeast/un-yemen-war-crimes.html 4. “America Is Committing War Crimes and Doesn’t Even Know Why,” Micah Zenko, Foreign Policy, August 15, 2018, https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/08/15/america-is-committing-awful-war-crimes-and-it-doesnt-even-know-why/ 5. “Power: Trump wrong to continue supporting Saudi-led coalition in Yemen,” Julia Manchester, The Hill, 12/17/17, http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/365316-power-trump-wrong-to-continue-supporting-saudi-led-coalition-in

The unfairness of pushing through this nomination prior to the midterm elections and without all documentation necessary for informed response and vote.

It is refreshing to finally see a huge corporation show support for people of color who are simply trying to bring attention to the inequity of treatment by law enforcement. I feel that Nike is courageous, especially given how entrenched it is in all sports.

As citizens of the United States, we have the right to know our elected Senators are giving full disclosure of their IRS income tax to be free of money laundering and racketeering influence from Citizens United.

No matter who occupies the White House, senators -- and the public -- should be fully informed with all that’s at stake before consenting to a lifetime appointment to the Supreme Court. President Trump is a subject of investigation by the Department of Justice related to alleged corruption of our elections. Matters arising from the investigation could be headed the Supreme Court. But despite this, Senate leadership wants to rush through Trump’s pick for a lifetime appointment to the Supreme Court, seating a judge who may eventually rule on the multiple investigations involving him. And all without having access to Judge Kavanaugh’s complete record. Waiting until there is more public information about the DOJ's investigations and Kavanaugh's record will allow senators to evaluate more fully the basis of the president’s decision to choose a specific nominee for a lifetime seat on the high court. This is about trust in the rule of law -- the Senate must not rush through this nomination process.

I’m so tired of watching our elected officials go against the majority of their constituents because there are a few large donors who they feel compelled to work for. If we’re going to be a democratic society we need to ban corporations from donating and only allow individuals to donate . I feel that way less money will be wasted on campaigns , we won’t have to see as many of those horrible commercials around election time. Money is destroying our system it’s time to make candidates work for our votes not for large donations.

We, as progressives, believe in workers rights. Yet all too often, non profit organizations, political campaigns, for profit companies, and political organizations post jobs that either are unpaid internships or that pay workers as independent contractors instead of employees -- which means the worker is responsible for 100% of the taxes on their compensation and 100% responsible for benefits they would have otherwise received as an employee. This is unfair to workers across the United States. If we can get these progressive job boards to stop posting unpaid internships and to only post jobs which are paid as employees (W2, not 1099), we can cut off the pipeline of applicants. By cutting off their supply of applicants, I believe we can force non profit organizations and for profit companies to do the right thing, pay their interns a living wage, and to pay their fair share of taxes and benefits.

A "Paper of Record" belongs to the community they serve. Josh Compton, President of Jefferson County Commission, who should be supporting every effort to keep hard earned tax money within Jefferson County, and support all small businesses, seems to be doing the opposite, by inviting to give away our money to another city and county, which would benefit no one in our community, and hurt a small local business. This is his chance to listen to the people of Jefferson County. We are the voices in our government! Sign this petition and let our elected officials know we are paying attention and our ask is simple: We respectfully have asked the WV Secretary of State's office to reject any request to allow any other paper than The Spirit and Farmers Advocate to be the Record of Paper for Jefferson County. We respectfully ask the JC Commission to reject any request to allow any motion that is not a local paper serving our county. Support local business. Keep our money in Jefferson County. The Spirit of Jefferson and Farmer's Advocate is an independent, weekly newspaper covering Charles Town and Jefferson County, WV. This paper is the longest standing paper in West Virginia and it is the paper which serves Jefferson County. Originally two separate papers, "The Spirit of Jefferson", first published in 1844, and "The Farmer's Advocate", first published in 1890. These papers merged in 1948.

Del Aire residents want to prevent aviation from being developed at this height without a proper buffer zone between a 6 story building and a 1 story house. We must prevent this precedent from being established and abused, we want to prevent aviation from being developed at this height, and prevent future building of this type along the East side of aviation where properties abut communities. Please sign this petition as soon as possible. If we get enough signatures we will present this to the planning commission in response to the request to permit the Hotel.

i am alarmed by the way congress and the White House is trampling our democracy by the current tinkering of normal process concerning the appointment of the Supreme Court nominee.

To avoid future distortions of the will of the voting public in presidential elections.