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'Bigger, more dangerous': Ex-GOP insider says Trump could succeed where Nixon failed
2 weeks, 4 days ago

'Bigger, more dangerous': Ex-GOP insider says Trump could succeed where Nixon failed

Raw Story  

Former Republican insider David Frum this week argued that there are striking similarities between President-elect Donald Trump and former President Richard Nixon. However, Frum also believes that Trump is in a better position to succeed than Nixon ever was. While speaking with PBS News this week, Frum said that one difference between Nixon's attempt to weaponize the Department of Justice …

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Joe Scarborough loses his mind after 'Morning Joe' is accused of fearing Trump
2 weeks, 4 days ago

Joe Scarborough loses his mind after 'Morning Joe' is accused of fearing Trump

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Morning Joe host Joe Scarborough was absolutely apoplectic on Thursday …

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Bush speechwriter hits back at 'Morning Joe' after show rushes to soften dig at Fox News
2 weeks, 4 days ago

Bush speechwriter hits back at 'Morning Joe' after show rushes to soften dig at Fox News

Raw Story  

Former George W. Bush speechwriter David Frum triggered MSNBC's "Morning Joe" so much on Wednesday morning that they rushed to add an on-air apology by the end of the show. Frum then joked: "If you’re too drunk for Fox News, you’re very, very drunk indeed.” The MSNBC producer appeared in his earpiece with a complaint and demanded never to say …

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'Clock's ticking': Ex-Bush aide says looming Cabinet fight may hobble Trump's agenda
1 month, 1 week ago

'Clock's ticking': Ex-Bush aide says looming Cabinet fight may hobble Trump's agenda

Raw Story  

Former George W. Bush administration aide David Frum is horrified by many of Donald Trump's proposed Cabinet picks, including Rep. Matt Gaetz for attorney general and former Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard for director of national intelligence. And yet, he told MSNBC's Ari Melber on Wednesday, all of this may come back to bite Trump quickly — by setting off a …

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'A different kind of country': Ex-GOP insider paints dark picture of Trump's America
1 month, 2 weeks ago

'A different kind of country': Ex-GOP insider paints dark picture of Trump's America

Raw Story  

Former George W. Bush speechwriter David Frum believes that the United States of America has irreparably changed in the wake of President-elect Donald Trump's 2024 election triumph. Writing in The Atlantic, Frum argued that the United States will become "a different kind of country" in the wake of Trump's victory, as "millions of our fellow citizens voted for a president …

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'Moronic': Republican's scramble to dismiss racist joke gets sarcastic putdown live on CNN
1 month, 3 weeks ago

'Moronic': Republican's scramble to dismiss racist joke gets sarcastic putdown live on CNN

Raw Story  

A Republican strategist's effort to pass off as comedy a crude and racist joke delivered at former President Donald Trump's Madison Square Garden rally Sunday got a sarcastic putdown on CNN Monday. Republican strategist Matt Gorman argued Hinchcliffe's commentary proved "why comedy and politics do not mix" since "comedians want laughs, politicians want votes" — a conflict that could overshadow …

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JD Vance isn't just thin-skinned — he thinks whining is a winning political strategy
2 months, 3 weeks ago

JD Vance isn't just thin-skinned — he thinks whining is a winning political strategy

Salon  

To know Sen. JD Vance is to dislike him. But I suspect, like Heather "Digby" Parton wrote at Salon Monday, "his nasty, cold personality" is a factor in Vance's unpopularity. Frum also views Vance's aggrieved responses whenever he's asked about "cat ladies" in the same light, as Vance's childish inability to control his petulant emotions. It's been well-documented how much …

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Ex-GOP insider exposes J.D. Vance's 'greatest weakness' for Tim Walz to exploit at debate
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Ex-GOP insider exposes J.D. Vance's 'greatest weakness' for Tim Walz to exploit at debate

Raw Story  

Vance has a major vulnerability that gives Gov. Ex-Bush insider David Frum wrote in a piece published in The Atlantic on Sunday that Vance, Donald Trump's pick for the Republican party's vice presidential nominee, is made weak by his "thin skin." How Tuesday's debate turns out could "hinge on whether Tim Walz can exploit his rival’s greatest weakness," Frum wrote. …

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'Compare and contrast': Ex-GOP insider has theory why Trump's attacks on Harris don't land
4 months ago

'Compare and contrast': Ex-GOP insider has theory why Trump's attacks on Harris don't land

Raw Story  

Former President Donald Trump has struggled so far to land a compelling line of attack against Vice President Kamala Harris, and former Republican insider David Frum has a theory about why. entered politics by propagandizing a defamatory 'birther' conspiracy theory that was not only steeped in racism but also obviously crazy and stupid; accepted the help of Russian spy agencies …

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'Insult comic' Trump incapable of running on policies – only 'abuse': conservative
4 months, 1 week ago

'Insult comic' Trump incapable of running on policies – only 'abuse': conservative

Raw Story  

Conservative pundit David Frum wished Donald Trump's campaign the best of luck in keeping him quiet the rest of the way. The 2024 campaign has been turned upside down by the ascendance of Kamala Harris as the likely Democratic nominee, and the former president has been lashing out with bizarre statements as his campaign struggles to slow the vice president's …

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'Aggrieved, ignorant, tedious': Ex-GOP insider gives Trump's X interview a brutal review
4 months, 1 week ago

'Aggrieved, ignorant, tedious': Ex-GOP insider gives Trump's X interview a brutal review

Raw Story  

David Frum, a former Republican insider and speechwriter for President George W. Bush, did not think much of former President Donald Trump's interview with X CEO Elon Musk on Monday. "The X Spaces interview delivered Donald Trump without makeup or dress-up, talking unselfconsciously: manic, boastful, untruthful, aggrieved, abusive, obsessive, random, ignorant, tedious, b----y — and ultimately, formless and endless," Frum …

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Trump 'intending to humiliate' whatever 'spiritually broken' person is his VP: CNN panel
6 months ago

Trump 'intending to humiliate' whatever 'spiritually broken' person is his VP: CNN panel

Raw Story  

A CNN panel on Monday contended that former President Donald Trump will only accept a vice presidential nominee who has absolutely no will of their own and who will allow themselves to be humiliated on the former president's behalf. In discussing Trump's potential VP pick, ex-George W. Bush speechwriter David Frum made the case that Sen. J.D. "He thought with …

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'A weak joke': Bush speechwriter skewers James Comer as 'not respected' by Republicans
7 months ago

'A weak joke': Bush speechwriter skewers James Comer as 'not respected' by Republicans

Raw Story  

Recent Republican chaos in the House of Representatives is the result of a failed plan to prop up former President Donald Trump executed by lawmakers without the talent to carry it out, according to a former speechwriter for President George H. W. Bush. Republicans planned on winning a big majority in 2022 and to funnel that power into investigations to …

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Trump confirmed this week he 'wanted to be the leader of the insurrection': CNN panel
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Trump confirmed this week he 'wanted to be the leader of the insurrection': CNN panel

Raw Story  

Former Bush speechwriter David Frum on Friday argued that former President Donald Trump all but admitting this week that he wanted to lead a war against the American constitutional order. Appearing on CNN, Frum commented on Trump saying during a campaign rally that he wanted to be driven to the United States Capitol building to be with his supporters who …

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Trump's 'pudding brain' has a 'pattern' of stoking violence: former Bush speechwriter
9 months ago

Trump's 'pudding brain' has a 'pattern' of stoking violence: former Bush speechwriter

Raw Story  

Former President Donald Trump's remarks about there being a "bloodbath" if he loses may have just been a metaphor about the supposed decline of the American auto industry -- but former Bush speechwriter David Frum doesn't think he deserves the benefit of the doubt. Appearing on CNN, Frum argued that the former president has a long history of stoking and …

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今年美国“圣诞老人行动”转至线上 人人皆可参与
4 years, 1 month ago

今年美国“圣诞老人行动”转至线上 人人皆可参与

China Daily  

由于新冠肺炎疫情肆虐，今年美国邮政总局的“圣诞老人行动”将全部转移到网上。全美各地的人们都可以在网上阅读圣诞愿望邮件，匿名送出礼物，当一回在线版圣诞老人，为疫情中的圣诞节增加一些节日的快乐和温情。 freestocks@freestocks/unsplash For more than a century, it was a simple way of making a child’s dreams come true during Christmas. 一个多世纪以来，这一直是让孩子们在圣诞节梦想成真的一种简单方法。志愿者可以去邮局，从孩子们寄给圣诞老人的一堆堆信件中挑出一封或多封感动他们的信件。然后他们会收集礼物，包装好，运送到那些圣诞树下可能空无一物的家庭。 sift ：vt./vi.筛选 With the coronavirus pandemic still raging, however, the US Postal Service announced Monday that it was taking its annual “Operation Santa” campaign nationwide, and that letters to Santa could be read exclusively online by people across …

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US Postal Service’s ‘Operation Santa’ letter campaign goes digital in 108th year
4 years, 1 month ago

US Postal Service’s ‘Operation Santa’ letter campaign goes digital in 108th year

CNN  

CNN — In its 108th year, the US Postal Service’s annual “Operation Santa” letter writing campaign is going digital – and expanding nationwide – to adapt to the ongoing pandemic. Over the last 108 years, the USPS has received hundreds of thousands of letters as part of the “Operation Santa” program, Frum said. USPS first launched an online pilot of …

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