All 50 US states seamlessly join Russia sanctions, no-one bats eye.

It is moments like these that remind us why we have each other.

US States joining in sanctions on Russia over Ukraine invasion

Lost in the extensive media coverage about the remarkable unity shown among western allies in standing together to impose collective sanctions on Russia is the development that … all fifty U.S. states themselves collectively joined the sanctions … without having to be strong-armed.

(BTW yes, I know we’ve in-advance agreed to collaborate under a unified foreign policy. That is the point.)


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