David French
@DavidAFrench
New York Times columnist, visiting professor @lipscomb, Chautauqua Perry Fellow in Democracy, Iraq vet, married to @NancyAFrench.
The people are not always right. Moral courage is always necessary in leadership. And we cannot ever think that we have permanently vanquished the ideas that Trump and so many others before him have used to lead so many Americans astray. nytimes.com/2024/11/03/opi…
"It’s hard to describe how thoroughly Trump is disrupting and corrupting our system of justice. At every turn, the pattern is the same. His friends catch a break, and his foes get the boot." nytimes.com/2025/07/20/opi…
"He’s disrupting the very reason that a lot of people supported him." Why so much of MAGA has been so mad at Trump: nytimes.com/2025/07/19/opi…
A UNANIMOUS Supreme Court - in an opinion written by Sotomayor - agreed that NY's Superintendent of Financial Services violated the 1st A by threatening and pressuring insurers to punish the NRA. But the 2nd Cir says despite SCOTUS's unanimity she can't be held accountable…
‼️❕‼️ Attention Second and First Amendment Supporters Qualified immunity nullifies those rights too. Qualified immunity doesn't just protect cops making split-second choices. It also protects bureaucrats scheming to retaliate against advocacy. END QUALIFIED IMMUNITY ‼️❕‼️
This is an excellent piece. Please read -- the liberal arts can and should survive and thrive, and Prof. Frey was proving that at Tulsa before her (very successful) program was axed.
I wrote about the lack of administrative support for the liberal arts in @nytimes. The standard story we hear is that students don't want it. But a darker reality is that even when it wins big with students and donors it loses with those in power. nytimes.com/2025/07/17/opi…
JD Vance said *this* when the Access Hollywood Tape came out in which Trump bragged about groping women.
Forgive my language but this story is complete and utter bullshit. The WSJ should be ashamed for publishing it. Where is this letter? Would you be shocked to learn they never showed it to us before publishing it? Does anyone honestly believe this sounds like Donald Trump?
I think -- or like to think -- that if Americans knew about this, they would be alarmed and appalled. A strong minority would cheer it, no doubt. But a majority, no. (Lots of Americans dismiss any news reports that say anything negative about, e.g., "Alligator Alcatraz.")
These reports are absolutely horrifying. If we had a functioning Congress and DOJ there should be an immediate investigation to determine the veracity of the claims and to hold people accountable.
These reports are absolutely horrifying. If we had a functioning Congress and DOJ there should be an immediate investigation to determine the veracity of the claims and to hold people accountable.
"Migrants at a Miami immigration jail were shackled with their hands tied behind their backs and made to kneel to eat food from styrofoam plates “like dogs" according to a {Human Rights Watch} report." theguardian.com/us-news/2025/j…
I have been warning my brothers and sisters since early 2000’s not to have anything to do with him. I know too much, living in NYC as an artist. I am not surprised by any thing related to these reports and more will come out.
For decades, Trump's sordid lifestyle was on full display, yet no matter what many of us pointed out, fellow Christians embraced him as a God-ordained figure. Before the eyes of a just and holy God, this is a grievous sin I have no doubt will be held to the account of His Church.
He was sent to the front lines and may be killed as part of an invading army in Ukraine, leaving behind his family in a foreign, third world economy with few human rights. But at least he doesn't have to worry that a handful of people five towns away may be enjoying a drag show.
2/ Huffman is a 45-year-old former welder who moved with his family to Russia in May 2025 to "escape LGBT propaganda" in America. He joined the Russian army to get fast-track citizenship, but to his family's dismay, he has been sent to the front lines. x.com/VolodyaTretyak…
Amid so much rumor and speculation on the Jeffrey Epstein story, I'd urge grounding your own understanding of it in the *Miami Herald's* original reporting on the matter, and a few related stories I'll link below.
“Months later, when Mr. Trump hosted a party at Mar-a-Lago for young women in a so-called calendar girl competition, Mr. Epstein was the only other guest” nytimes.com/2025/07/19/us/…
The Senate Intelligence Committee report is comprehensive and damning. Any reasonable person who reads it should be alarmed both at the extent of Russian efforts and the conduct of Trump's campaign team.
It seems DNI Gabbard is unaware that the years-long Russia investigation carried out by the Senate Intelligence Committee reaffirmed that ‘the Russian government directed extensive activity against U.S. election infrastructure’ ahead of the 2016 election, and that it ‘used social…
JUST IN: The Justice Department's bid to relesae Epstein grand jury info comes with a huge caveat that it will seek to redact not just victim info but other "personal identifying information." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…
It's 75 degrees today in Chicago, without a cloud in the sky. This city has incredible weather. No one tells you that. Wait. What's that? Talk to you again in February? Why?
This is the right decision, and I'd be truly surprised if it didn't survive appeals.
BREAKING: A federal court just blocked a new Washington state law that would have forced Catholic priests to face jail time unless they break the sacred seal of confession.
University of Tulsa students have started a petition to save their Honors College and have asked me to share with my followers here. If you are inclined to support these students in their goal to recover what was lost, you can sign here: change.org/Protect_UTulsa…
The logical next step for Donald J. Trump is to sue Donald J. Trump for saying he draws lots of pictures, which Donald J. Trump denied yesterday.