I'm not sure why, but for some reason functionality of embedded posts seems to have changed, at least for my account. I first noticed the issue last week (no embed option and a separate code generation page didn't yield code that worked on post previews). In the past, I noticed the issue depending on the scope of the audience but I hadn't changed the (unrestricted) audience. I will troubleshoot the issue as time permits. The below images are not my own but taken from reposted in my public feed. In the future as necessary, I may post links, like I do for daily political posts.
I know the number of tweets dealing with abortion has been been disproportionately high mainly because leftists have responded furiously to the leak of a prospective decision overturning the Roe v. Wade precedent. As a pro-lifer, I welcome increased protection for the preborn that many states will embrace if the majority decision is finalized. Do I have unrealistic expectations? No. Post repeal, at least 16 states and DC have liberalized abortion laws; there are abortifacients on the market; there will be tourist abortions; there may be a black market; we don't even have a mechanism to monitor pregnant women. What we have relied on in the interim is persuasion: alternatives like adoption; more information on their baby's development; financial support, etc. I've never replied to every pro-abort tweet, and I don't like to repeat myself. Hopefully we'll see the trends taper down until the final decision is released.
I wish politicians wouldn't try to make protections for preborn life a political issue. The real issue at stake here is our founding principle of federalism and corrosive nationalism from both the left and the right (including Trumpism).
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 8, 2022
"Mike Pence"
I would have to see what exactly McConnell said. I don't believe he said that, but you may be lying to motivate your fellow pro-aborts.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 8, 2022
If Roe/Casey are overturned, it would mean that states will have flexibility to modify state abortion policy. National policy: unconstitutional
We pro-lifers find it impossible to have a civil conversation with amoral pro-aborts like you who rationalize genocide of pre-born life.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 8, 2022
That's obviously very bad satire. Anyone who thinks the left is "tolerant" is out of touch with reality.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 8, 2022
When I was a professor, I had to censor my pro-liberty beliefs, because it was political suicide to express them.
"Geraldo Rivera" is obviously not very bright.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 8, 2022
No, what you have is competing rights: the preborn child, with her own DNA distinct from her mother's, has her own body and her own choice to live.
Cry me a river. The vast majority of us pro-lifers are totally consistent--we oppose the death penalty, even against genocide providers, like abortionists. You contemptible pro-aborts have personally targeted and harassed pro-lifers for literally decades.https://t.co/d1qXLzTPQV
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 8, 2022
I have heard no mention of Griswold being reversed.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 8, 2022
Most pro-lifers don't have an issue with sterilization, condoms, or oral contraceptives. (We do with abortifacients. ) We think the game has changed once we are dealing with the scientific fact of new, distinct human life.
You amoral pro-aborts never had a "right" to kill preborn life. The word "abortion" is not in the Constitution. In fact, abortion was illegal at the time of the Constitution. The general government has limited powers and oversight.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 8, 2022
"Civility". Leftists use that word, but it doesn't mean what they think it means. Over the past 50 years, we have had a national government which has allowed, even encouraged the genocide of tens of millions of pre-born lives, just like it had defined away the rights of slaves.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 8, 2022
I just knew a leftist would bring up "Dr. Jill"'s EdD. This troll, of course, doesn't know an "English professor" should get a degree from a department of English, not "educational leadership". The troll is ignorant of higher education.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 8, 2022
I am a Never Trumper and had some respect for the Lincoln Project, but as a pro-life libertarian, I cannot accept this pro-abort rubbish. Abortion was illegal when this nation was founded; it was never in the federal constitution. Roe and Casey were an abuse of federal power.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 8, 2022
Fellow academics are aware of the reference to Kuhn and the paradigm shift construct, Ptolemy v Copernicus. The analogy is obvious. SCOTUS should never have micromanaging state abortion in the first place under our foundational principle of federalism.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 8, 2022
Rubbish. Overruling Roe/Casey only gives state legislatures an opportunity to reform state abortion laws. It MIGHT affect down ballot races. It explicitly removes abortion from national policy. The midterms will still be on Biden's failed first term.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 8, 2022
Pro-abort extremists are far more violent than pro-lifers, but the mainstream media blatantly focus on and provide saturation coverage of the latter. As if you didn't know those who profit from killing babies have a vested interest...https://t.co/2jYTea5z13
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 8, 2022
Molotqv
Slovenia is about 800 miles from Ukraine. Probably. Unlike for Jill Biden, east Europe is Melania's home neighborhood. Of course, maybe Russia wouldn't have invaded Ukraine. It didn't in Trump's first term.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 8, 2022
Frederick was referring to European, not American conservatism, which is based on classical liberalism. People are going to be confused by context, Justin. But I know Don Boudreaux gets pissed when people call him conservative.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 8, 2022
I don't really consider right-wing nationalists, like Trumpkins, conservatives. I do agree with you to a point; the Tea Party got hijacked by nativists, and some media conservatives, like Hannity and Carlson, moved towards Trumpism. But Ron Paul stayed.https://t.co/tibU9qRAE7
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 9, 2022
Is he referring to Filet-o-Fish? Last time I checked, it was on the menu: https://t.co/hVh9q47KP2
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 9, 2022
You didn't rebut a single point she made. Your state of denial is pathetic.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 9, 2022
The fact is, we pro-lifers have routinely rejected zealots who violate our principles. Your hypocritical state of denial of pro-abort violence; https://t.co/4rjoqvGbIh
A pro-abort troll indicated McConnell suggested a national ban was possible. I think this is simply the response to Senate Dem attempts to codify a federal right to abortion. He noted either is unlikely given the filibuster. But I repeat either violates the Constitution if passed
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 9, 2022
Then RBG, Breyer, Kagan, and Sotomayor would never have gotten to go home.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 9, 2022
Leftists are protesting the homes of conservative justices. Maybe the justices' homes can get zoned as abortion clinics, and the leftist bastards can find out about their First Amendment rights.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 9, 2022
Protest
It didn't happen and it bothers you?
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 9, 2022
All the hypocritical leftists complain about the books that center/right administration veterans write (never mind complications like executive privilege, security reviews, etc.) They never bitch about, say, 60 Minutes interviews and the like. What if Trump runs?
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 9, 2022
"Mark Esper"
Most pro-lifers like myself don't have an issue with preventive approaches to pregnancy. (We think the fact of a preborn child changes the context.) We support consumer choice so long as contraceptives are safe and vetted against fraudulent claims.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 10, 2022
Marsha Blackburn
George Will rightly points out tolerance of all things but religious symbols contradicts itself. And incidental references to religious symbols do not constitute a religion. Flying a flag is just that, nothing more. https://t.co/rUz9eq6EFB
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 10, 2022
Trump is thinking, "Damn! I could have stopped leaks in my administration by hiring guys with Best Buy on their resumes!" #sarcasm
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 10, 2022
"Best Buy"
I as a Never Trumper can confirm that I get Trumpkin spam in my Gmail inbox all the time. I wish Gmail filtered more junk.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 10, 2022
Gmail
As McClanahan points out, this talking point that conservative justices commited "perjury" by paying lip service to Roe v Wade as a precedent is rubbish. They never promised to uphold a bad precedent. This kerfuffle is just another leftist attempt to politicize SCOTUS.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 10, 2022
I give Scott credit for trying to make senior entitlement financing more transparent. Neither Obama nor Biden have done a damn thing to shore up their increasingly insolvent crown jewels.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 10, 2022
Let's be clear: you can never prove a negative, e.g., there was no fraud. What we can say is based on available evidence and tools/techniques the fraud hypothesis is not supported. In the case of 2020, Trump's job approvals and polls weren't good.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 10, 2022
"No Widespread Voter Fraud"
Idiot-in-Chief Biden just described, in a speech on inflation, described the FIRST mandate of the Federal Reserve as full employment. You can't make this crap up; he actually is that stupid. There's only one legitimate mandate: currency stability. PERIOD.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 10, 2022
Price gouging laws are counterproductive. Prices are signals to producers. Price caps often create shortages; low prices don't attract suppliers. Business taxes are ultimately costs passed on to consumers. What Biden needs to do is lower barriers, reduce government burdens.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 10, 2022
This is pretty stupid, even for a leftist. Social security and Medicare are bleeding and will soon be all but insolvent. Hypocrites like Obama and Biden have done ZERO to shore up finances. Scott is simply making the budgeting problem more transparent.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 10, 2022
I'm Never Trump and Never Biden.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 10, 2022
But this trite talk about "incite an insurrection" and "undermine democracy" is over-the-top rubbish. Yes, Trump is a sore loser; yes, he was playing with fire by holding a DC rally to protest Congress' ratification of the election.
"Ultra MAGA" sounds like Joe Biden's laundry detergent to whitewash his abysmal inflation and economic policies and performance. #sarcasm
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 10, 2022
Anyone who thinks Esper is some kind of hero for opposing Trump didn't hear him criticize Biden for taking Ukraine intervention off the table and for not handing those Polish MiG's over to Ukraine. Where did Trump ever hire neo-cons like Bolton, Mattis and Esper?
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 10, 2022
Snowflakes have this delusion that Twitter is their exclusive safe place from Trump, but Trump has lived rent-free in their heads for 7 years. I was a Never Trumper before it was a thing on Twitter. I never followed him. But censorship didn't stop him.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 11, 2022
"Twitter in Canada"
It's like Biden is following FDR's example for entangling the US in a world war.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 11, 2022
"$40 Billion"
"Dear Elon Musk"
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 11, 2022
Can you have Twitter developers create a "mute all leftists" button?
Rubbish. Not a Trumpkin, but you're a propagandist. https://t.co/nO8TnW2nov
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 11, 2022
You mean the girl babies killed by abortion?
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 11, 2022
I'm Never Trump and Never Biden. I don't care which side of his mouth he's speaking from.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 11, 2022
"Lindsey Graham"
Actually, the Koch brothers (libertarians) were/are pro-abortion choice. They just can't stand most of the leftist agenda.https://t.co/uK1StSOx5a
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 12, 2022
Well, the national government's ability to tax and spend is part of the Constitution; abortion is not. The police power rests with the states. That's why Roe v Wade is unconstitutional. A national pro-abort bill could not apply to the states under our federal system.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 12, 2022
Because babies who are not murdered will grow up and vote for them.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 12, 2022
The states have their own constitutions. If CT's contraceptive ban was upheld under its constitution, CT voters could elect new leadership or approve a state constitutional amendment. Prohibitions never work; there's a black market. Of course, you can always leave the state
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 12, 2022
The Biden Administration is more interested in pandering to its affirmative action industrial policy base than on sound money policy. I have no confidence Ms. Cook will promote rule-based monetary policy to stop the regressive effects of inflation
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 12, 2022
"Vice President Kamala Harris"
You have a bad memory. During the early stages of the pandemic, shortages went beyond runs on toilet paper. My local Walmart had huge gaps in their frozen foods, meats were limited with purchase limits, some people couldn't buy eggs, runs on pasta, canned meats, etc.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 12, 2022
Are you suggesting Crenshaw should cut in line in front of thousands of couples patiently waiting to adopt a baby?
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 12, 2022
Biden and his economically illiterate cohorts are bashing gas retailers with populist rubbish. Gas stations are almost all small businesses. They are pricing in an economically uncertain market with tight global supplies. Rockets and feathers.https://t.co/fEo7nWNx9j
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 12, 2022
Biden's claim that inflation is his top concern and job #1 is laughable. Biden hasn't done a damn thing about Trump's tariffs/duties, etc. These are taxes on Americans and favor corrupt protectionist (including union) interests. Concentrated benefits; diffuse costs.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 12, 2022
Rubbish! If and when you hold DNA of another person in your womb, that is not you, but a preborn child with her own rights and choices.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 12, 2022
FACT: Democrats controlled the House from 2019 to present.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 12, 2022
FACT: Biden hasn't done a goddamn thing to cut spending. In fact, he has proposed to spend additional trillions. He also is getting tax revenues lost under shutdowns. Much of the "cut" is no additional pandemic spending.
I think I'll write a parody of ABBA's "Dancing Queen":
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 12, 2022
"Old and mean, Trump is the MAGA King...
You go to his rallies: he turns you on..."
"MAGA King"
Knowingly false. An overturn of Roe would return regulation of abortion to the states, at least 16 (plus DC) which have pro-abort laws. Women are not victims; they can say no to unprotected sex (and sex period), they can get procedures to prevent conception or use birth control.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 12, 2022
No. He hasn't been helpful, but you are exaggerating short-term relief from leases to actual production, never mind materiality of any new production. It might have some impact on expectations in the long term. This is a global crunch, not just a domestic one.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 12, 2022
Screw the interventionists trying to speed their way through throwing our grandchildren's taxes on their proxy war against Russia.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 13, 2022
"Rand Paul"
The Biden Administration's anti-fossil fuel policies as part of their climate change agenda aren't helpful in the long term but today's prices are more a reflection of tight global supplies.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 13, 2022
First of all, watch your mouth. People aren't "illegal". We have had an un-American immigration quota system that has essentially closed legal immigration and temporary worker. The impeached SOB-in-Chief Trump scapegoated thousands of good people for purely political reasons.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 13, 2022
You're a piece of garbage. People aren't "illegal". The formula in question is not your property. You're nothing more than a right-wing socialist.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 13, 2022
The Abbott Labs Michigan plant closure, based on unproven product contamination fears, could be lifted in 2 weeks and shortages should ease by sometime next month. Scapegoating migrant mothers is abominable. Solution: free markets. https://t.co/5SJJYDdzU3
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 13, 2022
Illegals
Yeah, you're a politics of envy socialist. The economically literate know past success is not indicative of future performance. Not surprising that an Economist in Name Only conveniently forgets to mention soaring costs which have to be financed.https://t.co/vNAOk5UHwa
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 13, 2022
The real story is one party rule hasn't worked these past 2 years. Young people are going to pay off public debt splurges which make college loan financing small potatoes.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 13, 2022
First of all, minimum wage laws make certain jobs illegal, meaning fewer jobs available to less experienced workers. Paid leave is a benefit but basically the relevant cost to employers is compensation; there's no free lunch. Insulin prices are an artifact of patent, gov policies
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 13, 2022
The issue of abortion was a special case which was based on the scientific fact that life begins at conception, a life whose DNA differs from her mother, her own body and choices. Almost two-thirds of fertile women use contraceptives today. Gallup reports 70% approve gay marriage
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 13, 2022
Paul wants to ensure there's accountability for government disbursements, not included in the spending bill. This is reasonable. Only corrupt bastards would oppose it.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 13, 2022
This is knowingly misleading/false. The US exercised its right to withdraw on May 22, 2020, far before the general election. Moreover, the Trump Administration argued that Russia was violating the treaty.https://t.co/eDYRDrYGGE
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 13, 2022
The "Defense Production Act" is unconstitutional and stupid policy, regardless which political party invokes it. The free market provides the real solution; lower barriers to trade or entry. What is a prescription for failure? Industrial policy.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 13, 2022
Lying bastards. It's not like you have a Ministry of Truth. Vaccines were approved and millions vaccinated before Biden assumed office. Biden had nothing to do with pandemic recovery. There were higher job numbers under Trump.https://t.co/8CDsnzoeBF
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 13, 2022
I think Biden is politically toast. His appeal to independents was being less drama than Trump and more centrist. Instead of negotiating deals with the GOP given a razor-thin majority, he has pushed an ideological agenda, which his own base sees as inadequate.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 13, 2022
Nope.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 13, 2022
-- Massachusetts
-- New Jersey
-- New York
-- California
-- Illinois
-- Connecticut
Oh, Jesus! You're scapegoating migrants because we have regulatory, trade and other market barriers in the way of replenishing store shelves? You're pathetic!
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 13, 2022
So the NY Trumpkin Congresswoman is stoking morally repugnant nativist scapegoating instead of calling for free market reforms. Trumpist Republicans can go to hell!
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 13, 2022
I never thought I would tweet in favor of anything progressive Bette Midler wrote, but she's on solid ground and pointing out the nutritional superiority of breast milk. It may not be the answer for all mothers of infants up to 1 year but it's encouragedhttps://t.co/FM0Zjuuffx
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 13, 2022
If I were trying to sabotage entitlements, I would do exactly what Obama and Biden have done on their financial reform--absolutely nothing. Let them collapse into insolvency.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 13, 2022
Some leftist trolls are praising Miller for contradicting Midler's pro-breast milk tweet over the Abbott Labs' supply problem. What did mothers ever do before Abbott Labs? True, up to 1-5% of mothers can't produce enough milk.https://t.co/pbgsRjnKG5
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 14, 2022
"Stephen Miller"
Apparently Trumpkin nativist adviser Miller is breeding. (On behalf of the rest of the world: "Ewwww"!) He's an "expert" on breatfeeding based on his own vast experience raising a 1-year-old daughter. Men usually can't lactate.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 14, 2022
Abbott Labs routinely tests batches for contaminants and has destroyed batches failing testing.https://t.co/EVdD0P4ctS
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 14, 2022
Nope. Kemp's lead over Abrams is above statistical error.https://t.co/Y22sO2NmAr!
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) May 14, 2022
