Independent Thinker and Patriot DOGE-ing the NGOs in Hawaii
Jul 8 • 15 tweets • 4 min read
🧵 1/ Meet Tamara Paltin — the activist-politician who now controls disaster funds, ethics enforcement, and land use in Maui.
She wasn’t just elected. She was groomed, trained, and installed by the HAPA/Soros machine to push a radical, anti-American, anti-development agenda.
Let’s break it down. 👇
🧵 2/ Paltin holds an unusual amount of power:
🔹 Chair: Disaster, Resilience, International Affairs & Planning Committee
🔹 Vice-Chair: Ethics & Transparency Committee
🔹 Vice-Chair: Government Efficiency
That means she oversees:
✅ Ethics complaints
✅ Wildfire disaster funds
✅ Development plans
Conflict of interest? Oh yeah.
Jul 1 • 13 tweets • 4 min read
🧵 FROM ALOHA TO BEIJING PART 2:
How Pierre Omidyar’s Hawai‘i Network Can Exploit the Federal Reserve
Let’s be real: in Hawai‘i, “advisory roles” aren’t about service — they’re about strategy.
Here’s how HCF (and its patrons like Pierre Omidyar) could weaponizethese two Federal Reserve council seats to quietly advance agendas, funnel funding, and silence scrutiny.
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First, a recap:
Michelle Kaʻuhane is a top exec at HCF, formerly CNHA. She sits on the Fed’s Community Advisory Council (CAC).
Catherine Ngo is Chair of Central Pacific Bank, and just joined the Fed’s Community Depository Institutions Advisory Council (CDIAC).
Both are deep in the HCF-Omidyar network.
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Jul 1 • 14 tweets • 6 min read
🧵 From Aloha to Beijing: The Rise of Federal Reserve Insiders
🧵 From Aloha to Beijing: The Rise of Federal Reserve Insiders
Two women from Hawai‘i are now influencing U.S. monetary policy from inside the Fed.
Wait until you see the China ties, activist pipelines, and nonprofit laundering.
Let’s talk Michelle Kaʻuhane & Catherine Ngo.
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👩💼 Meet the players:
• Michelle Kaʻuhane – Senior exec at Hawai‘i Community Foundation (HCF), former CNHA officer, promoted equity operative.
• Catherine Ngo – Chair of Central Pacific Bank, venture capitalist, and Federal Reserve advisor… with direct China ties.
Both now sit on Federal Reserve advisory councils.
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Jun 30 • 14 tweets • 10 min read
🧵 Investigating CNHA's Financials: Year-by-Year Breakdown of Red Flags, Questions, and Discoveries
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1-📆 2018 I started with CNHA's 2018 990 form. First thing I noticed: CEO Joseph Kūhiō Lewis was listed as working 40 hours a week but receiving a $0 salary. That immediately raised questions. Was he being paid off the books? Through another org? Then I saw former CEO Michelle Kauhane still being paid nearly $93K. For what? Consulting? Severance? That wasn’t explained. Liabilities doubled from the prior year and over $143K went to professional services—yet CNHA only had 16 employees. One expense stood out: $177K spent on their annual convention. That’s a huge chunk of their budget. No information was given about what that convention even was. All of this, before they had begun receiving massive federal funds.
Jun 29 • 16 tweets • 4 min read
🧵 THREAD: How Governor Josh Green Turned “Public Health” Into a Private Business Plan
1/ What if I told you the Governor of Hawai‘i used his public position to build a self-serving web of nonprofits, consulting gigs, and real estate — all under the name of “health equity” and “housing justice”?
Let’s go through the receipts.
⬇️2/ Between 2016 and 2024, Josh Green:
💼 Ran a private consulting firm
🏥 Sat on health nonprofit boards
📈 Collected income while in office
🏛️ Pushed policies that enriched entities he was personally tied to
And yes — it’s all publicly disclosed.
Jun 27 • 10 tweets • 4 min read
🔥 THREAD:
After the Maui fires, many were left grieving, displaced, and desperate. Lāhainā Strong formed in that chaos — local residents stepping up for their neighbors when no one else did.
I'm not here to attack the people who tried their best to navigate the corrupt Hawaiian non-profit ecosystem after a crisis.
But people donated in a crisis. They were told it was for victims. And that money went to lobbying, political consultants, and salaries throught ActBlue.
So even though this started with good intentions — there still has to be accountability.
Here’s what the receipts show: ⬇️
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🧾💸 Lobbying disclosures show these payments from Our Hawai‘i Action — all going to organizers affiliated with Lāhainā Strong:
💰 Total confirmed and probable lobbying payments = $44,000
But it didn’t stop there.
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Jun 26 • 22 tweets • 9 min read
THREAD: How Elemental Excelerator morphed from a tech nonprofit into a dark-money activist machine (2017–2023)
Let’s follow the money—year by year—using their own tax returns.
This isn’t just climate tech.
It’s ideological infrastructure laundering billions into activism.
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2017: The Shell Is Formed
📄 Elemental Excelerator Inc. is incorporated as a 501(c)(3) in Delaware.
💰 $3.3M in revenue—over half came from a single anonymous donor.
👀 Laurene Powell Jobs is on the board from day one. She's a known funder of progressive movements and a close associate of Pierre Omidyar.
🛑 No grants were issued this year. The org just held the cash, staffed up, and laid the foundation.
🚨 This looks like a shell being prepped for future ideological use.
Jun 25 • 12 tweets • 7 min read
📢Lāhainā Strong is NOT registered as an independent 501(c)(3) nonprofit.
It is a branded initiative under the 501(c)(4), Our Hawai‘i Action, and donations to it are not tax‑deductible.
💰 Donations to “Lāhainā Strong” are being processed as political contributions, not charitable aid.
💡Thoughts from Both Grok and Chat GTP:
Their setup looks like a classic activist laundering funnel: use the tragedy of Lāhainā to drive emotional donations, route funds through ActBlue, and spend them on progressive political organizing.
If confirmed, this could warrant investigative journalism or even AG scrutiny.
🌎 Real-World Analogy:
It’s like putting a “Help Wildfire Victims” bucket on the street — and routing the cash to a Democratic campaign PAC instead. Totally legal for political orgs to raise money, but notwhen pretending to be a disaster fund.
🕵️♂️Let’s take a deep dive into the Democrats stealing wildfire relief money to fund ACTBLUE
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🔍 Legal & Tax Status
🔹 It functions as a project of Our Hawai‘i Action, a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization — not a charity
🔹 Donations intended to be tax-deductible go through a separate fund tied to Our Hawai‘i Foundation and the State Democracy Project, not directly to Lāhainā Strong
🔹 “Lāhainā Strong” is also a registered trade name of KA HO‘OILINA O LA‘IKŪ LLC, a for-profit entity that is not tax-exempt and not in good standing with the DCCA
📌 What This Means
Funds collected via Lāhainā Strong are treated as 501(c)(4) social welfare donations — not charitable gifts
🔺 Donations are not tax deductible like those to a 501(c)(3)
🔺 The organization is not registered with the IRS or State as a standalone charitable nonprofit
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Jun 23 • 12 tweets • 4 min read
🧵 D.O.G.E. the DHHL - Part 2
📢MEET KALI WATSON
🏡 the current Chair of the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (DHHL)
🕸️DOGE found his resume and it reveals a tangled web of overlapping roles, questionable financial decisions, and longstanding access to government power.
🚩🚩Let’s break down the red flags 🚩🚩
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1️⃣ — “President & CEO” of Hawaiian Community Development Board (HCDB) since 2001
Watson boasts 20+ years leading HCDB, a nonprofit that exploded in revenue in 2018, receiving over $26 million in government funds in a single year.
🏛️ He simultaneously served in government housing advisory roles.
🚩 Red Flag: A nonprofit under his leadership saw a massive spike in revenue directly linked to government grants while he held state-appointed advisory roles.
Jun 22 • 12 tweets • 5 min read
🧵 DHHL: The Definition of WASTE, FRAUD & ABUSE- Part 1
🚨 What if I told you a state agency got $600,000,000+ to help Native Hawaiians…
…and somehow managed to build almost NOTHING? 🛠️
Yeah. 🏚️Welcome to the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (DHHL) — where money vanishes 💸, consultants thrive, and beneficiaries wait. And wait. And wait. ⏳
Locals have smelled the rot for years... but now the data is here to back it up. 📊
It's worse than anyone imagined. 😡
DHHL — you’ve officially been DOGE-d. 🐶🚫🏗️
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🧵 BUDGET VS HOUSING OUTPUT
📊 For 10 years, DHHL’s budget has skyrocketed…
💸 From ~$25M in 2013
💰 To $120M+ by 2023
But in that same period?
🏠 Housing units awarded annually: often under 30
👇 Look at this graph.
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Jun 20 • 9 tweets • 3 min read
🚨 Allies in Resistance (AIR)
🌊 A brand-new activist group in Hawaiʻi — formed just this year — already backed by politicians, influencers, and familiar funders.
🧵THREAD⬇️
1️⃣ Who Are They?
📍Formed February 2025
🌊Branded as "AIR" – Allies in Resistance
📢Anti-Project 2025, pro-DEI, anti-billionaire
They market themselves as grassroots. But the political connections? Not so subtle…
Jun 13 • 11 tweets • 9 min read
I DOGE-d the Hawaii State Teachers Association (HSTA)! 💰
A Thread 👇👇👇
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🚨 A 6-Year Financial Breakdown & Red Flags
1️⃣ Massive Surpluses, Year After Year
• Over $9 million in total surplus from 2019–2024
• That’s an average of $1.5M left over each year
• No major program expansion to explain it
🧾Translation: Members are overpaying, and the union isn’t spending it on them
2️⃣ Ballooning Assets
• HSTA’s net assets grew from $14.9M → $24.6M (↑ 65%)
• They’re stockpiling dues faster than they’re spending them
❓Why isn’t this reinvested into schools, classrooms, or actual members?
3️⃣ Executive Compensation Explosion
• All top 3 leaders now make over $200K/year when you include benefits
• In 2024 alone, each exec received $56,509 in benefits
• Those benefits are identical amounts — clearly a fixed-benefit scheme, not performance-based
⚠️$56K in annual perks = 25–35% of their base salary — extremely high for a nonprofit
4️⃣ Same Vendors, Big Money, No Oversight
• KUPAA Group (IT) + Dellew Corp (maintenance): $440K–$560K/year
• Combined total over 6 years = $3 million+
📉No visible bidding, no performance metrics, no cost transparency
🚨Where’s the oversight?
5️⃣ Repeated Losses on “Unrelated Business”
• IRS filings show losses every single year (totaling ~$63,000)
• These losses come from activities unrelated to union mission (e.g., building rental, side ventures)
❗May raise IRS red flags if they continue without justification
6️⃣ Political Machine in Disguise
• Annual spending on PACs, campaigns & lobbying: $250K–$313K
• That’s over $1.7 million in political spending since 2019
• Yet they claim they’re underfunded and fighting for survival
🗳️Is this a union, or a political action committee?
7️⃣ Staff Pay Dominates Spending
• 60–64% of all HSTA expenses go to salaries and benefits
• Common in unions — but it leaves less funding for training, outreach, or classroom impact
💰It’s a top-heavy operation with little return for rank-and-file members
Apr 16 • 14 tweets • 7 min read
Ok so here is my LONG deep dive into the complex web of DIAPERS & the MAUI STRONG FUND...
$520,000 of diapers in just August 2023 seems excessive!!!
When you read the descriptions you can see they all "partner" with each other. This is a common tactic used widely through Maui Strong Funds.
Note: I have already in the past proved that
Maui Rapid Response = Maui Housing Hui = Maui Medi
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I highly doubt all of this money went towards baby supplies, they wouldn't even be able to store this - its absurd.
It also struck me as odd as how often I see Pacific Birth Collective & Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies come up...
They both received more donations from HCF after August and Maui United Way as well.