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This week's David Frum Show book discussion: Does AI invalidate Robert Gordon's famously pessimistic assessment of US growth prospects in the 21st century? Don't miss! youtube.com/watch?v=cKMEtBuI…
New David Frum Show with guest @karaswisher ; plus opening monologue: a case against "Medicare for All." youtube.com/watch?v=cKMEtBuI…
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NEW: Trump’s mega Venezuelan oil deal, signed by Hegseth and Rubio, benefits an unknown group of investors and was intentionally crafted to keep the next U.S. president or future leaders of Venezuela from undoing it. @propublica saw the secret contract: propublica.org/article/trump…
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Putin personally ordered a new wave of attacks on @NATO countries in Europe. The Leipzig airport plot was one of the opening shots.
Putin was driven by frustration with the stalled negotiations and Ukraine’s deep strikes.
My report via @WSJ
wsj.com/world/europe/airfiel…
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Fascinating chart on which countries are giving most to Ukraine (via Paul Krugman)
I don't believe that Musk turned off Starlink to Ukraine at his own sole initiative. I believe Trump is implicated up to his painted eyebrows. But if it should be true that Musk did it - then Starlink and Space X must be nationalized by the US government immediately.
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Hillel Neuer op-ed for @thedispatch: “I have dealt with Navi Pillay in Geneva since she arrived here as the UN human rights chief. Over 18 years, I watched her turn the language of universal rights into a weapon aimed relentlessly at the Jewish state.”
thedispatch.com/article/navi…
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"The most logical way to understand Trump’s motive is that he has always viewed laws as suggestions rather than hard requirements, and tended to assume that people in power will abuse it to protect their friends and punish their enemies."
theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1…
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Neil Bush, brother of one President Bush & son of another President Bush, just posted that he voted for @JamesTalarico. Neil still lives in the same neighborhood as father did for decades here in Houston.
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"Trump's administration has managed to wreck the country’s finances worse than any government in U.S. history, without the excuse of an economic crisis or a successful major war."
theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1…
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An article in the New Yorker makes the case that "In America the reading of books is up". This is unfortunately not the case. Reading and literacy levels are in severe and sustained decline. 1/
New David Frum Show with guest @karaswisher has posted on audio platforms. Video will post on YouTube at 11 am ET today podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcas…
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A billionaire wanted a pardon. His family gave a $50 million deal to Alina Habba, a lawyer with close ties to President Trump. nyti.ms/4zNq59Z
The Trump economy is flim flam, latest in @TheAtlantic theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1…
Once upon a time in America, a state governor who sold pardons was removed from office and sent to prison. nga.org/governor/ray-blanton…
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Full Congressional investigation is in order. ASAP. Ukrainians died and US diplomatic personnel plus US citizens were at grave risk. wsj.com/world/ukraine-starli…
New David Frum Show posts tonight with guest @karaswisher youtube.com/watch?v=er87hPH-…
WSJ excerpt from new memoir of girlhood in the 1970s by @MeghanGurdon wsj.com/opinion/free-express…
Trump versus Eddie Murphy, the latest David Frum Show youtube.com/watch?v=wJ2q72Sb… Next show with guest @karaswisher will post tonight midnight ET (audio); 11 am ET tomorrow (video).