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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Neil, who now lives in Portland and encourages others to give up on Hawaii and move to CONUS, doesn’t know what he’s talking about. Green has started from a position of “you’ll condemn it I guess”. OHA is the one actually negotiating and recognizing that we have a bad hand hoping to delay.
The state faces unusual challenges as it looks to proceed with military land leases and the TMT project.
Opinion: Some Tricky Negotiations For Josh Green & Co.
The state faces unusual challenges as it looks to proceed with military land leases and the TMT project.
dlvr.it
November 20, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Neil, who now lives in Portland and encourages others to give up on Hawaii and move to CONUS, doesn’t know what he’s talking about. Green has started from a position of “you’ll condemn it I guess”. OHA is the one actually negotiating and recognizing that we have a bad hand hoping to delay.
This is an abject failure on the part of Chuck Schumer and the Senate Democratic leadership that protects him.
Congratulations Democrats, Americans wholly believe you lost that shutdown because you caved
November 16, 2025 at 11:23 PM
This is an abject failure on the part of Chuck Schumer and the Senate Democratic leadership that protects him.
“Just because you say you are open to learning and understanding our culture and our perspective, does not mean you are actually doing that.” bigislandnow.com/2025/11/16/l...
Land use debate heats up over controversial ‘Burning Man-inspired’ festival in Pāpaʻikou | Big Island Now
Local residents clash over “Falls on Fire,” a festival that has been held for three years on the Big Island without a required permit — and that has passionate supporters and opponents.
bigislandnow.com
November 16, 2025 at 9:41 PM
“Just because you say you are open to learning and understanding our culture and our perspective, does not mean you are actually doing that.” bigislandnow.com/2025/11/16/l...
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We donʻt need this @#%@. www.sfgate.com/hawaii/artic...
With new ranch, mysterious Hawaii landowner now has 15,000 acres
His land buys rank him among Hawaii's biggest landowners.
www.sfgate.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:07 PM
We donʻt need this @#%@. www.sfgate.com/hawaii/artic...
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OHA statement. On point. Gov Green is pushing us into a false dichotomy. Hawaii can and must shape the negotiation not just accept the terms Trump admin imposes. Call the governor’s office. Green has national ambitions, make it clear those are imperiled by his actions here.
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November 14, 2025 at 9:33 PM
I hold respect for a couple members named to this so-called advisory committee but, w/the military threatening condemnation at the onset & Josh Green a willful participant through surrender & circumvention of his own State laws, they enter with their hands tied. governor.hawaii.gov/newsroom/off...
Office of the Governor – News Release – Gov. Green Names Advisory Committee for Leased Military Lands
STATE OF HAWAIʻI KA MOKU ʻĀINA O HAWAIʻI JOSH GREEN, M.D. GOVERNOR KE KIAʻĀINA GOVERNOR GREEN NAMES ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR MILITARY LEASED LANDS Committee Made Mostly of Native […]
governor.hawaii.gov
November 14, 2025 at 12:47 AM
I hold respect for a couple members named to this so-called advisory committee but, w/the military threatening condemnation at the onset & Josh Green a willful participant through surrender & circumvention of his own State laws, they enter with their hands tied. governor.hawaii.gov/newsroom/off...
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Full snub of OHA who are pretty obvious for inclusion as literally the ONLY elected reps for Native Hawaiians. SMH. Green is too thin skinned and resentful to hold high office.
Mostly made up of Native Hawaiians, the committee encompasses individuals from state government and the private sector.
Gov. Green forms committee to guide him in discussions on Hawai‘i military-leased lands
Mostly made up of Native Hawaiians, the committee encompasses individuals from state government and the private sector.
bigislandnow.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Full snub of OHA who are pretty obvious for inclusion as literally the ONLY elected reps for Native Hawaiians. SMH. Green is too thin skinned and resentful to hold high office.
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OHA has the right idea here. We should give the military a nominal cost extension for 5-10 years and hope for a more favorable negotiating environment. People want this ended, not $1 billion to fuel Greenʻs liquid natural gas pipe dreams.
The governor's office is convening a Native Hawaiian advisory group to participate in the negotiation process, but OHA is seeking a larger role.
OHA: Give Native Hawaiians A ‘Meaningful Voice’ In Military Land Negotiations
The governor's office is convening a Native Hawaiian advisory group to participate in the negotiation process, but OHA is seeking a larger role.
dlvr.it
November 11, 2025 at 6:17 PM
OHA has the right idea here. We should give the military a nominal cost extension for 5-10 years and hope for a more favorable negotiating environment. People want this ended, not $1 billion to fuel Greenʻs liquid natural gas pipe dreams.
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-...
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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”.
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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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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