Hanabusa

Colleen Hanabusa’s brief tenure in Congress has been notable mostly for the brazen loyalty she’s shown to defense contractors and her unequivocal support for more military spending.Since taking office in 2011, representing Hawaii’s First Congressional District, she’s compiled one of the worst voting records on war and peace of any Democrat, according to ProgressivePunch.So, to anyone who’s been paying attention to her career, it was galling to see two of the best journalists in the

This week former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright asked people who care about Climate Change and environmental policies to help Hawaii senior Senator Brian Schatz beat back a challenge from conservative corporate shill. "I’ve said it once and I’ll say it again," she wrote, "we are not doing enough to counter climate change deniers in Congress.

Hanabusa’s conservative record comes back to haunt her in progressive Hawaii; electorate not supporting her efforts to cut earned benefits, increase militarism and fight the EPACongresswoman Colleen Hanabusa is badly trailing progressive Brian Schatz in her bid to oust him from the Senate in Ha

Another reason Brain Schatz is crushing corrupt New Dem Colleen Hanabusa in the polls is because he has been a leader on clean energy and she has been foot-dragger. He's part of the solution.

Yesterday, one of the least progressive organizations working on behalf of Democrats, EMILY's List, sent out an e-mail to their followers-- most of whom are convinced that EMILY's List is still a thorpughly progressive outfit as it was years ago-- entitled "Elizabeth Warren's Footsteps." They are attempting to raise money, primarily to pay their own bloated salaries, but also to push their awful, conservative candidates, like New Dem Colleen Hanabusa, who they are running

The 2 wings of the Hawaiian Democratic PartyThe worst of the corporately-owned conservative Democrats-- shills like Ro Khanna (CA), Marjorie Margolies (PA), Don Beyer (VA), Wendy Greuel (CA), Kevin Strouse (PA), Pete Aguilar (CA) and the two from the Republican wing of the Hawaiian Democratic Party, Donna Mercado Kim and Colleen Hanabusa-- love to bray incessantly about their efforts to work across the aisle in a "bipartisan" manner.

McKeon, Forbes, Hanabusa-- 3 crooked warmongers on the takeEarlier this week, Republican Congressman Randy Forbes did what he always does (the only thing he does?). He proposed more funding for the Pentagon.

As expected, the political theater that is the annual battle of the budgets, yielded two defeats for progressives Wednesday.

Boehner honored on the front page of Hanabusa's official websiteAs we've been warning she would, corrupt New Dem Colleen Hanabusa has already, albeit inadvertently, shown her true colors when it comes to choosing between her wealthy business donors and ordinary working families.

Is it really a mystery why President Obama-- and almost every incumbent Democrat in the Senate, from the most liberal to the most conservative-- have endorsed Brian Schatz for reelection and not corrupt New Dem Colleen Hanabusa?