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21 Jul, 6 tweets, 2 min read
1/ Nordstream 2 is bad for Europe, Ukraine and the U.S. But thinking America alone can stop a pipeline that is 98% complete is based in fantasy not reality. The deal Biden reached with Germany isn’t perfect, but it’s a good outcome under the circumstances.
washingtonpost.com/national-secur…
2/ Obama, Trump, nor Biden could convince Germany to abandon the project. It was going to be built. Unfortunate but true.

I guess we could’ve burned our relationship w/ Germany + others to the ground over Nordstream 2, but that would have come at an enormous, indefensible cost.
3/ So without this deal, the pipeline would have been built and Ukraine would have gotten NOTHING. That would be the worst outcome.
4/ The concessions Biden won are real. Perhaps most important is the plan to integrate Ukraine with the EU electric grid. This will drive Putin CRAZY. It helps break Ukraine of dependence on Russian energy.
5/ But that’s not all. Germany agrees to require that Russia continue gas transit through Ukraine. AND Germany agrees to sanction Russia if it uses Nordstream 2 to hurt Ukraine (that’s not a small thing).
6/ Of course Biden would rather the pipeline not be built. But I appreciate that we have a President who deals with reality rather than the kind of hawkish fantasy that has corrupted American foreign policy for decades. This is a good deal under the circumstances.

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21 Jul
1/ A THREAD on why Congress needs to take back its constitutional national security powers and how the sweeping bipartisan bill I introduced yesterday with @SenSanders and @SenMikeLee will get this done.
2/ Our Founding Fathers envisioned a system where Congress and the executive branch shared power over our national security.

They wanted to ensure that the American people would have a say when it came time to make consequential decisions like sending our men and women to war.
3/ But over the years, Republican and Democratic presidents have gotten far too comfortable going to war without congressional authorization, declaring vague “national emergencies," and exporting massive amounts of weapons all over the world.
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College athletes are being exploited. And the NCAA is before the Supreme Court arguing there is a constitutional right to pay these kids next to nothing.

1/ A THREAD on the pending case of NCAA v. Alston and why we need to let college athletes collectively bargain.
2/ In NCAA v. Alston, big time college sports programs argue they have a right to collude to set a "salary cap" (on scholarships and stipends) for all college athletes.

But here's the problem: federal law prohibits collusion (of course it does).
3/ That's why a lower court already ruled against the NCAA – and it's why they should lose this appeal.

The NCAA's main argument is the same tired one they've used for 60 years: college athletes are "amateurs" who have no say in how they're compensated or protected.
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27 May
NEWS: Today, I’m introducing legislation with @SenSanders, @RepBowman, @RepLoriTrahan and @RepAndyLevin to give college athletes the power to collectively bargain to address years of exploitation.

1/ A quick thread on what this means.
si.com/college/2021/0…
2/ Right now, the rich adults (conference presidents, coaches, CEOs) have all the power.

They collude to keep profits from college athletes and deprive players of basic rights (adequate health care, scholarship protections, the ability to profit off their name + likeness, etc.)
3/ College athletes face steep barriers to organize and right these wrongs because current law makes it difficult for them to prove that they're employees.

That's bananas. And our legislation would fix that.
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The war in Yemen is the world's worst humanitarian disaster. 2M children at risk of starving to death.

I spent the last 5 days in the Middle East pushing for a ceasefire.

Yemen gets little attention in the U.S., but you should know how this war can end.

1/ A short thread:
2/ President Biden has made ending the Yemen war a priority, and this matters.

He stopped U.S. offensive support for the Saudi side of the war, and he named veteran diplomat Tim Lenderking Special Envoy. There is new momentum toward a ceasefire bc of Biden's new approach.
3/ There are three things that must happen to stave off a coming famine. I went to the region to join Lenderking, UN Special Envoy Martin Griffiths, and other Biden officials to blanket the region in pursuit of these goals.

They are:
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25 Apr
1/ Stick with this thread to the end.

Friday in Hartford a young woman named Solmary Cruz nervously handed me a slip of paper with a neatly written list of changes she wants.

"You promise you're going to read it?" she asked in a weak but purposeful voice.
2/ Written in red pen, she meticulously outlines the steps she thinks will make her Hartford neighborhood safer.

At the top of the paper are her topics:

"*increase patrols and walking
*programs for youth
*stolen car issue
*gun laws
*profiling"
3/ One section is about the need to integrate kids from different neighborhoods. She explains how many homicides are about grudges between blocks or neighborhoods that kids inherit. Meeting the kids they are taught to hate might break the cycle of violence, Solmary writes.
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21 Apr
1/ Six years ago, I gave the first speech in the Senate on the Yemen civil war.

This afternoon I'm chairing my first Foreign Relations hearing on U.S. policy on Yemen. A quick thread on why this matters and what I'll be focused on when questioning the witnesses ⤵️
2/ There are four major objectives when it comes to Yemen:
- Reach a nationwide ceasefire
- Provide vital humanitarian aid 
- Get Yemen's economy back up and running
- Lay out a framework for inclusive political negotiations to finally end this conflict
3/ First, after the U.S. finally pulled our support for the Saudi led military effort, the Saudis made a ceasefire proposal. The Biden admin is committed to the diplomatic work needed to help broker an end to this conflict. This is critical.
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