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Sign the petition: Marjorie Taylor Greene must be removed from U.S. House committees

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) called for a “national divorce” between red and blue states. This isn’t the first time Greene has called for another civil war. Her rhetoric is dangerous, to say the least. Even worse, Greene is a member of the House...

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Sign the petition: Revoke the NRA’s tax-exempt status!

Our nation is reeling as we deal with repeated instances of gun violence that seem to have no end. There have been 164 mass shootings so far in 2023, averaging about 1.5 per day. Yet, certain political factions refuse to take action, partly because of the...

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Sign the petition: No cuts to Social Security or raises on retirement age!

Social Security is a crucial lifeline for millions of Americans who rely on it for their financial well-being in retirement. Any changes to the program should prioritize preserving and strengthening the program for current and future generations In...

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Sign the petition: George Santos must resign immediately

George Santos is a demonstrated liar who does not belong in the United States Congress. And now, his lies have gotten him into serious legal trouble–a 13 count indictment ranging from wire fraud to false statements to theft of public money. From lying...

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Sign the petition: Elect the president by national popular vote

The fundamental principle of democracy is that every vote should carry the same weight, and the candidate with the most votes should be the winner. But in two of the past six presidential elections (2000 and 2016), the candidate who won the most votes...

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Sign and send the petition to corporate executives: Stop donating to pro-insurrectionist members of Congress!

On the heels of the January 6 insurrection, corporations like AT&T, Home Depot, Publix, Valero, Chevron, and Walgreens pledged to suspend donations to the Sedition Caucus – the 147 GOP members of Congress who objected to the certification of the...

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Sign the petition: Protect the separation of church and state

The First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution enshrines the right to the right to practice any religion, or no religion at all. This tenet is critical in maintaining an environment of religious freedom, diversity, and pluralism. However, recent...

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Sign the petition: Stop book bans!

During the first half of the 2022-2023 school year, far-right extremists had implemented at least 1,477 book bans, with thousands more challenged. That equates to over 100 titles removed each month, and the number continues to grow. These book bans are...

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Sign the petition to Congress: Stop the corruption! The Supreme Court must be made to follow basic ethics standards

Every federal judge in this country–except the nine justices of the Supreme Court–are bound by a code of ethics that prevents blatant conflicts of interest. Recently, we learned that Justice Clarence Thomas accepted undisclosed luxury yacht trips,...

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Sign the petition: Members of Congress should not be allowed to own or trade individual stock

It seems like a given that members of Congress shouldn't be allowed to invest in the very industries they oversee. Yet, they do just that. In 2021, 54 members of Congress and at least 182 top staff members violated the STOCK Act, which requires that...

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Sign the petition to the Department of Justice: Investigate Rudy Giuliani

Rudy Giuliani allegedly offered to sell presidential pardons for $2 million while he was former President Trump’s lawyer. This is illegal and a total abuse of power. The Department of Justice must investigate! A former Giuliani aide filed a lawsuit...

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Sign the petition: No more debt limit crises. Fix it for good.

Once again, extremist Republicans used the threat of defaulting on our nation's debt. The deal that President Biden struck with GOP House Speaker Kevin McCarthy could have been a lot worse, but in the end we still got: Cuts to Food...

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Sign the petition: Congress must expand the Supreme Court

The Supreme Court is supposed to be the last line of defense against attacks on our fundamental freedoms and constitutional rights. But today’s Court does not honor that solemn duty. Instead, the ultra-conservative supermajority on the bench prioritizes...

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Sign if you agree: Fox cannot get a tax write-off for its settlement

After Fox paid a $787 million court settlement for spreading lies about the 2020 election, a spokesperson confirmed that they plan to write off this expense on their taxes. Federal law allows taxpayers to write off many legal costs, providing they are...

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Sign the petition to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security: Protect climate change refugees!

El Salvador. Honduras. Nepal. Nicaragua. These are countries that, over the past years, have been devastated over and over again by climate change-related environmental disasters. As people are forced out of their homes due to climate change, we are now at...

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Sign the petition: Denounce fascism in state legislatures

Republican state legislatures across the country are increasingly bent on shutting out dissenting voices who dare speak out against their right-wing agenda. In Tennessee, the GOP House expelled two Black legislators from Nashville and Memphis who joined...

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SIGN THIS: "Thoughts and prayers" are not enough. Ban assault weapons!

It has been one year since the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas when an 18-year-old killed nineteen students and two teachers. It has been two months since the school shooting in Nashville, Texas when a shooter killed three students and three teachers. ...

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Sign the petition to President Biden: Use the 14th Amendment to avert default

As the United States approaches default on June 1, MAGA Republicans have demanded unthinkable cuts that would make children poorer, veterans sicker, families hungrier and likely trigger a deep recession. The current so-called "negotiations" are really just...

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Sign the petition to corporations: Don't cave to bigotry. We won't forget

Target has become the latest company to cave to bigotry–pulling their Pride collection, which included clothes and books for children. This right before LGBTQ Pride Month, amid a record number of proposed anti-LGBTQ bills, and an escalation of white...

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Sign the petition: Impeach Justice Clarence Thomas

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has concealed decades of lavish trips paid for by a major GOP donor. It has yet to be revealed if these luxury gifts have impacted Thomas’ rulings. This is likely illegal: All federal judges and justices are required...

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Sign and send the petition: We face default on June 1st. Pass a discharge petition now

UPDATE (5/24): All 213 House Democrats have now signed the discharge petition to bring a clean funding bill to the House floor. We just need five Republicans to avert an unprecedented fiscal default. It's the point of no return. Treasury Secretary Janet...

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Sign and send the petition to your U.S. senators: Pass a clean funding bill to extend the debt limit. Period.

The U.S. is dangerously close to defaulting on our debt, and House Republicans exploited this crisis by passing legislation that would make extreme, steep spending cuts. This package would cut TRILLIONS of dollars from crucial programs, focusing the...

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Sign here to send a letter directly to President Biden: Take the steps to FINALLY fire Louis DeJoy

Almost three years after his appointment, the United States Postal Service continues to languish under Trump-holdover Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s failing leadership. DeJoy’s dangerous 10-year privatization plan for the USPS remains a real threat to...

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Sign the petition to President Biden: We need compassionate immigration reform

Taking a page directly out of Trump's white supremacist playbook, President Biden sent 1,500 troops in anticipation of the surge of asylum seekers when Title 42 ended. When Title 42 expired, there was no surge. People seeking refuge from violence and...

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Sign the petition: Congress MUST repeal the Comstock Act

As a case that could remove FDA approval of mifepristone winds its way through the courts, abortion remains in more danger than ever. While SCOTUS recently opted to protect the pill while the case proceeds, we know that the GOP has an arsenal of...

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Sign the petition: I believe survivors of sexual harassment, abuse and assault

A New York jury of everyday Americans has found Donald Trump liable for sexually assaulting columnist E. Jean Carroll, awarding her $5 million in a judgment. Since filing this lawsuit, Carroll has been subject to incessant attacks on social media by...

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Sign the petition: The healthcare sector must divest from fossil fuels

Human-driven climate change is an existential threat to the health and wellbeing of humanity. It is a problem we are not close to solving. Even with recent policy wins by the climate movement, current policy in the US and internationally has the world on...

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Sign the petition: House Republicans are playing with fire on the debt limit

House Republicans just passed a debt limit bill to impose $4.5 trillion in cuts that would make children poorer, veterans sicker, families hungrier and housing more expensive. The bill would repeal measures that tackle the climate crisis, go after...

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Sign the petition: Senate must cancel August recess to confirm judges

Trump-appointed judges are wreaking havoc on our federal judiciary, like the Texas judge's recent decision to block Mifepristone—an abortion drug safer than Tylenol. The best way to counter this assault on our freedoms is to have the U.S. Senate confirm...

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Sign the petition: Denounce fascism in state governments.

Tennessee Republicans have expelled two Democratic members of the state House for protesting for gun reform alongside students following the Nashville school shooting that killed three 9-year-old children and three adults. While three Democratic legislators...

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Sign the petition: Investigate electeds who may be constitutionally disqualified from holding office

The U.S. Constitution provides eligibility requirements for people who want to run for public office. Section 3 of the 14th Amendment is clear: No elected official who previously swore an oath to the U.S. Constitution may serve if they "engaged in...

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Sign the petition: Don’t militarize our schools

After The Covenant School shooting that left 3 children and 3 adults dead, Tennessee and federal lawmakers have responded–but instead of gun reform to address a reduction in mass shootings, GOP lawmakers are introducing legislation to bring more guns into...

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Sign the petition: Denounce Governor Greg Abbott and GOP-sanctioned violence.

Earlier this month, a Texas jury voted to convict Daniel Perry, the U.S. Army Sergeant who shot and killed Black Lives Matter protester Garrett Foster after accelerating into a BLM protest in Austin, Texas in the summer of 2020. His actions have been...

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Sign the petition to the DOJ: Investigate the expulsion of Tennessee state legislators

When Tennesseans—led by students and young people—peacefully marched to the state Capitol to demand stronger gun laws following the mass shooting at Nashville’s Covenant School, Democratic legislators joined them in solidarity. In retaliation, Tennessee...

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Sign the petition: Denounce DeSantis & Florida Republicans

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis wants to be president in 2024 and has done all he can to inherit, capitalize on, and politicize Donald Trump’s platform. He is viewed as a more palatable Donald Trump, when in fact, DeSantis simply used Trump as a stepping stone...

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Sign if you agree: Fox News is a waste of brain cells

We all know that Fox News lies, distorts and manipulates to serve a right-wing agenda. Studies have shown for years that watching Fox makes you less informed about politics than if you just stopped watching the news altogether. And now, Fox has had to pay...

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Sign and send the petition: No cruel cuts. Pass a clean funding bill.

Our debt limit was reached in January, and the federal government may run out of money in the summer. But rather than pass a clean funding bill to extend the debt limit and avert fiscal calamity, House Republicans are still demanding awful cuts and...

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Sign if you agree: Marijuana pardon applications must be automated.

President Biden might be one of the most pro-cannabis president in American history, recently pardoning individuals who faced charges for marijuana possession under federal law, urging governors to do the same under state law, and urging the Secretary of...

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Sign the petition: Protect and expand abortion rights at the state level

After the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, abortion is now illegal in 13 states—and states like Florida are passing a draconian six-week ban. But we can fight back and win at the state level, because even in red states abortion rights are...

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Sign the petition: Disqualify Trump from running for public office.

A New York grand jury has voted to indict Donald Trump on charges involving illegal hush money during the 2016 presidential election. It is the first criminal case against a former U.S. president in history. Donald Trump has already made it clear that a...

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Sign the petition: Investigate Clarence Thomas for luxury trips

For over twenty years, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has accepted luxury trips virtually every year from Texas billionaire and Republican megadonor Harlan Crow. This has included taking cruises on Crow's superyacht, flying on his Bombadier Global...

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Sign and send the petition: End the debt limit game of extortion

House Republicans have forced the United States to hit its borrowing limit, and now Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says Social Security payments can be in jeopardy by the summer. Congress must raise the debt limit with no conditions, and no irrelevant...

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Sign the petition: For clean energy access across the country, we must start here

To unlock the benefits of the Inflation Reduction Act–including tax credits for U.S. households aimed at transitioning to cleaner energy consumption–we need to build more clean energy, faster. Failing to hasten the build-out of transmission lines to move...

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Sign the petition: Demand that the FDA use its enforcement discretion to allow Mifepristone to remain on the market

In the worst federal abortion ruling since Roe v. Wade was overturned, Trump appointee Matthew Kacsmaryk, District Court Judge for the Northern District of Texas, revoked the FDA’s 23 year approval of mifepristone for the entire nation. Mifepristone, when...

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Sign the petition: Expel members of Congress who supported the Jan. 6 insurrection

Trump and his MAGA allies, including Andy Biggs (AZ), Mo Brooks (AL), Matt Gaetz (FL), Louie Gohmert (TX), and Scott Perry (PA) and other Republican members of Congress, planned, promoted, and paid for a criminal conspiracy to overturn an election they knew...

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Sign if you agree: No one—not even a former president—is above the law

A grand jury of everyday Americans in New York has voted to indict Donald Trump on bribery and corruption charges dating back to 2016. The indictment marks the first time in U.S. history that a president has been criminally charged. Trump could also...

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Sign the petition: Pass the Women's Health Protection Act NOW to protect our bodies and rights

Since the U.S. Supreme Court eliminated the constitutional right to abortion, many states have taken action to deny abortion care–12 states have near-total abortion bans in place, and access to medication abortion is restricted in 15 states. Some of these...

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Sign if you agree: Republicans are defending an indicted Trump. That is dangerous.

Donald Trump has been indicted for illegally concealing hush money payments during the last days of a heated political campaign. His former lawyer Michael Cohen already served a prison sentence for such charges. And it is only the first of several possible...

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Sign and send a petition to the Senate: Confirm Julie Su as Labor Secretary

President Biden has nominated Deputy Labor Secretary Julie Su to lead the Department of Labor. Julie Su has an unparalleled track record of fighting on behalf of workers. She is a nationally recognized labor expert, speaks Mandarin and Spanish, and spent...

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Sign the petition: IRS must crack down on wealthy and corporate tax cheats

For too long, the wealthy have used and abused our tax code to avoid paying their fair share–while the government has allowed them to get away with it. Due to a decades-long defunding of the I.R.S. fueled by Republican attacks, only 2% of millionaires'...

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