David Frum

David Frum @davidfrum

RT @igorbobic: You can’t talk about January 6 without politicizing it. One party, and one president, was directly involved. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @therecount: Reporter: "Does calling [Trump] out divide more than it heals?" Biden: "The way you have to heal, you have to recognize th… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @MittRomney: https://t.co/79087zwELK — PolitiTweet.org

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On the plus side, January 7, 2022, will mark the glorious first anniversary of the resumption of the peaceful transfer of power in the United States. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @anneapplebaum: I wrote this a year ago, on January 6, 2020. Even more true now. https://t.co/l5e0DYS36W — PolitiTweet.org

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Ready to be reminded that "anti-intervention" "anti-imperialist" "anti-war" movements and individuals usually apply a small-print disclaimer: "not applicable to Russia and its former subject nations" — PolitiTweet.org

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January 6 quite a day in the annals of Putinist political violence — PolitiTweet.org

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Russian media reporting dozens dead so far in Putin's invasion of Kazakhstan https://t.co/MFG1SIpRXU — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @courtneywmh: Kazakhstan's people know this is a popular uprising against corrupt tyranny, not an "act of aggression" by "foreign-traine… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @BrucePannier: Kazakhs Were Fed Up With Minor Concessions And Officials Paying Lip Service To Reforms https://t.co/CUVY6WFBAd — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @wodekszemberg: Brotherly help on its way> Moscow-led alliance sends ‘peacekeeping forces to Kazakhstan https://t.co/8XbFGb0mBi — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @meduza_en: BREAKING NEWS: Armenian Prime Minister and acting CSTO Collective Security Council Chairman Nikol Pashinyan says the militar… — PolitiTweet.org

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It'll be amazingly perverse if first casualty of Russia's gas squeeze policy is Russia allied regime in Kazakhstan, not Russian targets in Europe — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @Alex_Panetta: Was talking to a U.S. government official yesterday who asked, surprised, “Are Canadians paying attention to the Jan 6 an… — PolitiTweet.org

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To enter a museum in Europe, you must a) show proof of vaccination and b) submit your purse/backpack and any possessions in your pockets to minute inspection by a security officer. I don't object to either, but it's very strange to me that anyone could find a) more intrusive — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @D_vP: "Renewables plus nuclear is the promised land. North American natural gas is the route to get there. So let’s go." https://t.co/U… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @KonstantinBaetz: Great column by @davidfrum, analyzing the relationship between energy policy, European security, and climate. Some tak… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @ChanGardiner: Energy prices are rising across Europe amid a natural-gas shortage. "Putin sees the same thing, and that may be what is e… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @WindsorMann: @NGrossman81 @CathyYoung63 As @davidfrum pointed out, checks and balances are a metaphor, not a mechanism. Actual people h… — PolitiTweet.org

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Latest by me in @theatlantic: how to disarm Putin’s energy weapon https://t.co/4cd3vLX8Ur — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @ariehkovler: An absolutely key point to understanding Jan 6: they went to DC expecting to win. They thought Trump had a plan and they'd… — PolitiTweet.org

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They're often the same people, and if they could notice the discrepancy, they wouldn't be anti-vaxxers in the first place. — PolitiTweet.org

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It deeply irks cultural conservatives that US entertainment media espouse progressive cultural values. That irritation blinds them - and through them, everybody else - to the dominance of right-wing political ideology in information media, especially its newest forms — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @jonathanchait: Ron DeSantis told the press when he got vaccinated last spring. Now he's so deep in anti-vaxx territory, he won't say if… — PolitiTweet.org

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EG Try this: "One of the biggest difficulties the US faced overcoming COVID was the anti-vaccination bias of American media." That sentence sounds weird, right? But measured by hours of media consumed - is it false? — PolitiTweet.org

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Any generalization about "the media" needs to begin with recognizing that Facebook, Fox, and Rogan *are* "the media" — PolitiTweet.org

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And yes, if I had tested positive for COVID before the flight, it would have messed up my plans. But on the other hand, if I had *boarded the plane* with COVID, I'd have messed up the plans of hundreds of other people, who also have rights deserving of respect. — PolitiTweet.org

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And when you walk about a bustling tourist attraction, confident that everyone around you has also done his or her bit to keep the others safe, you feel ... free. — PolitiTweet.org

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Hard to understand the mindset that would say, "OK - you can have my phone number to secure the reservation. You can have my credit card information to settle the bill. But to check that I've taken precautions against an infectious airborne disease? NOW YOU HAVE GONE TOO FAR!" — PolitiTweet.org

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My family and I have been touring in a European city all day today. We've been asked to produce proof of vaccination before entering crowded restaurants and museums. And it's been almost literally the least imaginable imposition to enjoy a public amenity during a global pandemic — PolitiTweet.org