Wednesday, March 19, 2014

Tell Blue Cross Not to Turn Its Back on Vulnerable Children

There is no way these children will find help on their own. They need help. Blue Cross Blue Shield should NOT discontinue its programs to help autistic children. Please sign/share. We must take care of the children in this country, especially the most vulnerable.


http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/stop-blue-cross-blue-5?source=s.icn.tw&r_by=3070810

Stop Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois from Cutting Autism Services

Petition by Kiya Olson
To be delivered to Karen Atwood, President of BCBS of Illinois
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois is proposing a Focused Management Outpatient Program which will cease coverage for the supervision of applied behavior analysis (ABA) programs. Specifically assessing a child's progress, making new materials, conducting team meetings, overseeing direct therapists, adapting programs, and creating new programs after a child has demonstrated progress will no longer be paid for; even though they are vital aspects of a QUALITY program.

ABA is the primary type of intervention recommended for children with autism because of its comprehensive nature and consistent supervision by a qualified clinician. This program will negatively affect families in being able to receive reliable & valid comprehensive programming and it'll affect all BCBAs who work with insurance. If you believe this is wrong and would like to help us stop this by signing a petition that we are creating please write your name below and share this with others!
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Saturday, March 15, 2014

PETITION: Police Abuse of Power

This is exactly the kind of treatment by police officers that make not only the public at high risk for unnecessary harm, but also puts the DECENT POLICE OFFICERS at risk. This type of treatment of a family was just mean spitefulness on the part of the officer involved. This young man and his father and mother were all tortured on that day, for a dropped cigarette butt from a man with medical problems with his hands. The police should stop trying to cover things like this up, and deal with them! Protect and Serve can go terribly wrong, and this is one of those times. Please sign/share this petition. WE THE PEOPLE, must use our voice to protest such atrocities. Please lend yours to the noise! Silence only helps to perpetuate this abuse of power.




https://www.change.org/petitions/los-angeles-county-sheriff-s-department-fire-the-deputies-who-tortured-daniel-johnson-for-littering?utm_source=action_alert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=51620&alert_id=aymIEKWSKI_zOjYjUKKXE







Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department: Fire The Deputies Who Tortured Daniel Johnson For 'Littering'

By Political Blind Spot
Los Angeles, California
A Southern California man never thought that a dropped cigarette would result in him being brutally assaulted and tortured by a Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputy. Daniel Johnson, 26, a graduate of University of California, Berkeley with no criminal history, screamed "stop, please!" and "I'm not resisting! I'm not resisting!" over and over as the deputy held him down, repeatedly electrocuting his genitals with a taser in front of his family and neighbors.
Johnson explains that after several discharges of the high voltage taser, he could literally smell the flesh "cooking" off of his genitals. He later discovered that he had in fact sustained multiple burns to the genital region, as a result of this literal torture.
Now, Johnson has filed a lawsuit against the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. Johnson was at his mother's Altadena home, cooking dinner back in December 26, 2012. That's when a man knocked on the door to inform Johnson that his father was being ticketed for putting out a cigarette on the ground
Johnson's father was a 58-year-old disabled man. He may or may not have intended to drop the cigarette, but Johnson explains that the man walks with a cane and often drops things because of severe, medically documented nerve damage in his hands.
Los Angeles "Deputy Abdulfattah," is named in the complaint as the officer giving a $1,000 ticket and community service for littering. But Johnson tried to explain to the officer that there was a medical condition with his father, and the littering was likely accidental. 
Abdulfattah told Johnson, "I can write you a ticket too if you want," the deputy said. 
"I asked if it would be possible for me to just pick it up," Johnson said. "We don't have $1,000 to pay that ticket," he said, trying to plead with the deputy.
As Johnson began to walk away to inform his mother of what was happening, another deputy, named in the complaint as "Deputy Russell," grabbed Johnson from behind slamming him against the patrol car and into a concrete post.
Johnson's parents shouted: "leave him alone! He hasn't done anything wrong."
Deputy Russell then put Johnson in a "full nelson hold" wrapping his arms under Johnson's armpits with his hands behind Johnson's head. That's when deputy Abdulfattah began punching Johnson's father in the face. Then Abdulfattah turned to the restrained Johnson, and used a Taser on his genitals over and over. 
"He was right above me as he Tased me," Johnson explained. "There's no mistake that he was trying to Tase me in my genitalia."
Johnson's mother says that the deputy stared at her throughout the whole ordeal, like he was trying to show her that he was able to do anything he wanted to her son.
"He's looking directly at me every time he pulls that trigger, and at one point my son says, 'Mom, I'm OK," Johnson's mother, Rose Gonzales said. "So at that point, I realize this guy is doing this because I am reacting."
After being tortured in front of his family by the officers, Johnson was arrested for battery on a police officer. Those charges were never filed. 
The Los Angeles County Sheriff's department says that the officer in question is "the best deputy in the department."
Help get the word out. Contact the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department at (800) 698-8255, a number assigned specifically for complaints about the Department's deputies. Email webemail@lasd.org and demand that these deputies be fired and brought up on charges. 
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Wednesday, March 5, 2014

Another Petition for Marissa Alexander



There is every reason in the world to release Marissa Alexander. Her innocence has been established by her need to defend herself and her continued fight to be free should be supported by us all.

Here is another petition to keep fighting for her freedom. It is a request for pardon from the Florida Governor. Please sign and share it.

http://www.change.org/petitions/gov-rick-scott-of-florida-pardon-marissa-alexander
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Saturday, November 16, 2013

Sign the petition: Make corporations disclose political spending

 Citizens United is "united," but not in the interests of the citizens: We, the People. Stop letting the conservative RIGHT WING control our country just because they have more money. Our checks-n-balances have been UNBALANCED by the allowance of special interest groups to lobby AND contribute financial support behind a shroud of secrecy! Please sign this petition and help to protect our elections from unscrupulous special interests that OPPOSE the interests of We, the People! (njb)


Petitioning:Securities & Exchange Commission
Created By: Daily Kos 
 https://www.dailykos.com/campaigns/565&tag=111213splash4

The Supreme Court’s Citizens United ruling opened the floodgate to corporate money in our political campaigns, but the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) can pull back the curtain and unveil the shroud of secrecy.
As the federal agency with the job of protecting investors from corporate abuse, the SEC is well within its authority to require that all publicly traded corporations disclose how they're spending money in elections. But it won’t happen without a fight.
Join Daily Kos and People For the American Way in urging that the SEC require publicly traded corporations to disclose how they spend their money in politics.
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Stop Sexual Abuse Against Our Troops, from Among Our Troops!



 Women who serve in the armed forces for the United States are being sexually assaulted by men in the military in alarmingly high numbers! (An estimated 26,000 a year: 71 per day on average). The TRUE numbers will never be known since it is a FACT that women are often too embarrassed to come forward. 

We train all of our military personnel to defend themselves from the "enemy," what about from those who SERVE side-by-side with them? Why should they have to defend themselves from OUR troops? Why are there NOT enough consequences for such conduct that would discourage such widespread abuse? We cannot ASK THEM or EXPECT THEM to put up with this abuse while putting their lives on the line to protect us! (njb)

Please add your name to this petition!

http://www.endsexualassault.com/?code=Heitkamp-2



Tell Congress: Protect Victims of Military Sexual Assault

Tell Congress: Protect Victims of Military Sexual Assault

Add your name

The Department of Defense (DoD) estimates a shocking 26,000 instances
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The Department of Defense (DoD) estimates a shocking 26,000 instances of rape, sexual assault and unwanted sexual contact occurred in our military – last year alone. That's an average of 71 cases every day. 

In a recent Pentagon survey, roughly one in five military women said they were victims of unwanted sexual contact – but the vast majority of cases went unreported.
Victims have spoken out time and again for changing the system that wronged them. Congress must act immediately. 

The Military Justice Improvement Act – which would transfer the decision to prosecute from a chain of command that has failed victims far too often to independent, impartial military prosecutors – could receive a vote in the Senate within days. 

Help us fight for justice for our military members: they deserve a justice system worthy of their service. With the Senate poised to vote, we need your voice right now. 

Add your name in support of the Military Justice Improvement Act. We owe it to the men and women who wear the uniform and bravely serve our great country. 


Mark Begich
U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal
U.S. Senator
Barbara Boxer
U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand
U.S. Senator
Martin Heinrich
U.S. Senator Heidi Heitkamp
U.S. Senator
Mazie Hirono
U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy
U.S. Senator
Ed Markey
U.S. Senator Bob Menendez
U.S. Senator
Mark Pryor
U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen
U.S. Senator
Chuck Schumer
U.S. Senator Ron Wyden
U.S. Senator
Tulsi Gabbard
U.S. Representative Sean Patrick Maloney
U.S. Representative 
U.S. Representative Kurt Schrader
U.S. Representative Kyrsten Sinema
U.S. Representative


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Mark Begich
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Barbara Boxer
U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand
U.S. Senator
Martin Heinrich
U.S. Senator Heidi Heitkamp
U.S. Senator
Mazie Hirono
U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy
U.S. Senator
Ed Markey
U.S. Senator Bob Menendez
U.S. Senator
Mark Pryor
U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen
U.S. Senator
Chuck Schumer
U.S. Senator Ron Wyden
U.S. Senator
Tulsi Gabbard
U.S. Representative Sean Patrick Maloney
U.S. Representative
Kurt Schrader
U.S. Representative Kyrsten Sinema
U.S. Representative
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The Department of Defense (DoD) estimates a shocking 26,000 instances of rape, sexual assault and unwanted sexual contact occurred in our military – last year alone. That's an average of 71 cases every day.
In a recent Pentagon survey, roughly one in five military women said they were victims of unwanted sexual contact – but the vast majority of cases went unreported.
Victims have spoken out time and again for changing the system that wronged them. Congress must act immediately.
The Military Justice Improvement Act – which would transfer the decision to prosecute from a chain of command that has failed victims far too often to independent, impartial military prosecutors – could receive a vote in the Senate within days.
Help us fight for justice for our military members: they deserve a justice system worthy of their service. With the Senate poised to vote, we need your voice right now.
Add your name in support of the Military Justice Improvement Act. We owe it to the men and women who wear the uniform and bravely serve our great country.
Mark Begich
U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal
U.S. Senator
Barbara Boxer
U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand
U.S. Senator
Martin Heinrich
U.S. Senator Heidi Heitkamp
U.S. Senator
Mazie Hirono
U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy
U.S. Senator
Ed Markey
U.S. Senator Bob Menendez
U.S. Senator
Mark Pryor
U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen
U.S. Senator
Chuck Schumer
U.S. Senator Ron Wyden
U.S. Senator
Tulsi Gabbard
U.S. Representative Sean Patrick Maloney
U.S. Representative
Kurt Schrader
U.S. Representative Kyrsten Sinema
U.S. Representative
Daily Kos
- See more at: http://www.endsexualassault.com/?code=Heitkamp-2#sthash.emxoPI6Z.dpuf
The Department of Defense (DoD) estimates a shocking 26,000 instances of rape, sexual assault and unwanted sexual contact occurred in our military – last year alone. That's an average of 71 cases every day.
In a recent Pentagon survey, roughly one in five military women said they were victims of unwanted sexual contact – but the vast majority of cases went unreported.
Victims have spoken out time and again for changing the system that wronged them. Congress must act immediately.
The Military Justice Improvement Act – which would transfer the decision to prosecute from a chain of command that has failed victims far too often to independent, impartial military prosecutors – could receive a vote in the Senate within days.
Help us fight for justice for our military members: they deserve a justice system worthy of their service. With the Senate poised to vote, we need your voice right now.
Add your name in support of the Military Justice Improvement Act. We owe it to the men and women who wear the uniform and bravely serve our great country.
Mark Begich
U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal
U.S. Senator
Barbara Boxer
U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand
U.S. Senator
Martin Heinrich
U.S. Senator Heidi Heitkamp
U.S. Senator
Mazie Hirono
U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy
U.S. Senator
Ed Markey
U.S. Senator Bob Menendez
U.S. Senator
Mark Pryor
U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen
U.S. Senator
Chuck Schumer
U.S. Senator Ron Wyden
U.S. Senator
Tulsi Gabbard
U.S. Representative Sean Patrick Maloney
U.S. Representative
Kurt Schrader
U.S. Representative Kyrsten Sinema
U.S. Representative
Daily Kos
- See more at: http://www.endsexualassault.com/?code=Heitkamp-2#sthash.emxoPI6Z.dpuf

Tell Congress: Protect Victims of Military Sexual Assault

Add your name

The Department of Defense (DoD) estimates a shocking 26,000 instances of rape, sexual assault and unwanted sexual contact occurred in our military – last year alone. That's an average of 71 cases every day.
In a recent Pentagon survey, roughly one in five military women said they were victims of unwanted sexual contact – but the vast majority of cases went unreported.
Victims have spoken out time and again for changing the system that wronged them. Congress must act immediately.
The Military Justice Improvement Act – which would transfer the decision to prosecute from a chain of command that has failed victims far too often to independent, impartial military prosecutors – could receive a vote in the Senate within days.
Help us fight for justice for our military members: they deserve a justice system worthy of their service. With the Senate poised to vote, we need your voice right now.
Add your name in support of the Military Justice Improvement Act. We owe it to the men and women who wear the uniform and bravely serve our great country.
Mark Begich
U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal
U.S. Senator
Barbara Boxer
U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand
U.S. Senator
Martin Heinrich
U.S. Senator Heidi Heitkamp
U.S. Senator
Mazie Hirono
U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy
U.S. Senator
Ed Markey
U.S. Senator Bob Menendez
U.S. Senator
Mark Pryor
U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen
U.S. Senator
Chuck Schumer
U.S. Senator Ron Wyden
U.S. Senator
Tulsi Gabbard
U.S. Representative Sean Patrick Maloney
U.S. Representative
Kurt Schrader
U.S. Representative Kyrsten Sinema
U.S. Representative
Daily Kos
- See more at: http://www.endsexualassault.com/?code=Heitkamp-2#sthash.sL12670b.dpuf

Tell Congress: Protect Victims of Military Sexual Assault

Add your name

The Department of Defense (DoD) estimates a shocking 26,000 instances of rape, sexual assault and unwanted sexual contact occurred in our military – last year alone. That's an average of 71 cases every day.
In a recent Pentagon survey, roughly one in five military women said they were victims of unwanted sexual contact – but the vast majority of cases went unreported.
Victims have spoken out time and again for changing the system that wronged them. Congress must act immediately.
The Military Justice Improvement Act – which would transfer the decision to prosecute from a chain of command that has failed victims far too often to independent, impartial military prosecutors – could receive a vote in the Senate within days.
Help us fight for justice for our military members: they deserve a justice system worthy of their service. With the Senate poised to vote, we need your voice right now.
Add your name in support of the Military Justice Improvement Act. We owe it to the men and women who wear the uniform and bravely serve our great country.
Mark Begich
U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal
U.S. Senator
Barbara Boxer
U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand
U.S. Senator
Martin Heinrich
U.S. Senator Heidi Heitkamp
U.S. Senator
Mazie Hirono
U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy
U.S. Senator
Ed Markey
U.S. Senator Bob Menendez
U.S. Senator
Mark Pryor
U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen
U.S. Senator
Chuck Schumer
U.S. Senator Ron Wyden
U.S. Senator
Tulsi Gabbard
U.S. Representative Sean Patrick Maloney
U.S. Representative
Kurt Schrader
U.S. Representative Kyrsten Sinema
U.S. Representative
Daily Kos
- See more at: http://www.endsexualassault.com/?code=Heitkamp-2#sthash.sL12670b.dpuf
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