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Tyson Barker

@tysonbarker

Writing about 🇺🇸 🇪🇺relations; economic statecraft, tech & foreign policy; and Ukraine.
Joined May 2009
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Tyson Barker @tysonbarker
There is something to be said abt the attention economy. If El-Sayed thinks Pakistan, Egypt & Saudi Arabia are states w systemic human rights abuses unworthy of the term U.S. ally, let’s see him focus on this more forcefully - not just as a secondary TP to his Israel critique
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“We must completely halt financial aid to Pakistan 🇵🇰, Israel 🇮🇱, and Egypt 🇪🇬 because these countries are violating international law.”

— Newly elected U.S. Senator Abdul El-Sayed
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Tyson Barker @tysonbarker
Sachsen-Anhalt just passed a terrible anti-Ukraine declaration as the first act of their new AfD-led state legislature, supported by the Bundestag Sahra-Wagenknecht, calling for an end to all support except for humanitarian aid. n-tv.de/politik/Landta…
www.n-tv.de AfD und BSW triumphieren: Landtag von Sachsen-Anhalt fordert Preisgabe der Ukraine In einer Sondersitzung fordern AfD und BSW Sachsen-Anhalts geschäftsführende Landesregierung auf, sich für ein Ende der Waffenlieferungen an die Ukraine und mehr Diplomatie einzusetzen. Der Antrag...
Tyson Barker @tysonbarker
You don’t need a French intel report to tell you that the Russia House in Berlin’s Friedrichstrasse is a nest of spies. What is surprising is that 4+ years into the full scale invasion of Ukraine is that the 🇩🇪 govt has not forced its closure long ago. tagesschau.de/investigativ/r…
www.tagesschau.de Russisches Haus in Berlin: Tarnung für russische Geheimdienste? Das Russische Haus der Wissenschaft und Kultur in Berlin gilt als umstrittene Einrichtung, die vom Kreml gesteuert wird. Unterlagen französischer Behörden, die WDR und SZ vorliegen, bezeichnen es nun...
Tyson Barker @tysonbarker
Whether Republican or Democrat, you know where a Congress-member stands with their vote. Their vote speaks. Rhetoric is meant to conceal, to obfuscate. Omar voted no to the Ukraine Support Act. You know where she stands.
Rep. Ilhan Omar Verified account @Ilhan Jun 5
I have always, and will continue, to stand with the Ukrainian people and unequivocally condemn Putin’s illegal and brutal invasion. I voted against the Ukraine Support Act because of its inclusion of broad economic sanctions. Time and again, sanctions like these fail to achieve their stated goals while inflicting real suffering on ordinary people. Opposing Russian aggression does not require us to support policies that punish ordinary civilians who did not ask for this war.

The foreign policy establishment continues to return to the same failed playbook and expects different results. Economic sanctions fail to achieve their desired goals and in most cases are counterproductive to ending war.

I remain committed to supporting diplomacy, peace, and justice for the Ukrainian people affected by this horrific conflict. But I could not in good conscience support legislation that wages economic warfare on innocent civilians.
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