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Dennis K Jr @dkjrhi.bsky.social · 10h

I think because - as @chrisgeidner.bsky.social described - it’s “cozy confines” for her.

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Dennis K Jr @dkjrhi.bsky.social · 10h

“This is, simply put, bullshit.” - @chrisgeidner.bsky.social

www.lawdork.com/p/barrett-tu...

Barrett turns to Fox News, rather than the docket, to explain her silence in key rulings

Justice Barrett wrote nothing in the racial profiling shadow docket ruling, but had something to say on Fox News Sunday. And, for paid subscribers: Closing my tabs.

www.lawdork.com

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Dennis K Jr @dkjrhi.bsky.social · 14h

“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

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Dennis K Jr @dkjrhi.bsky.social · 2d

“To be clear, this is not an endorsement…” …?

Could’ve fooled me. www.civilbeat.org/2025/10/lee-...

Lee Cataluna: Ed Case Continues To Play His Own Game

The Hawaiʻi congressman has drawn a couple of high-profile challengers in the 2026 election. But they seem to be running against Trump, not Case.

www.civilbeat.org

Dennis K Jr @dkjrhi.bsky.social · 3d

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.

Dennis K Jr @dkjrhi.bsky.social · 7d

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

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Dennis K Jr @dkjrhi.bsky.social · 10d

I find much of his editorializing half-baked or empty. Sometimes, I wonder if he’s intentionally muddying narratives.
If he can make some past regulations seem foolish…

Dennis K Jr @dkjrhi.bsky.social · 10d

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...

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

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Dennis K Jr @dkjrhi.bsky.social · 10d

“…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...

What Is Ezra Klein Thinking?

The New York Times columnist is asking the right questions, but pushing the wrong answers.

newrepublic.com

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Dennis K Jr @dkjrhi.bsky.social · 12d

I did not know. Now noted.

Dennis K Jr @dkjrhi.bsky.social · 13d

Seriously

Dennis K Jr @dkjrhi.bsky.social · 14d

Super oddly, super sus

Dennis K Jr @dkjrhi.bsky.social · 14d

“What could help is if the very wealthy continue to thrive. The top end of the income distribution contributes enormously to visitor spending here.”

Even with context, just pause and think about how messed up that is.

alohastatedaily.com/2025/09/26/b...

Aloha State Daily | "Bleak" economic report predicts recession

UHERO forecast warns about rising costs, stagnant jobs as tariffs and federal government job cuts continue.

alohastatedaily.com

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Dennis K Jr @dkjrhi.bsky.social · 14d

Ok, you go Gov…

a man in a suit is sitting in a chair with his eyes closed and his mouth open .

ALT: a man in a suit is sitting in a chair with his eyes closed and his mouth open .

media.tenor.com

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makana @hemakaainana.bsky.social · 14d

This is some very, very optimistic framing for what in trumpland might be called a “concept of a plan”. I mean this isn’t even discussed, and the military never comments on it just Green. I hope it’s true but it won’t be with complacency inducing headlines like this.

khon2news.bsky.social @khon2news.bsky.social · 14d

Talks are underway for the return of thousands of acres of leased land from the U.S. Army to the state.

More details: https://tinyurl.com/ywd63v9p

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Dennis K Jr @dkjrhi.bsky.social · 14d

Clarence Thomas now, abracadabra-style, moving the goal posts on when to give deference to stare decisis is cynical, disingenuous artifice.
abcnews.go.com/Politics/jus...

Justice Clarence Thomas says legal precedents are not 'the gospel'

Justice Clarence Thomas says the Supreme Court should take a more critical approach to settled precedent. It is not "the gospel," he says.

abcnews.go.com

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Dennis K Jr @dkjrhi.bsky.social · 16d

Do you think with Keohokalole in there too, this only helps Case?

I mean, I’m never against peeps jumping in if they feel they’ve got what it takes. At the same time, I do tend to think that splitting the vote is a legit thing.

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 18d

NEW: Hawaii's Supreme Court keeps releasing opinions that denounce the U.S. Supreme Court.

The latest? A new ruling that requires the police to record all interrogations from now on.

The author took it as an opportunity to say Hawaii's court will protect due process—while SCOTUS isn't:

Hawaii Supreme Court Expands Rights of Defendants, and Once Again Rebukes SCOTUS - Bolts

Hawaii justices ruled that their state constitution requires police to record interrogations. And they vowed to protect due process for Hawaiians—unlike, they said, the Roberts Court.

boltsmag.org

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Crooked Media @crooked.com · 23d

Get excited for all the Republican-friendly sitcoms coming to ABC this fall!

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Dennis K Jr @dkjrhi.bsky.social · 23d

This woeful closing, though…

Dennis K Jr @dkjrhi.bsky.social · 23d

“Would judging law be reduced to the act of choosing among competing accounts of the past written by different groups of historians, based on some as-yet-undefined method of determining which account is the correct one?”
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

How Originalism Killed the Constitution

A radical legal philosophy has undermined the process of constitutional evolution.

www.theatlantic.com

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Dennis K Jr @dkjrhi.bsky.social · 25d

We can’t discuss the merits on the appropriateness of a specific housing development in good faith, if you blanket cast those who raise concerns as taking a pro-homelessness position.

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Dennis K Jr @dkjrhi.bsky.social · 25d

If you’re writing an editorial about free speech rights, whether or not you find Jimmy Kimmel funny is immaterial.

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Dennis K Jr @dkjrhi.bsky.social · 26d

Jenny Han currently has more power and influence over the country than Congress does.

Dennis K Jr @dkjrhi.bsky.social · 26d

“Self-described originalists do not, to say the least, do their side any favors when they fail so conspicuously to practice what they preach.” reason.com/2025/09/16/a...

Amy Coney Barrett’s case for originalism falls short

The Supreme Court justice’s new book fails to practice the same historical fidelity that it preaches.

reason.com

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