Brian Schatz

The worst U.S. drone advocates, Buck McKeon and Colleen HanabusaWhen Hawai`i Congresswoman Colleen Hanabusa rails against the "D.C.

Hanabusa with her longtime friend, anti-gay legislator Sam Slom (the only GOP State Senator in Hawai`i). She calls him "Sammy" during their frequent joint appearances on conservative talk radio in Honolulu. Historically, the International Longshore and Warehouse Union has always prided itself on being among the most progressive labor unions.For four decades, starting with its founding in 1937, the ILWU was led by radical Harry Bridges.

Today a number of progressive groups are doing a press conference in Honolulu to formally announce the introduction of the Harkin-Schatz Enhancing Social Security Bill. Interestingly, Senator Schatz in being challenged for reelection by conservative Democrat Colleen Hanabusa whose positions are more corporate-friendly and less family-friendly.

Hanabusa and the crooked husband have their sites set on the U.S. SenateTuesday afternoon we looked at what a mistake it is to compromise ideals with craven corporate interests and the political hacks they finance.

Another wise Brain Schatz supporterMore often than not, EMILY's List backs conservative women but they claim they only back ones who are pro-Choice. And most of the conservative women they endorse are indeed pro-Choice... kinda, sorta. Sometimes they're far less pro-Choice than the progressive men EMILY's List is always on a jihad against.

The head of the California Democratic Party's Environmental Caucus, R.L. Miller, is starting up a national Climate Hawks Vote project. She was instrumental in getting a resolution calling for a moratorium on fracking through the sometimes tepid California Democratic Party and many of us know her as an intrepid environmental blogger at Daily Kos.

The Republican wing of Hawaii's Democratic Party-- Colleen and EdSince getting into Congress, Colleen Hanabusa was been a disgrace to the Democratic Party, always eager to do the bidding of the Wall Street special interests and of the Military Industrial Complex that President Eisenhower warned the country about when Hanabusa was just ten years old. And now she's running a nasty primary campaign against one of Hawaii's two progressive U.S.

Today, just after noon, the Senate broke the last-ditch attempt by the GOP racists and bigots to filibuster the bill. The vote for cloture was 68-32, Chambliss and Portman voting with the bad guys.

Murmurs on the Coconut WirelessThe Hawai'i Democrats have a conservative wing tooIf you live in Hawai'i you probably noticed and if you don't, chances are you didn't. But last week, Star-Advertiser columnist Richard Borrecca weighed in on the current state of Rep.

by PaiaGirlHanabusa: Using bipartisan coziness with defense contractors to tout China Cold War and promote military spendingWhen given the chance, Hawai'i voters reject candidates who favor a hawkish foreign policy.