Dennis K Jr
@dkjrhi.bsky.social
☯. Optimistic pessimist. recovering legislative aide. borderline irrational #DukeBasketball fan. citizen. tortured night owl. Next: #WhiskeyAtTheOldMeatFactory
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AOC stock rising tonight.
November 10, 2025 at 2:41 AM
AOC stock rising tonight.
Probably the most appalling part of Green’s “proposal” (cower) to a “negotiated settlement” (extortion) with the Army is his assertion that it will “deliver justice to Hawaiʻi”. www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2025/11/05/g...
Governor proposes $10 billion federal investment in Army land negotiations
“A negotiated settlement, rather than a protracted contested condemnation, offers the clearest, most efficient path to achieving these goals,” his letter said.
www.hawaiinewsnow.com
November 5, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Probably the most appalling part of Green’s “proposal” (cower) to a “negotiated settlement” (extortion) with the Army is his assertion that it will “deliver justice to Hawaiʻi”. www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2025/11/05/g...
“It’s a culture of repair without relationship — a system that measures success by the first press release, not the second tide.”
www.civilbeat.org/2025/10/will...
www.civilbeat.org/2025/10/will...
Will Bailey: Pohoiki Bay Dredging Was A Onetime Job — That’s How Feds Do It
These types of restoration projects are about the ribbon-cutting, but not the maintenance.
www.civilbeat.org
October 31, 2025 at 3:57 AM
“It’s a culture of repair without relationship — a system that measures success by the first press release, not the second tide.”
www.civilbeat.org/2025/10/will...
www.civilbeat.org/2025/10/will...
When the righteous fight to protect Kamehameha Schools admissions policy passes, there should then be diligent review over if they’re doing everything they can to help Native Hawaiian children at all levels. Their decision to eliminate this program is unfortunate. www.civilbeat.org/2025/10/kame...
Kamehameha Ending Scholarships For Students Attending Other Schools
The Kipona Scholarship is Kamehameha’s third-largest external financial aid program.
www.civilbeat.org
October 30, 2025 at 11:35 PM
When the righteous fight to protect Kamehameha Schools admissions policy passes, there should then be diligent review over if they’re doing everything they can to help Native Hawaiian children at all levels. Their decision to eliminate this program is unfortunate. www.civilbeat.org/2025/10/kame...
"If there is a truer picture of Fascism anywhere in the world than in the Hawaiian Islands, then I do not know the definition of it.” - Eagen report, 1940
www.civilbeat.org/2025/10/maka...
www.civilbeat.org/2025/10/maka...
Makana Eyre: The Big Five's Blueprint Still Shrouds Hawaiʻi
In many cases, the business interests of the Big Five evolved rather than vanished. The problems they sometimes caused followed as well.
www.civilbeat.org
October 28, 2025 at 7:48 PM
"If there is a truer picture of Fascism anywhere in the world than in the Hawaiian Islands, then I do not know the definition of it.” - Eagen report, 1940
www.civilbeat.org/2025/10/maka...
www.civilbeat.org/2025/10/maka...
May Council Member Kama rest in aloha.
Things on the Maui County Council are going to get very interesting in her wake.
Things on the Maui County Council are going to get very interesting in her wake.
Maui County Council Member Tasha Kama died at 9:25 p.m. Sunday, surrounded by her loved ones, according to a family statement posted on the Kahului council member's Facebook page. She was 73.
Deep sadness: Council Member Tasha Kama dies Sunday night
Maui County Council Member Tasha Kama died at 9:25 p.m. Sunday, surrounded by her loved ones, according to a family statement posted on the Kahului council member's Facebook page. She was 73.
mauinow.com
October 27, 2025 at 3:59 PM
May Council Member Kama rest in aloha.
Things on the Maui County Council are going to get very interesting in her wake.
Things on the Maui County Council are going to get very interesting in her wake.
“We make ourselves too rooted to be removed.
Too practiced to be erased.
Too alive to be dismantled.”
- OHA Board of Trustees Chair Kai Kahele
substack.com/home/post/p-...
Too practiced to be erased.
Too alive to be dismantled.”
- OHA Board of Trustees Chair Kai Kahele
substack.com/home/post/p-...
Building the Nation We Are Becoming
Keynote Address for the 2025 Hawaiian Council Convention - Tulalip, WA
substack.com
October 27, 2025 at 6:34 AM
“We make ourselves too rooted to be removed.
Too practiced to be erased.
Too alive to be dismantled.”
- OHA Board of Trustees Chair Kai Kahele
substack.com/home/post/p-...
Too practiced to be erased.
Too alive to be dismantled.”
- OHA Board of Trustees Chair Kai Kahele
substack.com/home/post/p-...
Reposted by Dennis K Jr
Excellent
Kamehameha (a parody to the tune of "Under The Boardwalk" by The Drifters)
YouTube video by The Hawaii Comedy Festival
youtube.com
October 26, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Excellent
Awa vs Tokuda for Hawaiʻi CD2 in 2026 could get very interesting.
October 27, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Awa vs Tokuda for Hawaiʻi CD2 in 2026 could get very interesting.
When “my wife is Hawaiian” is starting to sound like “some of my best friends are black”.
October 25, 2025 at 8:02 PM
When “my wife is Hawaiian” is starting to sound like “some of my best friends are black”.
Reposted by Dennis K Jr
Justice Sotomayor with a graphic dissent as the Supreme Court allows Alabama to move forward with the execution of Anthony Boyd by lethal gas:
October 23, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Justice Sotomayor with a graphic dissent as the Supreme Court allows Alabama to move forward with the execution of Anthony Boyd by lethal gas:
Spotlight Now: “basically the governor is giving stolen lands to the military. That's the accusation. And that is the view of some of the people…”
Josh Green: “Let me set them straight. ok...My wife is Hawaiian. I'm working on Hawaiian homelands like no one ever saw before…”
Josh Green: “Let me set them straight. ok...My wife is Hawaiian. I'm working on Hawaiian homelands like no one ever saw before…”
October 22, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Spotlight Now: “basically the governor is giving stolen lands to the military. That's the accusation. And that is the view of some of the people…”
Josh Green: “Let me set them straight. ok...My wife is Hawaiian. I'm working on Hawaiian homelands like no one ever saw before…”
Josh Green: “Let me set them straight. ok...My wife is Hawaiian. I'm working on Hawaiian homelands like no one ever saw before…”
Here we go: “Students for Fair Admissions v. Kamehameha Schools c was filed this morning in federal court in Honolulu. Hearings are expected to be scheduled for early 2026.” kside.substack.com/p/hira-news-...
HIRA NEWS EXCLUSIVE STUDENTS FOR FAIR ADMISSIONS FILES FEDERAL CIVIL RIGHTS LAWSUIT AGAINST KAMEHAMEHA SCHOOLS
HIRA News first to confirm the official filing in U.S. District Court, District of Hawaii
kside.substack.com
October 20, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Here we go: “Students for Fair Admissions v. Kamehameha Schools c was filed this morning in federal court in Honolulu. Hearings are expected to be scheduled for early 2026.” kside.substack.com/p/hira-news-...
Absolutely it should. www.civilbeat.org/2025/10/shou...
Should OHA Play A Bigger Role In Military Lease Negotiations?
Board Chair Kai Kahele plans to take up the issue at an OHA meeting on the Big Island in November.
www.civilbeat.org
October 17, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Absolutely it should. www.civilbeat.org/2025/10/shou...
Gonna need to see some sustained awards buzz for Boots on Netflix.
October 16, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Gonna need to see some sustained awards buzz for Boots on Netflix.
If you’re looking for a TL;DR on Amy Coney Barrett’s thoughts during her long book tour over recent SCOTUS rulings like Dobbs, Mahmoud, racial profiling, the nebulous shadow docket decisions, and declining public trust in the Court, it’s been this…:
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c: @strictscrutiny.bsky.social
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c: @strictscrutiny.bsky.social
October 16, 2025 at 8:38 PM
If you’re looking for a TL;DR on Amy Coney Barrett’s thoughts during her long book tour over recent SCOTUS rulings like Dobbs, Mahmoud, racial profiling, the nebulous shadow docket decisions, and declining public trust in the Court, it’s been this…:
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c: @strictscrutiny.bsky.social
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c: @strictscrutiny.bsky.social
The question is who and what demographic groups will mostly benefit from Green’s housing initiatives.
The answer remains murky at best. www.civilbeat.org/2025/10/gree...
The answer remains murky at best. www.civilbeat.org/2025/10/gree...
Hawaiʻi Gov Says 64,000 New Affordable Homes Are In The Pipeline
The 2023 Maui fires and pushback on the use of emergency orders derailed the governor's early plan to address the state's housing crisis. But he says he hasn't given up on the issue.
www.civilbeat.org
October 15, 2025 at 1:01 AM
The question is who and what demographic groups will mostly benefit from Green’s housing initiatives.
The answer remains murky at best. www.civilbeat.org/2025/10/gree...
The answer remains murky at best. www.civilbeat.org/2025/10/gree...
“Fraught as this question may be, it’s essential that we ask it if we care who tells our stories and how they’re told.” www.civilbeat.org/2025/10/maka...
Makana Eyre: Who Should Be Writing The History Of Hawaiʻi?
We need a new general history of Hawaiʻi that retells our history and bridges pioneering Hawaiian scholarship to a broad audience.
www.civilbeat.org
October 13, 2025 at 11:01 PM
“Fraught as this question may be, it’s essential that we ask it if we care who tells our stories and how they’re told.” www.civilbeat.org/2025/10/maka...
Rep. Sarah McBride nails the message and the connection here.
This is why it’s been important for Democrats to stand up in this moment, while Republicans shutdown the federal government to reward billionaires and help Trump consolidate his authoritarian power grab.
This is why it’s been important for Democrats to stand up in this moment, while Republicans shutdown the federal government to reward billionaires and help Trump consolidate his authoritarian power grab.
October 10, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Rep. Sarah McBride nails the message and the connection here.
This is why it’s been important for Democrats to stand up in this moment, while Republicans shutdown the federal government to reward billionaires and help Trump consolidate his authoritarian power grab.
This is why it’s been important for Democrats to stand up in this moment, while Republicans shutdown the federal government to reward billionaires and help Trump consolidate his authoritarian power grab.
This whole episode from Justice McKenna seemed uncharacteristic and weird. www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2025/10/07/h...
Hawaii Supreme Court justice withdraws corruption case opinion with apology
Hawaii’s acting chief justice withdrew her opinion, writing: “I apologize for misinterpreting the factual basis for the criminal offense underlying this disciplinary proceeding.”
www.hawaiinewsnow.com
October 7, 2025 at 7:19 AM
This whole episode from Justice McKenna seemed uncharacteristic and weird. www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2025/10/07/h...
Be wary whenever someone laments “unnecessary conflict between economic growth and environmental stewardship” without naming what, specifically, he finds “unnecessary”.
“…we need to get over our history” should also give a reader pause
alohastatedaily.com/2025/10/02/h...
“…we need to get over our history” should also give a reader pause
alohastatedaily.com/2025/10/02/h...
Aloha State Daily | Hawai‘i's bizarre legacy of population control (and why it's still…
In the 1970s, Hawai‘i gave in to fears of overpopulation, so much so that population control was put into the State Constitution.
alohastatedaily.com
October 4, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Be wary whenever someone laments “unnecessary conflict between economic growth and environmental stewardship” without naming what, specifically, he finds “unnecessary”.
“…we need to get over our history” should also give a reader pause
alohastatedaily.com/2025/10/02/h...
“…we need to get over our history” should also give a reader pause
alohastatedaily.com/2025/10/02/h...
“…asking the right questions, but pushing the wrong answers…”
This, from @aaronregunberg.bsky.social, is the smartest critique of Ezra Klein’s egregious era that I’ve seen.
newrepublic.com/article/2011...
This, from @aaronregunberg.bsky.social, is the smartest critique of Ezra Klein’s egregious era that I’ve seen.
newrepublic.com/article/2011...
What Is Ezra Klein Thinking?
The New York Times columnist is asking the right questions, but pushing the wrong answers.
newrepublic.com
October 3, 2025 at 11:36 PM
“…asking the right questions, but pushing the wrong answers…”
This, from @aaronregunberg.bsky.social, is the smartest critique of Ezra Klein’s egregious era that I’ve seen.
newrepublic.com/article/2011...
This, from @aaronregunberg.bsky.social, is the smartest critique of Ezra Klein’s egregious era that I’ve seen.
newrepublic.com/article/2011...