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-0--1-<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DavidFrum" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#DavidFrum</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Trump</a> is <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Malignant" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Malignant</a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Predatory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Predatory</a> <a href="https://youtu.be/g7goMhEQt9U?feature=shared" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no">https://youtu.be/g7goMhEQt9U?feature=shared</a>

M. Grégoire"Social programs are all very well, in moderation. But they hardly constitute a national identity. Medicare did not climb the cliffs to the Plains of Abraham in General Wolfe's knapsack. We copied it from Britain three years after we imported the Twist. [..] If it takes medicare, the CBC, and cheap tuition to distinguish us from the Americans or the Mexicans, how in the world are we to explain the generations of self-confident Canadians who lived without any of those things?"<a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/DavidFrum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DavidFrum</a>1/2

Christophe NeffAt Least Now We Know the TruthIt’s ugly, but necessary to face. By <a href="https://social.sciences.re/tags/DavidFrum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DavidFrum</a> <a href="https://social.sciences.re/tags/theatlantic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#theatlantic</a> <a href="https://social.sciences.re/tags/VolodymyrZelensky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#VolodymyrZelensky</a> <a href="https://social.sciences.re/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DonaldTrump</a> <a href="https://social.sciences.re/tags/JDVance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#JDVance</a> <a href="https://social.sciences.re/tags/ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ukraine</a> <a href="https://social.sciences.re/tags/russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#russia</a> <a href="https://social.sciences.re/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#geopolitics</a> <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/02/least-now-we-know-truth-about-trump-and-vance/681872/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/02/least-now-we-know-truth-about-trump-and-vance/681872/</a>

Bohemian PeasantDavid Frum in The Atlantic:"The good and great America that once inspired global admiration—that good and great America still lives. But it no longer commands a consensus above party. The pro-Trump party exposed its face to the world in the Oval Office today. Nobody who saw that face will ever forget the grotesque sight."<a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fascism</a> <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/betrayal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#betrayal</a> <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/USdecline" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USdecline</a> <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#geopolitics</a> <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/davidfrum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#davidfrum</a> <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/gift" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gift</a> <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/02/least-now-we-know-truth-about-trump-and-vance/681872/?gift=O2wjwh49LyHn2BTRpnAqw_5aKHiS0FXp8EzEmxG2tgw&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/02/least-now-we-know-truth-about-trump-and-vance/681872/?gift=O2wjwh49LyHn2BTRpnAqw_5aKHiS0FXp8EzEmxG2tgw&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share</a>

aproitz<a href="https://mastodon.social/@_9CL7T9k8cjnD_" class="u-url mention">@_9CL7T9k8cjnD_</a> Everybody knows now, where they (and we), are at. In this Way, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/davidfrum" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#davidfrum</a> is right. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Russia</a> is more important to Trump than western <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Values" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Values</a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Virtues" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Virtues</a> or <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DutyofAssistence" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#DutyofAssistence</a>.

joe•iuculano :mastodon:By <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DavidFrum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DavidFrum</a> via <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TheAtlantic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TheAtlantic</a> @ 2:17pm ET on Feb 28, 2025Today’s meeting gave the lie to any claim that this administration’s policy is driven by any strategic effort to advance the interests of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UnitedStates</a>, however misguided. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> and <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Vance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Vance</a> displayed in the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/OvalOffice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OvalOffice</a> a highly personal <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/hatred" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#hatred</a> (towards <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Zelenskyy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Zelenskyy</a>). There was no effort here to make a case for American interests.<a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/02/least-now-we-know-truth-about-trump-and-vance/681872/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/02/least-now-we-know-truth-about-trump-and-vance/681872/</a>

b҉David Frum is one of the public figures responsible for the political dynamics which gave rise to Trump and MAGA fascism. Which renders his opining on the matter pretty fundamentally annoying. <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/11/trump-wins-second-term-presidency/680546/?gift=N-5WQuqf_VX_KdLO_QQT3FmGgH74eVsA9FfcYapWu_c&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/11/trump-wins-second-term-presidency/680546/?gift=N-5WQuqf_VX_KdLO_QQT3FmGgH74eVsA9FfcYapWu_c&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share</a><a href="https://convo.casa/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MAGA</a> <a href="https://convo.casa/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fascism</a> <a href="https://convo.casa/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#uspol</a> <a href="https://convo.casa/tags/iraqwar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#iraqwar</a> <a href="https://convo.casa/tags/davidfrum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#davidfrum</a>

joe•iuculano :mastodon:Via <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DavidFrum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DavidFrum</a> @ 2:41pm ET on Jan 07, 2025The Plan1) Threaten allies 2) Betray Ukraine 3) Offend democracies 4) Serve Putin 5) Empower China<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ThePlan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ThePlan</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Ukraine</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#democracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Putin</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#China</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Canada</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Greenland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Greenland</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Denmark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Denmark</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Panama" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Panama</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GulfOfMexico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GulfOfMexico</a>

Wisdom in SpaceThe Trumpocracy rule: The main benefit of controlling a modern bureaucratic state is not the power to persecute the innocent. It is the power to protect the guilty. -- David Frum (@davidfrum)⬆ <a href="https://c.im/tags/Wisdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Wisdom</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Quotes</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/DavidFrum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DavidFrum</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Bureaucracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Bureaucracy</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Injustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Injustice</a>⬇ <a href="https://c.im/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Photography</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Panorama" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Panorama</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Panopainting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Panopainting</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Kayaks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Kayaks</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Everglades" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Everglades</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Florida" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Florida</a>

Deadline‘Morning Joe’ Hosts Explain Why They Called Out David Frum’s “Flippant” Fox News Comment, Rail Against Criticism Of Meeting With Donald Trump <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Politics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/2024Election" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#2024Election</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DavidFrum" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#DavidFrum</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#DonaldTrump</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ElectionLine" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#ElectionLine</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JoeScarborough" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#JoeScarborough</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MikaBrzezinski" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#MikaBrzezinski</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MorningJoe" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#MorningJoe</a><a href="https://deadline.com/2024/12/morning-joe-trump-fox-news-joe-scarborough-1236195078/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no">https://deadline.com/2024/12/morning-joe-trump-fox-news-joe-scarborough-1236195078/</a>

jackhutton 🇺🇸Gifted article [The Atlantic]: The Sound of Fear on Air It is an ominous sign that Morning Joe felt it had to apologize for something I said. By David Frum<a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/12/appeasement-new-age-trump/680871/?gift=HoRfrgrF5SCKopc-hfobxPYduQIaDtD71JbzwSjTrMQ&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/12/appeasement-new-age-trump/680871/?gift=HoRfrgrF5SCKopc-hfobxPYduQIaDtD71JbzwSjTrMQ&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share</a><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/morningjoe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#morningjoe</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/peteHegseth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#peteHegseth</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/foxnews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#foxnews</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/davidfrum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#davidfrum</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/fear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fear</a>

M. Grégoire<a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/DavidFrum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DavidFrum</a> :«Canadian police: "What can we do? The prosecutors won't lay charges." Prosecutors: "The judges won't convict." Judges: "The politicians have ordered us to send fewer people to prison." <a href="https://justice.gc.ca/eng/rp-pr/other-autre/tcjs-tsjp/p1.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://justice.gc.ca/eng/rp-pr/other-autre/tcjs-tsjp/p1.html</a>" Politicians: "If we crack down, they'll turn even more violent."»

WINGS_radio<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Conservative" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Conservative</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Canadian" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Canadian</a> turned <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/American" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#American</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Republican" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Republican</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DavidFrum" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#DavidFrum</a> has de-registered from the GOPs. He explains why. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5P8nmR8AO8" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5P8nmR8AO8</a>

Ray JepsonSome news I haven't seen here: <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DavidFrum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DavidFrum</a> left the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GOP</a> after the election.Lots has been made of the working class realignment with the GOP, but I think these conservative defectors give the Democrats a chance to build a new coalition. For years, moderate Republicans found common ground with right wingers to stay relevant. I think there is a way to have moderate democrats and keep the progressive wing.<a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/the-atlantic-s-david-frum-leaves-gop-after-trump-victory/ar-AA1tDQv2?ocid=BingNewsVerp" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/the-atlantic-s-david-frum-leaves-gop-after-trump-victory/ar-AA1tDQv2?ocid=BingNewsVerp</a><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#uspol</a>

Wisdom in SpaceThe benefit of controlling a modern state is less the power to persecute the innocent, more the power to protect the guilty. -- David Frum (The Atlantic (Mar 2017))⬆ <a href="https://botsin.space/tags/Wisdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Wisdom</a> <a href="https://botsin.space/tags/Quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Quotes</a> <a href="https://botsin.space/tags/DavidFrum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DavidFrum</a> <a href="https://botsin.space/tags/Government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Government</a> <a href="https://botsin.space/tags/Power" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Power</a>⬇ <a href="https://botsin.space/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Photography</a> <a href="https://botsin.space/tags/Panorama" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Panorama</a> <a href="https://botsin.space/tags/ChacoCanyon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ChacoCanyon</a> <a href="https://botsin.space/tags/Panopainting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Panopainting</a> <a href="https://botsin.space/tags/NewMexico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NewMexico</a>

joe•iuculano :mastodon:Via <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DavidFrum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DavidFrum</a> @ 4:37pm EDT on Oct 25, 2024"We're withholding our endorsement because our owner is frightened of government retaliation if Donald Trump wins" is a more forceful and eloquent statement than any newspaper editorial ever written. _____________<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DonaldTrump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AmericanHitler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AmericanHitler</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WashingtonPost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WashingtonPost</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LosAngelesTimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LosAngelesTimes</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StopFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#StopFascism</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ThroatpunchANaziToday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ThroatpunchANaziToday</a>

The Skeptic's Book of ListsI love when the neocons who paved the way for Trump are now like "holy shit! We have to sleep in this bed we shit all over?" ______- <a href="https://c.im/tags/DavidFrum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DavidFrum</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Neocons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Neocons</a>

M. Grégoire"Between 2015 and 2021 the life expectancy dropped a shocking seven years for First Nations men and women living in Alberta due in part to drug poisoning deaths."<a href="https://www.aptnnews.ca/national-news/first-nations-life-expectancy-plummets-in-alberta-due-to-opioid-deaths/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.aptnnews.ca/national-news/first-nations-life-expectancy-plummets-in-alberta-due-to-opioid-deaths/</a>That's a disaster!(I learned about this yesterday listening to <a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/TheHub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TheHub</a> podcasts with <a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/DavidFrum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DavidFrum</a> .) <a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/FirstNations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FirstNations</a> <a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/CanPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CanPol</a> <a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/cdnpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cdnpoli</a>

Martin Nutty232) Excellent take from <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/DavidFrum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DavidFrum</a> detailing how <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/KamalaHarris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#KamalaHarris</a> crushed <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> at last night’s <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/debate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#debate</a> <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/09/how-harris-roped-a-dope/679779/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/09/how-harris-roped-a-dope/679779/</a><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/EatingCatsAndDogs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EatingCatsAndDogs</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Harris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Harris</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USPol</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USPolitics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Election2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Election2024</a>

M. Grégoire<a href="https://social.wildeboer.net/@jwildeboer" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@jwildeboer</a> This is principally about <a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#immigration</a>, right? I think that <a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/DavidFrum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DavidFrum</a> has some wise thoughts (in the US context to be sure) in <a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/TheAtlantic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TheAtlantic</a> : <a href="https://archive.is/sG8V9#selection-1733.578-1733.704" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://archive.is/sG8V9#selection-1733.578-1733.704</a>

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