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Tell Senator Rubio To Stand With DreamersThis summer, the Trump Administration will decide whether to deport nearly 800,000 young immigrants who came to the United States as children and currently have no immigration status, a group often known as Dreamers. In 2012, President Obama used his executive power to protect Dreamers from deportation and allowed them to work and drive legally in the United States. Since then Dreamers have thrived under DACA, by going to school and contributing back to their local communities and economy. However, several officials within the Trump Administration have indicated that they intend on ending the DACA program - killing the dreams of hundreds of thousands of Dreamers who grew up only knowing America as their home and putting them on a path to deportation. Even Trump’s top immigration official told Hispanic leaders in Congress to prepare for the worst in regards to the DACA program. The 2017 Dream Act, a bipartisan bill recently introduced in Congress, would allow Dreamers to stay in the United States and apply for citizenship. If we want to ensure that Dreamers are kept safe from Donald Trump’s Deportation Force, then Senator Rubio must recognize them as the aspiring Americans that they are and pledge to protect the DACA program and co-sponsor the 2017 Dream Act.75 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Juan Escalante
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Investigate Energy Transfer Partners for Spying on ActivistsLeaked documents reveal that Energy Transfer Partners — the company behind the Dakota Access Pipeline — hired the private security firm TigerSwan to spy on activists and organizations working to stop dangerous pipelines. Food & Water Watch even found an infiltrator posing as a volunteer in our Chicago office, spying and collecting internal details about our organizing strategy. Now we know that Energy Transfer Partners used information improperly gathered by TigerSwan in North Dakota to convince state law enforcement officials to target water protectors, but we won't let oil and gas industry scare tactics stop us. In fact, we're going after them for violating our constitutional right to privacy. SIGN THE PETITION to demand Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan investigate TigerSwan's illegal spying in Chicago.333 of 400 SignaturesCreated by Miranda Carter, Food & Water Watch
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Tell the EPA: Ban Pesticides Clothianidin and Thiamethoxam NOW!Bees are in trouble largely thanks to neonicotinoid pesticides. But the EPA could stop this. It's reviewing clothianidin and thiamethoxam -- two of the most widely used neonics. Comments are due July 24th -- so we need you to speak up NOW! Help us reach 40,000 comments: Tell the EPA to ban these widely used neonics!439 of 500 SignaturesCreated by Peter Stocker
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Tell the EPA: Ban Dinotefuran NOW!Bees are in trouble largely thanks to neonicotinoid pesticides. But the EPA could stop this. It's reviewing dinotefuran -- one of the most widely used neonics. Comments are due July 24th -- so we need you to speak up NOW! Help us reach 40,000 comments: Tell the EPA to ban dinotefuran!53 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Peter Stocker
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Washington Department of Ecology, Don't Let Coal Companies Destroy the Columbia River!Washington State is about to give coal companies permission to pour coal dust into the fragile Columbia River. This would destroy the ecosystem and contribute to climate chaos. The Washington Department of Ecology could stop this. It could deny a key water pollution permit. But we need your help to convince it to act! Add your comment: Stop Millennium's permission slip to pollute the Columbia River!107 of 200 SignaturesCreated by Peter Stocker
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Repeal Right To Work NationallyThis is about repealing Right To Work nationally and replacing it with a bill that would allow Labor Unions to collect union dues from all union represented employees in all 50 states. In Right To Work states like Florida I have personally seen the negative effects of Right To Work such as low wages, no benefits and poor working conditions. Right to work means workers have no rights. Right To Work is WRONG.66 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Edward Kellner
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Senator Schumer, Reject Trump's Plan to Renegotiate NAFTA!The Trump administration just released its detailed plan to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement. This plan makes it clear: Trump intends to use a new NAFTA to further attack our environment and public health. Congress can still stop Trump from succeeding. But it’s going to take strong resistance from Senate Democrats -- led by Minority Leader Schumer. Tell Senator Schumer: Reject Trump's plan for renegotiating NAFTA!2 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Peter Stocker
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Impeach TrumpRemove Trump from office.28 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Judith Engle
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Abolish State Statute of Limitations Laws on Child Sexual AssaultLaws that silence full grown child sexual abuse survivors who have only recently acquired the maturity, self awareness, and fortitude of personal esteem in order to share their stories, must be amended. State Statute of Limitations laws protect serial predators from prosecution while stifling their victims. There is no good reason for this baffling, archaic rule. No good reason at all.683 of 800 SignaturesCreated by Dave Stroud
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Revise The State of Missouri "Child Support" LawsMany fathers in the State of Missouri are becoming homeless, and are not able to afford the necessities of daily living, due to the "Child Support" laws that are currently in place. Some fathers are even forced into poverty. These laws must be revised immediately to be fair for the fathers.10 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Kenneth Alston
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Oppose Bills Criminalizing Free Speech Against Settlements & Saudi ArabiaThe ACLU has written to Congress urging opposition to pending bills that seek to criminalize advocacy of boycotts against Israeli settlements in the West Bank. The ACLU warned that proponents of the bills are "seeking additional co-sponsors," and explained that the bills would "punish individuals for no reason other than their political beliefs." [1] MoveOn has joined the ACLU's opposition to the bills. "Regardless how you feel about BDS, Congress must reject action to criminalize free speech and peaceful protest. The Democrats in House and Senate must say no to H.R. 1697/S. 720," MoveOn said. “Free speech and peaceful protest are integral to democracy." [2] S.720 & H.R.1697 would erase the distinction in U.S. law between Israel and Israeli settlements in the West Bank and make it illegal for U.S. companies to boycott or otherwise discriminate against Israeli settlements in the West Bank based on calls by the United Nations or the European Union. [3] Moreover, the legislation would prohibit Americans from “requesting the imposition of any boycott by a foreign country against a country which is friendly to the United States.” This could be interpreted to prohibit supporting sanctions against Saudi Arabia for its attempts to push Yemen into famine, or for its support of extremist groups, or for prohibiting women from driving, since Saudi Arabia is inexplicably claimed by many in Washington to be "friendly to the United States.” [4] Urge your Senators and Representative to join the ACLU and MoveOn in opposing these unconstitutional bills by signing our petition. References: 1. https://theintercept.com/2017/07/19/u-s-lawmakers-seek-to-criminally-outlaw-support-for-boycott-campaign-against-israel/ 2. http://forward.com/fast-forward/377452/moveonorg-calls-on-progressives-to-kill-anti-bds-bill/ 3. https://peacenow.org/WP/wp-content/uploads/pending-BDS-Conflation-bills-in-Congress.pdf 4. https://thinkprogress.org/free-speech-senators-israel-boycott-felony-d99b2ee5a14d9,315 of 10,000 SignaturesCreated by Robert R Naiman
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Don't gut the Endangered Species Act and block Big Oil from building Keystone XL!Friends of the Earth is suing the Trump administration to stop Keystone XL on the grounds that it violates the Endangered Species Act. But at the same time, Trump and his enablers in Congress are trying to gut that law -- clearing the way for them to build the pipeline. We need your help to stop them! Tell your Senators: Don't gut the Endangered Species Act and clear the way for Big Oil to build Keystone XL!51 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Peter Stocker