David Frum

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A PS to the above ... I was on the highway with my late grandmother. In the side mirror, I glimpsed a sleek and beautiful vintage Packard rolling behind her hideous mid-1970s Oldsmobile Cutlass. I asked, "Did people in the old days appreciate how beautiful their cars were?" 1/x — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @acoyne: Hilarious. “How dare you use my good name in the service of this fraudulent scheme? I need it for all of my fraudulent schemes.… — PolitiTweet.org

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Wishing a glorious Fourth of July to everyone ... and remember, the first 246 years are the hardest. — PolitiTweet.org

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Wishing a glorious Fourth of July to everyone ... and remember, the first 246 years are the always the hardest. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @Reuters: After 40 years of extinction, rhinos return to Mozambique https://t.co/u5biogErLM https://t.co/Mq32c5Smld — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @WSJ: Uncle Sams on stilts will walk tall again at July 4 parades. If they can dodge the potholes and unruly kids. https://t.co/eUDM3lPl… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @analenafl: “Prohibition and Dobbs were ... projects that seek to impose the values of a cohesive and well-organized cultural minority u… — PolitiTweet.org

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Reconstruction of eastern Germany cost a trillion euros over a dozen years, but much of that big number was driven by immediately extending West German level pensions and benefits to the poorer east. Ukraine needs are more physical: rebuild destroyed homes, etc. — PolitiTweet.org

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500 billion from the EU, another 500 billion from US/Japan/Canada/Australia, plus whatever can be squeezed from Russia in return for the end of economic sanctions. Like money spent on reconstruction of Europe after WW2, we'll be amazed how fast the investment pays for itself — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @MichaelLeppert: I wish I had written this. It captures the details of what I agree is a likely path forward. Thank you ⁦@davidfrum⁩ So… — PolitiTweet.org

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"Now excuse me while I go for a plunge in the crystalline waters of beautiful Lake Erie." — PolitiTweet.org

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"We'd never even heard of espresso, much less had airborne drone delivery ... " — PolitiTweet.org

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If I make it to 100, every chance I get I'm going to point out how the world of 2060 is a vast improvement over that of 1960. "We didn't even have seatbelts. People thought it was OK to smoke on airplanes - and the planes crashed all the time. Everything's better! You're welcome" — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @dwnews: An avalanche sparked by the collapse of a glacier in the northern Italian Alps has killed at least five people, according to an… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @KyivIndependent: ⚡️Australian prime minister visits Bucha, Irpin, Hostomel. Anthony Albanese said during a visit to Kyiv Oblast that… — PolitiTweet.org

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The state government of South Carolina is just asking questions. — PolitiTweet.org

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Some writers have suggested that after Roe, prolife Republicans will develop generous policies to support mothers and children. But so far the energy is with "massive fines for women who travel out of state for reasons disapproved by their local governments." — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @markyzaguirre: @jkirchick My long-term hope is that, as @davidfrum has suggested (see below), an equilibrium regarding abortion laws wi… — PolitiTweet.org

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This is a point really to pound home. Democrats need moderates more than Republicans needs moderates. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @dpatrikarakos: Delighted to make my debut for @TheEconomist , profiling Olesia Vorotnyk - the Ukrainian 🇺🇦 ballerina who swapped her b… — PolitiTweet.org

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Democrats could speed up the Republican self-defeat on punitive abortion restrictions - but to do so Democratic have to wrestle with their own veto-wielders. END — PolitiTweet.org

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On abortion, both parties have let their bases drive them, to the detriment of their potential coalitions. That explains why the Republicans have won the recent rounds of the abortion fight - and why they are likely headed to spectacular self-defeat soon. 12/x — PolitiTweet.org

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As ever, the core fact of American politics is that the Republican base is stronger than the Democratic base; but the Democratic potential coalition is bigger than the Republican potential coalition. 11/x — PolitiTweet.org

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But the laws of political hydraulics have not been repealed. As Americans read more and more stories like that below, the Republican state legislatures- and Congress if it follows - will meet revulsion. 10/x https://t.co/KqE5PZblMa — PolitiTweet.org

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Democratic opposition to Republican measures will be ineffective at first because Democrats have also moved away from the political center of gravity - and their veto-holders won't let them return. 9/x — PolitiTweet.org

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So here's where it looks like we're headed: in states where Republicans are dominant, you're going to see very tough laws - with only the most perfunctory effort to increase support to pregnant women. If GOP does well in '22 and '24, expect such restrictions nationally. 9/x — PolitiTweet.org

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American opinion converges on a political sweet spot of mostly legal until 14 weeks, much more restrictive thereafter, with the health and wellbeing of the pregnant woman always paramount. But Democrats aren't ready to go there, and Republicans structurally cannot. 8/x — PolitiTweet.org

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This by the way is why it's such a fantasy to imagine the pro-life movement committing itself to expanded maternal welfare programs after Roe: the urge to punish is very strong. 7/x — PolitiTweet.org

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Restrictive views on abortion rest upon a willingness to supervise and punish women. About one-fifth of all Republicans and one-quarter of white evangelicals are willing to send women to prison for obtaining an illegal abortion. 6/x https://t.co/n9dCvjyaiK — PolitiTweet.org

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The short answer is that Republican policy is driven by a minority within a minority: white evangelicals have unusually restrictive views on abortion. https://t.co/9TjkC8hrzV — PolitiTweet.org