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Entries for April 2021
Saturday, April 10, 2021 |
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Case Joins the Bipartisan U.S. House Problem Solvers Caucus
By Ed Case @ 4:05 PM :: 10972 Views :: Congressional Delegation
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...Equally divided between Democrats and Republican, the bipartisan group focuses on commonsense solutions to the country's toughest challenges....
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Saturday, April 10, 2021 |
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DLNR hands out more dam fines
By News Release @ 3:05 PM :: 3234 Views :: Hawaii County , Honolulu County, Agriculture
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... Ka’u dam has been empty since about 2010 ....
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Saturday, April 10, 2021 |
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Rep Ward Questions Inaction on Legislative Pay Hikes
By Rep Gene Ward @ 5:48 AM :: 3353 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Politicians
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.... Speaker Saiki and Senate President Kochi have until April 28 (Adjournment Day) to rectify the situation if they so desire ....
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Saturday, April 10, 2021 |
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HART Frog Debacle Earns First “What Were They Thinking?!” Award
By Rep Gene Ward @ 5:40 AM :: 2675 Views :: Rail
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... The first WWTT Award will be presented to HART for its contract with Hitachi and the wrong sized wheels that do not fit the ‘frogs’ or rail intersections of two tracks ....
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Saturday, April 10, 2021 |
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Ige Signs 19th COVID Emergency Proclamation
By News Release @ 5:23 AM :: 2182 Views :: Tourism, COVID-19
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... the proclamation includes mention of an anticipated new exception for vaccinated travelers that will become effective only upon approval by the director of the Hawai‘i Emergency Management Agency ....
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Friday, April 9, 2021 |
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Senate Slams Ige for Holding Back BoE Nominee
By News Release @ 11:16 PM :: 2389 Views :: Education K-12
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"... This is especially concerning given that the Board is currently engaged in the search process for a new Superintendent ...."
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Friday, April 9, 2021 |
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Hawaii: Committee Passes Retroactive Home-Built Gun Ban
By NRA ILA @ 11:04 PM :: 2409 Views :: Second Amendment
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... House Bill 1366 bans possession of home-built firearms ....
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Friday, April 9, 2021 |
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Maui Beware!
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 10:48 PM :: 4262 Views :: Maui County, Development, Land Use, Cost of Living
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... This would give Maui the second most restrictive affordable-housing law in the country ....
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Friday, April 9, 2021 |
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Forced out by SHOPO, Blangiardi and Police Commission--HPD Chief Ballard Resigns
By Video @ 10:34 PM :: 6094 Views :: Honolulu County, Police
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...The Mafia has achieved its goal. Next they will impose the Chief they want. Someone like Kealoha without the drug-addicted wife to ruin it all....
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Friday, April 9, 2021 |
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Mauna Kea Working Group Nominations Extended
By News Release @ 10:27 PM :: 5127 Views :: Hawaii County , Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA
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... The House of Representatives has extended the nomination deadline for Native Hawaiian persons who wish to serve on the Mauna Kea Working Group from April 5, 2021 to April 26, 2021 ....
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Friday, April 9, 2021 |
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2021 Legislature almost pau, and thank goodness for that
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:38 AM :: 2273 Views :: Taxes
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... Nobody's life, liberty or property are ever safe when our lawmakers get together, but there could actually be some bright spots this year ....
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Friday, April 9, 2021 |
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COVID Justice: 430 Inmates Released, 58% Have Already Reoffended
By News Release @ 4:25 AM :: 3522 Views :: Judiciary, Law Enforcement, COVID-19
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... The Criminal Justice Research institute reported that 58% of inmates had reoffended at least once since their release ....
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Friday, April 9, 2021 |
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Hawaii State Senate Confirms Three DHHL Commissioners
By News Release @ 2:46 AM :: 2175 Views :: DHHL
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... The Hawaiʻi State Senate confirmed David Kaʻapu, Michael Kaleikini, and Dennis Neves to the Hawaiian Homes Commission (HHC) on Thursday, April 8, 2021 ....
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Friday, April 9, 2021 |
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HECO Paying Blue Planet to 'Shape Opinion'
By News Release @ 2:23 AM :: 1618 Views
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... Hawaiian Electric (HECO) financially supports the Blue Planet Foundation ....
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Thursday, April 8, 2021 |
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Forbes: Hawaii Tops List Of Worst-Performing States
By Selected News Articles @ 4:37 AM :: 3407 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, COVID-19
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... Hawaii lags the nation’s economic momentum by an astonishing 5.14% ....
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Thursday, April 8, 2021 |
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Petition: 'Hawaiians are not a Tribe'
By Video @ 12:04 AM :: 4189 Views :: Akaka Bill, DHHL, OHA
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... Robin Danner Is Trying To Steal Your Future. She Wants To Turn You Into An America Indian Whether You Want It Or Not ....
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Wednesday, April 7, 2021 |
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O‘ahu businesses and activities to continue operations in Tier 3
By News Release @ 11:22 PM :: 2742 Views :: Honolulu County, Small Business, COVID-19
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... Honolulu will continue to operate in Tier 3 of the reopening strategy for the next four weeks, meaning O‘ahu businesses and activities will continue operations without reverting back to the Tier 2 framework ....
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Wednesday, April 7, 2021 |
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DLNR: Court Ruling Balances Municipal Water Needs with Protection of East Maui Streams
By News Release @ 11:17 PM :: 3612 Views :: Maui County, Agriculture, Greenmail, OHA
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...“This is a classic balancing”, the court ruled, “and the court is persuaded and finds and concludes that applying the applicable law…it was not unreasonable for the BLNR to balance these considerations as it did.”...
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Tuesday, April 6, 2021 |
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COVID Restrictions Correlate with Unemployment, not Deathrates
By Selected News Articles @ 10:04 PM :: 2681 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, COVID-19
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... Hawaii is now the 11th-most restrictive state ....
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Tuesday, April 6, 2021 |
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Third Circuit Seeking Applicants for Independent Grand Jury Counsel
By News Release @ 8:36 PM :: 2558 Views :: Hawaii County , Judiciary
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... The Circuit Court of the Third Circuit (Hawaii island) is seeking applications for independent grand jury counsel for Hilo and Kona ....
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Tuesday, April 6, 2021 |
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DCCA: Obamacare Enrollment Extended Again
By News Release @ 6:45 PM :: 3453 Views :: Health Care
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... extension of a Special Enrollment Period (SEP) for Marketplace coverage until August 15 ....
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Tuesday, April 6, 2021 |
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UNITE HERE Bosses Back Down after Federal Charge Challenging Illegal Dues Seizures
By News Release @ 5:28 PM :: 2973 Views :: First Amendment, Labor
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... NLRA mandates that union officials cannot force private sector workers who decline formal union membership to pay union fees as a condition of keeping a job ....
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Tuesday, April 6, 2021 |
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Hawaii 3rd Safest State During COVID
By Selected News Articles @ 4:15 AM :: 2454 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, COVID-19
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... the lower COVID-19 transmission and deaths are in a state, the more that state is able to eliminate restrictions on businesses ....
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Tuesday, April 6, 2021 |
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State Economies Hit the Most by Coronavirus -- Hawaii #3
By Selected News Articles @ 3:46 AM :: 2357 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, COVID-19
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... Coronavirus isn’t just a danger to Americans’ health. It’s also a menace to our wallets ....
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Tuesday, April 6, 2021 |
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Hawaii Nurses Pay #2 in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 3:27 AM :: 3425 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Labor
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... the 11,260 Hawaii RNs annual mean salary is $104,830 ....
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Monday, April 5, 2021 |
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Fiscal notes could help Hawaii avoid fiscal calamity
By Grassroot Institute @ 10:50 PM :: 2165 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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... for the most part, Hawaii lawmakers are just guessing about how their proposed bills will affect Hawaii’s economy ....
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Monday, April 5, 2021 |
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DCCA Finally Going After Fake ‘Hawaiian Kingdom Bond’ Scheme?
By Andrew Walden @ 10:14 PM :: 4499 Views :: Ethics, Law Enforcement, OHA
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“...Securities Commission of the State of Hawaii is about to commence an enforcement action ... based upon the sale of unregistered Kingdom of Hawaii Exchequer Bonds, in violation of HRS § 485A-301....”
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Monday, April 5, 2021 |
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Does ARPA Outlaw Hawaii Tech and Film Tax Credit Expansion?
By Tax Foundation @ 6:28 PM :: 3691 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Tax Credits, Taxes, COVID-19
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"...Hawaii increased the cap on its film incentives and decoupled from federal restrictions on research and development tax credits...."
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Sunday, April 4, 2021 |
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What Does the Honolulu Council Want to Know About Kimura Shooting?
By Andrew Walden @ 5:50 PM :: 4301 Views :: Ethics, Police
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... Six years after the fact, State court litigation in the Sgt Anson Kimura shooting case is about to kick into high gear ....
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Sunday, April 4, 2021 |
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Return of the Frankenbill!
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 2720 Views :: Taxes
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... assembling bits and pieces from cadavers and then bringing it to life using some unexplained method ....
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Sunday, April 4, 2021 |
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Al Hee Claims Ownership of Federal Subsidies--Court Laughs
By Robert Thomas @ 2:47 AM :: 3306 Views :: DHHL, Ethics
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... There's a lot there: acronyms, bureaucracy-speak, family-inside politician dealings, tax fraud convictions, and the like ....
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Saturday, April 3, 2021 |
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Ige Joins other High-Tax State Governors to Call on Biden to Restore $670B Federal Subsidy
By News Release @ 3:35 AM :: 2926 Views :: Tax Credits, Taxes
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... State and Local Tax (SALT) Deduction Cap forces 11 million rich liberals to pay $670 billion in reparations for their decision to allow tax-and-spend Democrats to run their states, school districts, and municipalities ....
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Saturday, April 3, 2021 |
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Help for Native Hawaiian Businesses Facing the COVID Storm
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 12:15 AM :: 2987 Views :: OHA, Small Business, COVID-19
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... Native Hawaiians own 3,147 firms in Hawaiʻi, constituting 11.1% of all businesses in the state ....
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Saturday, April 3, 2021 |
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New Strategic Plan Will Guide OHA’s Work Through 2035
By News Release @ 12:04 AM :: 2108 Views :: OHA
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... Mana i Mauli Ola features three strategic foundational elements: ʻohana (family), moʻomeheu (culture), and ʻāina (land and water) ....
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Friday, April 2, 2021 |
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Oʻahu Neighborhood Board Elections Kick Off on April 23
By Selected News Articles @ 11:56 PM :: 2684 Views :: Honolulu County, OHA
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... If you are a registered voter, you will receive a passcode in the mail which will allow you to vote online ....
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Friday, April 2, 2021 |
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Hawaii Family Forum Legislative Week in Review
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 8:00 PM :: 2225 Views :: Life
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... Abortion Expansion Bill on the Way to Governor ....
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Friday, April 2, 2021 |
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"Tax the rich" not the answer
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 7:44 PM :: 2239 Views :: Taxes
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... Why do our legislators never remember that in the Robin Hood stories, the tax collector was a villain? ....
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Friday, April 2, 2021 |
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Hawaii Senate Schedules Joint Hearing on Retroactive Ban of Homebuilt Firearms
By NRA ILA @ 7:34 PM :: 2332 Views :: Second Amendment
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... On April 6th, the Senate Judiciary and Ways and Means Committees will hold a joint hearing on House Bill 1366, to ban possession of home-built firearms ....
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Friday, April 2, 2021 |
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Hanabusa Attack on Auditor is all about hiding corruption in the Office of Hawaiian Affairs
By Andrew Walden @ 5:06 AM :: 5646 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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... The report was written solely for the purpose of keeping OHA Trustees Executive Session minutes out of the hands of State Auditor Les Kondo ....
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Thursday, April 1, 2021 |
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DLIR Update: $5.2B in Pandemic Benefits Paid
By News Release @ 9:18 PM :: 2800 Views :: Ethics, Labor, COVID-19
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... DLIR hired a vendor to perform investigations focusing on overpayments. Solid State Operations, Inc. will begin with 25 investigators on April 6 ....
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Thursday, April 1, 2021 |
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Applicants Wanted for State Ethics and Campaign Spending Commissions
By News Release @ 7:27 PM :: 2966 Views :: Ethics, Judiciary
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... The Judicial Council is seeking applicants to fill upcoming vacancies on the Hawaii State Ethics Commission and Campaign Spending Commission ....
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Thursday, April 1, 2021 |
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Robin Danner's Sneaky Fed Wreck Move
By Video @ 6:35 AM :: 4904 Views :: Akaka Bill, DHHL, OHA
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... In A Stunning Letter To The US Dept. Of Interior, She Claims That Hawaiians Are The Same As American Indian Tribes ....
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