Marti Townsend

Working for climate justice, clean water & demilitarization in Hawai’i. Mom, Wife, repressed comedian. O’ahu grown, learning ‘olelo, she/her. #SHUTDOWNREDHILL

[Marti Townsend @MTnotes]

Go Wayne go! Check out this @HawaiiAction event: TOGETHER, WE RISE. RSVP here: https://t.co/kvxfVmKUw2

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

728 billionaires now hold more wealth than half of American households. Wealth inequality is eating this country alive.

[Sophie Cocke @sophiecocke]

A total bombshell. “When a justice’s lifestyle is being subsidized by the rich and famous, it absolutely corrodes public trust. Quite frankly, it makes my heart sink," said Canter of @CREWcrew Incredible reporting by @js_kaplan @justinelliott @Amierjeski https://t.co/DzIsqRARsV

[Marti Townsend @MTnotes]

Today saw a personal milestone. yay me!

That said, I have been replaying the event in my head all day and this is what I wish I had said! <shakes an angry fist at the sky> 😌

[Suburb Septembriseur @primarycatdad]

he right

[Marti Townsend @MTnotes]

@Maximumatheist I mean do they realize they are confirming the original tweet? They don’t, do they? Wow.

[Marti Townsend @MTnotes]

Hey everybody! What did I miss?

[Sierra Club of Hawai‘i @sierraclubhi]

Once again the Navy is trying to move the goalposts on shutting down Red Hill. They wanna take 5 years to shutdown while our water is threatened everyday. AND they wanna leave their toxic tanks in place, even after they poisoned 100k people

[Marti Townsend @MTnotes]

Also for all those who know this already, please tell me what is it about @shengwangtime’s voice, his accent? I want him take up a side hustle narrating books. I bet he can read out loud real good.

[Marti Townsend @MTnotes]

I did not realize how much I needed a #Buddhist #comedian in my life. Serious belly laughs. Speaks truth to power, reveals the absurdities of modern life, hands out gobs of compassion… all with grace and pitch-perfect humor. #Highlyrecommend!

[sheng wang @shengwangtime]

❤️ So excited for this to be out there. Thank you to all my loved ones, to all the early supporters, all the new fans. I am super grateful. Please share with people that would enjoy this thing!! Sheng Wang: “Sweet and Juicy” is now streaming on Netflix!🙏🏼 #sweetandjuicy

[Marti Townsend @MTnotes]

This woman is an inspiring advocate for justice and clean energy in Prieto Rico. People in Hawaii should follow her. #CleanEnergyforall #climatejusticenow

[Ruth Santiago @RuthSantiagopr]

“We need the federal funds that are available, and could be awarded in response to Fiona, to be directed toward an urgent transformation to renewable energy on roofs.”

https://t.co/qThB86PKSE

[Former U.S. Representative Kaialiʻi Kahele @RepKahele]

Today, @BWSHonolulu Chief Engineer Ernie Lau briefed me on the recent discovery of petroleum substances in the Moanalua monitoring well. The urgency to shut down #RedHill and protect our precious wai remains my top priorities.

[Marti Townsend @MTnotes]

This has to stop

[Uahikea Maile @uahikea]

Maunaloa is ablaze. This photo shows the fire spreading from Pohakuloa Training Area where the US Army practices livefire training. Reports say cause is unknown. American empire is scorching our lands then using our water, which they’ve contaminated, to put out their own fires.

[Sierra Club of Hawai‘i @sierraclubhi]

The Navy had known for years the Red Hill was falling apart. They knew hours before thousands of gallons of fuel spilled from their facility that catastrophe was imminent and instead of stopping it, they operated as normal and tried to cover up their failure.

[Sierra Club of Hawai‘i @sierraclubhi]

A new report shows that the Red Hill facility showed critical system warnings hours before the fuel spill that poisoned Oʻahu's water. This once again shows that the Navy had ample warning that something was wrong and chose to do nothing. They willingly poisoned us.

[Max Jordan Nguemeni @MaxJordan_N]

Is the KEEP SCHOOLS OPEN AT ANY COST crowd gonna start a campaign to raise teachers’ salaries?

[Malaka @MalakaShwaikh]

The desensitisation to Palestinian suffering is horrifying.

[Dr. Kamanamaikalani Beamer @kamanabeamer]

How many times we gotta tell you #shutdownredhill?

The fuel plume is moving and now trace amounts are being detected in an adjacent well.

The Navy has poisoned an Oahu aquifer and is stalling on defueling and mitigation of risks after multiple leaks and people got sick

[Marti Townsend @MTnotes]

Well, I feel validated. I am just curious if anyone is calling the Chamber of Commerce alarmist and extreme for all their sky-is-falling rhetoric about the economy failing if we paid higher wages. How many years did they obstruct progress that most people support?

[raiseuphawaii @raiseuphawaii]

In exactly 2 months, Hawaiʻi's #MinimumWage will increase from $10.10 ➡️ $12/hour as the first of 4 steps to bring the wage up to $18 by 2028.

Overwhelmingly, both business leaders & the general public support this #WorkingFamilies policy win.

Source: https://t.co/cjS9BlEthc

[Avery Edison @aedison]

ironically, working at a defense contractor is, uh, not defensible

[Dawn Morais Webster @Freecatholic808]

Rep. Ed Case facing primary challenge from progressive opponent https://t.co/Lk6Yjt9w28 via @KITV4 thank you @TheTomGeorge for your thoughtful interview that recognized the merits of @sergio4hawaii