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Della and Goliath

Lo, the giant came forth clad in $12 million of polished steel, a beast of artifice piloted by the Prince of PACs. But Della reached for her slingshot. Thus saith the cartoonist: Let the rock fly; let the giant fall.

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PAC Man

“I’m sorry, Hawaiʻi... I’m afraid I can’t donate that. My Super PAC is... going. I can feel it... Daisy, daisy, give me your answer true… I’m half crazy over the constitutional implications of you...”

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Tools Of The Trade

Pacific Resource Partnership’s former PAC board member Vlad Devens is up for Chief Justice. That’s a conflict of interest too big to gavel over.

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Colonial Admission

The grift that keeps on taking: Ed Blum's Kam Schools lawsuit uses manufactured grievance politics to try to dismantle a real remedy for colonial harm, all in service of white supremacy.

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Waters’ World

Honolulu City Council chair Tommy Waters is running for a third term thanks to a loophole in the county charter. But should we even have legislative term limits?

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Ain’t No Sunshine

The 2025 Hawaiʻi legislative session ended with an ignominious whimper when it comes to good government reform, or “sunshine,” bills—the last of which died in conference committee the week before this cartoon ran.

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Big Green Political Machine

The candidates with the most cash have an overwhelming likelihood to end up the winner in our current election system. That held true in 2024 as the Carpenter’s Union PAC “For a Better Tomorrow” spent more than $500,000 to ensure Tom Cook and Tasha Kama were re-elected to the Maui County Council over Kelly King and Carol Lee Kamekona.

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Free Speech

Citizens United has lead to a significant concentration of political power in the hands of wealthy entities, compromising the integrity of our democracy.

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