C Stokes

@StokesC_CS

Rebel nonconformist. Piercy's 'To be of use.' Mom of another, away. Collective well-being, sobriety. Yarn, transit, the absurd. Words.

Minneapolis
Joined June 2011

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    RIGHT NOW ON : joins and a live audience for a special town hall event. Watch "The Speaker: Nancy Pelosi" starting at 10 PM ET, !

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    "She's going to demonstrate what Dems are capable of doing with power. Whether that's transparency, whether that's protecting health care ... she intends to show Democrats can do this led by a woman." on Pelosi.

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    On tonight, Sen. spoke of the declining power of the and a major shift in the politics of guns. He's right. Here is a column I wrote last month detailing how advocates of sane gun policy are gaining ground.

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    Democrats are showing what they have in mind while they control the leadership in the House...

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    "The bill represents the most far-reaching democracy reform plan introduced in Congress since the Watergate era."

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    More than 70,000 Mainers will be eligible for MaineCare health insurance under the expansion. Mills, who had promised to act on “day one” of her administration, was sworn into office Wednesday evening and signed “Executive Order 1” on Thursday.

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    Gov. Whitmer, in a response to the Flint water crisis and more recent concerns about drinking water quality, signed an executive directive Wednesday requiring state employees to immediately report to their bosses any threat to public health or safety.

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    Getting ready to go live with to talk about the work ahead on passing universal background checks this Congress. Tune in to watch now on

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    Three people have died in national parks around the country, including a 14-year-old girl who fell 700 feet down a canyon, since the start of the government shutdown.

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    Today I signed my first executive directive as governor, requiring state department employees to report any imminent threat to public health, safety, or welfare to their department director or agency head. – At George W. Romney Building

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    Jan 2

    In recent weeks I have received many letters. Eight-year old Lucy wrote, “Now I feel like I could become governor someday!”

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    Jan 2

    Maine is our home. Tomorrow we rise before the dawn — like the mist over the Sandy River — and seek adventure, with hope in our hearts and love in our souls for the brand new day. To all of you, and to the people of Maine, I say, welcome home. Thank you.

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    Jan 2

    Maine Repub Gov Paul LePage -- who said drug traffickers (a) are mostly black and hispanic and (b) should have their heads cut off -- leaves office tonight, but not before pardoning a pro-LePage GOP State Rep... for his felony drug trafficking conviction.

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    "A former longtime member of the clemency board says the pardon of Jeffrey Pierce was highly unusual, and a national expert says Maine's pardon process lacks accountability."

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    During the last administration, Senate majority leader McConnell insisted that Obama’s nominees update their financial disclosure reports before they could be renominated. Will he do the same for Trump’s nominees, or will this be another case of double standards? Stay tuned.

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    NEW IN THE RUSSIA INVESTIGATION: The chief judge of the DC District Court has extended the term of the grand jury used by Mueller for indictments. They were set to expire Jan. 6. Now could sit for up to 6 more months.

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    Ahead of her remarks in Council Bluffs, IA, Elizabeth Warren greets supporters who couldn't fit in the event venue.

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    Federal park rangers at historic clock tower site in Trump hotel spared from shutdown. By and Steve Braun of .

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