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This Twitter feed today passed 800,000 followers. My thanks to all who read, I am honored by your attention. I am also mindful that if I had invested the equivalent effort in Instagram, I might now be modeling pashmina scarves in the Maldives. So - 2 commercials
If you don't subscribe yet to @TheAtlantic, I sincerely hope you will start. It's the home of some of the best journalism in the English language today, including everything I do at more than 280 characters accounts.theatlantic.com/products/?utm_…
@TheAtlantic Also, I am this weekend writing final pages of a book for 2020. If you preorder it now, you'll reassure my publisher that they have not made a foolish mistake amazon.com/Trumpocalypse-…
@TheAtlantic Also - noncommercial - you can find an archive of my journalism and links to older books, including a free copy of my 2012 book WHY ROMNEY LOST that predicted many of our current troubles at davidfrum.com Regularly scheduled snarking will now resume
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