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🗳️ JOLPOL endorses this pro- #Justice, #Opportunity, & #Liberty #ballot measure for 11/3 General #Election2026 #Midterms2026 #Elections2026:
🗳️ #Honolulu, #Hawaii: #YES on #Question 5, Ranked-Choice Voting Amendment! Support #RankedChoiceVoting #RCV! #GOTV #VOTE #HIpol #HIlege ⚖️
October 31, 2026 at 6:32 PM
willcaron.bsky.social
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#art #cartoon #digitalart #editorialcartoon #illustration #hipol #hawaii #honolulu #ethics #opengov #nextstopzippys
Zip Pact | Will Caron
My latest editorial cartoon, "Zip Pact," depicts five Honolulu City Council members—Tyler Dos Santos-Tam, Augie Tulba, Radiant Cordero, Esth
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October 19, 2026 at 6:12 PM
jolpolitico.bsky.social
🗳️ JOLPOL endorses these pro- #Justice, #Opportunity, & #Liberty candidates for 11/3 General #Election2026 #Midterms2026 #Elections2026:
🗳️ #Honolulu, #Hawaii: #CityCouncil: 4: Trevor Ozawa! #GOTV #VOTE #HIpol #HIlegis #HIlege ⚖️
October 19, 2026 at 10:22 PM
watch.vote
Early voting opens today in Hawaii, Tuesday, Oct 20, and runs through Tuesday, Nov 3. Voter service centers open for registration and in-person voting, through Election Day. watch.vote/midterms/2026/how-to-vote/hi #Election2026 #hipol
How to vote in Hawaii
Registration, early voting, mail ballots, voter ID and poll hours, quoted from official sources.
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October 20, 2026 at 4:00 PM
hiappleseed.bsky.social
Question 2 on your ballot would let counties use RISE bonds to fund infrastructure. Here's what the ConAm can—and can't—do for Hawaiʻi.

#housing #affordability #costofliving #hawaii #election2026 #voting #infrastructure #financing #taxpolicy #policy #ConAm #HiPol

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RISE Bonds on the ballot: What a Constitutional Amendment can—and can’t—do for Hawaiʻi — Hawaiʻi Appleseed
Question 2 on your ballot would let counties use RISE bonds to fund infrastructure. Here's what the ConAm can—and can't—do for Hawaiʻi.
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October 19, 2026 at 6:36 PM
willcaron.bsky.social
My latest #cartoon for @civilbeat.bsky.social. An apparent Zip Pact made over who will be the next #Honolulu Council Chair may have violated state sunshine laws that prevent elected official from meeting unofficially in groups to decide business. #hipol

Blog tmrw.

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Will Caron: Zip Pact
Politics, policy and public affairs as seen through the eyes of our political cartoonist.
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October 18, 2026 at 8:19 PM
willcaron.bsky.social
"Zip Pact"

If you're going to hold a secret meeting, maybe don't do it at Zippy's, where everyone can see you. Or better yet, don't do it at all. My new #cartoon on the Zip Pact Five. 🌞🍱

#art #digitalart #editorialcartoon #illustration #hipol #hawaii #honolulu #ethics #opengov #nextstopzippys
My latest editorial cartoon, "Zip Pact," depicts five Honolulu City Council members—Tyler Dos Santos-Tam, Augie Tulba, Radiant Cordero, Esther Kiaʻāina, and Matt Weyer—emerging from a hole in the ground beneath a gigantic Zippy's Zip Pac. The Zip Pac is so large it blocks out the sun overhead. It's being lifted off the ground by the "Civil Beat Cartoonist" archetype, who wears a morose expression as he exposes what's underneath. The council members have various reactions. Some scramble to hide. Some look annoyed. Others are stoic. But there's a sense of movement—the scramble of people caught in the act. The point isn't simply that they likely violated the Sunshine Law. The point is that even the appearance of a secret meeting to pick the next council chair damages their credibility—whether or not the Office of Information Practices ultimately finds a violation. Read more at patreon.com/willcaron
October 19, 2026 at 6:12 PM
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#HiPol #Writing #BlogPost #Blogging #Politics #Art #Cartoon #Hawaii

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Don of the Dead | Will Caron
My latest editorial cartoon, "Don of the Dead," captures the central contradiction of Hawaiʻi's Congressional District 2 race in a single im
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October 12, 2026 at 6:26 PM
willcaron.bsky.social
“Don of the Dead”

This #IndigenousPeoplesDay: how can the better candidate for Native Hawaiians be on the side actively assaulting Native Hawaiian programs and institutions? My new #cartoon.

#HiPol #Illustration #DigitalArt #EditorialCartoon #Politics #Elections #Hawaii #Art #Horror #Slasher
My latest editorial cartoon, "Don of the Dead," captures the central contradiction of Hawaiʻi's Congressional District 2 race in a single image. There's Brenton Awa, the Republican challenger, laboring up a steep hill toward a sign that reads "120th U.S. Congress." He's stooped under the weight of two massive four-sided weights strapped to his back. The visible faces read: Rampant Corruption. Epstein Files. Tariffs & Inflation. Iran War. (If there were a fifth visible surface, I'd have added a nod to the domestic terrorism of ICE and the white supremacist thugs the GOP has enabled.) Meanwhile, Jill Tokuda, the two-term Democratic incumbent, is cruising past him—uphill, on rollerblades—and as she passes, she raises a can of bug spray and blasts it directly into the face of the pest clinging to her opponent's back. That pest is a monkey-sized Donald Trump, dressed as Michael Myers from Halloween. He's wearing the mask. He's brandishing a kitchen knife in one hand. And in the other, he holds a piece of paper labeled "Native Hawaiian Program Funding"—clearly slashed in half by the blade. The title of the piece is "Don of the Dead." The pun is deliberate. Awa may be Native Hawaiian, but he is carrying the very force that is dismantling Native Hawaiian political power—while Tokuda treats it like the infestation it is. Read more at patreon.com/willcaron
October 12, 2026 at 6:26 PM
packerfansam91.bsky.social
#RIP #USPolitics #HIPol #HI01 #HISen #Substack
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Former Small Business Administration head, Hawaii U.S. Representative, U.S. Senate and Governor nominee Pat Saiki has died
Saiki was also a state legislator.
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October 2, 2026 at 3:32 AM
willcaron.bsky.social
They've got the money, the name recognition, and the nerve to skip every debate. My new #cartoon on Hawaiʻi's Debate Dodgers—and why "showing up" should be the bare minimum. ⚾

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Ed Case, Josh Green, and Derek Kawakami—three of Hawaiʻi's most powerful establishment politicians—are dressed in Dodger blue baseball uniforms, "Debate Dodgers" scrawled across their chests in the team's iconic script. They're not swinging bats, though. They're performing elegant ballet moves, gracefully evading their challengers, who are dressed as football players, lunging and diving, trying desperately to tackle them. Jarrett Keohokalole goes for Case. Gary Cordery charges at Green, whose spinning leg goes "bonk!" into the Republican gubernatorial hopeful's head. Daniel Anthony and Della Belatti both try to tackle Kawakami at the same time, from opposing directions, but he leaps out of their grasp and the two "bonk!" heads. The Dodgers keep dancing, untouched, unbothered, gliding past every attempt to force a confrontation. The image is silly, but it's also an indictment of how elections are conducted by powerful candidates in Hawaiʻi—and increasingly, across the country. Read more at patreon.com/willcaron
September 28, 2026 at 6:36 PM
jolpolitico.bsky.social
🗳️ JOLPOL endorses these pro- #Justice, #Opportunity, & #Liberty candidates for 11/3 General #Election2026 #Midterms2026 #Elections2026:
🗳️ #Hawaii: State #House: #HD23: Rep. Ikaika Olds | #HD26: Ian Ross | #HD29: Rep. Ikaika Hussey! #GOTV #VOTE #HIpol #HIlegis #HIlege ⚖️
September 25, 2026 at 2:48 PM
jolpolitico.bsky.social
🗳️ JOLPOL endorses these pro- #Justice, #Opportunity, & #Liberty candidates for 11/3 General #Election2026 #Midterms2026 #Elections2026:
🗳️ #Hawaii: State #House: #HD02: Rep. Susan Lee Loy | #HD05: Rep. Jeanne Kapela! #GOTV #VOTE #HIpol #HIlegis #HIlege ⚖️
September 25, 2026 at 2:35 PM
jolpolitico.bsky.social
🗳️ JOLPOL endorses these pro- #Justice, #Opportunity, & #Liberty candidates for 11/3 General #Election2026 #Midterms2026 #Elections2026:
🗳️ #Hawaii: State #House: #HD16: Rep. Luke Evslin | #HD18: James Wataru 🌊 | #HD18: James Wataru 🌊 | #HD20: Rep. Tina Nakada Grandinetti! #GOTV #VOTE #HIpol ⚖️
September 25, 2026 at 2:40 PM
jolpolitico.bsky.social
🗳️ JOLPOL endorses these pro- #Justice, #Opportunity, & #Liberty candidates for 11/3 General #Election2026 #Midterms2026 #Elections2026:
🗳️ #Hawaii: State #House: #HD47: Rep. Sean Quinlan | #HD49: Rep. Scot Matayoshi | #HD50: Rep. Michael Lee! #GOTV #VOTE #HIpol #HIlegis ⚖️
September 25, 2026 at 3:30 PM
jolpolitico.bsky.social
🗳️ JOLPOL endorses these pro- #Justice, #Opportunity, & #Liberty candidates for 11/3 General #Election2026 #Midterms2026 #Elections2026:
🗳️ #Hawaii: State #House: #HD31: Rep. Linda Ichiyama | #HD32: Micah Pookela Kim Aiu 🌊 | #HD39: Corey Rosenlee 🌊! #GOTV #VOTE #HIpol ⚖️
September 25, 2026 at 2:50 PM
jolpolitico.bsky.social
🗳️ JOLPOL endorses these pro- #Justice, #Opportunity, & #Liberty candidates for 11/3 General #Election2026 #Midterms2026 #Elections2026:
🗳️ #Hawaii: State #House: #HD44: Rep. Darius Kila | #HD45: Kalehua Kaopua 🌊 | #HD46: Rep. Amy Perruso! #GOTV #VOTE #HIpol #HIlegis #HIlege ⚖️
September 25, 2026 at 2:58 PM
jolpolitico.bsky.social
🗳️ JOLPOL endorses these pro- #Justice, #Opportunity, & #Liberty candidates for 11/3 General #Election2026 #Midterms2026 #Elections2026:
🗳️ #Hawaii: State #Senate: #SD13: Tricia Mayumi Kwai Lin Nakamatsu | #SD20: Mark Owens 🌊! #GOTV #VOTE #HIpol #HIlegis #HIlege ⚖️
September 25, 2026 at 2:15 PM
jolpolitico.bsky.social
🗳️ JOLPOL endorses these pro- #Justice, #Opportunity, & #Liberty candidates for 11/3 General #Election2026 #Midterms2026 #Elections2026:
🗳️ #Hawaii: State #House: #HD08: Rep. David Tarnas | #HD11: Rep. Terez Amato | #HD13: Rep. Mahina Poepoe | HD14: Sne Patel 🌊! #GOTV #VOTE #HIpol #HIlegis #HIlege ⚖️
September 25, 2026 at 2:36 PM
jolpolitico.bsky.social
🗳️ #JOLPOL endorses these pro- #Justice, #Opportunity, & #Liberty candidates for 11/3 General #Election2026 #Midterms2026 #Elections2026:
🗳️ #Hawaii: State #Senate: #SD02: Sen. Joy A. San Buenaventura | #SD09: Sen. Stanley Chang! #GOTV #VOTE #HIpol #HIlegis #HIlege ⚖️
September 25, 2026 at 2:15 PM
willcaron.bsky.social
"Vote By Maelstrom"

The Pony Express was retired in 1861. We, uh, might need to bring it back. My new #cartoon on Trump's assault on #democracy and the complacency that's letting him get away with it. 🗳️🐎

#art #illustration #editorialcartoon #votebymail #USPS #2026midterms #fascism #Hawaii #HIPOL
My latest editorial cartoon, "Vote By Maelstrom," imagines a scene that should be farcical—but feels dangerously close to reality. Hawaiʻi chief elections officer Scott Nago, dressed in buckskins, rides full tilt on the back of a pony, a sack of ballots slung over his neck as he races against the clock. Behind him, a pair of drones give chase; each buzzing like a giant insect and each streaming a video feed of President Trump's orange, furious face screaming in rage. In the background, which is painterly, moody—a nod to Bierstadt's landscapes—storm clouds roll in; lightning flashes in the distance. The beauty of the landscape is threatened by the tempest closing in. The Threat Is Real Trump has been threatening to interfere with vote by mail for more than a year. His March 2025 executive order required that ballots only be sent through the U.S. Postal Service to voters on federally approved lists, in specially designed envelopes approved by USPS. He claimed this would stop "massive cheating" that he insists—without evidence—is prevalent in vote by mail systems. In 2024, 95% of Hawaiʻi voters cast their ballots by mail. Trump—who himself votes by mail—has made this system his target in an attempt to influence the outcome of the upcoming election. The legal whipsawing has been dizzying. A federal judge blocked the order in July. Then the U.S. Supreme Court paused that injunction. Then another federal judge issued a ruling preventing the Postal Service from implementing the regulations. As of this writing, the threat is temporarily contained—but "temporarily" is doing a lot of work. Read more at patreon.com/willcaron
August 31, 2026 at 6:18 PM
jolpolitico.bsky.social
🗳️ JOLPOL proudly endorses these pro- #Justice, #Opportunity, & #Liberty candidates for 11/3 General #Election2026 #Midterms2026 #Elections2026:
🗳️ #Hawaii: #Congress #House: #HI01: Rep. Ed Case | #HI02: Rep. @jilltokuda.bsky.social! #GOTV #VOTE #HIpol ⚖️
August 30, 2026 at 7:52 PM
jolpolitico.bsky.social
🗳️ JOLPOL proudly endorses these pro- #Justice, #Opportunity, & #Liberty candidates for 11/3 General #Election2026 #Midterms2026 #Elections2026:
🗳️ #Hawaii: #Governor #HIGOV / #LieutenantGovernor: Gov. Josh Green / Derek Kawakami! #GOTV #VOTE #HIpol #HIlegis #HIlege ⚖️
August 30, 2026 at 7:55 PM
willcaron.bsky.social
"A Definition Of Insanity"

Nematode futures are up, but voter turnout is down. My new #cartoon and blog post on voter apathy, incumbent power, and what progressives can learn from the 2026 #Hawaii primary results.

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My latest editorial cartoon takes us to a dystopian future that feels uncomfortably close: a Wallace Corp. Nematode harvesting facility, straight out of Blade Runner 2049. Two workers in sterile coveralls watch multiple news screens as they harvest the protein paste that passes for food in this not-so-distant world. The headlines scroll by: "Incumbents Win;" "Low Voter Turnout;" "HI Dem Primary Critical;" "Nematode Futures Up." One worker turns to the other: "Can you believe it? Can't afford real food; corruption scandals left and right; and we elected all the same power players once again." The second worker replies: "Crazy. So did you vote in the Dem Party Primary?" The first answers: "No, did you?" Second: "No." It's a punchline that lands like a kick in the head—because this part is not science fiction. It's the reality we just lived through. Again.
August 18, 2026 at 6:56 PM
willcaron.bsky.social
#UnityBreakfast: Primaries are over. Time to focus on beating Trump's GOP in the #midterms. And then Democrats have got to buck the corporatism that has paralyzed them, and start delivering for working class people. That's the only way to counter the faux populism Trump uses to splinter us. #HIPOL
From June, 2016: "Untitled." A full color illustrative recreation of the famous photo of the Hindenburg explosion, but I've drawn Trump's face onto the forward section of the burning dirigible, and added an American flag to the undercarriage where the passengers would be. In the foreground, below the Trumpenburg, is a large fuel tank with a hose leading upward to the bottom of the still barely-floating blimp. The fuel tank is labeled "Hate" and the tank notes it is a highly flammable gas. Trump has a smug look on his face and he kind of resembles a grotesque orange hot dog, the flames from the explosion at his aft lighting his already orange face and giving the whole scene a fiery glow. The background is a smokey purple that contrasts nicely.
August 11, 2026 at 12:22 AM