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politics

11,105 petitions
144,203 new supporters this week

Petition to U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, Charles E. Schumer

Make the Post Office Deliver Our Mail

The words "Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds" have long been associated with the American postal worker. The United States Postal Service (USPS) is being sabotaged. As sacred as the 1st Amendment - as cherished by our country as freedom of religion - as critical to freedom as the Constitution, the latest appointee, Louis DeJoy, is purposely tearing down the United States Postal Service. He's given instructions for hours to be slashed, mail to be left behind and routes to go unfilled. Our postal employees are sickened by the virus while ensuring older Americans receive their social security benefits. They deliver affordable medicines to the elderly and the disabled. They ensure rural Americans receive food and other important supplies where no other service will deliver. The USPS employees are part of the life blood of America. They're heroes and they should be treated as such. The USPS should be treated with reverence. Instead, Louis DeJoy is tearing it and American lives apart. The USPS is critical to cities and rural communities alike. Whether Democrat, Republican or Independent, Americans rely on the postal service for paychecks, medicine and other critical correspondence. Yet mail vital to American survival is delayed for weeks. Tell Congress to remove the power to appoint the Postmaster General from partisan hands. The post office is too important to American lives and American democracy to be decided by any one party. Free the post office from politics and restore an independent, non-partisan postmaster general to lead this fundamental part of our democracy. REMOVE LOUIS DEJOY TODAY!

Wendy Bias
147,065 supporters
Promoted by 1 supporter

Petition to Mayor Bill de Blasio

Remember 9/11 2020

2O years ago my brother, Robert Tipaldi, was taken from us on 9/11. He was a son, a brother, a friend, a hard worker, a lover, a one of a kind person. My brother was remarkable, a bright soul with so much ahead of him. He was taken from us and this world. Never again will we see him, talk to him, hug him, laugh with him, or have the privilege of watching him grow into a wonderful man. Imagine the families of the 3,000 other beautiful souls lost that day. September 11th, 2001 is a day this country should never forget. This petition will bring awareness to the cancellation of this years 9/11 tribute. May we shine those beaming lights into the sky and say those names to remember them in the way they deserve. Let us come together as a country to mourn and memorialize those lost souls. We must always, always remember the men and women lost that day in the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and those two planes. It is our duty to ensure they did not die in vain. NEVER FORGET September 11th, 2001.

Paige Tipaldi
129 supporters
65,468 new supporters this week

Petition to Facebook

Stop Facebook from running political advertisements that are not fact-checked.

On 9 Jan 2020, Facebook once again announced that it will not fact-check advertisements run by politicians or political organizations, instead taking a less disciplined stance of allowing people to limit which advertisements they are seeing. The year is 2020, and social media is a majour component and power platform for politicians, not just in the United States, but abroad as well. This is a blatant monetary decision based on revenue income under the guise of free speech. As a company, Facebook has the ability to ensure its platform is used to enhance discussions, open healthy channels for debate and bring the truth to the community members who use their service daily.  Facebook has the revenue to ensure that advertisements are fact-checked and accurate before they are ran. This gives the public the ability to consume honest, straight-forward ads as opposed to smear campaigns and disinformation attempts. They simply do not want to take a hit to their overall income by declining advertisement revenue due to holding politicians accountable. This is not a luxury, this is a responsibility that they have. Lawmakers agree - attempting to pass "The Honest Ads Act" but the public has a stronger pull as some current sitting lawmakers would rather continue to use the platform for disinformation.  Sign the petition and tell Facebook to hold our representatives accountable to the truth. 

Charles Strader
67,102 supporters
Update posted 59 minutes ago

Petition to Governor Roy Cooper, Thom Tillis, Richard Burr, Dan Bishop

REPEAL Senate Bill 704 § 90-21​.​133!

REPEAL Senate Bill 704 § 90-21.133 Let’s talk about the pandemic relief bills! I am sad to say that it took my mother’s death to realize the legislation the General Assembly passed under our noses. Senate Bill 704 § 90-21.133signed on March 10th by Governor Roy Cooper (NC) made it impossible for families with cases of medical malpractice to receive the justice they deserve.   The right to petition the government for redress of grievances include the right to file suit in a court of law.   "Nursing homes, hospitals and other health care facilities were granted a broad legal shield to fend off lawsuits and criminal prosecutions over care provided to all patients during the pandemic in an April state budget provision".   Subsection (b) of SB704 states “this immunity from any civil liability provided in subsection (a) of this section does not apply if the harm or damages were caused by an act or omission constituting gross negligence, reckless misconduct or intentional infliction of harm by the healthcare facility or healthcare provider providing healthcare services; provided that the acts, omissions, or decisions resulting from a resource or staffing shortage shall be considered to be gross negligence, reckless misconduct, or intentional inflection of harm”.   On Friday July 17, 2020 my mother was residing at Pavilion at Brightmore/ Liberty Healthcare and Rehabilitation Services Healthcare in (Ballentyne area) Charlotte NC.  She died because they failed to treat a simple UTI, which led to sepsis and septic shock. Additionally, my mother arrived at the hospital with horrible open sores (pictures will be displayed at a later date). Her condition is clearly due to the negligence of the facility, but we are unable to seek justice due to NC Senate Bill 704 § 90-21.133. This is a social injustice.   Unfortunately, the laws intention is to protect healthcare workers from patients who had COVID-19, but my mother never tested positive for COVID-19 and failure to obtain a urine sample to test for a UTI resulted in her death.  Even with this fact, I am unable to obtain legal representation. I have been told “no” by over 15 malpractice attorneys who all said normally I would have a case but unfortunately due to these are unfortunate circumstances.  (I will name those law firms at at later date). Attorneys are continuously misinterpreting the order and denying us the representation needed to seek justice.   I know I am not the only one experiencing this misfortune. Please, if you know of any families that are dealing with nursing homes make them aware. Explicit pictures are linked on the website. Please contact me at themeekaclark@gmail.com. Repost our website: https://themeekaclark.wixsite.com/meekaclarkco Use hashtags #justiceforselena #ban704 Please join the fight to REPEAL Senate Bill 704 § 90-21.133 in North Carolina and in many other states below with the same regulations:   • Wisconsin• Georgia, Michigan (includes long term facilities protections). • Connecticut, Mississippi, Vermont, Virginia, North Carolina (All patients regardless of COVID-19 and includes lack of resources protections).• New York (Please research as of Aug 4th no longer) Some families were affected before. • Illinois (may find attorney) • Arkansas• Kansas, Rhode Island and Utah (protection only if the patient has coronavirus)• Massachusetts, Kentucky   Thanks for the support. Be on the look out for more details.

Meeka Clark
104 supporters
Started 2 hours ago

Petition to Governor Phil Murphy

NO to a NJ mail-in-ballot only election

On August 14th, Governor Murphy announced that the November 3rd General Election will be held primarily using mail-in-ballots, with only one polling location for each municipality. With the inconsistency and reported fraud that we have seen with mail-in ballots since the primary, New Jersey should be opening the polls, safely, so that every vote cast is safe and counts. Even Dr. Fauci has admitted that there is “no reason” Americans cannot vote in person in November. Murphy is quoted as saying, “every vote should be secure and every vote should count”, however it seems our Governor does not practice what he preaches. Let’s show Governor Murphy that in-person voting is vital to our democracy by signing and sharing this petition. 

Robert Quinn
13 supporters