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Pacific Murmurs

@pacific-murmurs.bsky.social
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Murmuring from Honolulu, Hawai‘i and occasionally from the western US to the Far East. Politically moderate, wary of extremism. Veteran (OIF, OND), federal worker.

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kenofseattle @kenofseattle.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Seattle
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Being the undisputed worst POTUS in history is pretty cool, but I think we can do better on this approval rating
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Corporations are not people. Their money is not speech. They should not be able to buy politicians. End Citizens United.
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Pacific Murmurs @pacific-murmurs.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Oh what a difference 25 years makes.
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Stars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Further American service members wounded in the Iran war were added to the Pentagon’s count of military casualties in recent days, bringing the total number of service members killed or injured to 775. From Stars and Stripes' Phillip Walter Wellman:
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Pentagon adds 60 wounded to Iran war casualty count
Further American service members wounded in the Iran war were added to the Pentagon’s count of military casualties, bringing the total number to 775.
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Pacific Murmurs @pacific-murmurs.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Hegseth's Pentagon continues its war on transparency. The Stars & Stripes provides an iHegseth's Pentagon continues its war on transparency. The Stars and Stripes provides an important service to service members and, by extension, the public at large. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/21/u...
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Pentagon Fires Editor and Publisher of Independent Military Publication (Gift Article)
The firings at Stars and Stripes also claimed a Middle East correspondent. They are the latest effort by the Pentagon to diminish the news outlet’s editorial independence.
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Stars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
VIDEO | After months at sea, families of USS Abraham Lincoln sailors are raising concerns about mental health and the risk of self-harm. Navy reporter Alison Bath explains what she found.
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Pacific Murmurs @pacific-murmurs.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Even with so much to protest against with this administration, I still find more that pisses me off. www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...
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Do Not Paint Granite!
The latest Trump renovation project would violate a basic rule of building maintenance.
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Honolulu Civil Beat @civilbeat.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
The legislation would close a government contractor political contribution loophole.
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Hawaiʻi Lawmakers Demand Special Session Following Bribery Indictments
The legislation would close a government contractor political contribution loophole.
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Pacific Murmurs @pacific-murmurs.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
It must be nice to be king... I mean, president, unencumbered from onerous competitive bid processes. Meanwhile, as an employee of the federal government for almost 30 years now, our buildings are falling apart and we're hamstrung to make improvements. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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Let Them Eat Gold
Taxpayers are now financing President Trump’s love of anything gilded.
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Pacific Murmurs @pacific-murmurs.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
My feed has filled with praise for Kaitlan Collins lately and for good reason. This interview is worth watching. youtube.com/watch?v=wJiB...
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Kaitlan Collins - Focusing on Reporting, Not Trump’s Insults | The Daily Show
YouTube video by The Daily Show
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Pacific Murmurs @pacific-murmurs.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
A visual essay on how much Trump has enriched himself in his second term. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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How Trump Is Getting Richer in Office (Gift Article)
See how President Trump and his family’s business empire has transformed from his first term.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
The Pentagon is withholding causality and hit numbers. The CDC is withholding infection rates. The FDA is withholding information about food contamination. The EPA is withholding pollution and climate data. This corrupt administration is ALL about concealing the consequences of its incompetence.
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Pacific Murmurs @pacific-murmurs.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Hegseth's Pentagon is deliberately withholding Iran War casualty data from the public. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/20/u...
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Pentagon Withheld Dozens of U.S. Military Injuries in Iran War
On social media, the Pentagon said on Monday that the number of U.S. military casualties from Iranian attacks since July 7 had risen to nearly 100.
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Pacific Murmurs @pacific-murmurs.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Wait, was Trump's FBI ever investigating federal immigration agents? www.nytimes.com/2026/07/19/u...
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Federal Agents Were Told FBI Will No Longer Investigate ICE Confrontations
Senior officials deny such a change is in the works, despite guidance shared with agents around the country in recent days.
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Pacific Murmurs @pacific-murmurs.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
"But then, like many other Republicans—and, more important, like many other people who have lived under political occupation or experience radical regime change—he made the decision to abandon his previous ideals..." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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The Quintessential Politician of This Era
The late South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham made a mid-career turn to MAGA.
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Pacific Murmurs @pacific-murmurs.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Judge accurately judges Trump's case against the IRS - in which he is suing an organization that he controls - as self-dealing. Further, the lawyer who brought the case is referred for discipline. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/13/u...
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Judge Denounces Trump’s I.R.S. Suit as Improper Exercise in Self-Dealing
The decision also recommended disciplinary action against the lawyers involved, including the acting attorney general, Todd Blanche.
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The Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Imagine if a woman president crashed the economy and started a war with no end in sight, and her biggest, seemingly ONLY concern was building a ballroom and redecorating the White House.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
How we beat back the corporate takeover of America: 1. Break up corporate monopolies 2. Continue building union power 3. End Citizens United and get big money out of politics Let’s keep working to unrig the system.
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Pacific Murmurs @pacific-murmurs.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Gov. Green requested a federal disaster declaration for Hawaiʻi on March 25. We're still waiting, and expectations are low. www.staradvertiser.com/2026/04/01/e...
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Editorial: Federal aid urgent; prepare for worst | Honolulu Star-Advertiser
Hawaii is facing at least $1 billion in recovery costs in the aftermath of the two destructive Kona-low storms that lashed the state on March 10-16, and then March 19-20. That’s far more money than Ha...
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Pacific Murmurs @pacific-murmurs.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
As I wait for the next No Kings protest, part of me wonders if we'll just become too numb or too bored to keep protesting. But then I wake up to another atrocity or another report of corruption and I realize that this regime will never stop giving us reasons to protest against it.
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Pacific Murmurs @pacific-murmurs.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Interesting report on one group's attempts to document and preserve the genetic diversity of Hawaiʻi's coconut palms which are being ravaged by beetles. www.staradvertiser.com/2026/02/23/h...
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Fighting coconut rhinoceros beetles one grove at a time | Honolulu Star-Advertiser
As the coconut rhinoceros beetle wreaks havoc on Oahu’s coconut trees, one group is fighting back with a simple strategy: planting.
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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
The American president is more insulated from accountability than a British royal. Our political system provides the elite with immunity. It has to change.
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Dan Izzo @izzos.net · 19/02/2026
The UK arresting Andrew. South Korea tossing their wannabe dictator in jail for life. John Roberts better be getting a really nice Edible Arrangement from the White House.
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Pacific Murmurs @pacific-murmurs.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
In light of Green Day's upcoming performance tomorrow before the Super Bowl, I put together this thread breaking down their great resistance-themed album from 2009, "21st Century Breakdown". www.threads.com/@pacific_mur...
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@pacific_murmurs on Threads
With Green Day slated to perform before the Super Bowl, I felt like revisiting their great album from 2009, “21st Century Breakdown.” In many ways, it feels more relevant today than it did when they f...
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
After being held in two of them as a boy, I fought for decades urging America to never again build concentration camps and put human beings in them. It breaks my heart to watch this happen twice now in my own lifetime.
Screenshot of an X.com post by The Associated Press (@AP) stating that dozens of immigrant families protested for better treatment behind fences at a Texas detention facility, where a 5-year-old Ecuadorian boy and his father were sent after being detained in Minnesota. Below is a video thumbnail showing a crowd gathered outdoors along a fenced walkway; many people wear bright blue or red outerwear, and some hold signs.
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Stars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
ICYMI: Seven Japanese American soldiers from Hawaii have posthumously received Army commissions that fate and death denied them during World War II. (from @wyattwolson.bsky.social)
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Hawaii soldiers receive commissions that fate and death denied them during WWII
The Army has posthumously commissioned seven University of Hawaii ROTC cadets of Japanese descent who were killed during World War II.
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Pacific Murmurs @pacific-murmurs.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
I feel like in almost every way Trump is unrestrained, but for whatever reason he’s been held back on military action in Greenland. Like, his lackeys are willing to debase themselves, destroy alliances, and sell out our country, but a military invasion of Greenland is the one line they won’t cross.
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Pacific Murmurs @pacific-murmurs.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
The European leaders are voices of sanity in this moment, but I can't help but feel that the only way to actually deal with Trump is to out-troll him. They're trying so hard not to hurt his feelings when they ought to be mocking him mercilessly. This isn't normal, they shouldn’t pretend that it is.
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Pacific Murmurs @pacific-murmurs.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Democrats see the unjustified execution of an American citizen by federal agents and say "never again." Republicans see it and say "and we'll do it again."
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Badiucao巴丢草 @badiucao.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Cartoon on ICE Agent Kills Woman During Minneapolis Immigration Raid
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Ken Jennings @kenjennings.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 07/12/2025
Many Ukrainians “want, even now, to have a government that’s accountable to the public”—while American and Russian kleptocrats are looking to benefit only themselves, @anneapplebaum.bsky.social writes.
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Trumpian Corruption Is Worse Than Ukrainian Corruption
The people of Ukraine want an honest government, even as American and Russian kleptocrats circle their country.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
How to buy yourself a needy malignant narcissist? Just offer him a phony, made up "Peace Prize" & he's all your's!!! No need for a formal ceremony as he'll snatch from the box & put it on all by himself. Both laughably pathetic AND pathetically laughable. 🤡 🫣
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Pacific Murmurs @pacific-murmurs.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
So Trump got taken for a ride by Putin today. I hear @gavinnewsom.bsky.social knows a thing or two about how to deal with bears.
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Pacific Murmurs @pacific-murmurs.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
A pretty good summary of discussions about new development in cities (via Reddit).
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Pacific Murmurs @pacific-murmurs.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Here are the notifications for Honolulu from HNL Alert (these are official city system notifications). member.everbridge.net/779294972314...
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Pacific Murmurs @pacific-murmurs.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
And here is the map of Hawaii's tsunami evacuation zones. This is the same map that the state uses, but the state's website is struggling a bit today, and this one is not. tsunami.coast.noaa.gov
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NOAA:Tsunami Zone Evacuation Map
Tsunami Zone Evacuation Map. View tsunami evacuation zones for Hawaii and Guam.
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Pacific Murmurs @pacific-murmurs.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Hawaiʻi friends, here's NOAA's tsunami website. Hopefully nothing comes from this, but it's best to be prepared and this is a serious event. www.tsunami.gov
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U.S. Tsunami Warning Centers
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 14/07/2025
So they took away state Medicaid expansion and replaced it with state concentration camp expansion.
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Pacific Murmurs @pacific-murmurs.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
I'd like for the left to reclaim "conservative" as @michaelianblack.bsky.social has done so well here. For a long time I've avoided describing the GOP as such because they're not conservative, they're extremist. They're not liberal either, they're illiberal... www.thedailybeast.com/welp-donald-...
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Welp, Donald Trump’s America Has Made Me a Conservative
Bear with me here.
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Pacific Murmurs @pacific-murmurs.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
This kind of NIMBYism contributes to the pricing out of locals. This is a modest mixed-use project on a marginal piece of land between two major roads, and near to the vibrant town center. Build it. www.staradvertiser.com/2025/06/30/h...
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Proposed Haleiwa development draws community ire | Honolulu Star-Advertiser
A planned housing and commercial development in Haleiwa town is being rejected by many nearby residents who say it poses a significant threat to the North Shore area’s agricultural history, rural envi...
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Pacific Murmurs @pacific-murmurs.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
This article says what I've been saying for a long time: that California is simply ahead of other states in encountering many issues (homelessness, housing shortages, etc.). And the good news for the rest of the country is that we have been warned. www.theatlantic.com/economy/arch...
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The Whole Country Is Starting to Look Like California
Housing prices are rising fast in red and purple states known for being easy places to build. How can that be?
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Pacific Murmurs @pacific-murmurs.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
A Big, Bad, Very Ugly Bill. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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A Big, Bad, Very Ugly Bill
“Beautiful” it is not.
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Pacific Murmurs @pacific-murmurs.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
I've been pretty quiet on my socials for the last week because I've been out of town for work and whatnot. As usual, Trump did a bunch of crazy shit, and I hate all of it. I refuse to normalize any of this.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 22/06/2025
We’ve bombed Iran. And dismantled our joint terrorism task force. And sent a third of the FBI to help ICE. And gutted the National Security Council. And a drunk guy is in charge at the pentagon. And our intelligence allies probably won’t share intel with us. Because people couldn’t vote for a woman.
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Pacific Murmurs @pacific-murmurs.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
All these Republicans name-dropping Jesus, like Ernst and Hegseth have done recently, are cosplaying Christianity. Or to paraphrase the Bible, they draw close to him with their words, but their hearts are far from him.
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Consolidated Oregon INDIVISIBLE Network @coin-indivisible.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
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Pacific Murmurs @pacific-murmurs.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
I just assumed ICE was wearing masks to guard against the spread of measles or whatever. Maybe they all just have a little cold but they're short on sick leave.
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