Ellen Gerhart, a retired special education teacher from Huntingdon County, PA, has been in jail since late Friday afternoon. Four officers arrived on her property to arrest her because Energy Transfer Partners filed a motion with the Court of Common Pleas, claiming that, among other things, she had baited mountain lions and bears to go to the easement for the company's Mariner East 2 pipeline. The land was taken from the Gerhart family by the company via eminent domain. It's the part of the property where a pond, streams, and wetlands are located. As a longtime forest steward, Ellen has gone to court, shared her story with media outlets across the globe, and engaged in non-violent direct action to protect the land and the water that means so much to her. Ellen is refusing to talk to her jailors and is on a hunger strike. Please sign our petition calling on Judge Zanic to release her.

(SIGNATURES BY ATHENS-CLARKE COUNTY VOTERS ONLY, PLEASE) All counties already own optical scanners that they use for mail ballots and provisional ballots. They can centrally count paper ballots collected at the polling places, and let the touchscreens stay idle. We have had evidence that our electronic voting machines are not secure, and Secretary of State Brian Kemp seems unlikely to do his job to make the necessary changes state-wide. Since we have the right to make the change county-by-county, we should do what we can to make our votes secure locally. We the people need to take control of this loss of faith issue (in the least) and do what we have to do. Demand paper ballots.

We are in a plastic pollution crisis. Now we are in a recycling crisis. Columbia Association does a great job proving water fountains for drinking and refilling water bottles. Non-recyclable cups are completely unnecessary and adds to a plastic pollution crisis that "Will be the largest health threat facing the public, if it hasn't already become so."

The Berkeley Flea Market is the living legacy of historic South Berkeley's greatest strengths: the ethnic diversity, cultural creativity, and economic entrepreneurialism that has made it a distinctive and vital community since World War II. It continues the legacy of the South Berkeley Square district, beginning at Adeline and Woolsey, which was long the throbbing heart of non-white businesses before the BART station destroyed and scattered them. It is the cultural hub of South Berkeley for African Americans and others who come from around the region to shop, sell, and socialize. This location may be threatened by the city’s plans for development of the Adeline corridor. The loss of this site would spell the loss of a unique multicultural community, the livelihoods it supports, and the legacy it continues – gone forever. Please sign the petition to show your support of the Berkeley Flea Market in the Adeline corridor plan and any plans involving the Ashby BART station. We will also keep you informed of community meetings and gatherings.

On August 1, 2018, felons, domestic abusers, terrorists, and anyone legally prohibited from possessing a firearm will be able to download plans to 3D print untraceable and undetectable guns, without a background check. This will immediately endanger students, those in abusive relationships, students, and targets of terrorism. While there are court proceedings working to stop this from taking effect, any permanent fix will require legislation. Join #NoRA in demanding Congress keep this downloadable death from happening.

Anyone legally prohibited from possessing a firearm can purchase and be able to download plans to 3D print untraceable and undetectable guns, without a background check. This will immediately make the country more susceptible to preventable gun violence. Federal courts ordered an injunction against distribution of these designs, yet the designer of these guns has begun to sell the blueprints, and Congress and the Department of Justice have failed to pass legislation outlawing this once and for all.

As an adolescent dealing with depression, the best way to cope is to be around something you love. He has had pet ducks since childhood to deal with depression which was made worse due to his moving to another town.

I am petitioning the court for custody of my son, because his father has multiple pending cases for drugs and weapons charges and is expected to be incarcerated very soon pending the trial. It is in the best interest of my child that he be placed with me his mother.

Their grounds for confiscating were because I was a male between the ages of 18-40 traveling to a marijuana state ( which includes 30 states and the District of Columbia), also booking a one way ticket within a 72 hr period ( which is because it is cheaper, but I also book a one way back.). The cash the DEA confiscated was below the 10k rule and the phones are not listed on the letter they sent. In this letter they asked me for a petition and has 10 days to file a claim. This is something we need to abolish. They are interfering with finances which causes more issues.

Dear Congressman/Senator… We write to you today, as American citizens and American of Syrian origin, to draw your urgent attention to the recent media reports and congressional hearing about “a potential American recognition of Israeli sovereignty over the Syrian occupied Golan”. We call upon you to consider the consequences and repercussions of such an act on the national security of the United States, as well as on its international status and credibility. In recognizing Israeli sovereignty over the Syrian occupied Golan, the United States is retreating from its long-standing political positions and commitment to the principle of the impermissibility of acquiring other’s territory by force. For a long time, the US has acted as a peaceful broker in the conflict between Arabs and Israelis, through negotiation and diplomatic means based on the “Land for Peace” Principle. We would like to remind you that on December 17, 1981, The United States voted in favor of the United Nations Security Council Resolution 497. This resolution decided that the Israeli Law to annex the Syrian occupied Golan, is "null and void and without international legal effect". Furthermore, this Resolution called on Israel to rescind this action. Our country, the United States of America, has been one of the major founders of the United Nations. We believe that the credibility and international status of the United States as a fair mediator will be greatly affected and damaged by such an act. Moreover, such a recognition by the United States would violate international law, because all resolutions adopted by the United Nations since 1967 have provided for the inadmissibility of the acquisition of territory by force and have asked Israel to withdraw from the territories it has occupied by force, including the occupied Syrian Golan. We, as American citizens, are proud that the Founding Fathers understood that if America does not have sovereignty, it does not have independence. The United States is an independent nation, governed by the American people, who adopted the Constitution and created the government. They elect their representatives and make their own laws. We all remember and respect the principle established by our Founding Fathers, which states “OURS IS A GOVERNMENT OF LAWS NOT OF MEN”. We, as American citizens and American of Syrian origin are presenting our plea, asking you to think carefully before taking any action concerning the rights of another sovereign state, which damages the image of the United States as a great nation that respects and adheres to the principles of the American Constitution and international law. We count on your wisdom not to provide terrorist groups with a new pretext to further fuel violent extremism. The national interests of the United States of America will be preserved as long as our Government abides by international law and the legal and moral principles on which this great country was founded. Respectfully, American Citizen and Syrian American Citizen

We are all affected by outrageous insurance rates, and while the rich gets richer the poor gets more poor. Stand for something, or fall for anything.

FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb surprised everyone when he announced that the FDA is considering banning terms like "almond milk" on the labels of plant-based milks. Why? “Almonds don’t lactate,” he quipped. He was only half-kidding: it really does come down to lactation. For years, there’s been a standard on the books that specifies that the word milk must refer to the lacteal secretions of a cow. It’s always been the rule that you can’t put the plain-old unadorned label milk on almond milk, soy milk, or even goat’s milk. But now Big Dairy is seeing its sales plummet while almond, soy, oat, and other plant-based milks gain market share. So dairy lobbyists have taken the position that the FDA should ban the word "milk" from plant-based labels altogether, even when it appears after the words almond, soy, or oat. Call it beverage or drink, they say, not milk. The Good Food Institute is a nonprofit organization that works to create a better future of food. Sign the petition and we'll pass along your signature and comments as part of the public feedback period on Docket ID: FDA-2018-N-2381. The deadline is August 27, so we should act fast. Join us in telling Trump’s FDA that the government has no business censoring plant-based labels. Common sense should win out over dairy lobbyists.