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[David Frum @davidfrum]

One lesson of the Trump years: the US signature on an international agreement is worthless. There was an agreement in place to govern the bridge. Trump repudiated the agreement at behest of a donor with a direct anti-public-interest stake.

[David French @DavidAFrench]

In some ways, Republican devotion to the attorney general of Texas, Ken Paxton, is even more troubling than its continued support for Trump. Their enthusiastic support for a corrupt adulterer (Texas Republicans voted for him in the Senate primary runoff over the conservative, scandal-free John Cornyn by a staggering 28 points) tells us that the moral compromise of Trump’s supporters isn’t confined to the president. There is an expanding acceptance of corrupt politicians — so long as they "fight." https://t.co/0PkHUfwToy

[David French @DavidAFrench]

I cannot believe he said that out loud and with a straight face. Here he is three weeks after Jan. 6.

[Sarah Longwell @SarahLongwell25]

To understand R’s narrative capabilities versus D’s narrative capabilities, look no further than R’s ability to make Hunter Biden into a full blown “Biden crime family” scandal vs D’s inability to focus relentlessly on Trump & Co’s mind-bending corruption. Everyone should post their favorite insane Trump grift to celebrate the 4th.

[David Frum @davidfrum]

When the Trump meme coin launched, I assumed that buyers were "in on the con," that buyers were mostly laundering bribes to Trump. But no, it turns out Trump found and scammed many thousands of people sadly gullible enough to entrust savings to the planet's most notorious crook.

[Republicans against Trump @RpsAgainstTrump]

Chris Christie tears into Trump’s unprecedented grifting:

“He and his family believe they are entitled to this… This is Putin-esque type of corruption and self-enrichment.”

[David Frum @davidfrum]

250 years after July 4, 1776, the successor of King George III pays taxes and publishes his returns. The successor of George Washington does not. https://t.co/CbIXDe8UQY

[Melanie D'Arrigo @DarrigoMelanie]

Donald Trump Jr became an owner and advisor to a company that wants to ship guns through the mail

…but that’s been illegal for nearly a century

…so his father just rescinded that rule

…to help his company.

It’s not a coincidence.
It’s corruption.
https://t.co/qJxiM5XLYz

[David Frum @davidfrum]

More evidence of insider trading based on abuse of power and breach of duty

[David French @DavidAFrench]

Trump's pardons will be the capstone on his corruption. He's going to prove the anti-federalists right. An unchecked pardon power is a grave mistake that an unscrupulous president can use to wreck the rule of law.

[Tom Nichols @RadioFreeTom]

It'd be nice to have a Speaker who'd say: "And let them, we have nothing to hide, and they'll look like fools for doing it."

But what he's saying here is: They're gonna uncover a lot of stuff, and you don't want that.

[Tom Nichols @RadioFreeTom]

As so many of us said at the time

[David Frum @davidfrum]

In the old USSR, people could be arrested for photographing bridges, tunnels, etc. A repressive and paranoid regime assumed the photographers must be spies and saboteurs. Americans laughed at such petty tyranny. Nothing like that could happen in their free country! Until now.

[Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum]

From the 2023 cover story in the Atlantic, a reminder and a gift link:
https://t.co/4vBp9ph1O8

[Republicans against Trump @RpsAgainstTrump]

JD Vance one year ago today:

“I empathize with Americans who are exhausted after 25 years of foreign entanglements in the Middle East. I understand the concern, but the difference is that back then we had dumb presidents"

[David Frum @davidfrum]

Iran are the powerful counterparties. MAGA are the gullible victims.

[Ruth Ben-Ghiat @ruthbenghiat]

Authoritarianism in a nutshell. Such leaders then rearrange government to reflect this belief. Government institutions must enhance the leader's power, go after his personal enemies, and protect him from prosecution or investigation. We are undergoing this process now.

[Jessica Tarlov @JessicaTarlov]

So the MOU was exactly what everyone said it was. And it’s a disaster for us.