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Chris Stearns @chrisstearns.bsky.social · Aug 7

Proud to stand with Texas Democratic legislators and over a hundred others from across the nation at the State House in Boston to defend the ideals of American Democracy. That our voters’ districts can’t be redrawn illegally to drown out Democratic & People of Color’s voices. When we fight, we win!

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Chris Stearns @chrisstearns.bsky.social · Jun 28

I am so proud of and grateful for our amazing #recovery community and champions in King County. They are saving lives and giving hope to those most in need. What an honor to be part of this event and to be able to share my own story of recovery with others.
www.auburn-reporter.com/news/fifth-a...

Fifth annual Substance Use Recovery Conference: ‘Together We Can’ | Auburn Reporter

This year’s conference was held June 25 at Green River College in Auburn.

www.auburn-reporter.com

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Chris Stearns @chrisstearns.bsky.social · Jun 26

“'The value of that cross-party relationship building is that ultimately it makes each of us feel valued...' said Rep. Chris Stearns, D-Auburn."
When we build these friendships, when we ask each other how we're doing, we show that we value each other.
washingtonstatestandard.com/2025/06/25/w...

WA lawmakers condemn political violence as attack on democratic process • Washington State Standard

Washington state lawmakers on Wednesday formally denounced attacks on politicians as attempts to “undermine our democratic process.”

washingtonstatestandard.com

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Chris Stearns @chrisstearns.bsky.social · May 29

I am proud to have been one of two House members of the Washington State House of Representatives to have signed on as a friend of the court in the amicus brief against the Trump administration’s unconstitutional international #tariffs.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/28/b...

Trump Tariffs Ruled Illegal by Federal Judicial Panel

www.nytimes.com

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Chris Stearns @chrisstearns.bsky.social · Apr 30

It was an honor to gavel us out of Session, #SineDie. The past session was challenging, heartbreaking, chaotic & sometimes thrilling. Looking out over the House floor each day reminds me that we all have an incredible amount of humanity, potential, kindness & capacity to grow with one other. #waleg

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Chris Stearns @chrisstearns.bsky.social · Apr 20

I'm proud that WA Gov. Ferguson signed my Bill, HB 1461, to increase State support for our future energy needs - including advanced #nuclear - by making sure our agencies are empowered to respond to changing markets when constructing new power generating plants.
housedemocrats.wa.gov/blog/2025/04...

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Chris Stearns @chrisstearns.bsky.social · Apr 16

A beautiful evening to be working in the WA State House of Representatives!
#waleg

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Chris Stearns @chrisstearns.bsky.social · Apr 15

We just wrapped up at 2:15 AM and the capitol still looks beautiful! We’re back at it in eight hours. #waleg

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Chris Stearns @chrisstearns.bsky.social · Apr 6

Almost a thousand strong turned out in Covington, WA today, to stand up for the ideal of democracy and send out an unmistakable message of hope.
#HandsOff

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Chris Stearns @chrisstearns.bsky.social · Mar 23

On the Capitol’s 4th floor the hallways are lined with class portraits of House members going back generations and Frank’s portrait, as Speaker of the House, is there in the center of so many of them. His mission lives on in the House chamber: to make our world a more bearable place.

The Seattle Times @seattletimes.com · Mar 23

An advocate for health care and low-income housing, Frank Chopp was the longest-serving House speaker in the state's history and a rare legislative force.

Frank Chopp, former WA House speaker, dies

An advocate for health care and low-income housing, Frank Chopp was the longest-serving House speaker in the state's history and a rare legislative force.

www.seattletimes.com

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Arlyssa D. Becenti @abecenti.bsky.social · Mar 18

From me: ‘DOD, Army websites scrub articles on Navajo Code Talkers, citing Trump DEI policies’

Via @azcentral.com

DOD, Army websites scrub articles on Navajo Code Talkers, citing Trump DEI policies

Several military websites removed mention of the Navajo Code Talkers, saying new DEI rules demanded it.

www.azcentral.com

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Chris Stearns @chrisstearns.bsky.social · Mar 18

Great to see our amazing Senator Patty Murray today in caucus and on the House floor. She’s fighting the good fight. ✊

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Chris Stearns @chrisstearns.bsky.social · Mar 17

I cannot say enough about how great I feel about our future now that it is in the hands of these incredible young #indigenous leaders who visited us in the Capitol as part of the Native Vote Washington, Native Action Network, and NAYA Action Fund legislative day on the Hill.

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Washington State Standard @washingtonstatestandard.com · Mar 4

President Donald Trump’s sweeping cuts to the federal workforce and government spending have reverberated across Indian Country, leaving tribes with deep uncertainty about their health clinics, schools, police agencies and wildfire crews. washingtonstatestandard.com/2025/03/04/f...

For Indian Country, federal cuts decimate core tribal programs • Washington State Standard

President Donald Trump’s sweeping cuts to the federal workforce and government spending have reverberated across Indian Country.

washingtonstatestandard.com

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Chris Stearns @chrisstearns.bsky.social · Mar 1

Enjoyed seeing my friends from the Machinists Union, Districts 751 and 160, in Olympia today!

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Chris Stearns @chrisstearns.bsky.social · Feb 4

The Git Hoan Dancers performed right before the Pacific NW Ballet’s #SleepingBeauty on Sunday. The Pacific NW Ballet celebrated SE Alaska Native Community Day with dancing, an art mart, and story telling. And Sleeping Beauty was awesome!

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Chris Stearns @chrisstearns.bsky.social · Jan 26

Life expectancy for Native Americans has dipped below 64 years!
- @kffhealthnews.bsky.social

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Arizona Mirror @azmirror.com · Jan 24

The DOJ argued in court that Indigenous people don't have birthright citizenship, even though they have for 100 years

via @diinsilversmith.bsky.social

Reports of Navajo people being detained in immigration sweeps sparks concern from tribal leaders

The DOJ argued in court that Indigenous people don't have birthright citizenship, even though they have for 100 years

azmirror.com

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Chris Stearns @chrisstearns.bsky.social · Jan 20

Bobby Kennedy said that #MLK "dedicated his life to love and to justice between fellow human beings. He died in the cause of that effort. In this difficult day, in this difficult time for the United States, it’s perhaps well to ask what kind of a nation we are & what direction we want to move in.”

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · Jan 14

As Joe Biden’s term as the 46th U.S. President comes to a close, so does the most pro-Native administration in history. Today in The Big Picture, Amelia Christnot explores how Biden kept his promises to Indigenous Americans—setting records and reshaping representation along the way.

President Joe Biden's Impact On NDN Country

The Biden administration enabled, empowered, and enacted historic advancements for Indigenous peoples.

thinkbigpicture.substack.com

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Chris Stearns @chrisstearns.bsky.social · Jan 11

Our Washington State Capitol looking good just before the opening day of the legislative session!
#waleg

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Chris Stearns @chrisstearns.bsky.social · Jan 10

Thank you to our amazing panel on the future of #nuclear energy (both fission & fusion) in WA held at the Future of Carbon Policy Forum! Rep. Stephanie Barnard & I introduced Greg Cullen from Energy NW, Nate Hill from Amazon, and Tom Bugert from Helion. The other panels were great too!

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Chris Stearns @chrisstearns.bsky.social · Jan 5

As we celebrate 50 years of the Indian Self-Determination Act, let’s also remember back in 1968, President Lyndon Johnson proposed to Congress in a Special Message “a policy of maximum choice for the American Indian: a policy expressed in programs of self-help, self-development, self-determination.”

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Chris Stearns @chrisstearns.bsky.social · Jan 4

“The goal was to #assimilate Native children into white society, robbing them of their languages, customs, and worse.”

“17 [Indian Boarding] schools were in Washington State, from Spokane to Yakama to the Tulalip Indian Reservation.”

www.kiro7.com/news/local/g...

Gets Real: Survivor of Indian Boarding School speaks out

“My boarding school experience was very painful and traumatic.”

www.kiro7.com

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Chris Stearns @chrisstearns.bsky.social · Jan 1

"Our future may lie beyond our vision, but it is not completely beyond our control. It is the shaping impulse of America that neither fate nor nature nor the irresistible tides of history, but the work of our own hands, matched to reason & principle, that will determine our destiny.” - RFK (1966)