David Frum

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Also from June, I warned against the dangerous practical and political consequences against left-wing hostility to special programs in public schools for academically gifted children. https://t.co/oM0oNKOHZF — PolitiTweet.org

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From June: a defense of Canada's first prime minister against wild allegations that inspired attacks on his monuments and memory. https://t.co/8bjLHCOluZ — PolitiTweet.org

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In May, I posted a lament for Peruvian democracy - all too sadly corroborated by the most recent events in that country. https://t.co/5nP1evzpgg — PolitiTweet.org

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In the first shock of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, many predicted catastrophic global food shortages. In March 2022, I argued that these predictions were excessive. With timely government action, world markets could cope. Which is just what happened. https://t.co/XbV0U7zNJz — PolitiTweet.org

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In early January 2022- 6 weeks before Putin's invasion of Ukraine - I urged the need for a united trans-Atlantic policy on natural gas to protect vulnerable EU allies from Russian energy pressure. https://t.co/4cd3vLX8Ur — PolitiTweet.org

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This one was published at the very end of 2021, but I think relevant here. At a time right and left agreed that Biden was achieving little or nothing, I argued that Biden was doing more with less (eg a 50-50 Senate) than any recent president https://t.co/fRTh9AYIDx — PolitiTweet.org

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"He who will not toot his own horn, his horn shall not be tooted." That old saying inspires me to re-link here some work from 2022 .... (Thread coming ...) — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @WSJ: More than half of U.S. states are set to lift minimum wages in 2023, but many low-income workers already earn more than mandated d… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @AP: A House committee is set to release six years of Donald Trump’s tax returns on Friday, pulling back the curtain on financial record… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @GhonchehAzad: Hossein Mohammadi, a theater actor, is one of the people sentenced to death in Iran. This is his performance in an adapta… — PolitiTweet.org

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It’s odd how actual child-groomers and real world sex-traffickers go so undetected- even protected- by the very people supposedly most exercised by grooming and sex-trafficking — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @walterolson: Hilarious yet pathetic: MAGA/conspiracy land has spun endless theories about Ray Epps, supposedly an FBI agent who was at… — PolitiTweet.org

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Not all Tates — PolitiTweet.org

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If you're the kind of person who'd engage in human trafficking, you might also be the kind of person who didn't pay Romania's 24% VAT on imported cars. https://t.co/ykWANzTUqW)%3B — PolitiTweet.org

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Massie quotes a rather sad letter in which Catherine complains that she could have stayed faithful forever if only the right man - ie Potemkin - had stayed true to her. But she needed love, she wrote, as she needed air and sunshine, and she had to get it where she could find it. — PolitiTweet.org

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The political and intellectual partnership with Potemkin endured to his death, but the love affair did not. It was after they drifted apart that Catherine took up with the more numerous series of lovers for which she became famous/notorious. — PolitiTweet.org

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At the most intense moment of Catherine's love affair with Prince Potemkin, he accused her of unchastity. To defend herself, she wrote him a detailed account of every love affair in her life to that point. The account survived, which is why historians know so much about her. — PolitiTweet.org

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Catherine the Great never visited Odesa. She was of course originally German, who got the top job in Russia by marriage followed by assassination. There's a gripping biography of her by Robert Massie https://t.co/f5eKSKG0iF — PolitiTweet.org

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Some fascinating vignettes of Odesa's monuments here https://t.co/zUTlgEeBnX — PolitiTweet.org

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I was wondering how a statue of Catherine the Great could have survived in Odesa under Soviet rule. Turns out - it didn't. The statue erected in 1900 was destroyed by the Bolsheviks in 1920. The statue removed last night was a replica cast in 2007. — PolitiTweet.org

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I was wondering how a statue of Catherine the Great would survive in Odesa under Soviet rule. Turns out - it didn't. The statue erected in 1900 was destroyed by the Bolsheviks in 1920. The statue removed last night was a replica cast in 2007. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @GermanyinUSA: Every refugee from Ukraine is welcome in Germany. We have currently taken in over 1 million refugees from Ukraine. All of… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @JenniferJJacobs: Scoop: Biden admin is discussing sending Bradley Fighting Vehicles to Ukraine, sources tell me and @AlbertoNardelli. “… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @SpeakerPelosi: .@RepRaskin is a beacon of patriotism, integrity and resilience. I join the many Americans who send him and his family… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @JimmySecUK: Some context here, because I see people accusing the Ukrainians of "erasing history"; this statue was installed in 2007 by… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @ruralj: Pittsburgh paper gets scoop on @LeaderMcConnell help for Ukraine. https://t.co/oAgiK13QUJ — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @AmnaUncensored: My piece on @HamlineU firing prof for showing medieval Islamic images of Muhammad: @BabaKristian @YasMohammedxx @timurk… — PolitiTweet.org

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The tally you've been looking for — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @Sean_Speer: The 7th most popular episode of @TheHubCanada Dialogues in 2022 was a wide-ranging interview with @jkenney in his final day… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @walterolson: Yes, you should read the @emmaogreen @NewYorker piece on activists who criticize the CDC and public health establishment f… — PolitiTweet.org