What does a high powered pellet gun and Tannerite strapped to a propane tank say about you?

These attacks aren't real complicated, I don't think they require funding. What would it be, $5 for a gallon of gas and a lighter?
From what I have seen they really just seem more like unhinged individuals acting out.

The FBI and ATF both said they haven't found any evidence of coordination.
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/elon-musk/tesla-vandalism-not-coordinated-trump-musk-claims-rcna197369

protesters were paid to be there, and in some cases, busses were provided to take them there

Trumps tariffs are proving to be a disaster. I didn't support his tariff plans in the beginning but I figure he deserves the benefit of the doubt, maybe the author of the art of the deal knew what he was talking about and could actually make it work.

But Trump isn't making it work, he is just making a mess. He is making a mess of the markets and international trade, he is pissing off allies, and making impossible and unrealistic promises of jobs returning to America. He isn't on the same page as his administration, flip flops on the purposes of the tariffs, and flip flops on whether there are going to be exemptions. Trump even insulted his own trade agreement from his first term in office.

And to make things worse, his die hard supporters are never going to admit he messed things up because they will always find a different way to point to failure as a success. They will add another dimension to his chess board to justify the damage Trump is causing.

Hope that statement isn't too soft for your liking.

Maybe I'm not a die hard supporter, and I see the current effect of the tariffs. I still support them, and hope the effect turns around sooner rather than later. He wasn't wrong, other countries, have been tacking on tariffs. even our allies. President Trump just wants tariffs to be fair, or beneficial to Americans. Get rid of all tariffs.  Problem solved. In the long run it may be the only time in History where our politicians took actions for us. They may work, they may not. I'm hoping for the best. At least The US isn't just laying on our backs letting the other countries screw us over little by little. My argument is the people trying to say because there isn't skyrocketing success the first day, they are saying how evil Trump is. The same people that were ok with 9% inflation, and rising inflation year after year. You gave Biden 4 years to prove his plan was a disaster, guess you need to give Trump a little time. I'm guessing until the mid terms.

what "brass policy"?  you can't collect your own brass?

You can collect your own brass. Once it makes it to the bucket, it's theirs. I'm all for them selling brass, other than I reload my brass 5 to 10 times, then i dump it in the bucket. In the past some of my brass already had the "Glock smile" I would be Leary of the brass there.

I think this statement strengthens the need for citizen self defense..or maybe our State loves criminals..

https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2025/02/08/new-report-shows-concepts-new-occc-prison-system-reforms/

Oahu Community Correctional Center was built in 1916, when the focus of jail was incarceration.

The concepts for a new facility to replace it lean heavily on something it can’t do as much -- rehabilitation.

“What have we learned from a hundred years of punishment? It hasn’t stopped crime,” said Kat Brady, coordinator of the Community Alliance on Prisons.

OCCC is the state’s largest jail with an original design capacity of 628 beds and an operational capacity of 950 beds. It has rehabilitation programs, but it’s also overcrowded and deteriorating.

As the state prepares to build a massive new jail in Halawa at the current animal quarantine station, leaders contracted the University of Hawaii Community Design Center to come up with ideas to help prepare inmates to re-enter the community.

“Ninety-eight percent of them exit prison, and has we have to do something to freshen things up, make these individuals into much better citizens,” said state Sen. Glenn Wakai, the vice chair of the senate’s Public Safety and Military Affairs Committee.

U.H. students spent two years getting input from the community, officials, cultural practitioners and even some inmates. The resulting design concepts are radically different from the current jail, with a focus on self-improvement and larger areas for wellness.

“Most of it was outdoors,” said Brady. “It was cultural spaces, it was gardens, it was lots of greenery -- you know, it was things that we don’t have in our facilities.”

“We’re going to have all these little modules next to it as people go through the various mental health services, drug rehab services -- so it’s not going to be granddaddy’s OCCC,” said Wakai.

The design also creates spaces for staff and corrections officers, including a gym, a courtyard and a dining room.

The big hurdle, of course, is the cost -- upwards of $1 billion.

I'll need to disagree with the title of his article. Punishment does lower crime, incarceration doesn't lower crime. I and many others  believe there needs to be a fundamental restructuring of our incarceration system. The conditions, in some cases provide a better and more secure standard of living then does the criminals choices have outside our jail system.

Ok, so by your definition, whoever wins, even by just 1 vote, has a mandate? That's fine, I am just saying the significance of having 1.5% more votes should not be made to be bigger than it really is. On top of that, I wouldn't interpret this as inherently being pro-Trump because many of those voters could also just be anti-Harris. We can call it a red wave, I don't really care. Thats just a phrase to hype the story up. In the end it doesn't matter, the winner gets the gold metal, I just don't think the win is that significant when it is by a small margin.

Although I do understand your position on the mandate, I have to admit I feel differently, on a few things. The mandate, we are not talking about an election where everything is equal and one candidate got a few more votes. It was shown the media was SEVERLY biased. Trump was made out to be the worse human being in history, and Harris was made out to be the shining savior on the hill. she was also funded by someone , the fictional deep state maybe, so much so she amassed a war chest of over a BILLION dollars in a few short weeks. The debate was also very once sided. Even with all that , the voters, in the end, rejected the lifestyle they were told would be their new normal, and voted the person who would bring back the lifestyle they previously lost. It was not just a few votes. As was pointed out the electoral college was 58% to 42%. A blowout. The popular vote swing was not the 1.5% the republicans won by. It was more like 10%(sorry i don't have exact numbers) the difference of what the democrats usually win by, to what they lost by. That is a mandate. As far as Trump becoming president only for himself or his billionaire friends, he is better off without being president. Now as far as him playing loose with the laws, I may agree. I'd need to look at more facts, and not propaganda given by the same institutions that support the fictional deep state. Moving on to the deep state, government agencies have been weaponized against, American citizens, and political opponents in an effort remain, or to amass power. It was done under Obama, when he used the IRS to go after churches, revoking tax exempt status, while granting the exempt status to any liberal cause. Biden used the FBI, to cover his family's indiscretions, the CIA to go after citizens, and the DOJ to go after political opponents.  All that and it is not limited to just presidents, or people in office. It extends down through our courts, our current representatives, and even former office holders. To me that is the existence of a "deep state".

Are you fearful of what Trump has told you he will do? Are you fearful he will terminate the Constitution as he promised?

Dan Coats a lifelong Republican and the Director of National Intelligence under Trump believes that Trump is a Russian asset and being blackmailed by Putin. Now Elon Musk has been meeting with Putin to discuss foreign policy if Trump wins. These are facts.

Check his resume: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Coats

and yet he had the Russian checks made out to the Bidens.

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I quoted your whole post. Check again.

It doesn't matter how many states Kamala won or Trump won. Parties are private organizations and they can choose their candidate however they choose.

Why are you even complaining, were you actually going to vote democrat if it were a different candidate? Are you upset that they picked such a terrible candidate? You should be happy, picking her, I think, gave Trump the win.

Although I agree with you that anointing Harris to run did make Trump's odds better, it's about the destruction of our electoral system, and a reconfiguring from the democratically based system we have to a dictatorship. I can also add the hypocrisy of the party trying to destroy the democratic process blaming the other side for being a threat to democracy. A single figure behind the scenes, or an oligarchy decided Joe couldn't win, so they didn't pull him out of the race, they replaced him, effectively telling you that your votes went to Harris. First, that same person/machine, kept any threats, such as RFK , off the ballot, so Joe could win. Tampering with the system to select a candidate. Then they removed Joe, and anointed Harris to the position. Clearly the way a dictatorship does. Whether I vote for her or not, does not change the fact that these types of shenanigans are a threat to out democracy, so anyone that cares for it would feel the need to fight against it. To me, to hear you say" why are you even complaining" tells me you don't care about the Republic, or its electoral system, and more so speaks of your commitment to a moral center. To effectively say " why do you care if they cheat, if it hurts them?", is an admission that you don't care for truth and honesty. Just me opinion.

I think " significantly better" is subjective. What is it better at? If you want to dispense of someone, both are effective and will accomplish the goal equally. If you want that person to crap themselves first, then the 6" barrel 44 mag revolver will be significantly better than the compact Glock 19.

You left out that demographics also play a big role. If HI was pollled for Trump vs. Hyena, it would show up majority Hyena.  Same with gun polls to people who don't know what the 2A means or says. Honolulu's city cousnel's lawyer used a Star Bulletin poll to support their sensitive places brief.

I was travelling around the island the other day so i decided to do a " flag poll". According to that poll, Oahu is for Trump, results were 5 to 2. I understand some fear retribution if the show their support. The conclusion i came up with is the people in the Laie/kahuku area don't give a crap what you think.