David Frum

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will be to put presidentially dependent local officials back in charge, as in the bad old days of the Mexican one-party state. President Lopez Obrador probably won't dare try re-election for himself in 2024, that taboo is probably too strong even for him to defy. 5/x — PolitiTweet.org

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Lopez Obrador has tried different schemes to pervert honest elections. The law he crammed through the Mexican Senate tonight effectively destroys INE's local presence in Mexico's ~900 polling places. The effect of this law - it's grotesque to call it a "reform" - 4/x — PolitiTweet.org

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... the achievement of the body known since 2014 as the National Electoral Institute: INE. Mexican President Lopez Obrador hates the INE - partly because of petty personal grudges, but mostly because he wants to revert to the bad old days of presidentially directed elections. 3/x — PolitiTweet.org

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That system of presidential control of Mexican elections came unstuck in the 1990s. An independent agency was created to run elections. It started small, but it grew. By the 2000s, Mexican elections were as fair and honest as any in the world. All this was the achievement 2/x — PolitiTweet.org

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For Americans to understand what happened tonight in Mexico ... Through most of the 20th century, Mexican elections were run by officials answerable to the Mexican president. The president told the officials the result he wanted. They delivered it. 1/x — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @diazbriseno: AMLO’s team was so annoyed by this article in The Atlantic that it earned @DavidFrum a mention this morning during AMLO’s… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @JPSpinetto: Mexico’s Senate passed AMLO's long-sought overhaul of the electoral system, a move that the opposition denounces as an atte… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @djrothkopf: Very important and typically well done article by @davidfrum on the most important international issue you’re probably not… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @RadioFreeTom: “In practice, any attempt to fit López Obrador into a left-right spectrum is futile and misleading. His project is to exp… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @YAppelbaum: This is a very, very good moment to read this deeply reported story on what's going on in Mexico from @davidfrum https://t… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @g_bouillon: @davidfrum @djrothkopf This Sunday many Mexicans like me are going to protest in many towns,and we will go to the Supreme C… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @ahope71: Mexico Hobbles Election Agency That Helped End One-Party Rule https://t.co/EFnTua0nNk — PolitiTweet.org

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My heart breaks tonight for my many friends, old and new, who have fought the hard fight for Mexican democracy. The fight is not over by any means, but tonight's wound bleeds. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @diazbriseno: BREAKING 🇲🇽MEXICO: AMLO's majority in Congress has passed legal changes to gut Mexico's independent elections body (INE)… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @amirtibon: Straight out of the Erdogan playbook: Netanyahu tried to appoint a political confidante to be Israel's statistics chief - ov… — PolitiTweet.org

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Thread on why the so-called Twitter files get so little respect — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump fans credit their hero with Jeff Bezos's gift — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @romoraleselcoro: “La democracia mexicana enfrentará duras pruebas. Si México puede superarlos se abriría un mundo de espacio para el pr… — PolitiTweet.org

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@rjSarafan "Strange how potent cheap music is," as Noel Coward said — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @JuliaDavisNews: In other predictable news, head of RT Margarita Simonyan says that Seymour Hersh had given an interview to her outlet.… — PolitiTweet.org

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There's no wall high enough https://t.co/ZAnnAwfHdt — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @Sean_Speer: In the latest episode of @TheHubCanada's bi-weekly series with @davidfrum, he outlined the key takeaway from his new, must-… — PolitiTweet.org

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Zelensky could borrow from this speech for the other anniversary today — PolitiTweet.org

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February 22, 1980 https://t.co/TW73e4RWG5 — PolitiTweet.org

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Past president of the Mexican republic https://t.co/P9gm4xgTM3 — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @JosLuisMorenoDe: Templo Mayor - 22 de Feb - Vía @reforma https://t.co/xCEgCg9OBn "MUY DETALLADO y preciso el retrato que hizo David Fru… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @wwsgdc: In his latest Article for the Atlantic, "The Autocrat Next Door," WWSG exclusive @davidfrum says "The criminals failed. But the… — PolitiTweet.org

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Americans have a bad habit of talking about "the border" as if American security and prosperity can be walled off from troubles in Mexico. But the two countries' destinies are joined, for better or for worse https://t.co/ZAnnAwfHdt — PolitiTweet.org

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Instead, pieces surrendered by UK and Germany seem likely to touch only briefly in Nigeria before arriving at their new homes in Doha and Dubai. https://t.co/PDot3dXAAp — PolitiTweet.org

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It now seems vanishingly unlikely that hopes for major new art museums in Nigeria will be realized in any near term. https://t.co/PDot3dXAAp — PolitiTweet.org