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I pay no attention whatever to anybody's praise or blame.
I Wish That We Were Married - Ronnie & The Hi-Lites
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Character is like a tree and reputation like its shadow.
If I Had a Hammer - Peter, Paul & Mary
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Do what you can,
Gene Pitney "Town Without Pity"
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Neither fire nor wind, birth nor death
(Girls, Girls, Girls) Made To Love - Eddie Hodges
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Where Have All The Flowers Gone?"- Kingston Trio
You could design your own challenge question, like "The given name of the person you lost your virginity to?". Of course. Trump might use a different question. I don't know if he got her name after he paid her. #sarcasm
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 11, 2026
No. You need ID to REGISTER to vote. The Constitution states that states conduct elections: 36 states require registered voters to provide some photo or other ID for a ballot. Other states require alternate controls. There are also ballot challenge procedures. Via NCSL: pic.twitter.com/Iz5e7Og6eL
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 11, 2026
Crackpot nativist Trumpkins try to make a globalist some sort of anti-American scapegoat. Globalism is a mark of intelligence; as a globalist (boo!), I believe in the win/win exchange of ideas, goods, voluntary associations, visits, etc., among cultures, locations, etc. pic.twitter.com/Sutm4q6013
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 11, 2026
Our heritage is of a proud melting pot of immigrants. Nationalism is an American heresy.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 11, 2026
The unconstitutional criminal Trump regime has repeatedly violated the rule of law as standard operating procedure.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 11, 2026
Photoshop! Putting a convicted felon next to a real POTUS like Reagan is deeply offensive. Reagan had a libertarian perspective, preached free trade and free markets. kept us out of wars and international meddling. Trump is an economic illiterate who has worsened the economy.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 12, 2026
I think the Dems have evolved to a more nuanced view, flagged by Obama's DACA program, aimed at alien youth who were not responsible for their parents' border crossing decisions. There have been proposals to legalize residents by imposing fines for unauthorized entry.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 12, 2026
Moron! No, they aren't. Indeed, Democrats have also opposed immigration on primarily labor protectionism grounds. But most unauthorized aliens have been here for a decade or longer with clean records, participating in the economy and are our neighbors, classmates, etc.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 12, 2026
The ongoing trade deficit is always balanced by a capital account surplus, including investment in the US. The Trump Administration has hyped promises of big projects more than past administrations, but on an apples to apples basis, it's all hat, no cattle. pic.twitter.com/aPQV8adliE
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 12, 2026
I want the Congress to do its due diligence in oversight, which, thus far, the existing Congress has failed to do.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 12, 2026
Well, I might agree that he smells and acts like a goat, but he's no Grover Cleveland.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 12, 2026
YES. There's video evidence that he drew his weapon before the SUV moved forward. Ms. Ross had explicitly said she wasn't upset at him before the murder on tape. DHS policy forbids firing into a moving vehicle. He does not give a warning. His right side is visible from the SUV.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 12, 2026
WRONG. Musk is incompetent as usual at routine analysis. There are multiple ways to authenticate voters. About 36 states require some kind of ID, but all states require ID to register, and other states require alternate methods. Reasons to oppose: https://t.co/Z080XZqFWd
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 12, 2026
The GOP-controlled Congress has utterly failed to provide oversight over the unconstitutional, illegal Trump Administration activities.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 12, 2026
Melania, after reading the small print in her prenup.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 12, 2026
Reject autarky.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 12, 2026
Embrace free markets, free trade.
This is not guaranteed, but based on dubious projections and models. pic.twitter.com/3kaR5gyUxO
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 12, 2026
Definitely in this century. Overall, I rank several even worse, including Lincoln, Wilson, FDR, and LBJ.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 12, 2026
No. Trump has done more to sabotage our alliances than anyone in recent history, our diplomatic relationships in this Hemisphere, and hired the most incompetent Defense Secretary in US history.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 12, 2026
No. Government employees must be accountable to the public they work for.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 12, 2026
The Trump Justice Department is the most corrupt and politically motivated in American history. This attempt to go after Fed Reserve chairman Powell because he refuses to be Trump's bitch, lowering rates and thus escalating Trumpflation, is an unacceptable abuse of power.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 12, 2026
Posting on X during a Trump Presidency is like playing Whac-a-Mole on steroids. The delusional bastard is reportedly calling himself the acting president of Venezuela. https://t.co/1ANeBmyQe2
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 12, 2026
The real way to fight fraud is not to grow the government bureaucracy, but to scale back the government spending attracting it.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 12, 2026
Yes, but short of Satan bringing him home or a catastrophic health condition, that's not likely. It would take a Nixon-era Senate to force his resignation from office, which is unlikely. An opposition Congress in the midterms could hold the lame duck accountable.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 12, 2026
I wish the Dems had stopped using the phrase "common sense" in promoting their gun control agenda. Now RINO Trump is using the term to rationalize his own nationalist agenda. https://t.co/FMsooUN3it
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 12, 2026
Grandpa Trump is just about to doze off in public again. https://t.co/BlPWMo3NhN
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 12, 2026
Why is the dude obsessed with this issue? This Musk stance is amateurish, and he has not done due diligence.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 12, 2026
There is registration, and there is voting. You need to establish ID to register. For voting, you must be authenticated, i.e., signature on file.https://t.co/kzMNN2GROT
No, Trump is an international criminal who engages in unprovoked war crimes.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 12, 2026
No. US imperialism is morally unconscionable. It's a violation of our Founding Fathers' values. It's a hypocritical violation of the democratic rights of Greenland citizens
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 12, 2026
Trump, in charge of foreign policy, certainly could negotiate tariff rates with trading partners, but worries that his negotiating position is compromised by the uncertainties of passing unpopular tariff hikes hitting American consumers through a split Congress.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 13, 2026
Rubbish as usual. Tariffs have existed since the beginning of American history, but the raising of any revenue/tax must originate through Congress, not the POTUS. This cannot be delegated. Trump has falsely declared a "national emergency" & tried to use old laws to gain a toehold https://t.co/FfwKFmOymS
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 13, 2026
SCOTUS needs to stop Trump's unconstitutional tariff bullshit NOW!!! https://t.co/60GKo6Qj3D
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 13, 2026
Other uncoordinated, destructive Trump policies, like tariffs, labor and/or quotas on building supplies, also factor into unaffordability. There are other Trump independent state and local policies (e.g., minimum lot sizes, zoning restrictions, etc) that affect affordability.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 13, 2026
Trump has specifically threatened military intervention against Iran, Mexico, Greenland, Colombia, and Cuba. As if the Nobel Institute hasn't already regretted giving the Peace Prize to Obama prematurely for not being George W. Bush!https://t.co/8tBOfMHmaQ
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 13, 2026
I'm used to Trump saying insane things and the narcissist's endless self-promotion, but then I heard the bastard say in a recent CNN clip responding to Nobel Peace Prize recipient Machado's offer to share her prize that he deserved it more than anyone in history.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 13, 2026
Via Guardian: pic.twitter.com/070brEnkbT
This is just part of Trump's phony, corrupt populism. There's plenty of competition in the credit card business; we don't need RINO political whores meddling in the domestic economy. You always get unintended consequences, e.g., in this context, maybe fewer credit cards. pic.twitter.com/ebQKSKGTmB
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 13, 2026
When the RINO Felon-in-Chief admits not being constrained by the Constitution but by his own 'morality', you think of the same bastard who tried to swindle retired widow Vera Coking out of her home or cheat on his nursing wife with a porn actress.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 13, 2026
It is utterly disgusting how Trump, whose policies have helped make Iranian civilians' lives miserable, is trying to manipulate them in his regime-change agenda at their own expense. There is no "American First" principle in Trump's hypocritical intervention and nation-building.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 14, 2026
Nothing says class like Trump flipping the bird to a Ford autoworker who had made reference to his connection to Epstein. How many Trumpkin parents are prepared to respond to "If Trump does it, why can't I?"https://t.co/NvKWAE32zN
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 14, 2026
Minnesota needs to prosecute ICE murderer Ross because he killed Good on a state/local street. I don't trust Blondie Bondi going after Ross, and even if they convicted him, Trump would probably pardon him. He can't pardon a state conviction.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 14, 2026
Oh, Jesus. Pick your poison. All of them are nation-building bastards. Clinton is probably the best of the lot, with a better economy and balanced budgets with a GOP Congress in his second term.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 14, 2026
Never a Trumpkin.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 14, 2026
CNN is reporting tonight that the Justice Department is refusing to charge Renee Good murderer Jonathan Ross. It was a politically motivated whitewash sham investigation. The state of Minnesota needs to indict Ross. No, stopping a USC on a local street is not USG responsibility
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 14, 2026
Gee, going to a doctor appointment can get you manhandled and arrested by ICE in Minnesota. The Gestapo doesn't let up... Seriously, who voted for this bullshit? https://t.co/sliNVbtrv2
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 14, 2026
There's karma in the universe when ICE slips on ice. https://t.co/QWdi1lAaSk
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 14, 2026
Trump declaring victory over inflation is worse than Bush's mission accomplished in Iraq. pic.twitter.com/PDoVqUms4z
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 14, 2026
Over half of our imports are used by American producers. As consumers, we're better off with more competition for our dollar, with more supplier efficiencies and innovations, not corrupt relationships Trump and chosen domestic suppliers at the expense of downstream consumers.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 14, 2026
Trade ("globalism") is win/win; Trump's crackpot opinions of a conspiracy of wily foreign traders manipulating American ones are both stupid and evil. If other nations have comparative advantages in producing goods and services, it's a win for a more efficient American economy.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 14, 2026
+This is Trumpkin economically illiterate crackpot rubbish. In the aftermath of WWII, much of the developed world was rebuilding its economies; of course, largely unscathed America dominated global trade. Of course, rebounding economies were more competitive; no conspiracy.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 14, 2026
Trump is incoherently arguing that he needs to destroy NATO by annexing Greenland to save NATO. The fact is, we already have military bases in Greenland; expanding the NATO military presence in Greenland, if necessary, is possible without Trumpist imperialism. pic.twitter.com/YVWU33MqXK
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 14, 2026
The nativist Trump Administration is spinning that we can deport our way into affordable housing. Nope. In fact, it will likely exacerbate the housing shortage. Via https://t.co/3sPnRWh3lQ: pic.twitter.com/jdJaWr2lMB
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 14, 2026
As an IT geek (sandwiched around a brief academic career), I enjoyed Scott Adams' Dilbert. I do wish he had not engaged in divisive politics.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 14, 2026
Taking a minor car bump or brush should be treated proactively. Ross seems fully ambulatory as he kills Good. violating DHS policy about firing into a moving car putting others in danger. It's not like Good could get away with a legit charge; they had her vehicle tag number pic.twitter.com/OtyB2DdxAo
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 14, 2026
We know that Ross was a step away from out of the path of the parked car. We know Ross took 3 shots, one in front of the car, 2 from the driver's side. likely all 3 shot to kill the driver of a car in motion. A car brush or bump was likely due to Ross' own aggressive positioning.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 14, 2026
First of all, legal immigrants are generally ineligible for federal benefit programs for a number of years. This is just another illegal, anti-legal immigration policy from Trump. pic.twitter.com/9bGdb99FhM
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 15, 2026
Remember when Trumpkins used to pay lip service to honoring "legal" immigration, just opposing "illegal" immigration? In fact, Trump has been more effective at killing legal immigration. pic.twitter.com/1na6c5I05r
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 15, 2026
Trump is back down to 43% approval via RCP, and the midterms are looking even worse this fall. Pew, before the ICE murder of Good: "Overall, 50% of adults disapprove of the Trump administration’s approach to immigration, including 36% who strongly disapprove." pic.twitter.com/gyBFhJVYHC
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 15, 2026
Any military action by war criminal Trump is unconstitutional and illegal, grounds for impeachment and removal from office. pic.twitter.com/vzzWZAbegh
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 15, 2026
Trump's xenophobic attacks on immigration are harming the US economy. Via Barrons: pic.twitter.com/3woRr6yJ28
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 15, 2026
Trump's tariff war on China didn't work as other trading partners picked up the slack, making last year its biggest trading surplus ever, while Trump is still running a trade deficit. Via the Gray Lady: pic.twitter.com/60x5FahouA
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 15, 2026
There is something odious about Trump taking the moral high ground in lecturing Iran over its treatment of protestors.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 15, 2026
Incompetent Trump, who doesn't know the meaning of the word "insurrection", is once again threatening to invoke the old law to crack down on political resistance to his Gestapo agenda. His invocation would be illegitimate and unprecedented in context.https://t.co/lLv7Gu5ruy
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 15, 2026
The attempts of Senate Republicans to block restrictions on Trump's unconstitutional actions on Venezuela are unconscionable and morally indefensible. Only Congress can declare war.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 15, 2026
The Gestapo tag did not start with Trump's version of Operation Wetback. Via Cato:
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 15, 2026
Prior to the expansion and partial deregulation of the Bracero program in 1951, employers in the Rio Grande Valley referred to the Border Patrol as a “Gestapo outfit” .https://t.co/iXYCcrhXNC
Why doesn't Trump follow Eisenhower's example and simply legalize the 8.3M unauthorized workers? Xenophobic policies kill tax revenues and hurt GDP. Via Reason: pic.twitter.com/pvgQIT256X
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 15, 2026
Do you think Trump, who ended Obama's policy of reporting on civilian casualties in Afghanistan, gives a s* about citizens swept up in his war on immigration? pic.twitter.com/UWryW5izbH
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 15, 2026
It's sad to see Machado's gifting Trump with her Peace Prize medal, knowing the Nobel Institute opposed her move and has no bearing on Trump's failed status. It has no more meaning than if I bought an Oscar at a yard sale. Machado has no moral integrity, politicizing the medal.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 15, 2026
Cool to see WWE let AJ Styles open up TNA on AMC.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 16, 2026
Trump is an economically illiterate pathological liar. Tariffs are taxes on American consumers. Arguing that taxing Americans make them better off takes chutzpah and stupid. gullible Trumpkins.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 16, 2026
My first blog opinion post of the year is about the ICE murder of Renee Good.https://t.co/98NKPFqnb3
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 16, 2026
CNN has a new Trump approval poll out, and Trump is under 40 overall and below water on every issue, including immigration and the economy. He has high support in his base but loses independents (plurality) 2-1. Not good, less than 11 months to midterms.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 16, 2026
Medical information HIPAA? We know medical personnel routinely advise being seen even after incidental vehicle contact. It could mean anything from bruising to a self-healing wound. For all I know, Ross could have slipped on ice before or after. He was discharged same day.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 16, 2026
Pathological liar. Ross drew his weapon while the car was parked. The right side of his body was visible from behind the vehicle. He never lost his footing; he was ambulatory, never limped. He fatally shot Good, one shot through the lower left windshild, the other 2 side window.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 16, 2026
I guess Dumbass Trump figured it would take more than the $24 in beads it took to steal Manhattan from the local tribes. #sarcasm No to Trumpist imperialism! pic.twitter.com/D5esDJr9RM
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 16, 2026
Machado has co-opted her credibility and integrity. Abducting a foreign head of state is an international crime. The simulation of giving the prize to a man who is threatening Colombia. Iran, Colombia, Cuba. Mexico, and Greenland? Being seen as Trump's puppet? https://t.co/Rma725pPpi
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 16, 2026
Yeah, T was also affected by the outage. At first, I thought I had offended the Twitter gods as it kept having problems posting a reply tweet
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 16, 2026
"My Twitter"
I did notice on TNA's debut last night on AMC, WWE talent and TNA veteran AJ Styles was eyeing the TNA championship belt. teasing a future program.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 16, 2026
It turns out stores specializing in Trump crap are starting to drop like flies. We have passed peak Trump.https://t.co/85bZd6m3kg
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 17, 2026
Trump is threatening to increase new tariffs on American consumers if other countries including NATO members don't cave in to his imperialist ambitions on Greenland. SCOTUS is past due in killing Trump's unconstitutional plots to tax instead of Congress.https://t.co/4AAEV179wr
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 17, 2026
How gullible are Trumpkins? They even believe it when he signs his golf scorecard.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 17, 2026
The Ross murder of Renee Good keeps getting worse. It turns out that ICE blocked medics from reaching a dying Good.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 17, 2026
Via New Republic: pic.twitter.com/C9ypCeMMvX
I'm not saying Trump has made the US a banana republic yet, but I wouldn't be surprised if Blondie Bondi has reserved a jail cell in El Salvador for Jerome Powell.https://t.co/qGeTD6uowG
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 17, 2026
And yet xenophobes bitch about sanctuary city/state policies! This is a textbook case for why these laws exist. How many people are going to report crime knowing ICE will deport crime victims? Police tipped off ICE about the victim, not the criminal.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 17, 2026
ICE deported 5 yo US citizen Génesis Ester Gutiérrez Castellanos and her mother Karen to Honduras after the Austin (TX) notified ICE under TX state law following an inconsequential domestic call over a novel ICE administrative warrant on Karen. https://t.co/5jCOeTIKVJ
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 17, 2026
This is ethnic profiling. ICE has ZERO authority to engage in fishing expeditions. That's why we have a 4th Amendment. It reminds me of how my third-generation Franco-American mother resented being teased in primary school over her then French-accented English.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 17, 2026
Via the Mirror: pic.twitter.com/OXDwNapAkQ
A true conservative believes in federalism. not nationalism and hence rejects the SAVE Act. And the damn hypocritical Trumpkins are trying to end the filibuster after Dems tried to do the same: double-edged sword!) in the recent administration, to pass a host of Dem laws. pic.twitter.com/hetC4XKcWS
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 17, 2026
Via https://t.co/7xy6DFwsfz: pic.twitter.com/PLr33L4DmD
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 17, 2026
As a past USG contractor with background checks, a passport and paper and scanned copies of PII documents, I, a military brat born in TX, still don't want some Gestapo Trumpkin demanding to see my papers. Some USC may not have documents or changed their names.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 17, 2026
Perfect cartoon by Steve Breen: pic.twitter.com/wxm3liprQO
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 17, 2026
No, we don't lose individual rights in this country based on their popularity or gimmicky, biased polls.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 17, 2026
Economically illiterate, incompetent, unconstitutional RINO Felon-in-Chief
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 17, 2026
The Trumpkin Party has never been the GOP. The RINO Felon-in-Chief bought the GOP in a hostile takeover because it was easier to get nominated than paying off his fellow registered Dems. Remember, Trump bragged about the Clintons attending his third wedding.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 17, 2026
They'll find other countries love Trump even less than we do
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 18, 2026
Everything is worse. That's why a CNN poll has found a majority of Americans rate his first year a failure.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 18, 2026
Unauthorized aliens are ineligible for federal benefits. Musk, as usual, doesn't do due diligence. There's one modest exception: the feds guarantee emergency healthcare for all residents, but aliens are usually younger as a group and use less healthcare. pic.twitter.com/hRO4H45tM1
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 18, 2026
Mercosur, a large part of South America, including Milei's Argentina, is a major win for the EU (although the EU may be harder to ratify). Trump is deliberately sabotaging our economy.https://t.co/2UlRL8OlzP
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 18, 2026
Agreed. Real Americans also reject Trump's imperialist plot to annex Greenland. And I want HEAT on Gestapo ICE. pic.twitter.com/mUp2nWBykd
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 18, 2026
Damn squirrels! I didn't learn my lesson! They once burrowed through a delivered box of pricey bagels. I had a grocery order delivered yesterday, and guess who got to the hamburger rolls first?
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 18, 2026
Quote of the Day
Far and away the best prize that life offers is
I’m Blue (The Gong-Gong Song) - Ikettes