David Frum

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It was a lost opportunity - lost not to ignorance, but to indifference. But I remember with admiration the Bush-administration team that worked honorably if unsuccessfully on the climate issue two decades ago. — PolitiTweet.org

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But it was not to be. The struggle was lost, and maybe it never had a chance. Instead in February 2002 Bush settled on a plan to use tax credits to induce "voluntary" slowdowns in carbon emissions. 5/x https://t.co/Jo3KA8ZLki. — PolitiTweet.org

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I had the honor and opportunity to work with Bridgeland and Edson in the Bush White House. At first it seemed authentically possible that strong action on climate change might be taken - some even more senior aides were also interested ... 4/x — PolitiTweet.org

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Most of the Bush energy team was committed to a future of expanding fossil fuels use, including more coal. But two on the team - Gary Edson and John Bridgeland - were equally strongly committed to the climate-change issue. They got their language into the Saginaw speech. 3/x — PolitiTweet.org

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You can watch the 2000 Bush climate-change speech below. It's an amalgam of discordant elements as you will hear if you listen. 2/x https://t.co/BWNKzXPOal — PolitiTweet.org

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In a speech in Saginaw, Michigan, September 29, 2000, candidate for president George W. Bush vowed mandatory emissions caps for greenhouse gases 1/x — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @TheAtlantic: "DeSantis’s rise is partly a story about him. It’s partly a story about his critics. But perhaps above all, it’s a story a… — PolitiTweet.org

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New target for FBI anti-gang task force — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @michaelkruse: They rank Facebook as the least trustworthy of 16 major institutions. Can't help but note that Mark Zuckerberg started Fa… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @michaelkruse: Biden has the highest favorability among 18- to 29-year-old Americans of any first-term president over the 21 years the @… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @NickBaumann: @davidfrum has some interesting insights about @RonDeSantisFL. I found the bit about how DeSantis deftly uses the culture… — PolitiTweet.org

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@devoretext @LaurenOPV I like to retweet helpful criticism — PolitiTweet.org

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Periodic reminder that while DMs are closed, I can be reached via this page. https://t.co/EaHted4uYz — PolitiTweet.org

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Stakes raised. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @JLCauvin: As of today I am fully vaccinated. Live shows and ticket links at my website for DC, CT & NJ shows https://t.co/t1JrP4obne — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @juliaioffe: Alexey @navalny has declared an end to his 24-day hunger strike. On April 20–the day before yesterday’s protests—he was tra… — PolitiTweet.org

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Now *that* is a strange turn of fate for Ukrainians, Russians, and Jews! — PolitiTweet.org

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@TheAtlantic Unique among Republican presidential possibilities, DeSantis has a message for the American middle: "When others panicked or yielded, he took the risk, opened the schools - and saved a generation of Florida kids." https://t.co/i8GJJPZ2tc — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @jonathanchait: Brilliant @nytdavidbrooks column on how the GOP base is plunging further into madness (a familiar subject to which he br… — PolitiTweet.org

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@TheAtlantic DeSantis learned from Trump the power of culture war in GOP politics. He also learned from Trump's negative example the importance of choosing, shaping, and limiting the culture-war battlespace — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @DaveKeating: Anglophone media is mostly silent on this, so Anglosphere outside 🇺🇸 may forget because they'll never be told. 🇬🇧 media… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @DaveKeating: 🇺🇸 is currently sitting on over 100 million unused vaccine doses. An estimated 35-40m are #AstraZeneca, which 🇺🇸 still has… — PolitiTweet.org

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Understanding the political rise of Governor Ron DeSantis, my latest in @TheAtlantic https://t.co/i8GJJPZ2tc — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @michaelkruse: "For me," @jonkarl tells @POLITICO, "it was the craziest and most surreal moment I had ever witnessed in a presidential p… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @gtconway3d: A year ago today. https://t.co/rZMrzkHJbT https://t.co/QWbNPk2YK4 — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @business: The first malaria vaccine to show more than 75% efficacy, a World Health Organization specified goal, has been developed by s… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @nytimes: Lawmakers in Idaho approved a bill this week that would allow the hiring of contractors to kill up to 90% of the state’s wolve… — PolitiTweet.org

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@ChadBown You won't believe the origin of the word ... — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @MacaesBruno: Britain first country to come out of the pandemic. Or perhaps second. No deaths recorded in Israel today https://t.co/4ZjN… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @DavidWCochrane: BREAKING: CBC news has learned the federal government will ban passenger flights from India and Pakistan for 30 days st… — PolitiTweet.org