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  • Immigration crackdown now hitting green card holders

    03/23/2025 6:41:26 PM PDT · by Jyotishi · 49 replies
    Hawaii News Now ^ | March 21, 2025 | Ben Gutierrez
    A former Hawaii resident, and longtime green card holder, is among those being detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. HONOLULU (Hawaii News Now) -- Green card holders are officially Lawful Permanent Residents of the United States, according to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. But being a resident of the United States is very different from being a citizen. Lewelyn Dixon immigrated from the Philippines to Hawaii 50 years ago. She graduated from Farrington High School and has been working as a lab technician at the University of Washington. Dixon was returning home to Seattle from a family trip...
  • Hawaiian Electric Execs Pocketed Huge Raises Despite $1.4B In Losses

    03/20/2025 8:00:35 PM PDT · by Jyotishi · 5 replies
    Honolulu Civil Beat ^ | March 20, 2025 | Stewart Yerton
    Steering the utility from the brink of bankruptcy justified a $1.7 million raise for its CEO, the company said. Hawaiian Electric Industries Inc. and its subsidiaries faced torrents of bad news in 2024. Federal investigators found the company’s equipment had started the Lahaina wildfire that killed 102 people and destroyed most of the historic town. The company agreed to pay $1.9 billion to settle hundreds of lawsuits blaming it for the fire. Legislative measures to help bail out the company stalled. The bottom line: a net loss of $1.4 billion for the company. [Caption] Hawaiian Electric Industries, whose equipment sparked...
  • Following outcry, Army republishes web article on 442nd Regimental Combat Team

    03/16/2025 6:57:43 PM PDT · by Jyotishi · 19 replies
    Hawaii News Now ^ | March 15, 2025 | Ben Gutierrez
    [Video] After an outcry, the Army has republished a history of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team on its website. WASHINGTON, D.C. (Hawaii News Now) -- The U.S. Army has republished an article detailing the history of the famed 442nd Regimental Combat Team on it’s website. https://www.army.mil/article/283793 The article was republished Saturday, replacing the webpage that was taken down sometime earlier this month, https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2025/03/14/history-nisei-go-broke-wwii-unit-removed-army-website/ triggering an outcry from relatives of members of the unit and others, including U.S. Congressmen Ed Case of Hawaii and Mark Takano of California, whose great uncle was a veteran of the 442nd. The 442nd, combined with...
  • Trump moves to close facility that helps track planet-warming pollution

    03/15/2025 6:18:21 AM PDT · by where's_the_Outrage? · 51 replies
    Washington Post via MSN ^ | March 14, 2025 | Scott Dance
    The Trump administration is planning to cancel its lease at a government laboratory in Hawaii, a site where scientists support key observations of surging greenhouse gas levels in the atmosphere, according to a list obtained by Democratic members of Congress and shared with The Washington Post. The Global Monitoring Laboratory in Hilo, Hawaii, is on a list of dozens of National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration facilities whose leases are set to expire later this year. The lab is connected to the Mauna Loa Observatory, where scientists gather data from atop a volcano to produce the famed Keeling Curve, a chart on...
  • Democrat Mazie Hirono Blocks Bernie Moreno Common Sense Border Security Bill

    03/11/2025 11:04:14 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 24 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 03/11/2025 | Hannah Knudsen
    Democrat Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI) this week blocked a border reform bill introduced by freshman Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-OH), despite his plea to Democrats to unite on something so common sense. “I know that my Democrat colleagues are in a mode where they want to fight everything that we’re doing, Mr. President, but we should at least come together on this,” Moreno said on the floor. “As I look over at my democratic colleague, there’s only two of us — two of us as entire chamber — that are naturalized U.S. citizens,” he said of himself and Hirono. “We know...
  • Kilauea puts on stunning show with towering lava fountains

    03/05/2025 12:30:12 AM PST · by Jyotishi · 18 replies
    Hawaii News Now ^ | March 4, 2025 | HNN Staff
    United States Geological Survey said that it started around 7:30 a.m. Tuesday, and fountains of lava are now reaching up to 600 feet. [Video] HONOLULU (Hawaii News Now) -- Fountaining at Kilauea reached dramatic heights Tuesday evening. Episode 12 of Kilauea’s current eruption began at around 7:30 a.m. Tuesday with small, sluggish lava flows from the south vent. Two hours later, similar flows erupted from the north vent and both grew significantly throughout the day. The U.S. Geological Survey said as of 3:15 p.m. fountains reached heights of 600 feet with flows covering approximately a third of Halemaumau crater. Kilauea’s...
  • Federal job cuts hit Hawaii workers at NOAA

    03/02/2025 11:30:26 AM PST · by Jyotishi · 32 replies
    Hawaii News Now ^ | March 1, 2025 | HNN Staff
    More rallies in Hawaii as DOGE cuts hit NOAA in the islands HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) -- A march and rally in support of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) was held on Saturday. A newly formed citizen group called Allies in Resistance hosted the event in honor of human rights champion and former U.S. Rep. Patsy Mink. Mink was a champion of Title IX, which is part of the Education Amendments of 1972. It is a federal law that prohibits discrimination based on gender in any school or education program. Organizers said the march started at 11 a.m. at Iolani Palace. The...
  • Hawaii Supreme Court thinks they're not bound by the US Constitution

    02/27/2025 3:33:03 PM PST · by FLT-bird · 62 replies
    Hawaiian Supreme Court rules that individuals have no Second Amendment rights under its history, state law, and “spirit” “As the world turns, it makes no sense for contemporary society to pledge allegiance to the founding era’s culture, realities, laws, and understanding of the Constitution. ‘The thing about the old days, they the old days.’” –Justice Todd Eddins Justices with the Hawaii Supreme Court argue that Hawaii must follow the “spirit of Aloha,” not the rulings of the U.S. Supreme Court, when it comes to the Second Amendment rights of individuals. The Supreme Court of Hawaii has handed down a decision...
  • DEPT. OF HOMELAND SECURITY $1.6m for Hawaii Bad Asses PROTECT D.C. THROUGH INAUGURATION!!!

    01/19/2021 11:19:15 AM PST · by EBH · 32 replies
    TMZ ^ | 1/18/2021
    Uncle Sam is looking far and wide for some of the best muscle money can buy to help guard the nation's capital through Joe Biden's inauguration -- and it looks the feds found some ... in the Aloha State. TMZ has obtained federal procurement docs that show the Dept. of Homeland Security recently awarded a private security company called Hana Industries Inc. a $1.6 million contract for protective services, effective now until the very end of the month. According to the paperwork ... Hana's protective security officers will be standing watch in the capital and surrounding areas. The move to...
  • Over $151 Million Taken from Soldiers' Paychecks for Food Costs Spent Elsewhere by the Army

    02/14/2025 1:31:19 PM PST · by george76 · 83 replies
    Military ^ | February 14, 2025 | Steve Beynon
    a tax on troops -- taken from their Basic Allowance for Subsistence (BAS) payments, roughly $460 per month that is automatically deducted from the paychecks of service members who live in barracks and is intended to help cover food costs. For junior enlisted troops who earn about $30,000 annually, the cost can be consequential. 2024 financial records provided by the service from 11 of the Army's largest bases show that more than $151 million of $225 million collected from soldiers was not spent on food. Given that the Army operates 104 garrisons, the true amount of unspent funds is likely...
  • British security chiefs alarmed by Trump’s ‘Russia apologist’ spy boss

    02/07/2025 11:02:50 PM PST · by MinorityRepublican · 46 replies
    The Telegraph ^ | 04 February 2025 | Ben Riley-Smith, Tony Diver, Dominic Penna, Robert Mendick
    British security chiefs are alarmed at Donald Trump’s choice for the most senior intelligence role in America and hope she is blocked, The Telegraph can reveal. Tulsi Gabbard is facing intense scrutiny over her perceived support for Russia and Syria as she seeks to become the US director of national intelligence, an appointment that needs US Senate approval. The Telegraph understands that there is also deep disquiet at senior levels of the UK security services over the prospect of her appointment, which would give her access to the most sensitive secret intelligence. After being grilled by the Senate intelligence committee...
  • BREAKING: FETTERMAN ANNOUNCES HE WILL OPPOSE RFK AND TULSI’S CONFIRMATIONS

    02/06/2025 8:39:30 PM PST · by Macho MAGA Man · 91 replies
    Jack Posobiec on Twitter X ^ | February 6, 2025 | Jack Posobiec
    Jack Poso 🇺🇸 @JackPosobiec BREAKING: FETTERMAN ANNOUNCES HE WILL OPPOSE RFK AND TULSI’S CONFIRMATIONS 10:21 PM · Feb 6, 2025
  • Gabbard nomination heads to the Senate floor

    02/04/2025 12:08:56 PM PST · by RandFan · 18 replies
    Politico ^ | 02/04/2025, 2:40pm ET | By Mia McCarthy and John Sakellariadis
    The director of national intelligence nominee cleared a major hurdle, but there are still a handful of GOP senators who could oppose her on the floor.The Senate Intelligence Committee approved Tulsi Gabbard for director of national intelligence in a private vote Tuesday, sending her to the full Senate floor for consideration. While the panel vote represented a major hurdle, her confirmation by the full Senate still isn’t certain. She can only afford to lose three Republican votes, if all Democrats vote against her, as expected.
  • Sen. Todd Young, key GOP swing vote, says he’ll support Gabbard

    02/04/2025 9:14:35 AM PST · by RandFan · 11 replies
    The Hill ^ | 02/04/25 10:41 AM ET | by Al Weaver
    Sen. Todd Young (R-Ind.) announced Tuesday that he will support Tulsi Gabbard’s nomination to become director of national intelligence, paving the way for her to reach a floor vote and increasing her chances of winning full confirmation. Young had been considered a crucial Intelligence Committee GOP swing vote on Gabbard’s nomination. “I appreciate Tulsi Gabbard’s engagement with me on a variety of issues to ensure that our intelligence professionals will be supported and policymakers will receive unbiased information under her leadership,” Young posted on the social platform X alongside a letter Gabbard sent him of commitments in order to win...
  • TULSI HEARINGS: Dem Sen Tries To Trap Trump… Nukes OBAMA Instead (VIDEO)...Tulsi made the astronaut senator look like a space case

    02/01/2025 6:28:17 PM PST · by Red Badger · 34 replies
    Clash Daily ^ | January 31, 2025 | Wes Walker
    Sen Mark Kelly (the astronaut) tried to hit Tulsi and Trump — got hit back so hard he burned up on re-entry. The problem with so many ‘gotcha’ questions is the fact that throwing a surprise question at someone betrays the #1 rule of asking witness testimony: never ask a question to which you do not already know the answer. Sen Kelly may have thought he had her dead to rights in a question designed as a trap, where either Tulsi or Trump would take a hit in the way it was worded. If he had even the remotest idea...
  • ‘He’s a liar.’ Green outraged after Kennedy denies

    01/30/2025 2:08:40 PM PST · by Jyotishi · 26 replies
    Hawaii News Now ^ | January 29, 2025 | Daryl Huff
    [Video] Robert F. Kennedy Jr. denied Gov. Josh Green’s allegation that he caused many deaths in Samoa by discouraging the measles vaccine. HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) -- Gov. Josh Green was in the U.S. Capitol hearing room Wednesday while Robert F. Kennedy Jr. denied Green’s allegation that he caused many deaths in Samoa by discouraging the measles vaccine. Green responded with profanity on national television. Speaking on CNN and MSNBC cable outlets after the hearing, the governor was clearly angry. It was understandable because during his confirmation hearing, RFK Jr. basically called Green a liar. Kennedy, who was nominated by President Donald...
  • Gabbard Paid to Mask Her Sect’s Ties to Alleged Scheme

    01/29/2025 2:00:01 PM PST · by Wuli · 123 replies
    Wall Street Journal ^ | January 28, 2025 | Brett Forrest, Caitlin Ostrof, Rebecca Feng
    To defend and burnish Tulsi Gabbard’s image as her political star was rising, her congressional campaign hired a public-affairs firm in 2017 that tried to suppress coverage of an alleged pyramid scheme connected to her Hindu sect, according to interviews, emails and Federal Election Commission records. Gabbard, a former House member who is now President Trump’s nominee for director of national intelligence, was raised in the Science of Identity Foundation, a sect tied to a direct-marketing firm accused of running a pyramid scheme in several countries. Neither Gabbard, the sect nor the firm, QI Group, wanted the relationships scrutinized. Gabbard’s...
  • Foreign Policy: Trump Is Opening Pandora’s Box

    01/23/2025 9:10:37 AM PST · by SeekAndFind · 38 replies
    Foreign Policy ^ | 01/23/2025 | Howard French
    In the recent frenzy of commentary seeking to interpret U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s increasingly adamant comments about territorial expansion to Canada, Greenland, and the Panama Canal, too much of the discussion has focused on matters of secondary importance. These range from assessing whether Trump is merely engaging in a game of showmanship or distraction, to deciphering how those regions’ inhabitants feel about ceding territorial control to the United States, to determining how much it would cost to purchase their acquiescence. From a policy perspective, though, more fundamental matters have gone surprisingly unaddressed, beginning with the question of whether any of...
  • Bill Maher Trashes Los Angeles Democrats

    01/18/2025 3:57:45 PM PST · by E. Pluribus Unum · 25 replies
    X.com ^ | 4:34 PM | Jan 18, 2025 | Citizen Free Press☑️@CitizenFreePres
    'We don't need a lesbian fire chief. We need someone competent.'
  • 'Million Dollar Listing' star says up to 70% of Palisades residents will not return after devastating LA fires

    01/17/2025 8:32:53 PM PST · by george76 · 95 replies
    Fox News ^ | January 17, 2025 | Christina Dugan Ramirez
    Josh Altman says a majority of the people are underinsured and will face challenges if they choose to rebuild in the Pacific Palisades.. "Million Dollar Listing" star Josh Altman predicts the Pacific Palisades will never be same because he doesn't expect the majority of families will return. .... He says his insurance agent told him that "90-plus percent of these people are heavily underinsured." Altman added, "I think 65-70% of the people do not go back to the Palisades or Malibu. ... Altman said people are "fed up" with the drama with various insurance policies. ... "There's a moratorium right...