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... Allowing voters living in U.S. territories to vote absentee in states they used to live in would give them outsized voting rights compared to fellow residents, a federal judge found....

... our right to preserve our fa’a Samoa ....

...the structure and style of the Declaration follows a form familiar to most modern lawyers: a complaint initiating a lawsuit....

... Provisions included in the COMPETES Act, a major measure to strengthen U.S. economic competitiveness, domestic capacity and supply chains ....

... We know that authoritarians rarely give up, and we know they aren’t doing their preparation for the next coup d’état in hiding ....

... DC’s Civil Lawsuit is the First Filed by a Government Entity Against Proud Boys and Oath Keepers; Seeks Damages Caused by Violent & Deadly Attack ....

... the new WHIAANHPI is housed within HHS, returning this initiative to the Department where it was first launched under the Clinton Administration in 1999 ....

Plymouth Colony Governor William Bradford called this system "communism", two hundred ninety six years before the Russian revolution....

...A Tax Break for the Rich Could End up Being the Largest Part of the 'Build Back Better' Plan....

... More than 80 million Americans working in the private sector will soon be federally mandated to either get vaccinated against Covid-19 or get tested weekly ....

"...For decades, infrastructure in Hawaii has suffered from a systemic lack of investment...."

“It is the height of irony that those claiming to right the wrongs of the past fail to see they are perpetuating them by seeking to override American Samoa’s precious self determination from without."

... Bipartisan Compact Impact Fairness Act Would Extend Same Federal Benefits to Citizens of the Freely Associated States Available to Other Legal Permanent Residents ....

... American Samoa is the only territory that selects part of its legislature through customary means and the only territory that prohibits the alienation of most of its lands ....

... Tulsi Gabbard Says Mainstream Media And Politicians Are Forcing Racial Division ....

... Today, the White House released state-by-state fact sheets (crony dreambooks) that highlight the (allegedly) urgent need in every state across the country for the investments (pork projects) proposed by President Biden in the American Jobs Plan ....

... Wednesday, Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata has introduced HR 1941 in the 117th Congress ....

... a video montage of the January 6, 2021 Attack on the U.S. Capitol during his opening statement during the U.S. Senate Impeachment Trial of former President Trump ....

... Politics is a circle.  The extreme left and extreme right are the same ....

... We’ve learned again that democracy is precious. Democracy is fragile. And at this hour, my friends, democracy has prevailed ....

... Nickie Lum Davis has retained Potomac International Partners to push for a grant of clemency. One of the lobbyists on the account is Mark Cowan, who was a member of Trump’s transition team ....

"President’s incitement of January 6th’s violent assault on the U.S. Capitol violated his oath to defend the Constitution and cannot go unanswered" -- Rep Ed Case

... Those who choose to jeopardize the peaceful transition of power, or otherwise unlawfully wreak havoc in our communities, should know ....

... this is the 'fascio' organizing itself ....

... This is the 'fascio' organizing itself .... 

... “Adding to this ill-conceived endeavor by some in Congress is the President’s call for his supporters to come to the Capitol on the day when this matter is to be debated and decided."....

...Hawaii’s Lum Crime Family is back in the news—allegedly channeling a Malaysian billionaire’s money to buy Chinese communist influence in Donald Trump’s White House via a top Trump fundraiser--convicted fraudster Elliott Broidy....

...Nearly Every State Suing Facebook for Monopolistic Behavior....

“The election was safe and secure, and the baseless, unsupported claims underpinning this legal action only damage our democracy.”

... Guam Congressional Delegate goes to Runoff Nov 17 ....

...The government of American Samoa argued his arrangement preserves the islanders’ traditional way of life, or fa’a Samoa, including communal property ownership which would be impossible to protect under the U.S. Constitution....

...Lum Davis admitted that, between March 2017 and January 2018, she and others — including a prominent official of a national political party with ties to the administration — agreed to lobby the President of the United States, the Attorney General, and other high level officials....

... In Burns v. Richardson (1966) the Supreme Court held that tourists and other non-permanent residents could be excluded from apportionment in the Hawaii state legislature ....

...United States Holds Second Round of Compact Consultations with the Federated States of Micronesia and the Republic of Palau...The U.S. government team also held an informal consultation with the Republic of the Marshall Islands....

...Top US official misused office to get son-in-law job....

...Congresswoman Aumua Amata confirmed that she and the Governor of American Samoa have filed an appellate brief to the United States Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit in the Fitisemanu case alongside the U.S. Department of State....

...Updated Law Authorizes U.S. Treasury to Issue Payments to Guam War Claims Recipients....

...on plaintiffs' reading the President would not be able to suspend entry from a particular country in the event of an epidemic in that country....

...without mentioning Omidyar, the New York Times reports ‘Protect Democracy’ is the nonprofit behind a recent letter signed by over 1,100 former US DoJ officials calling upon US Attorney General William Barr to resign....

"...This Nation is our canvas, and this country is our masterpiece...."

...Interior Assistant Secretary Releases 2019 Accomplishments for the Offices of Insular and International Affairs....

...We are committed to the preservation of Fa’a Samoa, and we intend to appeal this ruling....

...Tulsi Gabbard says she now supports impeachment inquiry....

...Nearly a year after Rich’s death, in May 2017, Fox News published a story written by co-defendant and reporter Malia Zimmerman, which included the now-debunked claim that investigators had evidence showing Rich leaked the emails in the midst of the 2016 presidential election campaign....

...to Secure REAL ID Act-Compliant Identification for FAS Citizens....

...Action specifically affects $32 million in already-appropriated priority projects for Hawai’i....

...for his participation in a money laundering scheme involving bribes made to corruptly secure engineering and project management contracts from the government of FSM....

...case echoes Rice v Cayetano....

"...contamination is most often associated with military bases, firefighting training centers, civilian airports, and industrial facilities...."

...The bipartisan group will focus on issues critical to the Indo-Pacific region Alliances and relationships, defense, trade and environmental challenges top the agenda....