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Sep 16

HAWAI'I'S RADICAL EXTREMIST GROUPS AND THEIR TIES TO DARK MONEY ORGANIZATIONS

What started as a deep dive into vile Instagram rants from radical group AF3IRM and activist Kaniela Ing celebrating the death of Charlie Kirk has unraveled a twisted web of influence in Hawaii. This married power couple's ties to shady orgs, plus Ing's links to Evan Weber, lead straight to the dark money machine: Arabella Advisors, New Venture Fund, and Sixteen Thirty Fund.

@DataRepublican I think you will find this post very interesting.

A long and winded thread unpacking it all👇
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🧵2/ These AF3IRM posts (from Khara Jabola-Carolus and Nadine Ortega’s crew) and Kaniela Ing’s hateful and absurd posts after the murder of Charlie Kirk set off my deep dive into their connections! Specifically it was this 1 post hours after the incident that stated "oh no is the bullet ok?" and then cane "MAY THE BILL COME DUE TO EVERY YT SUPREMACIST AS IT HAS FOR CHARLIE KIRK!"—even threw in prayers for victims of hate.

Then days later Kaniela, Khara’s husband suggested Tyler Robinson, the 22-year-old who killed Charlie Kirk, was a White Nationalist brainwashed by Nick Fuentes. He said Tyler was angered thinking that Kirk was a "sellout" for not being racist enough and slammed Fuentes for pushing lonely kids into hate, basically saying he’s as guilty as the shooter. This loser even pushed for unity against White Nationalist.

Interestingly he posts much softer and different opinions on X than on Instagram. Like this post (only on IG) twisting Charlie Kirk's comments on the Maui wildfires, claiming Kirk blamed them on "pagan Hawaiian culture" like water worship caused the whole thing. I was then determined to expose these so called activists infecting the minds of young people in Hawaii.

🧵3/ Who’s In Focus — The Trio Behind the Web

📌Kaniela Ing — Former Hawai‘i State Representative for Maui’s 11th District (2012–2018). A longtime progressive organizer, he later co-founded Our Hawai‘i Action, a 501(c)(4) advocacy group involved in local and climate campaigns.

📌Khara Jabola-Carolus — Community organizer and communications consultant. She has served as a coordinator for AF3IRM Hawai‘i, previously worked with consulting firm Strategies 360, and is currently listed with Mama Cash and the Global Center for Gender Equality (a fiscally sponsored project of New Venture Fund).

📌Evan Weber — National climate activist and policy strategist. He co-founded the Sunrise Movement, a youth-led climate advocacy network, and now works on climate and policy initiatives at Elemental (Elemental Excelerator/Impact), a Hawai‘i-based climate tech and funding organization.

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Aug 21

⚠️Warning this is one of the most disturbing discoveries I have uncovered

🚨WELCOME TO SMART LIFE:
WHERE EVERYTHING NEEDS A DIGITAL ID

Hawai‘i quietly invested $15 million in bonds into a company called TruTag located in Kapolei. On paper, it looks like an anti-counterfeiting success story: edible barcodes for medicine, blockchain verification for beef, and tamper-proof labels for batteries.

But the pitch is only half the story. What TruTag is really building is a digital identity system for physical goods — a way to make everyday objects scannable, trackable, and tied into cloud databases.

The implications go far beyond counterfeit prevention. When pills can be tracked to prove you swallowed them, when steaks are scanned before you eat them, and when batteries carry a permanent “passport” from mine to recycling, the line between consumer protection and surveillance begins to blur.

For Hawai‘i, this matters because the state isn’t just a bystander. By backing TruTag financially and promoting it as a local high-tech innovation, Hawai‘i risks becoming a testbed for global supply chain surveillance. Once these technologies are normalized in exports and high-value industries, it’s a short step before they creep into local healthcare, food, and energy systems.

Over the next few posts, I’ll break down three examples — smart pills, blockchain beef, and battery passports — and then explain what this really means for Hawai‘i’s future.

🧵Next: Smart Pills👇

💊 SMART PILLS OR SURVEILLANCE PILLS?

TruTag’s flagship technology was pitched as a breakthrough in drug safety: microscopic edible barcodes that can be baked into pills to prove authenticity. The idea is that with a quick scan, doctors, pharmacists, or even patients themselves can verify a medication is real, not counterfeit.

But the “anti-counterfeit” label hides the bigger ambition: patient adherence tracking. TruTag’s edible tags don’t just authenticate the pill — they can also generate a digital record of whether a patient scanned and logged their dose. On the surface, this looks like a tool to fight opioid abuse or to help patients stick to complex regimens. In practice, it risks turning medicine into a compliance system.

Imagine the flow: you pick up your prescription, you’re instructed to scan before swallowing, and each scan is logged into a secure system. That data can then be shared with your doctor, your insurance provider, even government health agencies. Forget to scan, and you may be marked “non-compliant.” Scan but don’t actually swallow, and the system is fooled. Either way, the technology shifts trust away from the doctor-patient relationship and toward digital enforcement.

The red flags are obvious. Health data becomes another product — not fully protected by HIPAA, and vulnerable to third-party apps and insurers. Patients could be pressured to “prove” they’re compliant in order to keep coverage, get prescriptions renewed, or avoid financial penalties. Vulnerable groups — those on Medicaid, mental health patients, people managing chronic pain — would face the greatest pressure to accept this surveillance.

In the long run, smart pills don’t just fight counterfeits. They normalize a world where taking your medicine is inseparable from being monitored.

🧵Next: Steak with an edible barcode👇

🥩 BLOCKCHAIN BEEF: WHEN DINNER BECOMES DATA

Food fraud is big business — estimated at $40–50 billion globally each year — and beef is one of the most lucrative targets. In Australia’s export market, for every kilogram of genuine premium beef, another kilogram of fake meat may be passed off under the same label. At best, consumers get ripped off. At worst, they risk allergic reactions or illness from mislabeled food.

TruTag’s proposed fix? Apply edible, microscopic barcodes directly onto the beef itself. These “tags” can be scanned with a smartphone and instantly logged into a blockchain ledger, creating a permanent, tamper-proof digital record for every cut of meat. From ranch to shipping container to retail shelf, each steak would carry its own data trail.

Supporters say this would give consumers confidence: no more wondering if that Wagyu is really Wagyu. But the implications go far beyond food safety. Once you embed barcodes into the food supply, you’re also embedding food into the digital surveillance economy. Every scan not only verifies the meat, but potentially logs where it was scanned, who scanned it, and when it was eaten.

The risk is that beef becomes less about nourishment and more about traceability compliance. For large export markets, it starts as a premium feature — assurance for buyers in Asia or Europe. But once normalized, it could extend into everyday groceries: chicken, fish, even produce. Suddenly, food is not just sold, it’s monitored.

And then there’s the question of control. Blockchain beef doesn’t empower farmers or consumers — it shifts trust to the private tech companies running the verification systems. Small ranchers who can’t afford the compliance costs may be squeezed out, while multinational agribusiness consolidates even more power. Consumers may end up paying higher prices, not for safer food, but for digital certification.

In the end, edible barcodes may protect premium beef exports. But they also plant the seed for a future where every bite is scanned, logged, and tracked.

🧵Next: Product Identity👇

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Jul 28

🧵The Big Island Homelessness Grift —
Part 1: HOPELESS: Millions In, Nothing Out
How HOPE Services Hawai‘i became a revolving door of cash, cronies, and contradictions

For over a decade, HOPE Services Hawai‘i has branded itself as a leading voice on homelessness on the Big Island. With photos of food distributions, press releases about shelter openings, and a warm glow of Catholic nonprofit credibility, the public story is simple: "We're helping."

But when you dig into the numbers, leadership, and financial flow of HOPE Services Hawai‘i, a different story emerges.

This isn’t just a struggling nonprofit. It’s a multi-million dollar public-private machine with growing revenue, rising executive salaries, politically connected partners, and very little to show in terms of results.
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✨ The Core Problem

The Big Island’s homelessness crisis is worse than ever.

Year after year, homelessness statistics rise. The Big Island now has one of the highest per-capita homelessness rates in the country. Yet HOPE Services Hawai‘i has seen its annual revenue triple since 2014, while its leadership collects ever-larger paychecks.

This isn’t just inefficiency.

It’s institutionalized stagnation funded by state, county, and federal grants with no visible accountability.
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📈 Financial Overview: 2014–2023

From 2014 to 2023, HOPE Services:

● Increased annual revenue from $4.5M to $10.9M
● Accumulated $4.98M in net assets (as of 2023)
● Raised executive compensation by over 70%

Despite this, homelessness on Hawai‘i Island has:

● Stayed flat or risen
● Seen little to no permanent housing expansion
● Remained reliant on temporary shelters and transitional programs
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🚩 Red Flags in the Financials

Let’s break down what doesn’t add up:

● In 2023, HOPE reported $10.9M in revenue, yet spent $5.1M on salaries alone

● The organization ended 2022 with a $548,000 deficit

● Executive Director Brandee Menino’s total compensation reached $171,767 in 2023

● A share of grant income came from external NGOs — including a Texas-based Women’s Fund, raising serious questions about fund purpose and targeting
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🤝 The Brandee Menino Factor

Menino isn’t just a local nonprofit leader. She’s a 2023 Omidyar Fellow, plugged directly into the elite network that influences nearly every major policy sphere in Hawai‘i.

She also sits on multiple county and state homelessness advisory panels.

That makes her both a grant recipient and policy gatekeeper.

It’s a classic conflict of interest structure that ensures HOPE Services continues to receive funding, regardless of outcomes.
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🚨 The Big Picture: HOPE Isn’t the Exception—It’s the Model

What we’re seeing with HOPE Services isn’t a one-off case.

It’s part of a broader nonprofit-industrial complex on the Big Island:

● Centralized funding with little oversight
● Overlapping roles across nonprofits and public committees
● State insiders determining grant eligibility
● Rising pay, falling outcomes

This system is designed to sustain itself — not solve the problem.

⬇️ Coming Up in Part 2: "Boardroom Hawai‘i"⬇️

The Big Island Homelessness Grift —
Part 2: Boardroom Hawai‘i: The Overlap Economy

Now let’s talk about who’s actually running the show behind HOPE Services Hawai‘i and its nonprofit allies.

The same crisis managers who claim to fight homelessness sit on the boards of the same organizations receiving housing and health grants. They sit on public advisory councils, fund each other’s programs, and present themselves as community voices.

But what they really are is a tight-knit web of recurring players, entrenched in a taxpayer-funded nonprofit economy with no competition and no consequences.

🏛️ HOPE Services Hawai‘i Board & Leadership — Cross-Affiliation List

1. Brandee Menino
◦ CEO of HOPE Services Hawai‘i
◦ Director, Community First
◦ Director, Bay Clinic Inc
◦ 2023 Omidyar Fellow
◦ Member of county/state homelessness advisory panels

2. Charlene Iboshi
◦ Vice President, HOPE Services Hawai‘i
◦ Director, Community First Inc
◦ Former County Prosecutor (Hawai‘i County)

3. Patrick Hurney
◦ Secretary, HOPE Services Hawai‘i
◦ Executive Director, Habitat for Humanity Hawai‘i Island
◦ HOPE board member while receiving housing-related grants through another nonprofit

4. Peter Hoffmann
◦ President, HOPE Services Hawai‘i
◦ Board Treasurer, The DeGood Foundation

5. David Kurohara
◦ Director, HOPE Services Hawai‘i
◦ Board Member, Catholic Charities Hawai‘i
◦ President, Hawai‘i County Economic Opportunity Council (HCEOC)
◦ Treasurer, Hospice of Hilo

6. Janet Taaffe
◦ HOPE board member
◦ Program Manager, Bay Clinic Inc
◦ Bay Clinic board overlaps with Community First and Menino

7. Kaleo Takamine
◦ HOPE board member
◦ Prominent union leader in Hawai‘i
◦ Linked to local political campaigns and fundraising

8. Toby Taniguchi
◦ HOPE board member
◦ President, KTA Super Stores
◦ Trustee, Parker Ranch Foundation Trust
◦ Parker Ranch is financially linked to Iole Stewardship Center (co-founded by Micah Kāne) and Omidyar

9. Kimo Alameda
◦ Director, Community First Inc
◦ Director, Alu Like Inc
◦ Former Director, Bay Clinic Inc
◦ President/CEO, Hawai‘i Primary Care Association (2022)
◦ Mayor of Hawai‘i County (2024–present)

10. James Takamine
◦ Treasurer, Community First Inc
◦ Director, Boys and Girls Club of the Big Island
◦ Treasurer, Kohala Center
◦ Former CEO, Hawai‘i Community Federal Credit Union

📌 Why This Matters
When the same individuals:
● Sit on multiple boards
● Serve as public policy advisors
● Lead or influence grant-making bodies
● Receive government contracts
...they control every stage of the pipeline — from policy creation to funding decisions to project execution.

There’s no independent review. No dissent. No pressure to deliver results.

🕸️ Boardrooms as Battlegrounds

Each board seat gives these individuals power to:
● Approve funding to each other’s organizations
● Create advisory panels to recommend their own programs
● Coordinate media narratives about housing, health, and “equity”

This is not public service. It’s governance by echo chamber.

And because so many of these individuals are unpaid on paper, it’s even harder to track influence and accountability.

💥 Who’s Left Out?
You are.
Regular citizens, Native Hawaiian families, and taxpayers are left with the illusion of community-based leadership, when in fact the same dozen names recycle through every major nonprofit and public body related to homelessness, housing, and health.

There’s no room for new ideas, new leaders, or real transparency. Just a feedback loop of insiders, writing each other grants while homelessness grows.

⬇️Coming Up in Part 3: “Community First, Accountability Last” ⬇️

The Big Island Homelessness Grift —
Part 3: Community First... Or Community Capture?

The nonprofit quietly guiding policy while connected to Omidyar, Parker Ranch, and government insiders.
If HOPE Services Hawai‘i is the face of homelessness response, Community First Inc. is the invisible hand.

It presents itself as a humble health nonprofit — but behind the scenes, it’s a hub of insider influence, financial anomalies, and donor-linked capture.

🧬 Modest Budget, Big Control
Community First reports modest annual revenue:
● $1.4M to $1.6M per year from 2020–2023
● BUT: Executive compensation hovers around $135,000 — nearly 9% of total annual revenue
● No full-time staff listed for years

That’s high pay for minimal operations, especially given its massive strategic influence in housing, healthcare, and resilience planning.

🧠 Overlapping Power Structure
The board of Community First includes leaders from HOPE Services, Bay Clinic, and HSRHA:
● Brandee Menino — CEO of HOPE, Board Director at Bay Clinic, Omidyar Fellow
● Charlene Iboshi — HOPE VP, former Hawai‘i County Prosecutor
● Kimo Alameda — Former Director of Bay Clinic, now Mayor of Hawai‘i County
● James Takamine — Treasurer, also Treasurer of Kohala Center and former bank CEO

These are not disinterested volunteers. This is a centralized governing body — accountable to each other, not the public.

🏔️ Parker Ranch & Iole Ties
Community First is deeply tied to Parker Ranch and its philanthropic arm. Key founder Randy Kurohara served in roles connected to:
● Hawai‘i Community Foundation (HCF)
● County economic development
● Iole Stewardship Center (backed by Omidyar, Micah Kāne, and Parker Ranch Trust)

These ties point to state-backed consolidation of housing, health, and “resilience” policy under one ideological framework.

🔥 Conflict of Interest? IRS Says Maybe
Community First’s IRS Schedule L disclosures show related party transactions — but with limited detail. This includes:
● Grants and contracts with overlapping board organizations
● Shared service vendors
● Noncompetitive partnerships across nonprofit roles
It’s a closed circuit — and it’s receiving public funding.

⬇️ Coming Up in Part 4: “Bay Clinic’s $27 Million Disappearing Act” ⬇️

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Jul 26

I suggest you all take a quick look at this document.... it's Hawaii's 2025 Voluntary Local Review from the UN Summit earlier this month...... isn't it just great being the ONLY state in the USA participating "voluntarily" in this globalist event for the 3rd time! 🙄

"It provides a comprehensive update on progress achieved over the past five years and reflects Hawaiʻi's collective journey at the midpoint toward the Aloha+ Challenge, Hawaiʻi’s 2030 localized sustainable development goals aligned with the global SDGs. As indicated in the report, Hawaiʻi’s youth have not only embraced this important commitment, but champion innovative solutions and a place-based vision that aligns with indigenous values."

I screenshot the non profits that were included too so we are aware...there are 5 of them...so next post has the rest ⬇️

I'll post the link in the comments...⬇️

alohachallenge.hawaii.gov/items/557246e8…

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Jul 23

🚨 VERY LONG THREAD ALERT: CONTRACTS & CORRUPTI0N
I looked through recent contracts Hawaii State government has awarded since the June 2025....No surprise that 1 went to the Haawii Public Health Institute (Part of HCAN), 1 went to Collaborative Support Services (Jeffrey Mohr/Omidyar) and 1 went to HCAN....So yeah....this is where our tax money goes...Josh Green and Omidyar.... In analyzing these contraccts, it is important for us to know a few things...that help to understand the deep corruption that exist in how the governor awards money.

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Hawai‘i Procurement Thresholds (per Hawai‘i State Procurement Office - SPO):

For Goods, Services, and Construction:
$25,000 or less:
◦ May use small purchase procedures
◦ No formal bidding required, just 3 quotes if possible
◦ Often handled internally with minimal documentation

Over $25,000:
◦ Must use more formal procurement
◦ Requires competitive solicitation and greater oversight

For Professional Services:
A separate process under HRS §103D-304 often applies
The $25K threshold still triggers higher-level approvals and public posting requirements

🚨 Why You May See $29,999 or $39,870
Those numbers are often used strategically:
$29,999 might reflect federal thresholds or agency-specific rules
$39,870 often appears in federal subgrant contexts where $40K triggers federal audit or competition requirements
So while $25K is the formal Hawai‘i state line, some agencies treat $30K or $40K as soft caps to avoid deeper review or external oversight, depending on grant source, agency rules, or contract type.

🎈 What is a “Test Balloon” or “Toe-Dip” Contract
When you see a $29,870 or $29,999 contract — just under the $30K line — it’s often a deliberate tactic to:
◦ Avoid scrutiny
◦ Award contracts to insiders quietly
◦ “Test” whether the public or press will notice
◦ Create a foot in the door for larger follow-up contracts later
◦ Establish a precedent or partnership that can be expanded
This is sometimes referred to as a "pilot", "starter grant", or "test contract", but it’s often a loophole tactic.

🚩 Why It’s a Red Flag
◦ It’s a classic corruption move: Keep it small enough to avoid legal thresholds
◦ Many of these contracts are no-bid, making favoritism easy
◦ They’re often given to new, politically connected, or obscure contractors
◦ Once the vendor is in the system, it’s easier to justify larger contracts down the road — sometimes through emergency proclamations or sole-source justifications

✅ Bottom Line
🟥 Hawai‘i’s statewide small purchase cap = $25,000
🟧 Many agencies or contractors still try to stay under $30K or $40K to avoid red tape
🟨 Anything close to those thresholds (e.g., $29,870) is a tactical “just under” move

KEEP READING FOR A BREAKDOWN OF 3 CONTRACTS👇

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🚨 CONTRACT BREAKDOWN: Hidden Health Activism Funded by DOH ( Fruit, Veggies, and a Whole Lot of Indoctrination 🥦)

📄 Award Title:
“Increasing Fruit and Vegetable Consumption”
🏢 Awarded To:
Hawai‘i Public Health Institute (HiPHI)
💰 Amount:
$29,998.00
📆 Duration:
07/16/2025 – 09/30/2025 (just 2.5 months)
🔍 Procurement Method:
“Small Purchase (RFQ)”
➡️ This allows minimal oversight — often awarded to trusted insiders.
🧠 Basis of Award:
“Adequate Competition” — but there’s no way to verify how many vendors actually competed.
👤 Contact Person:
Nichole Fukuda (Department of Health)

📌WHY THIS IS SUSPICIOUS
1. Who Really Is HiPHI?
Despite its health-focused name, the Hawai‘i Public Health Institute is not a neutral health agency:
◦It's a policy advocacy NGO that receives money to push climate change, social equity, gun control, and food justice agendas.
◦It’s part of the Hawai‘i Children’s Action Network (HCAN) Power-Building Coalition
◦These groups routinely back Josh Green’s political agenda and narrative campaigns under the guise of “health” or “justice.”

2. Political Indoctrination Disguised as Public Health
“Fruit and vegetable consumption” sounds harmless — but what they’re really doing is:
◦Embedding equity and anti-capitalist messaging in food education
◦Using public school and community programs to push “systems change”
◦Leveraging public health language to promote UN-style sustainable food systems

2nd contract👇

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🚨 CONTRACT ANALYSIS: Omidyar’s “Engagement in Health” Shell (Taxpayer-funded indoctrination tools)

📄 Title: Engagement in Health Programs
🏢 Awardee: Collaborative Support Services, Inc.
➡️ A well-documented Omidyar-aligned nonprofit contractor
➡️ Often embedded in public-private “equity” initiatives involving DOH, HCF, and SDG-aligned social engineering efforts
💰 Amount: $39,870.00
📝 Procurement: Small Purchase (RFQ)
➡️ Just under the $40K threshold — no public competitive bidding required
📆 Duration: 06/16/2025 – 06/13/2026
📍 Agency: Department of Health (DOH)
Contact: Ian Tholen

📌 LINE ITEMS (a.k.a. Buzzword Bingo)

1️⃣ Develop a comprehensive framework for youth engagement

2️⃣ Deliver training & technical assistance to FHSD staff & partners

3️⃣ Develop tools to measure the level & quality of youth engagement

4️⃣ Produce a final report that documents findings

🔍 Translation: $40K for a report, a workshop, and some slides — designed to align public health programs with narrative framing, equity metrics, and youth mobilization.*****

🔥 RED FLAGS
🔴 Omidyar-funded org embedded directly in DOH youth programming

🔴 Uses vague “engagement” and “framework” language — no concrete deliverables

🔴 Just under $40K — no oversight

🔴 Line items match typical Omidyar playbook:
Data collection ➡ Framework ➡ Narrative ➡ Training ➡ Replication

🔴 Focus on youth = long-term social engineering strategy

This isn’t about health. It’s about influence.

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Jul 18

"That's how it always has been in Hawaii..."

NO. IT. HAS. NOT.

Read the thread below to see How power has been centralized in Hawai‘i since 2020, highlighting key structural changes, major legislation, and executive actions......
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1. Expansion of State Planning & Sustainability Authority

2020 – HB2486 (Act):
Created a Statewide Sustainability Branch within the Office of Planning. This branch coordinates climate change adaptation, mandates geospatial data centralization, and amplifies state control over transportation‑oriented, land-use, and county planning

Broadening Emergency & Executive Powers

2023 – Emergency Housing Proclamation:
Governor Green declared a state housing emergency, enabling the suspension of state and local land-use regulations to expedite up to 50,000 housing units. Court challenges ensued over these sweeping powers

2020 series – Health Director & Biosecurity Bills:
Though some weren’t enacted, SB572 and related proposals would have empowered non‑elected officials to independently declare bio‑emergencies (e.g., for invasive species). The governor vetoed them to maintain centralized emergency control

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