Comments on: #RememberInNovember

By: MO

MO — Fri, 24 Jun 2016 03:42:58 +0000

Dozens of Democratic members of the U.S. House of Representatives, led by Representative John Lewis, just ended a powerful, day-long sit-in demanding that Speaker Paul Ryan schedule a vote on commonsense gun safety legislation before they leave for the July 4 recess.

This is only days after the U.S. Senate voted down gun safety measures, including one mandating universal background checks—failing to take action to protect Americans in the wake of one of the deadliest mass shootings in our nation’s history

By: Julie

Julie — Fri, 24 Jun 2016 00:47:53 +0000

The republican Congress won’t stop taking money from the gun industry until the dems make it their busy to mention they are doing it and why EVEY chance they get.

By: Kamala Harris

Kamala Harris — Fri, 24 Jun 2016 00:45:31 +0000

Each year, I look forward to being part of San Francisco’s LGBT Pride Parade. In 2015, we spent Pride celebrating a great victory — the passage of nationwide marriage equality. This year, we’ll be honoring the young lives lost in Orlando, and standing together to show that love will always conquer hate and fear.

By: Wayne

Wayne — Thu, 23 Jun 2016 22:54:08 +0000

Around 10,000 dogs will be killed and eaten during the infamous Yulin Dog Meat Festival, which begins on June 21st. Over the course of the year, the Chinese cat and dog meat trade will be responsible for the death of up to 20 million cats and dogs.

Activists have uncovered horrific abuse in the industry, including dogs being urinated on, beaten, stabbed, and boiled alive.

Many dogs are stolen from families, stacked on top of each other in crates, and transported for days without food or water. The most recent investigation of the Yulin slaughterhouses adds to the mountain of evidence showing that using animals for food is inherently violent and unethical.

The US government is currently in strategic dialogue with China on a variety of global affairs. Additionally, China is feeling the pressure to stop the cat and dog meat trade and sales are falling.

The time is now for President Obama to raise the issue of the cat and dog meat trade with Chinese officials and publicly condemn the industry. Like so many of us, President Obama is a dog lover.

This is his opportunity to leave a legacy for the cats and dogs and cat and dog lovers of the world and show that animal abuse — no matter the species or country — is always wrong.

By: Jack

Jack — Thu, 23 Jun 2016 22:52:32 +0000

The Supreme Court just tied 4-4 — again. Their inability to reach a decision today effectively blocks the President’s common-sense immigration actions.

This is another consequence of congressional leaders failing to do their jobs. Not only are Republican Senate leaders hobbling our judicial system with their unprecedented obstruction of President Obama’s Supreme Court nominee, but our immigration system remains broken because Congress continues to kick the can down the road on finding a comprehensive solution.

After years of organizing, and waiting, and hoping for a legislative solution, the President proposed a set of common-sense actions that would give millions of people in the United States — many of whom have been here for years — the ability to qualify for temporary relief from deportation. Not only would this have strengthened our communities by keeping families together, but it would have added $230 billion to the economy over 10 years. With these actions effectively blocked, it’s up to Congress to come up with a comprehensive solution.

As long as Republican leaders in the House and the Senate refuse to come together to find solutions — while continuing their unprecedented obstruction of President Obama’s Supreme Court nominee — we’ll be stuck in a vicious cycle that repeatedly fails to address the major issues we face as a country.