David Frum

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RT @SykesCharlie: On our weekend @BulwarkOnline podcast, I talked with @davidfrum about the Canadian trucker protests and the "meme-ificati… — PolitiTweet.org

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And there are also evidently many people who believe that preventing the enforcement of traffic laws in downtown Ottawa is a vital US national interest - but that the first major-power war in Europe since 1945 is no big deal one way or the other. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @Sean_Speer: In our latest episode of @TheHubCanada's bi-weekly series, Frum Dialogues, with David Frum (@davidfrum), I asked if the tru… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @davidfrum: Canadians often complain of the cheerful indifference of Americans to Canadian affairs. But cheerful indifference right now… — PolitiTweet.org

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Re-upping this thread from this morning on the absurdity of the claim that Canada is now tyrannized under "martial law." — PolitiTweet.org

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I'll join CNN in about 10 minutes to discuss truck protests in Canada — PolitiTweet.org

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Thread. Still pertinent, sadly — PolitiTweet.org

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https://t.co/diaYmAJXBo — PolitiTweet.org

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So about that Niemoller bit as applied to anti-vaxxers ... I wrote the following in mid-2019, before anyone had heard of COVID ... — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @VALERIEin140: I visited Novoluhanske, on the front line of Ukraine’s war against Russia-backed separatists. It came under mortar fire t… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @brianstelter: "A CNN team and other journalists accompanying Ukraine’s interior minister on a tour of the front lines in eastern Ukrain… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @Ibishblog: @aarondmiller2 Because off-ramps are useful. Sanctions now could close an off-ramp that does in fact still exist. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @USEmbassyKyiv: As predicted, Russia is now propagating violence in territory they control and attempting to blame Ukraine. The world is… — PolitiTweet.org

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Batons in every hand. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @Gray_Mackenzie: The battle of Wellington looks to be over and the police have won. The line did not hold #cdnpoli #ottnews https://t.… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @pdmcleod: I saw a few police with assault rifles but they were behind the lines, not part of the forces pushing forward and arresting p… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @OttawaPolice: Police arrested protesters wearing body armor, they had smoke grenades on them and miscellaneous fireworks in their bags.… — PolitiTweet.org

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The photo illustrating the tweet shows one officer holding a baton, the others with empty hands. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @maxseddon: It honestly feels like the rebels in east Ukraine aren’t really trying that hard to create a pretext for Russia to invade. I… — PolitiTweet.org

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Compare and contrast Canada's emergency law to the Florida anti-riot law signed by Governor Ron DeSantis that makes it a felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison to deface a historical plaque. https://t.co/MOiMtnT9Rb — PolitiTweet.org

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Canadians often complain of the cheerful indifference of Americans to Canadian affairs. But cheerful indifference right now sure seems a huge improvement over belligerent ignorance. — PolitiTweet.org

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The emergency act gives Parliament the option of over-ruling any *single* action of government, so that even if the government is doing generally a reasonable job -but oversteps in one particular - the mistake can be corrected in real time, under the law. — PolitiTweet.org

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One correction: It's a "special" not a "standing" committee of parliament that reviews emergency acts ... one that includes both MPs and Senators. Senators serve to age 75 and are more independent of government. Also ... — PolitiTweet.org

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You can read the main provisions of Canada's emergency legislation here - https://t.co/UiBnZOBzs9 — PolitiTweet.org

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5) Any act of government under emergency law is reviewable by courts under Canadian charter of rights. Also to consider 6) The present emergency law was enacted by a Conservative government precisely to set limits to the emergency powers used by the elder Trudeau in 1970 — PolitiTweet.org

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5) Any act of government under emergency law is reviewable by courts under Canadian charter of rights. Also to to consider 6) The present emergency law was enacted by a Conservative government precisely to set limits to the emergency powers used by the elder Trudeau in 1970 — PolitiTweet.org

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3) A standing committee of Parliament reviews every emergency act of government in real time. And also 4) By law, an inquiry must be held into use of emergency powers - with report to Parliament due no later than 360 days after emergency end. As well ... — PolitiTweet.org

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Emergency act reminder: 1) Canada's Parliament can end emergency any time by vote. Trudeau does not have a majority in Parliament, cannot control it. Failing that ... 2) Emergency automatically ends in 30 days unless affirmatively extended by Parliament. In meantime ... — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @DCrittenden1: Public opinion: Anti-vaxxer vs horses. Horses win. https://t.co/EhzaLte2iq — PolitiTweet.org

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Milan Kundera, in his novel Immortality, anticipated those who say that "rights" have been tyrannically violated if anti-vaxxers are not allowed to blockade cities and bridges for weeks on end. https://t.co/YUdsSJkBLl — PolitiTweet.org