David Frum

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RT @Jderbyshire: "Putin has performed a miracle and forced Scholz’s SPD, not previously known for looking too severely on the Kremlin, to e… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @RobertFife: RCMP charge four men with plotting to murder officers in connection with Coutts border protest https://t.co/MYPeDFpqr5 http… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @sfchronicle: Collins, López and Moliga are the first elected officials in the city to be recalled in recent memory. The last time a rec… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @sfchronicle: RECALL ELECTION: San Francisco voters overwhelmingly supported the ouster of three school board members Tuesday in the ci… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @Reuters: Disney World to drop mask mandate for vaccinated guests https://t.co/7GlGebP7KE https://t.co/ZDXBFV1mgJ — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @bruuklin1: @davidfrum Nantucket-style poverty — PolitiTweet.org

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"And then the terrible day arrived when Scott himself became Prime Minister of Canada." — PolitiTweet.org

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South Park writes cable news — PolitiTweet.org

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This is the image I discussed on podcast w ⁦@DKThomp⁩ https://t.co/HinvWgpqF2 — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @anneapplebaum: good for him https://t.co/W7lbnLgi2p — PolitiTweet.org

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Not going to hold myself out here as some model of perfect parking rectitude. I have from time to time parked illegally myself. But if you won't pay the fine, don't overstay the meter time. — PolitiTweet.org

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There are evidently many people who think it's an outrageous act of tyranny to tow illegally parked trucks, but perfectly normal political discourse to storm Congress to overturn a presidential election by violence. — PolitiTweet.org

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Fascinating story about the failure of the Islamic Republic's attempt to suppress Valentine's Day in Iran. The human spirit prevails https://t.co/F0mKpCMwZu — PolitiTweet.org

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Although it remains a tailored and proportional measure, one likely to be approved by courts. And I also expect it will bear on those who have been self-enriching from the protests. Individual protesters have been complaining of seeing little of the $ supposedly raised for them. — PolitiTweet.org

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Correction to the above: financial institutions will be directed to temporarily freeze accounts suspected of supporting illegal activity without a court order. That is a bigger deal. — PolitiTweet.org

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As I read it, there are new financial *reporting* provisions, but no new financial *restrictions*. Since the people doing the truck-protest crowdfunding seem so far to be keeping most of the money for themselves, it's not clear that the protesters would notice any cut-off anyway — PolitiTweet.org

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These are highly specific, closely tailored emergency measures. Towing illegally parked vehicles is not exactly the first step on the road to totalitarian night ... — PolitiTweet.org

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... ProportionaLITY ... sorry — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @AdamKilgoreWP: Canadian snowboarder Mark McMorris described the Beijing 2022 experience as "sports prison," which must immediately and… — PolitiTweet.org

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Thread worth reading — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @ringerpodcasts: It's time to debunk the many media myths surrounding Canada's current protests. Join @davidfrum and @DKThomp as they… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @TimOBrien: With Trump’s accountants at Mazars quitting, it may get hard for the Trump Organization to stay in business. And Trump’s acc… — PolitiTweet.org

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Anyway, more here. — PolitiTweet.org

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7) At some point, the passionate 20% need to play by the rules of democracy too. Fortunately, it seems that most participants in the blockades do deep-down understand that truth. If arrested, most of them will go peacefully. Any who don't ... they cease to be "protesters." END — PolitiTweet.org

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6) But Canadian governments have given this truck protest a *lot* of leeway. Governments allowed protesters to blockade the downtown of the national capital for weeks! To break all kinds of laws along the way! They were allowed to make a spectacular point, they got their hearing — PolitiTweet.org

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5) Protest is a precious right. Democracy is built on the principle of majority rule, but majorities aren't always right. Sometimes a passionate 20% has something to say that the indifferent 80% needs to hear. Protest enables the 20% to force attention and prove their commitment. — PolitiTweet.org

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4) In a free society, citizens can expect many rights. But there's no "right" to obstruct traffic indefinitely. There's no right to "self-defense" against police enforcing traffic laws. Shooting cops as they enforce traffic laws is strongly frowned upon in any working democracy. — PolitiTweet.org

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3) It's not "fascist" for an elected government to invoke duly enacted emergency laws, reviewable by courts, to deal with disturbances. What is a lot more fascist-y, on the other hand, are extremist groups who blockade commerce in hopes of coercing the state to yield to demands — PolitiTweet.org

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2) The legislation allows for a *range* of actions by authorities, proportionate to the civil disturbance. Proportionately is the thing that the courts will probably examine most closely when they review any actions taken. — PolitiTweet.org

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Hints for those commenting on invocation of Canada's emergency legislation: 1) This law was passed relatively recently, 1988. It is explicitly subordinate to Canada's charter of rights. It replaced the much more draconian emergency laws that were invoked in 1914, 1939, and 1970 — PolitiTweet.org