A new White Mountain National Park would: 1) Protect our celebrated White Mountains from the degradation of Northern Pass. 2) Strengthen, diversify, stabilize, and boost the local economies. Reports confirm that economies around national parks are stronger than those that rely on boom and bust resource extraction. 3) Provides the flexibility to accommodate the current usages (e.g. all the current recreational activities) of the White Mountain National Forest through appropriate zoning. In other words, nothing is lost, and everything is gained. 4) Preserve vast standing forests which would absorb and store large amounts of carbon to help fight what is becoming undeniable climate change. 5) Provide habitat for wildlife that require large undisturbed expanses of forest and waters, which are increasingly rare in New England. 6) Recognize, at long last, the historic role that the Weeks Act and White Mountain National Forest has played in laying the groundwork for our National Park System. This groundwork has inspired the creation of national parks in over 100 nations beyond our shores. See more here: http://www.concordium.us/stewardship/

I'm angry and feeling complicit myself as we all see the choices Facebook has made, yet continue using and supporting them day after day. I think at the very least we should consider a three-day moratorium.

Through the 19th, 20th centuries, and now into the 21st century, America has pioneered Humanity's scientific and technological advancements. Our innovative spirit and grit has always made us a forward moving country. But after 15 years of funding stagnation and a proposed federal budget with devastating cuts to research, the United States risks ceding its scientific leadership and delaying medical cures and technological advancements. Sign our petition to make Congress see that Science Makes America Great!

I have never done an online petition. But flood conditions in Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands are becoming an humanitarian crisis. Did you know that the 3.8 million people of Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands are American Citizens too? As we support flood survivors in Texas and Florida, human decency requires that we also support US Citizens in the Caribbean too. These territories have given so much to develop our country. They and all people deserve a chance to live. The richest country in the world can do much more to help. Please sign this petition to insist that our country provides help to all American flood victims--not just those living on the mainland.

With hurricane Maria's devastation of Puerto Rico, the Jones Act does hurt recovery and the rebuild effort. Written 100 years ago, it does not apply to todays circumstances. The infrastructure of the Electric grid and the Puerto Rican debt is caused by this act. Its time to behave like its 2017 and not 1917. Make the change now and do what is right by the elimination of the Jones Act and our U.S. Territory for our Puerto Rican Families.

Our special needs children cannot speak, cannot defend themselves. They need someone to advocate while in class away from parents! We need to help our children communicate what is going on with them. Have you ever sent your child helpless and defenseless to school, not know what is going on or what is happening? Then when you get a phone call and don't know what is going on, you only hear the teacher's side. What about our children? What about their side? Help me get cameras in our special needs classrooms.

Because all grandparents should have rights to their grandbabies.

Last week, Puerto Rico survived the worst hurricane it's experienced in almost a century. This climate catastrophe has taken a toll on the island -- entire towns are flooded, potable water and other essential resources are running out, and it's predicted the island will be without electricity for months. Mainland Puerto Ricans haven't been able to communicate with their loved ones, and many are still being rescued. This is a humanitarian crisis that's being made worse by a deepening economic crisis. Hedge fund billionaires own much of Puerto Rico's debt -- they've been pushing for painful austerity measures while pressuring Puerto Rico to continue borrowing from Wall Street. These hedge funders have contributed nothing to the Puerto Rican people and are only interested in using the island as an ideal tax haven. Puerto Ricans are hurting. Those on the island are being made to suffer through no fault of their own while hedge funders profit from our pain. This is a crisis and Congress cannot wait to take action. While our representatives decide on passing an aid bill, they must take action to forgive Puerto Rico's debt once and for all. Join me today in demanding that Congress cancel Puerto Ricans and stop the continued abuse by hedge fund vultures by forgiving Puerto Rico's debt.

Big Pharma is sending the wrong signal to America... Everyday Citizens DO NOT need Pharmaceutical advertisement, these should be directed to the Medical Field, Doctors, Nurses & Hospitals. The Average Citizen only gets the fear of "I have that, I need that medication...!" (preying on a populaces of hypochondriacs)... Every other Nation with the Exception of New Zealand and The United States of America, Have BANNED Pharmaceutical advertisement..and America should follow suit....

An Open letter to Craig A. Menear, Chairman, CEO and President of Home Depot Dear Sir: The Home Depot has earned a substantial amount of money this past year. During the second quarter of 2017, you earned 28.1 billion dollars. A very impressive amount of money. On August 15, 2017 you stated, “We were pleased with our results this quarter as our customers rewarded us with the highest quarterly sales in company history.” As you know, Barbuda, Dominica and Puerto Rico were impacted severely by hurricanes Irma and Maria. According to Fortune, Latinos are responsible for 29% of real income growth in the United States. It stands to reason that we, a segment of your customer base, have contributed to your earnings. In Puerto Rico, alone, you have eight locations. Clearly, you stand to earn a substantial amount of money as these islands rebuild. We ask that you reciprocate by donating basic construction supplies: wood, nails, concrete to these islands as they are in dire need. This will not only be a grand humanitarian gesture, but it will put the Home Depot on the map as a leader in community development. We, the undersigned, respectfully submit this request to you and hope that you will respond favorably to our plea.

It's electric. All over the country, NFL players are taking a knee and linking arms. They're kneeling in opposition to police brutality. They're linking arms because Black Lives Matter. They're joining together in defiance of Donald Trump, who attacks People of Color but says white supremacists are “very fine people.” Trump has tried to turn the players and teams against each other, but his divisive, racist rhetoric isn't working. It's only strengthening their bonds, and unifying people against the politics of hate. Professional athletes courageously confronted Trump's bullying and bigotry yesterday, despite the fact that he has called on their employers to fire them, and even suggested a boycott of their league. Now, as a veteran, I'm joining them, along with thousands of veterans and military families. The NFL needs to know that Americans--all of us--support patriots like Colin Kaepernick, and all the other athletes who are peacefully protesting for racial justice. This isn’t about the flag, which I have personally taken an oath to defend. It’s about our basic values, like believing in the right to speak out, demand equality, and fight for justice. We need to live our values today--like these NFL teams are--by taking a knee and linking arms. When I was 19, I stood up and raised my right hand to enlist in the US Army, because I believe in our basic values of equality, justice, and free speech. The right to kneel and express oneself is exactly what I swore an oath to protect. And all of us at Common Defense--the organization of veterans and military families I co-founded--will continue our fight to uphold that. Will you join me and send a message to the NFL that we're with them?

My friend Scott Cannon is a videographer and pipeline fighter. He just contacted me to tell me the outrageous story of a dentist in Dallas, PA whose property Williams took by eminent domain to build its unnecessary Atlantic Sunrise pipeline. On the condemned portion of the property sits a 100-year old barn. Williams plans to destroy it. We all know pipeline companies have no respect for private property, but stories like this remind us that they have no respect for history either. If he can’t have his barn, then the landowner would like to donate the wood to a local nonprofit farm called Hillside Farms so that it can have a second life repairing buildings on that property. But, thanks to eminent domain, Williams technically owns the barn and won’t allow it. Scott has made a video about this outrageous situation. Here's the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvhn-NwIci8&feature=youtu.be Please sign my petition we’ll deliver to FERC and Williams to tell them to donate the wood to Hillside Farms for much-needed repairs.