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Tulsi Gabbard Explains Why She Voted ‘Present’ On Impeachment

Shelby Talcott Democratic Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard explained Thursday how a “deep love of country” motivated her to vote “present” on Wednesday’s impeachment ballot. Gabbard was the sole Democrat to vote “present” on impeaching President Donald Trump, causing a stir among media and fellow lawmakers. She explained the decision Thursday on The Hill’s “Rising With Krystal Ball…

AOC Attacks Gabbard Over Impeachment Vote: ‘We Are Sent Here To Lead’
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AOC Attacks Gabbard Over Impeachment Vote: ‘We Are Sent Here To Lead’

Mary Margaret Olohan  Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez attacked Democratic Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard on Wednesday night over Gabbard’s impeachment vote. Ocasio-Cortez spoke out after Gabbard, a 2020 presidential candidate, voted “present” on impeachment articles against President Donald Trump. Gabbard also did not give a 30-second to one-minute speech about her vote as most…

New Legislation Aims to Raise Hawaii’s Legal Smoking Age to 100 Years
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New Legislation Aims to Raise Hawaii’s Legal Smoking Age to 100 Years

If legislation proposed by Democratic Representative Richard Creagan passes, Hawaii will be the first state to officially ban the sale of cigarettes. According to bill, the plan is to incrementally increase the minimum age to buy cigarettes until they are effectively banned in the state. Creagan says he doesn’t believe taxes and regulations are doing…

Tulsi Gabbard To Trump: ‘Being Saudi Arabia’s Bitch Is Not America First’

Will Racke on November 21, 2018 Rep. Tulsi Gabbard of had some choice words for President Donald Trump’s support for Saudi Arabia in the wake of the kingdom’s murder of a dissident journalist. “Hey @realdonaldtrump: being Saudi Arabia’s bitch is not ‘America First,’” Gabbard, a Hawaii Democrat, wrote Wednesday on Twitter. Gabbard was referring to an official statement Trump released on…

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AG Sessions Calls Hawaii “an Island in the Pacific,” Hawaii Responds With Pic 1959 Admission Act

LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kody Fairfield Attorney General Jeff Sessions is learning a lot about Hawaii after he referred to the 50th state as “an island in the Pacific,” reported KDVR. His statement came in a radio interview earlier this week as he criticized the Hawaiian judge blocking President Donald Trump’s executive order banning…

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Native Hawaiian Activists Could Force $1.4 Billion Telescope Out Of US

LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Andrew Follett Researchers are planning to move a telescope worth $1.4 billion from Hawaii to Spain in order to avoid offending a small group of Native Hawaiians. Astronomers signed an agreement with the Spanish government to build the giant Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) in Spain’s Canary Islands, if it…

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Hawaii Bill To Reclassify Homelessness as Medical Condition; “Prescription Housing” Coming

LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: by Micah J. Fleck What do we think? Is this a just proposition? Hawaii might introduce a new bill that will reclassify homelessness as a medical condition. According to the latest report: As an emergency room doctor, Hawaii Sen. Josh Green sees homeless patients suffering from diabetes, mental health problems…

The Second Amendment Doesn’t Exist in the Aloha State

By Joe Trotter (Stonegait Institute) Over the last decade every single attempt made by law-abiding, upstanding citizens to obtain a concealed carry firearms permit on Hawaii’s Big Island has been denied. Hawaii Police Department Chief Harry Kubojiri, who has helmed the department since 2008, has so far denied every application received by his department. His…

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Hawaii Places Its Gun Owner Citizens on FBI Watch List

In a shocking move, Hawaii has become the first ever U.S. state to place its entire gun-owning population onto an FBI watch list. The days that once seemed to be the descriptions of mere conspiratorial ramblings have now become a reality. According to Drudge Today: “The move by gun control proponents in the liberal state…

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Officer Investigated For Arresting Lesbians For Kissing in Public

A Honolulu couple claims they were harassed and arrested because the officer didn’t like their public displays of affection. The maintain they were unlawfully targeted because they are a same sex couple. TIME reports: HONOLULU — The Honolulu Police Department opened an internal investigation Wednesday into allegations that an officer wrongfully arrested a vacationing lesbian…