David Frum

Today, history was made in Jerusalem. 🇮🇱 Dr. Mohamed Hagi, the first Ambassador of the Republic of Somaliland to Israel, officially arrived and presented his credentials to President Isaac Herzog

@3scoutmom @60Minutes Also a security leak potentially exploitable by adversaries who can identify the successful gamblers on US military actions.

@60Minutes @davidfrum In the Before Times, this would have been considered shameful and gross.

“We spotted nine Polymarket accounts, all connected, who made, collectively,$2.4 million betting almost exclusively on U.S. military operations,” says Nicolas Vaiman, co-founder of the small data analytics firm Bubblemaps. “And now here's the crazy part: 98% win rate.” cbsn.ws/4wwp0T7

Two months after Trump announced that the US would provide insurance to ships seeking to transit the Strait of Hormuz, the programme has not provided a single dollar of cover. The scheme never got off the ground, according to insurance brokers, as it did not fulfil all the requirements needed for ships transiting the strait and was tied to a US naval escort for vessels, which has not been established.

A glad Victoria Day to all celebrating

Starbucks is relocating many head office operations to Nashville after Seattle mayor's "well, bye" comments. nytimes.com/2026/05/17/us/…

President Trump sold between $5 million and $25 million each of Microsoft and Amazon stock in February and purchased millions of dollars’ worth of the companies’ stock in March, according to disclosures filed with the U.S. Office of Government Ethics. wapo.st/4drlT67

On the face of it, a truly appalling decision by Jared Polis, and so against his own political self-interest, we have to wonder what pressure the Trump administration brought to bear behind the scenes. We know it's not beneath this gangster presidency to extort state governments.

Lloyd Blankfein, ex Goldman CEO, on how American capitalism is doing in the age of Trump. Latest David Frum show. youtube.com/watch?v=w5wz7i…

#pltr President Donald Trump scooped up shares of artificial intelligence software maker Palantir weeks before he famously lauded the stock, with its ticker symbol, on his social media platform

My wife @DCrittenden1 will do a public event in Toronto on May 26 about her book, "Dispatches From Grief." Tickets at link ticketscene.ca/events/60403/

Just bought a jar of sliced jalapeños from my local Co-op for £1.35, and can't help marvelling at how inconceivable every part of that transaction would have been, even just a century ago. Reliable global supply chains may be the biggest aspect of modern life we take for granted.

The $499 Trump Phone, officially known as the Trump Mobile T1 and strongly resembling a Chinese phone that retails for less than $200 at Walmart, is not quite what that the Trump Organization initially promised. cnn.com/2026/05/14/bus…

“Masculinism” isn’t just “a movement of grifters exploiting a quirk of the algorithm”; a growing number of its leaders are sincere in their misogynistic beliefs, and would want to enact policy based on those beliefs if given the chance, @HelenLewis argues. theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/…

Almost a third of the membership of the Congressional Black Caucus are at risk of losing their seats through the 2028 election cycle as Republicans in southern states where they control the legislature move swiftly to redraw congressional maps. abcnews.link/KhpDUZx

How is it even legal for a sitting president to trade stocks at all?

In March 1948, Frank Sinatra helped Teddy Kollek, a Haganah representative (and future Jerusalem mayor), smuggle an estimated $1 million in cash to a New York pier to pay for arms destined for the nascent State of Israel. Sinatra acted as a courier to bypass FBI surveillance, ensuring the money reached a ship captain for undercover operations.

Let me get this straight. Trump sued his own IRS for $10 billion. His own Justice Department is now considering settling that case. And one of the terms on the table is that the IRS drops all audits of Trump, his family, and his businesses PERMANENTLY. He’s using the full weight of the federal government to protect himself and his family from accountability and potentially pay himself BILLIONS of your tax dollars. nytimes.com/2026/05/12/bus…

" ... that government of the criminals, by the criminals, and for the criminals shall not perish from the earth."