David Frum
@davidfrum
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Writer, https://t.co/ncUQxYcjF4; Host, The David Frum Show. Contact via [email protected]
Washington DC; Wellington ON
Joined January 2009
Germany foils suspected Islamist car ramming plot on Christmas market
timesofisrael.com
Authorities detain an Egyptian, three Moroccans and a Syrian over alleged plan to carry out attack in southern Bavaria with intent to kill 'as many people as possible'
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“For the first time, in American history, the federal government and the Trump administration are actively waging an effort to undermine the [2026] elections,” @mawaldman told @davidfrum (as quoted by @AliVelshi on Deadline: White House @msnownews):
theatlantic.com
Brennan Center President Michael Waldman on how Donald Trump could try to subvert the 2026 midterm elections, how he can be stopped, and what can be done to reform America’s electoral system. Plus:...
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One PS to Chancellor Merz: Not accurate to say that under Trump, "Americans are pursuing their own interests." There is nothing "American" about it. Say instead: "The Trump administration is advancing the interests of the Trump family and their oligarch allies and donors."
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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has declared the "Pax Americana" over, warning of a permanent US withdrawal from Europe.
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Chancellor Merz: Dear friends, the decades of Pax Americana are largely over for us in Europe, and for us in Germany as well. It no longer exists as we knew it. That's the way it is. The Americans are now very, very aggressively pursuing their own interests. And that can
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How Trump and MAGA plan to thwart free and fair elections in 2026 - and how to stop them. Latest David Frum Show with @mawaldman
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“The White House has just issued an executive order that’s going to make it harder for states to regulate AI. This is a mistake. We’ve already seen what Big Tech has done to our kids with social media. Now, the danger is Big Tech will also hurt our kids with AI products that
1. Yesterday, the White House issued an executive order that will have a chilling effect on state AI laws—even those that are designed to protect kids—by empowering the DOJ and other agencies to go after states with AI laws deemed too “burdensome.”
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'Gaza doctor murdered Israeli hostage by injecting air into her veins... then sent a video of her dying and begging for her life to her father'
dailymail.co.uk
In the footage, Avi Marciano said the medical worker can be seen injecting air into his 19-year-old daughter's veins as she lies on a bed inside Gaza's Shifa Hospital, begging for her life.
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Nigeria has granted permits to 28 firms to buy gas currently being burned off by the oil industry, as the West African nation seeks to cut emissions and earn revenue from a resource otherwise going to waste
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Nigeria has granted permits to 28 firms to buy gas currently being burned off by the oil industry, as the West African nation seeks to cut emissions and earn revenue from a resource otherwise going...
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The Franklin character was created by a Canadian writer, Paulette Bourgeois https://t.co/VVvyRduSLe, so the intellectual property theft committed here by the US Department of Justice is a form of transnational organized crime.
kidscanpress.com
In 1983, Toronto journalist Paulette Bourgeois decided to write a children’s book. All she needed was an idea. That idea came one night as she was watching an episode of the television series...
Franklin is helping write the next chapter of America. You can too! We’re looking for patriotic legal professionals to serve as Deportation Judges. Your work will have generational consequences. Apply today! https://t.co/hLJZoubvzB
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They tried hard but unsuccessfully to sell "Happy Christmas" to Americans too.
in the last lines of Twas the Night Before Christmas, usually quoted as "Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night!" But Clement Clarke Moore (son of an Episcopal bishop, professor of Greek and Hebrew, and heir to the estate that is now Manhattan's Chelsea) actually wrote:
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how Trump's pressure in IN backfired, including: Hours later, when she was set to give her grandson a ride home from basketball practice, he bashfully told her that his entire team had received text messages about her that day — “and they were all bad.” https://t.co/NWM9L1oHhV
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Jean Leising spoke at a breakfast this fall at her 8th grade grandson’s school. Hours later, when she was set to give him a ride home from basketball practice, he bashfully told her that his entire...
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This 2019 thread about Trump encouraging Americans to wish each other "Merry Christmas" has become a seasonal tradition in its own right.
In the 19th century, genteel Britons began wishing each other "Happy Christmas" rather than "Merry Christmas" because "merry" was understood to mean "drunk off your face."
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I wrote in @TheAtlantic 10 years ago, pre-Trump, that Somali immigration to Minnesota was proving an assimilation failure.
theatlantic.com
Coming to the United States would benefit millions—but policymakers seldom ask whether their arrival would benefit the United States.
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Chilling. Gaza doctor killed teenaged Israeli hostage at Shifa Hospital by injecting air into veins CCTV shows hostages taken to Gaza hospital. Hamas video shows Noa Marciano killed there by doctor @BBC @BBCWorld @bbcnews @SkyNews
bbc.com
Israel says the video - which the BBC has not verified - shows captives were taken to al-Shifa on 7 October.
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The Trump tariffs are the largest US tax increase as a percent of GDP in over 30 years.
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Hamas ‘hoarded baby milk to manufacture hunger crisis’
telegraph.co.uk
Footage purports to show boxes of formula strewn around a warehouse in plot to heap diplomatic pressure on Israel, says expert
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President Trump and his allies threatened to punish Indiana if the state's Republicans defied him. They defied him. Now what? Does he try to find some way to make good his threat - and alienate voters he needs? Or does he confirm that the threat was empty the whole time?
President Trump has made it clear to Indiana leaders: if the Indiana Senate fails to pass the map, all federal funding will be stripped from the state. Roads will not be paved. Guard bases will close. Major projects will stop. These are the stakes and every NO vote will be to
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New: WaPo staff are privately noting the new AI personalized pods have errors like misattributing/inventing quotes, inserting commentary. WaPo's standards editor called the mistakes "frustrating," another editor said "if we were serious we would pull this tool immediately."
The Washington Post is also launching a personalized AI podcast, saying users will be able to "shape their own briefing, select their topics, set their lengths, pick their hosts and soon even ask questions using our Ask The Post AI technology."
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