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13 Dec, 6 tweets, 3 min read
All eyes are on Ukraine right now, but close by another crisis is brewing.

1/ Please read this short thread on the threat to Balkans peace posed by increasing Bosnian Serb separatist rhetoric.

I want to explain why it matters.
justsecurity.org/78703/peace-is…
2/ This Tuesday marks 26 years since the presidents of Bosnia, Croatia, and Serbia signed the Dayton Accords, ending years of ethnic warfare after the collapse of Yugoslavia.

26 years of fragile but hard earned peace in the Balkans.
diplomacy.state.gov/exhibits/diplo…
3/ The fighting killed a quarter million people. Another 2M had to flee their homes. Thousands were massacred and raped in episodes of ethnic cleansing.

This all happened just a short 30 years ago. Many of the perpetrators and victims are still alive.
bbc.com/news/world-eur…
4/ To keep the peace in the new country of Bosnia and Herzegovina, power was to be shared between Bosnian Serbs, Muslim Bosniaks, and Bosnian Croats.

The split government never really worked, and tensions between these groups have been on the rise.
politico.eu/article/dayton…
5/ The new crisis is due to Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik's push for the Serb-dominated parts of the country to effectively secede, creating a separate military, judiciary and tax system.

Putin has cheered him on.
bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
6/ The disintegration of Bosnia could easily lead to a return to war in the Balkans.

This would be a disaster, and it's time for the U.S. to more forcefully engage, with a mix of sticks and carrots (and a whole lot of good old fashioned presence).
theguardian.com/world/2021/dec…

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1/ As we celebrate Veterans Day, I want to lift up the story of my late grandfather, Val Murphy (his grandkids called him “Pop”), and the unique role he played in World War Two.

Here he is - a new recruit - in 1943, with my great Uncle Fred. Pop is on the left.
2/ Pop had just received his engineering degree from Duke, so he was recruited to join the Army Corp of Engineers.

During a one week leave in December 1943 he married my grandmother. Days later, he was shipped off to Europe. They wouldn’t see each other again for two years.
3/ After D-Day, one of the primary obstacles confronting the Allies were all the bridges that had been destroyed or damaged by Hitler in an effort to frustrate the Allies’ advance.

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1/ What if, on Inauguration Day, I told you that in his first year, Joe Biden would cut childhood poverty in half?

“That’s a good year 1,” you might reply.

Ok what if he also got the GOP to agree to the biggest infrastructure bill in the nation’s history?

“No way!” you’d say.
2/ What if I told you he ALSO got the biggest ever investment in clean energy through a fiercely divided Congress?

“You’re pulling my leg”, you would say.

No, I would reply. And now I’m going to blow your mind, I would continue.

Guess what else he did?
3/ He got funding for 1M new affordable housing units.

He put the biggest ever investment in anti-gun violence programs.

He cut the cost of child care by $10,000 for low and middle income families.

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Oh man, it’s been a busy, packed day out here on the campaign trail. But even with the rain, we’ve had big crowds at each stop.

Here’s a rundown of the day (so far):

9am - New Milford with mayoral candidate Ted Hine. His background in the private sector is unique asset.
10am rally for Danbury mayoral candidate Roberto Alves. Roberto is bringing incredible new energy to Danbury.
11:00 - Weston. First Selectwoman Sam Nestor is ready to lead the town for a full term.
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1/ We all need to be deeply concerned by the Sudanese military’s seizure of power and condemn General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan’s actions to dissolve the transitional government.

The U.S. must have a clear position in support of democracy's restoration.
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2/ After decades of suffering under Omar al-Bashir’s corrupt and oppressive regime, the people of Sudan had found hope in a democratic future, but this military coup puts that at risk.
3/ Prime Minister Hamdok and other detained civilian leaders must be swiftly released, the country must return to civilian rule, and peaceful protestors must be allowed to make their voices heard.
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Mike and I sat on this bench and talked for a while this morning. A Trump 2016/Biden 2020 voter, I wanted to hear his story. #WalkCT #Middletown

1/ Here it is:
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He thought electing “a businessman” would help. In 2016 he voted for Trump.
3/ But Trump’s bungling of COVID shocked Mike. “He’s up there telling us to inject disinfectant into our bodies!” He decided to give Biden a shot.
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I just met Aretha, who lives in Hartford’s south end, during my walk across Connecticut. #WalkCT

1/ Let me tell you her story to provide some color on the reality of the new post-pandemic economy.
2/ For years, she was employed as a food service worker at the Department of Motor Vehicles in Wethersfield. It was a good paying, full time job, just a bus ride from her home.

Last year, when DMV employees began working from home, she got laid off.
3/ Aretha liked that job, so she stayed on unemployment hoping she would be rehired. But when that didn’t happen, she started furiously looking for work.

Sure, she still had unemployment, but she WANTED to work. Especially since she knew UI wasn’t forever.
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