Pass the Special Counsel Independence Protection Act (S. 1735)
The U.S. intelligence community is in agreement that Russia attacked American institutions and leaked information designed to undermine and reduce faith in our democratic process. It is critical that we get to the bottom of what happened and begin to set security in place to protect our democracy from being further undermined.
We need a healthy democracy to defend our environment.
It is also critical that the investigations are conducted free of political interference. That’s why, as your constituent, I urge you to put in place stronger checks and balances that protect special counsels from being fired when investigating a president or their administration. Please pass the bipartisan Special Counsel Independence Protection Act (S. 1735) to prevent the firing of a special counsel without judicial review.
The Special Counsel Independence Protection Act is similar to a now-elapsed law established in the wake of the Watergate scandal. It’s clear now that these important checks and balances need to be restored.
We need to defend our democracy, the rule of law, and faith our institutions. This bill is one important step in doing this.
Two weeks after the country faced record-shattering rainfall from Hurricane Harvey, we watched as a second massive storm — Hurricane Irma — ravaged the Caribbean and southeastern United States with significant storm surge flooding, damaging winds and rains.
The shocking destruction has left tens of thousands homeless and communities destroyed. After one of the largest mandatory evacuations in U.S. history, many people will be returning to find their homes and communities without power and in shambles.
Recognizing the immediate and longer-term challenges so many will face in the coming days, weeks and months — especially people over age 50 — AARP Foundation has responded with the creation of a relief fund to support the victims devastated by Hurricane Irma.
Working with the AARP state offices in the southeastern United States, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands along with relief organizations working in the Caribbean, we will direct 100 percent of all funds raised to organizations providing relief and recovery support to disaster victims. Every dollar will make a difference.
AARP Foundation is proud of its partnership with the Miami Dolphins and thanks Stephen Ross, owner of the Miami Dolphins, for his generosity in being a part of this match to support those affected by Hurricane Irma.
In an unprecedented breach, Equifax allowed nearly 150 million Americans to become vulnerable. That is 1-in-2. Simply put, you are most likely affected.
Equifax could not adequately protect the social security numbers, home addresses, and drivers license numbers of the many Americans who were forced to trust them. Not only that, but we witnessed Equifax company executives using the hack to sell their stock in their company and making millions of dollars in the process.
We demand an investigation into the matter and we demand an answer to the following questions:
How invasive was the breach?
How extensive was the breach?
Who was involved in the breach?
What reforms will be taken so that this does not happen again?
We also demand that that the executives who knew about the hack beforehand, and especially those who sold stock, be questioned and investigated.
Very few had heard of Rwanda until 800,000 people were dead. And right now in Burma, the Rohingya people are being massacred —they’re even beheading tiny children. Shockingly, The army behind the killing is supported by countries like Britain, Germany and Italy — let’s demand they drop support for these brutal troops to help end the slaughter!
Very few had heard of Rwanda, until 800,000 people were dead. And right now in Burma, the Rohingya community is being hunted down by rampaging bands of soldiers hellbent on murder.
It’s sickening. They’re even beheading tiny children.
But here’s the craziest thing — the military behind this massacre is supported by countries like Britain, Germany and Italy!
Burma’s generals have spent years building these alliances. Let’s demand our governments end their support until the slaughter is stopped — when our call is huge we’ll take out ads in media at a major global summit in a few days!
Governments around the world have engaged with Burma’s military — hoping to prevent massacres like we’re seeing right now. It’s clear that policy has failed, but they have massive leverage by breaking ties with these butchers!
The Rohingya are a poverty-stricken community who are denied citizenship in Burma, and have been persecuted for years because of their darker skin and different religion. Some have taken up arms and attacked security forces. But this is all out ethnic cleansing — the worst crisis the Rohingya have ever faced. Sign now and share everywhere!
We’ve helped the Rohingya before — when thousands fled a previous crackdown and were stranded at sea, our global community donated to support rescue missions to save them. Now they need us again — more than ever. Let’s rise to their call and make sure this isn’t another Rwanda.
With hope,
Bert, Rewan, Ana Sofia, Danny, Ricken and the entire Avaaz team
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