There's a huge debacle over the worth of stay-at-home-parents in our country right now. Ann Romney has been accused of never working a day in her life, and according to our government, this is true! If Ann Romney is divorced right now, she'd better hope for a generous settlement, because she will be getting nothing from Social Security. The decision to stay at home to care for my children wasn't a decision I could afford to make, but I didn't know that at the time I made it. I was married to a man who could support us and our growing family, and wanted me to stay at home to raise our children. I also wanted to make this choice, feeling that I didn't have my children for someone else to raise. Also during this time, I signed our tax returns, filing jointly for the tax break I was assured was in our family's best interests by both my husband and our accountant. No one told me that by doing this I would be held 100% responsible for the taxes in the event of a default. It never occurred to me this was a bad thing to do, and I signed. Well, the divorce and the default happened, and the IRS hounded me for more than a decade until I was finally forced to declare bankruptcy. I am held 100% responsible for the taxes on my ex-husband's income by the IRS, regardless of the fact that it wasn't my earnings. It was only the last two of the 12 years we were married, and the taxes have now been paid. Enter the Social Security Administration, which says that despite the IRS's interest in collecting from me, since none of that money was earned by me, I'm not entitled to any of the Social Security benefits paid on my behalf during the course of the marriage. This means that if I make it to age 72, I am entitled to nothing from the Social Security Administration for the years I was married to an earner paying Social Security, and raising our children at home. This means I can't afford to retire, ever, because of a choice I didn't know I couldn't afford to make. The non-earning, stay-at-home parent should be entitled to Social Security benefits based on the Social Security taxes paid by the earning spouse during the marriage. Women and children are falling into poverty in our society faster than any other groups, and women are most often the stay-at-home parent raising the children. Denying them the Social Security benefits paid on their behalf because of divorce is dishonest, and only hastens the decent.

The the federal reserve isn't own by us the tax payers, and how it have cause the country to pay interest on money printed by the US Treasury with federal reserve note printed on it, then given to to them. On December 23, 1913, the Federal Reserve Act, also known as the Glass-Owen Bill, was passed. The Republican controlled Senate rammed the bill through when many members of the US Congress were home for the holiday. The President, Dr. Thomas Woodrow Wilson, signed it into law one hour after being passed by the Congress! Somebody very powerful really wanted this law passed. The Federal Reserve System is an independent central bank. Although the President of the United States appoints the chairman of the Fed, and this appointment is approved by the United States Senate, the decisions of the Fed do not have to be ratified by the President, or anyone else in the executive branch of the United States government. Buried in the legislation was the granting of total power over the monetary policies of all US banks. A very curious statement is found in the original 1913 law. SEC. 30. The right to amend, alter, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Reserved expressly to whom, or what? No definition is provided. This is the entire Section 30 statement! "Curiouser and curiouser, cried Alice". OWNERSHIP OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE Most Americans, if they know anything at all about the Federal Reserve, believe it is an agency of the United States Government. This article charts the true nature of the "National Bank." Chart 1 Source: ** Federal Reserve Directors: A Study of Corporate and Banking Influence ** - - Published 1976 Chart 1 reveals the linear connection between the Rothschilds and the Bank of England, and the London banking houses which ultimately control the Federal Reserve Banks through their stockholdings of bank stock and their subsidiary firms in New York. The two principal Rothschild representatives in New York, J. P. Morgan Co., and Kuhn, Loeb & Co. were the firms which set up the Jekyll Island Conference at which the Federal Reserve Act was drafted, who directed the subsequent successful campaign to have the plan enacted into law by Congress, and who purchased the controlling amounts of stock in the Federal Reserve Bank of New York in 1914. These firms had their principal officers appointed to the Federal Reserve Board of Governors and the Federal Advisory Council in 1914. In 1914 a few families (blood or business related) owning controlling stock in existing banks (such as in New York City) caused those banks to purchase controlling shares in the Federal Reserve regional banks. Examination of the charts and text in the House Banking Committee Staff Report of August, 1976 and the current stockholders list of the 12 regional Federal Reserve Banks show this same family control.

How would your founder Jerry Falwell respond to a preacher who taught this in his writing and speaking? “In conjunction with the rhythm method of birth control, it is possible to use anal sex as an option.”[1] “Jesus Christ commands you to [perform oral sex on your husband]….What I would say to you as well, ladies, I probably shouldn’t, that most of your husbands wake up in the morning with an erection, and so rather than setting the alarm, if this was the way that you helped to awaken them, they would have a great day. Amen? I’m actually saying these things. Some of you are sitting here going, “Is this happening? Is this really happening?” Yes it is. [Laughter from audience.]...And he says that, “Your vagina is a garden.” It has wonderful smells and it has wonderful tastes. It’s a garden. . . . He talks about how much he loves her vagina. Many women feel awkward about this. The husband needs to tell the wife, “It’s beautiful. It tastes well. It smells well. You keep yourself well. I enjoy it. It’s a garden to me.”[2] Here’s what one of Jerry Falwell’s peers, well known Pastor John MacArthur had to say about Mark Driscoll’s teaching. “It is spiritually tantamount to an act of rape” and “Mark Driscoll has boldly led the parade down this carnal path.”[3] What would the parents of your students say if they saw this? What would the pastors who refer students to Liberty say? What would your donors say if they had to read this? If you say you aren’t worried about that, then for integrity’s sake immediately post these statements on your website. Your students and those who care about their spiritual welfare deserve fair warning about Driscoll’s penchant to sexualize whatever he can, wherever he can. Click here to sign the petition asking Liberty University to cancel Mark Driscoll’s upcoming speaking event. Failure to Drop Driscoll may result in a public protest on the Liberty University campus. -------------- [1] Real Marriage: The Truth About Sex, Friendship and Life Together by Mark and Grace Driscoll, p 186 [2] Mark Driscoll – “Sex, a Study of the Good Bits from Song of Solomon” preached in Edinburgh, Scotland on a Sunday morning [at a 12:00 service] on November 18, 2007 http://www.destinyedinburgh.com/Sermons/Sex,_a_study_of_the_good_bits_from_Song_of_Solomon.aspx [3]John MacArthur, The Rape of Solomon's Song Part 1, Apr 14, 2009 http://media.sermonaudio.com/mediapdf/417091244255.pdf

The Department of Children and Families under umbrella, HHS, has been operating a community partnership, unified kids for cash program using Social Security Title IV-E as their incentives. Using the Children and Safe Families Act, each state competes to adopt off as many children possible in order to receive a bonus, which are actually social security funds. We request that all family law, dependency, and adoption case files be opened. That no individual nor program involved in the kids for cash scam be granted nor be allowed to petition retroactive immunity. America's kids are being stolen, kidnapped and sold for cash... Special selection processes are used where quality kids are selected for removal yet no crime has occured, children are held in fostercare for minute and trivial reasons. Families are separated, and destroyed, while children are held in fostercare for a year, by which afterwards the incentive bonus kicks in. Fostercare agencies apply for 501c3 foster homes status fully aware that the custody of the children shall not be returned to their parents. HHS has replaced social workers with casemanagers to oversee a case, as they are no longer required to provide assistance in repairing the issues by which the children were removed, as their sole intention is to keep the children in fostercare, using the Children and Safe Families Act, with a goal of adopting off the children after the 12 months have passed. Triple dipping the system by collecting child support from the parents, slipping payments to the public via telephone bills, homeowner's taxes and payment by the federal government. The state immediately applies for the incentive bonus apon removal of a child. Governors sign contacts for the funds, and hold foster parent parties and galas in search of parents to foster and adopt children nationwide. States now openly write up laws and orders to work on behalf of keeping the children permanently under their custody. The community partnership is only a way of ganging up on families by individuals who have little to no contact with the families, yet use incidious techniques and write ups on the families for destruction. They prey on the poor and those less fortunate demanding numerous tasks from them at one time in order to ensure case plan failure. Calls to the hotline, are never removed when investigations are unfounded damaging ones ability to obtain employment, yet, felons are hired to work with the children. Children have been found drugged, raped, abused, abandoned, neglected and even killed. We are demanding that all states case files be opened for investigation of wrongdoing.

Petition to Reform the United States Congress Whereas the members of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives do little to represent the Citizens of the United States. They do much to protect their own interests and increase their own power and influence. They have made a very nice deal for themselves including attractive pay and hours, a great pension plan, superb health care plan, with little responsibility or accountability. The appearance is that they are beholden to those that can compensate them for their votes; they are not particularly accountable to their voting constituency. The voting public has the power to reform the United States Congress and hereby propose and adopt the following reforms. 1. Term Limits. Every United States Senator and Member of the House of Representatives shall be limited to a total term of Twelve (12) years only, using one of the possible options below: A. Two Six-year Senate terms B. Six Two-year House terms C. One Six-year Senate term and three Two-Year House terms 2. No Tenure / No Pension. Every United States Senator and Member of the House of Representatives shall collect a salary while in office and receive no pay when they are out of office. 3. Congress (past, present & future) participates in Social Security. All funds in the extremely generous Congressional retirement fund shall be moved to the Social Security system immediately. All future funds flow into the Social Security system, and Congress participates with the American people. Members of Congress can purchase their own retirement plan, just as all Americans do. 4. Congress may no longer vote themselves a pay raise. Congressional pay will rise every two years by the lower of CPI or 3%. 5. No Congressional Health Care. Congress loses their current luxury health care system. They can purchase and participates in the same health care system available to the American people. 6. Congress must equally abide by all laws they impose on the American people. 7. All contracts with past and present Congressmen are void effective 1/1/11. No exceptions. 8. No Lobbying or other government work. All former members of Congress will be prohibited from accepting employment, pay, favors, or other consideration from any U.S. Government agency and shall be prohibited from lobbying any U.S. Government agency or institution on behalf of any private company. It will be a federal crime to employ, pay, or compensate a former member of Congress for any work, influence, lobbying, or other service having to do with the business of any U.S. Government agency or institution.

The Florida Department of Corrections has been Altering, Doctoring and Changing My Release Date. March 2009, The Department of Corrections “Re-audited” My Release Date without Legal Authority to cause the date to reflect more time in Prison than the Sentencing Court (Judge) Intended, The Judge is DECEASED now. The Judge who currently Presides over the Decease Judge’s Division, Angela Cox Deny having any Authority in my case to order Release because I am not in the Territorial Jurisdiction (Duval County) of the court that Imposed the sentence in 1981. Every Person, office, Organization, Group, Lawyer, Court & Government Official I contacted, Has Ignored the issue, “I AM BEING HEALD IN PRISON BEYOND MY COURT ORDERED RE-LEASE DATE”. The Officials here in the Department Do not deny the fact that my release date has long since passed. The Secretary for the Department of Corrections, The Honorable Mark Inch will not accept calls from my only Surviving Relative My sister, Mrs. Lucy Parker. The Classification Officer, who should advocate my Rights, says “The issue above (over) her day scale, Mrs. Carty’s. Mrs. Carty Records Reflect a Release date of 2030, which is incorrect, and that date baffled The Department ‘s mental Health Counselor and Doctor Goldberg, who stated, Her files Reflected 06/12/2012, Release Date and Dr.Goldberg said This was a first For her. She has never seen Two Conflicting Release dates on the same prisoner. She tried to check into the issue and stonewalled and could not get no definite answer. So, with this Perplexing, confusion and deception, I wake each morning with prayer and psalms. I know the Lord has heard my Prayer. I Pray that placing my story on this Blog fallen soldiers that it will bring some attention to my situation. I have completed my debt to society and even though I am not a victim I have become another number for Society system .. the system Has Failed me, Please Pray for my Deliverance. Thank you, Doyle Heard #079390 Suwanne C.I. His is 18 years over due, and prays that you will jump on board. I have had the pleasure to get to know this man, and shared his story with Many people his sister is 70 and he is 69 he has been in prison since 1981 and has not Killed any one or hurt or harm anyone his charge was robbery without a gun ! it's been almost 40 years ..

New York's working families need greater access to qualified and licensed childcare providers. To make this happen, providers need help to ensure that they can keep their doors open. Childcare providers deserve a living wage with benefits such as health insurance and paid time off. They are responsible for molding the minds of the youngest and most vulnerable members of our society. Many providers have years of experience, along with degrees in early childhood education. Yet they are often considered merely "baby sitters" who are underpaid and disrespected. Child care providers and staff are essential workers and most importantly, child care is essential to our young children and families. Without an affordable, safe and healthy place for young children to go, mothers are less able to work and earn money to help support the family. Rising cost of child care are becoming unaffordable to middle class New Yorkers. Universal childcare can be fiscally to the economy; the program will encourage mothers/fathers to return to the labor force, or continue their education without having to worry about the cost associated with child care. We need universal child care, because our economy can’t recover if working parents are left behind. Nationwide, the average child care worker earns $12.24 per hour, far less than K-12 teachers. And in this competitive hiring market, other industries are raising wages and adding benefits to attract workers. Daycares are closing because they cannot keep current staff or hire new staff due to the higher wages and benefits in other industries. We need: 1. Increased subsidy payments to allow childcare providers to be paid for the true cost of care. 2. New funding to allow providers to increase wages and benefits for staff to stabilize the workforce and create more continuity of care for children. 3. Investments to stabilize existing child care programs, create new childcare programs, specifically in childcare deserts, to increase the number of quality and licensed childcare options for parents. 4. Fund Universal child care for all working families. Investing in these key areas will spur economic development by allowing more parents to go to work and school, while also giving childcare providers the resources that they need to expand their programs, invest in their staff, and continue to offer quality programs in their community. We successfully won major advancements in New York, but without additional state and federal resources, we will not be able to ensure that all parents have access to quality, licensed, and affordable childcare.

As the world’s population continues its increase, sustainable food production is becoming increasingly challenging. More food must be produced in the next 50 years than has been produced since the invention of agriculture. GM crops are a critical resource in accelerating increases in crop productivity in general, as well as in enhancing their nutritional value to treat malnutrition and nutrient deficiencies. In that context, Golden Rice is a critical resource in fighting the devastating consequences of widespread vitamin A deficiency in developing nations. Research on Golden Rice at the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) is part of their humanitarian work to reduce vitamin A deficiency, a serious condition of malnutrition mostly affecting women and children by causing sickness and leading, in many cases, to blindness and premature death of millions each year. According to the World Health Organization, an estimated 250,000 to 500,000 vitamin A-deficient children become blind every year, half of them dying within 12 months of losing their sight. Golden Rice, when it becomes freely available to farmers as planned, can substantially contribute to the alleviation of this important aspect of malnutrition. Since their introduction into commercial production over 20 years ago, GM crops have become the most rapidly adopted agricultural technology in the history of mankind, precisely because they provide large benefits to consumers, farmers and the environment. These crops have an exemplary safety record, making them the safest agricultural technology ever deployed. They have already helped to ameliorate many of the kinds of damage caused by traditional agriculture and reduce contamination of corn with fungal toxins. Not a single one of the many claims of negative health or environmental effects uniquely made against GM crops has withstood scientific scrutiny. Regulatory systems around the world mandate the thorough testing of new GM crops to ensure that there are no unintended, harmful effects either from their cultivation or their consumption. These are the kinds of controlled tests that the Bangladeshi Rice Research Institute is conducting with Golden Rice. Previous field tests have been maliciously destroyed. New technologies often evoke fears that they are dangerous. Destroying a new technology based on such fears without testing its safety and efficacy can deprive humanity of a very valuable and much-needed advance. In this case, many more millions will needlessly suffer blindness and death because Golden Rice was not available to them. No group, regardless of its intentions, has the right to condemn a technology without evidence. It is an unconscionable criminal act to destroy a field trial conducted in accordance to international safety norms. We the undersigned ask the United States Senate to condemn the destruction of Golden Rice trial plots as well as offer full support of the Bangladeshi Golden Rice trials currently under way.

Dear JeffCo School Board Members, We are writing to formally request that the MOU regarding Alternative Education be returned to the table during the next negotiation session on May 8, 2025 with language requiring the proposed committee to make recommendations regarding the future of AECs to be brought forward to the bargaining teams. Students at AECs will be best served when AEC educators play a key role in drafting the vision for the future landscape of AECs in JeffCo, rather than educators’ voices simply being listened to after the new vision has already been designed. This MOU outlines a clear and reasonable timeline for planning, ensures meaningful decision-making power for key stakeholders—including elected educators, ESPs, and site administrators—and protects the ability of those who have dedicated their careers to alternative education to continue serving those roles. We want to ground this conversation in what truly matters: our students. We are fighting because we believe deeply in the life-changing work we do. It is no surprise to us that the AEC Landscape, as currently envisioned, will fail to serve the district’s most impacted students—because those who serve them were not meaningfully included in its design. We are not resistant to change. In fact, we welcome it—when it is collaborative, equitable, and rooted in the lived realities of our students. What we are asking is simple: that those who know our students best be treated as essential participants in shaping their future. What we heard when this plan was first brought to us in February was not ambiguous. Across schools, educators understood we were being presented with a nearly finalized plan that would soon be made public—a plan with significant implications for our programs that entirely lacked our input. If the message we received was a misunderstanding, it was a misunderstanding simultaneously held by every AEC principal. That alone should raise serious concerns about the quality, consistency, and credibility of district communication. Since then, the messaging has continued to shift, with no documentation offered to clarify what was originally communicated and why that message has changed. When we have asked how these changes were determined, we are told they were “data-driven.” However, the very limited data that has been made available does not support the proposed changes. In short, nothing about this rollout has inspired confidence in district leadership. To be clear: our trust has been fundamentally broken. Words alone can not repair this rift. We need a clear and binding commitment to prioritizing the voices of AEC educators in shaping the future of AECs in JeffCo. Without this, we cannot rebuild. To date, the district’s responses—a so-called “listening tour” with prescribed questions and the formation of a committee with no real decision-making power—have been perceived by us as performative and placatory, not as meaningful steps toward repair. We have proposed a way forward that is equitable, pragmatic, and informed by those closest to the work. If the district values data, trusts its educators, and genuinely wants to improve outcomes for our most vulnerable students, there should be no resistance to a truly collaborative process.   The sooner we reach a tentative agreement, the sooner we can move forward with a plan that centers on students and respects educators. We want to build a relationship of trust and shared vision with our district.  However, until we are granted both a voice and a vote, we will continue to fight for the education that our students deserve. Sincerely, JeffCo educators

We are writing as concerned members of the El Paso community, a city shaped by migration, resilience, and the lived experiences of a predominantly Latinx population. We are dismayed and outraged by the decision of the El Paso Public Library to host a U.S. Border Patrol agent as part of a children’s event on June 20, 2025, particularly during Pride Month, a time meant to center marginalized voices and create visibility for those most often excluded. It is hard to believe that we even have to explain why this was deeply inappropriate. A library -of all places- should understand the importance of trust, safety, inclusion, and it should foster meaningful civic engagement for all members of the community. Libraries are one of the few remaining public institutions people turn to for refuge, learning, and imagination. That this basic principle needs to be reiterated to library leadership is both alarming and unacceptable. Instead of promoting reading and curiosity, this event exposed children to the presence of militarized law enforcement-an institution that our community associates with trauma, separation, and fear. One need not look further than the headlines to see that Border Patrol has been wreaking havoc and fear among immigrant communities, deporting and detaining people without due cause or trial and breaking the US Constitution and Supreme Court.1 Border Patrol’s actions have been so horrific and unconstitutional that El Paso County signed 2 resolutions protecting immigrants’ rights, which CBP continues to ignore.2,3 For the library to invite any law enforcement, but especially the Border Patrol to the Chamizal Community Center, a barrio 99% hispanic, breaks trust with the libraries own constituents. Children were photographed alongside agents in tactical gear and these images were shared on social media. We ask: How does this align with the mission of a public library? How does this inspire children to read or think creatively about their futures? As a community, we ask you to take the following actions: 1. Make a public commitment that U.S. Border Patrol and other law enforcement agencies will not be invited to enter the public library unless required by a legal search warrant. 2. Issue a public apology for the harm caused by allowing CBP agents to lead an activity for children. 3. Pledge that future programming -especially for children- will not include law enforcement recruitment or presentations. 4. Clarify whether parental consent was obtained before children were photographed and shared on social media alongside armed agents. We also want to reiterate that Border Patrol and law enforcement agents should not be invited in spaces that are intended to be safe havens -particularly for immigrant, queer, and BIPOC youth. At a time when schools and other public institutions are being increasingly co-opted for law enforcement recruitment, libraries must resist becoming yet another arm of the carceral system. You cannot claim to be a safe space if you welcome the very forces many of us fear. We urge you to reflect on your role as stewards of public trust and community care. This moment requires not neutrality, but ethical leadership. Below we provide links to actions other cities have taken to protect its residents.4,5 We call on you to publicly take a stand and ensure that this never happens again.  We respectfully request a public response to these concerns within 14 days of receiving this letter. We believe this is a reasonable timeline for acknowledging community voices and demonstrating a commitment to transparency and accountability.