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Hawaii Senators Back Protect American Families Act, which prohibits immigrant-based registry
Such are the times we live in that a group of Democratic U.S. Senators, including Hawaii’s own Mazie Hirono and Brian Schatz, are sponsoring a new bill that would “prohibit the creation of any immigration-related registry program that classifies people based on their religion, race, age, gender, ethnicity, national origin, nationality, or citizenship.” Other Senate introducers … [Read more...] about Hawaii Senators Back Protect American Families Act, which prohibits immigrant-based registry
MauiTime 2016 Year In Review
Even without the election of Republican Donald Trump to be President of the United States, this was a monstrous year. We’ve had to deal with job losses, outrageous giveaways to big business and just a general slide away from democratic protections and open government assurances. We like to think of Hawaii (and Maui especially) as existing outside the world’s troubles, but it’s … [Read more...] about MauiTime 2016 Year In Review
UPDATED: Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard met with President-elect Donald Trump this morning
[NOTE: After this story went live Rep. Gabbard's office released an official statement on her meeting with Trump, so this story has been updated accordingly.] Given our Nov. 18 story about how Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, D–Hawaii, didn't sign this letter from 169 of her Congressional colleagues denouncing President-elect Donald Trump's appointment of white nationalist Stephen … [Read more...] about UPDATED: Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard met with President-elect Donald Trump this morning
Why didn’t Rep. Tulsi Gabbard join 169 of her colleagues in denouncing Trump appointee Stephen Bannon?
Though Rep. Tulsi Gabbard is a rising star within the Democratic Party, ultimately endorsed Hillary Clinton for president (after first endorsing Bernie Sanders, of course) and easily won reelection this year, she's been ominously quiet on the issue of President-elect Donald Trump's appalling appointees and nominations. Most notably, her signature did NOT appear with 169 of her … [Read more...] about Why didn’t Rep. Tulsi Gabbard join 169 of her colleagues in denouncing Trump appointee Stephen Bannon?