Stacy's chemotherapy worked! She was cancer free. However, the chemotherapy she took to kill her cancer also killed her heart. She had less than 10% usage of her heart and was placed on a pacemaker. She was a candidate for a mechanical heart but because she used Washington State approved medicinal marijuana, she was denied her Federal lifesaving treatment. She died on July 5, 2018. These laws need to coincide with one another. A cancer patient should never be denied treatment for using State LEGALIZED marijuana only to be denied lifesaving treatments on a Federal level.

The "zero tolerance" policies of separating families as they entered the United States has created a humanitarian crisis. In the video clip, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Alex Azar, states he could find a child and their parents with a couple of "key strokes". "A convergence of cruelty and incompetence"* is being perpetuated with a lack of empathy and planning. Even under a court order to re-unite children with their families, Secretary Azar maintains his position, while desperate families, some already deported have not spoken to or know where their children are being held. https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2018/06/26/alex-azar-separated-families-valencia-dnt-lead-vpx.cnn/video/playlists/family-separations/ *7/8/2018 Senator Dick Durbin, (D-ILL) interview on Meet the Press Update 7/10/18 https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/10/politics/azar-hhs-child-separation-immigration-charity-cnntv/index.html American Academy of Pediatrics report on Separation at the Border https://www.aap.org/en-us/about-the-aap/aap-press-room/Pages/StatementOpposingSeparationofChildrenandParents.aspx?utm_medium=Email&utm_source=ExactTarget&utm_campaign=NewsDailySubscribers20180710&mc_key=003i000003Q8kWMAAZ

In addition to the fate of Women's Reproductive Rights, the appointment of the next Associate Justice to the Supreme Court will impact this country in other ways for generations to come. Evidence is mounting that our current President and his associates colluded with this nation's enemies to rig this country's 2016 Presidential Election. It seems more likely each day that the continued existence of our Democracy may depend on decisions made by the U.S.Supreme Court. The Justices may well be asked to rule on the constitutionality of : a) Requiring a sitting President to appear before a Grand Jury when subpoenaed; b) A President pardoning him/herself or his/her co-conspirators in an act of espionage c) Indicting a sitting President. We must use every resource within our power to ensure that the next Associate Justice is a person of character and not a potential co-conspirator. Sens. Murkowski and Collins hold the power ensure that and we must force them to use it.

The private use of Fireworks is a public nuisance and a danger to property and pets.

To bring awareness to the residents that their children are under attack and will be hunted down and separated away from their homes.at an alarming rate.

The University of Vermont Medical Center has refused to bargain in good faith and has used intimidation tactics targeted at these nurses, who are bargaining for the resources they need to provide high-quality care to their community. The UVM Medical Center is the largest hospital in Vermont, which ranks 47th among the states in nurse pay levels. Because of this, the hospital is consistently understaffed—at this point, there are as many as 172 vacancies. Wages and staffing levels have become the focus of bargaining because our union members understand that more resources are essential for the medical center to be able to recruit and retain nurses. It is just plain wrong for the medical center to spend its growing revenues on satellite campuses and million-dollar executive salaries while leaving staffing and wages for the nurses who care for the people of Burlington at subpar levels. We need to send a message to those in charge and let them know that patient care—and those who provide it—should never take a back seat. The UVM Medical Center has expanded its operations, and its revenue continues to grow. The hospital is doing well because of its staff. It’s time for the hospital’s executives to demonstrate that they care for the people who provide the patient care that Burlington relies on.

I do not trust that Trump will not do whatever he thinks he needs to do to win the mid-terms, including conspiring with Russia to interfere. Until his innocence is demonstrated, he must not be allowed to meet alone and off the record with Putin.

These massive facilities are essentially floating factory farms that devastate our ocean ecosystem, public health, society and the economy. Rather than throwing its support behind industrial fish farms in our oceans, Congress should be building more support for sustainable seafood production alternatives. But we need your help to convince it to act!

The Trump administration is trying to slash safety and environmental protection rules for drilling in our oceans. In other words, Trump wants to let the oil industry drill in more places -- all while making it less safe. The Department of the Interior wants to know what the public thinks about this plan. We need your help to send 30,000 comments saying NO to Big Oil destroying our oceans!

Congress is about to vote on a bill that would slash protections for our oceans and marine life. This bill would allow large-scale, commercial fishing companies to pollute our environment and engage in harmful and reckless overfishing practices. We need your help to stop this bill from passing!

The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) requires the government to request public input into projects, seek less harmful alternatives, and minimize the impact on the environment. In short, it’s the “Magna Carta of environmental law.” Now, the White House wants to gut NEPA, setting the stage to eliminate it entirely. This would be a huge giveaway to the fossil fuel industry. We need your help to stop it!

Through our country’s history, military service has been a path to citizenship for new Americans arriving on our shores. But Trump hates immigrants so much, he wants to slam even that door shut. And Secretary Mattis is standing by, doing nothing to defend these recruits. Enough is enough. United we stand, and divided we fall. We’ll do whatever it takes to defend the rights of everyone who calls our country home. And we’ll vote out everyone who’s been complicit in Trump’s horrific policies of hate. We’ve seen these policies halted before. We know that our people power can win. In the military we believe that you NEVER leave our comrades behind. And that rings just as true today as it did when I served. That’s why I know you’ll join us in fighting for a more just system for all of us.