National Director, @gnd_network. Co-founder @OurHawaii808. Former Legislator.
Honolulu, HI
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BIG! A bill passed in Hawaii to effectively convert 10,000's of illegal Airbnb's to local housing. Incredible work from @OurHawaii808 and Lahaina Strong. The winning strategy was uniting fire survivors, advocates, and unions – then going all out. hawaiinewsnow.com/2024/04/24…
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If you don’t believe in sea level rise, this happened here in Hawaii yesterday. As pollution worsens, no one will be safe. Your wealth won’t save you.
Community note
This wave is not random, it is a result of Tropical Storm Darby, which had climbed to a Category 3 hurricane in the East Pacific.
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Kyle Rittenhouse was one year away from having a badge, a state-issued weapon, and qualified immunity.
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Stop coming to Hawai’i. They are treating us like second class citizens, literally cutting off our water to feed over-tourism.
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Don’t come to Maui. Cancel your planned vacations. Survivors need the hotel rooms. Give our community time to grieve and heal.
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There are Kānaka Maoli bodies in that wreckage. How dare you post this
On Friday, Elicia Stratton searched desperately through the wreckage of her Lahaina home for the Rolex watch her parents gave her when she graduated college.
Suddenly, her fiancé pulled it from the ashes. “You found it!” she said, choking up. It was damaged but still legible.
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This is how Bowman opened his victory speech—
“Poverty is not a result of children and families who don't work hard...Poverty is by political design, and is rooted in a system that has been fractured and corrupt and rotten from its core from the inception of America.”
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U.S. deaths caused by domestic extremists in 2018–
Far right: 98%
ISIS related: 2%
Antifa: 0%
Please don’t feed Trump’s propaganda machine.
(Source: ADL, 2019)
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A heavily armed police force arrested 33 Native Hawaiian elders who were peacefully protecting our most sacred mountain from desecration. Our kūpuna are literally laying down their bodies for our environment and culture—and they must not shoulder this burden alone. #WeAreMaunaKea
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Lāhainā was once wetland.
Boats circled around Waikoloa Church.
It’s only became dry and fire-prone because of illegal water diversions and land theft by sugar barons in the 1800’s.
Today, the same families reap insane profits off continued control of our irrigation, land regulators, and politicians.
As we rebuild, we must restore the Green New Deal promise of public land and water use.
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Why does Bernie have more overzealous online supporters than every other candidates?
Because he has 10x more online supporters than any other candidate.
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To reporters covering the #MauiFire: Please stop characterizing Front Street and Lahaina Town as a “tourist spot”
It was the original Capital of the Hawaiian Kingdom.
King Kamehameha’s palace is here.
Kānaka Maoli still live here, on their ancestral land from the 1800s.
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A reporter just jabbed me with “Hawaii is not the Bronx.”
Maybe not. But we share a struggle.
A minority majority facing gentrification, a housing crisis, runaway inequality, and a corporate controlled Democratic Party.
We are ready for change from NY to Hawaii.
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Klobuchar says sheʻs against @BernieSanders "socialist philosophy" because she believes in supporting entrepreneurs.
But how many millions more would start businesses if they didnʻt have to worry about healthcare for themselves, their families, and employees? #MedicareForAll
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The thing about sea level rise is that it won’t rise level. It’ll be punctuated by dramatic events like these. But exponentially more frequent and intense than it is now.
Within our lifetimes.
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No one should die from COVID because they are poor.
No one should die from diabetes because they are poor.
No one should die from a flu because they are poor.
No one should die from any treatable illness because they are poor.
Healthcare is a human right.
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Biden siding with @AIPAC over his voters will go down as the biggest political mistake in modern US history.
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Too many politicians try to ignore movements, so today, we brought the Mauna to their door steps. #HawaiiRising
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The line to vote at a Texas university 2.5 hours after the polls closed.
Lots of young people of color (Sanders base).
We should be ashamed of a system that allows this to happen.
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Don’t forget that these fires are being used to violently remove indigenous peoples from their land. Climate change is caused by profit-driven colonialism. We must hold these heartless industrialists to account for their atrocities. @BernieSanders’s #GreenNewDeal does it.
People are deliberately starting fires in the #AmazonRainforest to illegally deforest indigenous land for cattle ranching
Pataxó woman:
“These assholes came in and burned down [our reservation]... I want all of the media here to see this”
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"You are accusing a captive population who has been robbed of everything of looting. I think it's obscene."
- James Baldwin, 1968
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Some of you aren’t getting it—It is our money, our bombs. We leveled the press buildings. We destroyed the homes. We are murdering Palestinian children.
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A Hawaii for the many is possible, but we have to take it, together.
On August 11, this movement can make history, but I need your help.
Please Retweet this video, Donate, and sign up to knock on doors, send texts + secure.actblue.com/donate/in…
#Ing2018
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Over the next decade—
Biden’s jobs plan: $2.3 trillion
Military spending: $8.3 trillion
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The largest banyan tree in America, in the Heart of Lahaina, turned 150 years old this year. Here it is after the #MauiFires. A tragic symbol of the climate emergency and colonial greed
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Yet in a moment of societal psychosis, the demand and value of beach front properties are jetting up
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Bernie won with his 45 second closing statement alone.
No one else on the stage seemed to understand that what we lack is not ideas, or civility, or gravitas, or clever quips.
But political courage and power—power that must be identified and seized.
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The Chamber of Commerce pinned thousands of American flags across Kailua. This is how some Native Hawaiians responded:
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This is leadership. thehill.com/homenews/campaig…
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Literally erasing the word “Black” from the phrase “Black Lives Matter” and repeating it 3x is no accident.
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The virus resistant Mu Variant—the most vaccine resistant COVID strain yet—is more prevalent in Hawaii than any of the 48 contiguous states.
And guess what? We didnt create it here.
Again, stop travelling to Hawaii.
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This is the real story of Hawai’i. Watch. Share. And join us to make these islands work for local, working families.
Our Hawaiʻi
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Tourism is a servants’ prison that keeps local people in a permanent underclass, in our own home. It’s a system that literally only works when the people who play here are richer than us who live and work here.
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This is it. This is everything, This is what it’ll take to save the world. Thank you Senator @BernieSanders. nytimes.com/2019/08/22/clima…
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Pandemic survival kit—
🤱🏽Paid Family Leave
🛌 Paid Sick Days
💵 Universal Basic Income Stimulus
🏠 Mortgage Moratorium
💆🏽Rent control and moratorium
🍛 Free school lunch at home
🏘 homes guarantee
🌅 A Green New Deal
Now go out and get these things before it’s too late.
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“What dreams would you pursue if your basic needs were met?” Our message is mainstream; it just makes sense. Hawaiian values are @DemSocialists values.
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11 days in, Hawaiians have established:
Free Healthcare (Mauna Medics)
Free College (Puʻuhuluhulu University)
Free Childcare (Kapūnana)
241 years in, America still no can.
We’re not just stopping the TMT, we’re building a nation.
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If “most police are good,” you’d see videos of them physically intervening and stopping “bad ones” from killing unarmed Black people in every single case like George Floyd’s.
I haven’t seen this happen once.
Racism is a systemic virus plaguing police departments across the US.
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I’m running on Hawaii’s boldest climate platform: A Green New Deal
✔️ Phase out fossil fuel cars by 2030
✔️ 100% renewable energy by 2035
✔️ Phase out plastic bags and straws by 2035
✔️ No new fossil fuel pipelines
✔️ A federal green jobs guarantee,
...and more nitter.app/alexckaufman/status/10…
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This may be the best reporting on a climate disaster that I have ever seen. nbcnews.com/news/asian-ameri…
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Today, some Democratic candidates for President are calling to shut down for-profit child detention centers.
@SenSanders did this in 2016, under Obama.
Leadership means having the courage to speak out when no one else will, to be driven by morality, not partisanship.
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This post wasnt by the couple. It was a reporter's from reputable news outlet. With 80+ people dead, this is an insanely insulting story. Maybe a few months from now, it would be distasteful. Right now it's disgraceful
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No matter what happens tonight, we have already won. We built a movement around unapologetic advocacy for working people. We shifted national politics simply by sharing our unvarnished local history and values. This is only the start of a movement. Mahalo. #ING2018 #FIGHTFORALOHA
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I am born-and-raised on Maui, Hawaii. My island is on fire. Our most historic town was set ablaze by wildfires. Ron DeSantis, Tim Scott, oil companies, and anyone in power who denies climate change are the arsonists. We are living the #ClimateEmergency. #MauiFires
Tim Scott on Fox & Friends downplays the threat of climate change, saying, "this is ridiculous to talk about climate emergency when we have a border emergency right now."
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He’s saying wildly dangerous things, but Trump is on air every single day.
Biden gave one sad, fumbling speech so far.
Democrats we need to get a grip on this situation. We are losing the narrative battle in this key moment.
Media - please give @BernieSanders some air time.
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Tomorrow is Election Day. We can have healthcare, education, housing, and a livable climate, BUT ONLY IF WE VOTE. Please bring your friends, family, neighbors, and let's win a better world! #FightforAloha
Donate $27—> bit.ly/Give2TeamIng
Volunteer—> bit.ly/TeamIng
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This is amazing. Officials are formally projecting @BernieSanders the winner of the Nevada caucus with 44% of the vote.
Yes, only 4% of results are in. That’s how huge the margin is. The closest is Biden with 21%.
Absolutely mind-blowing results.
Grassroots organizing wins.
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You’re not dreaming. This is mainstream media outlining the case FOR democratic socialism. It took a minute, and lots of work from dedicated activists, but our ideas are mainstreaming. After all, we are the many. 🌹
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If Democrats agree that Trump is a dangerously unfit Commander-in-Chief, then why in God’s green Earth did some Democratic Congressmembers vote to boost his military might by $600b?
We must lead with moral clarity.
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Humans can’t survive 30 minutes in 120 degree weather.
It’s averaging 125 in Arizona, still intolerable in the shade and through the night.
The homeless and other vulnerable people are dying.
Climate change will make heatwaves more frequent and intense. We must act now.
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Again, get involved if you aren’t already. If you want a Future, you have no choice. Only lawmakers can stop big polluters from overheating the planet. Make them— aFuture.org/pledge
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A poke bowl shop owner in the Midwest thinks he owns the word “Aloha.” He’s even suing Native Hawaiians. Here’s my response:
Please 'Share' + boycott. #NoAlohaPokeCo #FightForAloha
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As a Kānaka Maoli, stemming from seven generations here on Maui. This is heartbreaking to watch. Colonial greed is burning down our home. And it’s US politicians and polluters to blame. #ClimateEmergency
CNN International
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“They took all the fish out of our ocean, they put all the tourists on our coastlines, they poisoning our farmlands. Now they want to take our most sacred mountain. It’s like eliminating us. We cannot do this alone. We need everyone to rise up.”
-Walter Ritte, activist/kupuna.
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We will make polluters pay for the death and destruction they have caused. exxonknews.org/p/maui-is-sui…
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I just want to take a moment to lift up the organizers with the @BernieSanders campaign who made these numbers - that would've seemed impossible a few years ago - todayʻs common sense reality.
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I’m really excited to announce that @Ocasio2018 is joining me on the campaign trail next Thursday, August 9th at 6:30pm in Honolulu. #FightForAloha
bit.ly/KIandAOC
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Fam—
We’re not even half way into the delegate count.
We’re 7 weeks away from New York.
We’ve seen how quickly things can flip in this environment.
Let’s keep moving. The world is on fire. We cannot afford to give up now. #NotMeUs
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"So poverty, and the impact of poverty on our children and dealing with issues of institutional racism, and sexism, and classism, and xenaphobia, and everything that keeps the majority of us oppressed, is what we designed this campaign to fight against.”
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For the record, I like @BernieSanders, and stand with anyone who has ever gotten bullied, belittled, or ostracized by the rich kids.
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Wrong. You have an obligation to the voters who flipped the House, to fight unapologetically for their values. 2018 happened for a reason. Let it mean something.
Nancy Pelosi: "We have an obligation to try to find common ground." hill.cm/FTYvCLt
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Saying it’s “just a telescope” misses the point—
The TMT will be 18 stories tall with a footprint spanning 6 football fields + to build up, you first dig down, meaning lots of sacred earth moved.
+ don’t forget #MaunaKea has already swallowed oil spills from smaller telescopes.
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“Your rudeness prevents you from getting things done” + “I don’t mind if you die”
= Respectability politics in a nutshell.
Big update: We just swarmed a major fundraiser on Nantucket Island benefitting Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey. We demanded she ban new fossil fuel projects. She refused. So we shut down her whole event. She fled.
Respect us or expect us.
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Filming at Iolani Palace. We’re talking about how two millennials from working class families ended up running for Congress, and more! #FightForAloha
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The government should outbid Mark Zuckerberg on the 600 acres in Kaua’i, then offer it to a land trust held by Native Hawaiians.
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Beautiful to see Ilhan, Cori, Rashida standing with the @uncommittedmvmt as they escalate to conduct a sit-in for a single speaking spot on the DNC stage.
They represent the majority of Democrats, and the party needs to update its stance.
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The Mu Variant—the most vaccine resistant COVID strain yet—is more prevalent in Hawaii than any of the 48 contiguous states.
And guess what? We didnt create it here.
Again, stop travelling to Hawaii.
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They can’t poll millennials. Ask @Ocasio2018.
(1) They still call mostly landlines
(2) For every 1000 dials, only a certain 100 pickup
(3) Then, you must sit through the questions w/o hanging up
Obviously, that’s not us.
But polls do say one thing: if we turnout, WE WILL WIN.
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Bernie chose to center black activists in Flint and let them speak for themselves using his campaign platform. Then the media used this to imply Bernie is racist.
Last night in Flint, @BernieSanders was supposed to give a speech on how his agenda was better for African Americans than @JoeBiden. That’s not what happened. cnn.com/2020/03/08/politics/…
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40 children were killed in Yemen by a U.S. missile fired by a U.S. ally. We must end imperialism. We must end for-profit wars.
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Tourism anywhere on Maui hurts relief efforts because fire survivors need hotel rooms across the island.
Many are still in tents and gym floors.
However, small businesses rely on visitor spending.
But these are false choices. We can demand that the Federal government step up—like during Covid—to provide forgivable loans to ALL impacted small businesses and workers on Maui.
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If you are an older American, really think about what your vote for Biden says to those of us with decades to live in this world. Let our youth have a say in making their own future. Please don’t vote for Joe and repeat 2016.
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#MauiFires When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, "Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping” -Fred Rodgers
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The average rent in Hawaii is $1821 (0br studio).
For rent to cost less than a third of income, the maximum suggested, you’d need to make $5463 a month.
At 40 hours a week, that’s $34.14/hr.
Hawaii’s minimum wage is $10.10/hr.
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Time to stop subsidizing millions of our public dollars into this gender and race inequitable, hopelessly unsustainable and fragile industry. We need to finally break free.
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Dear Democrats,
Working people live in every single state. Speak to our needs, and we will win.
Sincerely,
The Many
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Today’s “radical left” politicians are proposing a top tax rate of 70%.
In 1960, the top tax rate was 91%.
Tax the rich.
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Remember when @JoeBiden said Nevada is the first real Primary State because “Iowa and New Hampshire don’t represent the diversity of America”?
Well @BernieSanders is more than doubling Biden’s votes right now in Nevada.
We’re going to win this election.
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70% of my classmates have moved away from Hawaii. I now have a two-year-old, so I work to make sure he has a shot to make it here. In Congress, my #1 priority will be to lower Hawaii's cost of living, reshape the rigged economy, and allow our children to thrive on our islands.
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“Gentrification happens everywhere,” but never Statewide like Hawaii.
We can’t just relocate to a suburb. We have to move 3,000 miles overseas, to a completely different culture.
Kānaka Maoli in economic exile should be considered refugees.
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We need to hold millions of real conversations about the future we are headed to in order to stop it @afuturedotorg is doing the work. Join us
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