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No. Regulation of murdering preborn children has been traditionally vested in the states. The invention of s national "right" to abort was judicial tyranny and led to tens of millions of dead babies, contrary to the federalist principles underlying our republic.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) September 12, 2022
But make no mistake: nearly 400 a day die from COVID-19 infections. This is still a serious public health issue. Preventive measures like vaccines and boosters are best, and high quality masks (like the N95 I bought and use as needed) are also important.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) September 12, 2022
There are multiple states that track breakthrough infection. You are less likely to get infected if you are recently vaccinated or boosted, even for more recent, more contagious variants & even if infected your infection is shorter and much less likely to require hospitalization.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) September 12, 2022
Nope. The vaccines (until recently released boosters tweaked for omicron variants) were based on the original variant Not all vaccines are sterilizing. Both natural and acquired COVID-19 immunity tends to diminish over time, especially for older. Vaccines improve natural immunity
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) September 12, 2022
Amusing watching the leftist trolls freak out. What are they worried about, his holding another rally? #sarcasm
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) September 12, 2022
"Trump is in DC"
It's been 21 years since 9/11. I talk about my context of hearing the news and discuss a couple of talking points from around Twitter.https://t.co/Vuqzv4BQyW
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) September 12, 2022
"MAGA controlled SCOTUS"? Trump nominated 3 justices, and SCOTUS did not support Trump's post-election tantrum. The demagogues like the partisan Schumer are desperately trying to make the midterms about Trump than Biden's failed policies. https://t.co/9Yt46ydAMs
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) September 13, 2022
The federal government, and that includes you and SCOTUS, has no business regulating abortion, which has been the exercise of police power under the Tenth Amendment in our federal system of government.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) September 13, 2022
The Senate has no constitutional power to either codify Roe or ban abortion.
Part of the problem with the breakthrough cases we've seen is the lapsed time since last vaccination. Science tells us that protection erodes after several months, particularly in at risk groups like the aged. Note this is also true in natural immunity, i.e., prior infection.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) September 13, 2022
Biden will once again try to spin the inflation numbers to his fellow economic illiterate partisan base. But the core inflation number (not including food and energy prices), is up to 6.3% YOY and 0.6% MOM. This means a lock on additional Fed rate hikes in the future.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) September 13, 2022
"US CPI"
Spoken like the crony capitalist that you are.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) September 13, 2022
The Constitution does not empower the Congress to meddle in state regulation of abortion one way or the other. https://t.co/Lv5mG9Rb9K
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) September 13, 2022
You guys continue to embarrass the rest of us with your gimmick tweets. Where were you guys when Trump vetoed an end to US involvement in Yemen?
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) September 13, 2022
You need to focus on the general end of prosecution of nonviolent crimes, punitive sentencing guidelines, etc.
Jesus! Such economic illiteracy. The Politics of Envy is grossly immoral and counterproductive. The progressive income tax increases the cost of labor and of investment. As Thatcher pointed out, the problem with you socialists is that you run out of other people's money.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) September 13, 2022
Congress does not have constitutional authority to legislate over state regulatory authority, PERIOD--neither codifying Roe nor a ban. The only way to do that is through a constitutional amendment, which is politically impossible, for or against.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) September 13, 2022
"National Abortion Ban"
Well, Ron Paul, as usual, is wrong; oil and gas are fungible commodities, and the dependence on foreign natural gas results from a transition from nuclear power and ban on fracking. He should be arguing trade sanctions are a double-edged sword, especially for European exporters. https://t.co/sy1wJdNj2o
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) September 13, 2022
Clinton was charged with the sexual harassment of Paula Jones, a former employee under Governor Clinton. Clinton's sexual exploitation of White House intern Lewinsky was relevant to showing a relevant pattern of behavior. Clinton later settled the Jones lawsuit for $850K.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) September 14, 2022
Progressive judicial whores don't like it when their unconstitutional judicial tyranny is reversed. They are irrelevant, preaching to their own choirs.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) September 14, 2022
"Justice Kagan"
The leftist trolls self-righteously reinvent Christ as a political activist, a socialist Statist. He explicitly rejected a political agenda and taught individual, not collective salvation. He rebuked his disciples for judging the woman anointing him.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) September 14, 2022
"MAGA Christians"
This sounds like a talking point of a Ron Paul cultist. Wildly exaggerated and lack of specificity. "Trillions on corporate welfare and proxy wars": bullcrap. Maybe billions, still too much. The Dems, of course, aren't cutting spending to get belated relief; they're hiking taxes
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) September 14, 2022
Murdering preborn babies is always an abomination.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) September 14, 2022
College loan programs were never designed to be forgiven; in fact, you can't shed them in bankruptcy, etc. There were nuanced conditions based on individual circumstances for adjustments, but no legislation enabled Biden's illegal and unconstitutional blanket loan forgiveness.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) September 14, 2022
Just a reminder: the House, with the power of the purse, was controlled by the Dems, and they bear responsibility for COVID-19 relief legislation. PPP "loan" forgiveness was part of the program. It was aimed at small businesses harmed by state/local shutdowns.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) September 14, 2022
The Ron Paul cult is no better than the Obama cult or the Trump cult.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) September 14, 2022
Pelosi telling a White House crowd when to clap to celebrate the oxymoron Inflation Reduction Act is like Chris Rock during his monologue reminding his audience when it's time to laugh.https://t.co/76sbjoulC9
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) September 14, 2022
Biden's speech was as a partisan attacking his opposition, not as a national leader. The political whore is desperately trying to make the midterm election about Trump because of his own failed, divisive policies and leadership. The transition in the monarchy is more interesting
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) September 14, 2022
No. Stop recycling inane Ron Paul talking points. Corporate welfare is part of his quirky populism designed to attract leftists. It exists but is minor. n fact, leftists do talk about investments. But more recently it's been focused on "human capital".https://t.co/5eTrSBX9tq
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) September 15, 2022
Rhetorical question. I once got turned away from WV DMW because the landlady didn't put her phone number on my copy of the lease. If I'm at Chick-Fil-A, unless they run out of chicken, I get a delicious meal after waiting in any queue.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) September 15, 2022
Chick-Fil-A https://t.co/hL8XLVIYk6
Not a Trumpkin, but Trump took a pay cut. In fact, I think he refused to cash a paycheck. Now if you look at his golf-related expenses, property modifications, his companies billing for security room charges, etc., he cost the USG in other ways.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) September 15, 2022
By 12 weeks, the recognizable preborn baby is formed with all major organs, nervous system intact & functional; she can even suck her thumb. There is little doubt this is consistent with the Aristotelian ensoulment/quickening criterion notion, although the quickening: 16-20 wks.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) September 15, 2022
Yes, a point explicitly made by the NH GOP Senate nominee. Even we pro-life libertarian-conservatives believe the same. We've argued both Roe codification and national bans are unconstitutional, via Dobbs.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) September 15, 2022
I favor a 12-week/European-style state statute. over 90% of abortions.
I believe the chicken price issue isn't related to core inflation concerns so much as the avian flu causing a supply shock. Plus, feed costs have blown up.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) September 15, 2022
Not quite. This article is a few months old, so maybe some price inflation since then, but they talk 19% over the 10-year average. Lidl shows $1.99/lb for whole birds. Of course, egg prices have gone crazy; for me, it's gone from 60 ct/dozen to $3 .https://t.co/sctP5ewZUW
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) September 15, 2022
Trump was never a principled fiscal conservative. He added about 40% to the national debt in just 1 term. I've always consistently been Never Trump and Never Biden. I've never been stupid enough to vote for either. (2/2)
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) September 15, 2022
Talking about high chicken prices recently, it just struck me seemingly for years, Sam's Club was selling $5 rotisserie chickens and $1.99/lb chicken breasts. I haven't seen those on sale for some time now. Given the avian flu and high feed prices, I'm not sure we'll go back.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) September 15, 2022
There have been long-standing, equally enforced restrictions on partisan/political speech in the classroom, content-neutral dress codes, etc. Would the OP leftist troll be tolerant of anti-gay memes posted in a classroom? I doubt it. You don't have a right to impose your views.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) September 15, 2022
No, you've perverted reality. You seem to be referencing the Washington state high school football coach who was fired for optional post-game prayer moments on the field.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) September 15, 2022
I had to Google to find reference to the politically motivated gay movement flags/stickers in a classroom
I have lost all respect for the political whore Rand Paul, who I once supported for POTUS, who not only voted to acquit guilty Trump twice, but seems to focus more on pursuing petty grievances against a government scientist than on serious liberty issues. https://t.co/eIfOtghQb1
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) September 15, 2022
Well, the stock market nosedived because the Fed is going to raise rates again. Granted, the FNC is overplaying its hand since the same stat last month was 8.5% and June was 9.1%.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) September 15, 2022
But WSJ was unduly dismissive of the number worse than expected and core inflation jumped. https://t.co/jNkdZfVzbV
This is pretty stupid. I've known pro-abort Republicans for years, including Sens. Collins and Murkowski. The idea that many Republicans oppose federal welfare programs (which are unconstitutional and morally hazardous) doesn't imply they oppose charity or state/local programs.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) September 15, 2022
"According to the National Association of Realtors, sales of existing homes in July dropped 5.9% from June to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.81 million in July. Year-over-year, sales fell 20.2%"https://t.co/O8RVKkgt5i
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) September 15, 2022
I have two gorgeous, sweet black grandnieces who I truly love unconditionally. I'm sure Halle Bailey is a very talented, lovely, worthy actress and a fabulous role model for many young ladies.https://t.co/EP8IKbcMFp
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) September 15, 2022
On my last gig for a university ERP software vendor (2008) I visited Loyola Marymount in the LA area. My main client was a Venezuelan immigrant DBA manager. He introduced me to chili dark chocolate. We've corresponded for years about his family under the Chavez/Maduro regime. https://t.co/oo8MPOcqOC
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) September 15, 2022
My late maternal uncle was a diocesan Catholic pastor in Edgartown, Martha's Vineyard, and I went to stay with him a week several years back. I do recall the local area was very high cost of living, not an easy life for migrants on limited budgets. This is cruel.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) September 15, 2022
DeSantis
This is Soft Rock America. R. Kelly has been convicted on pornography and sex abuse charges. He may be a talented entertainer, but he's nobody's angel.https://t.co/2rCtCD3vVr
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) September 15, 2022
It was kidnapped in a hostile takeover by the unprincipled former registered Democrat Trump, who saw it as the easier way to get elected POTUS, and it hasn't been seen since then.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) September 15, 2022
Raskin is an idiot leftist political whore. The Democrats, facing the impossible task of defending their spendaholic ways and Biden's failed policy agenda, are desperately trying to make the election about abortion and Trump. Dobbs emphasized abortion is a state not federal issue https://t.co/Q8WBrskinG
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) September 15, 2022
This is stupid, even for a leftist. Kaepernick accepted the NFL code of conduct and deliberately violated it for self-serving reasons. Whatever Favre allegedly did was after his NFL retirement. He alone is responsible for any misconduct during his retirement.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) September 15, 2022
Spoken like the failed political whore you are. What has your party done to resolve failed immigration policy under one party control of Congress and the White House?
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) September 15, 2022
Reportedly Martha's Vineyard has sanctuary city/state status, just like NYC, DC, and Chicago. I believe it's the Florida, not Texas, governor relocating unauthorized immigrants to Martha's Vineyard. The Southern states are paying the price for failed federal immigration policy.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) September 15, 2022
It's quite humorous to see on FNC if Ms. Harris is not going to go to the border, the border is going up to visit Ms. Harris in her neck of the woods. https://t.co/OAY8J41Rf3
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) September 15, 2022
Under Trumpist socialism and corruption, Trump redirected tariff income to bail out farmers hurting from lost Chinese sales (to Brazil).
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) September 15, 2022
Biden and/or the Congressional Dems have done nothing to revoke Trump's tariffs and farm bailouts. (As a free trade guy, I oppose both.)
So when you see this unholy alliance between the Left and the Right wanting to expand State control over our successful high tech industry, modifying Section 230, net neutrality et al., libertarians should be alarmed. I'm not alarmed by losing people like Alex Jones and Crowder.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) September 15, 2022
Roger Federer has been an amazing tennis player and a great sportsman, unlike a recently retired female superstar who had meltdowns on the court. As far as I'm concerned, this is the greatest retirement speech I've heard. The Grand Slams won't be the samehttps://t.co/33muYDSxYi https://t.co/4VajBmzXP3
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) September 15, 2022
Let's be clear: unless the payroll tax is repealed, there will be at least partly dedicated funded payouts on a paygo basis. Without reform, payments won't be fully funded but likely would need to be supplemented through general revenues. I don't see them cutting payments.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) September 15, 2022
For a second there, I thought you were talking about my Twitter account.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) September 15, 2022
Me neither. I've never personally seen a Caucasian mermaid, although I thought Daryl Hannah was quite fetching in "Splash!"
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) September 15, 2022
Madison, you were one of my crushes! I wanted to fall overboard near Cape Cod to meet you.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) September 15, 2022
No, not really. I don't think Paul's approach is persuasive; it comes across as elitist and divisive. I think politicians exploit uncertainty and insecurity to expand the State and its creeping scope. The defense industry positions itself accordingly. https://t.co/lNp5i6XfeI
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) September 15, 2022
No. The resources belong to the State of Mississippi, not poor people. You have a failure of transparency, accountability and the rule of law. My understanding is that Favre, not a politician, with state contacts got diverted funding for the benefit of his daughter's university.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) September 15, 2022
Right (I happen to be pro-immigration, but one of only a few). The problem is both Dems and Republicans are labor-protectionists and oppose expanding legal immigration, based on a quota system introduced nearly a century ago.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) September 15, 2022
Are you as stupid and clueless as your tweet indicates? The seventeenth amendment is fundamentally corrupt. Originally the Senate was designed to be a voice for the states in national policy (Federalist 62). We had equal representation at the granularity of states.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) September 15, 2022
The damn leftists think "paying your fair share" is Dem code for "Successful taxpayers, hand over even more of your money, or I'll blow your head off, because it's not your money: it's mine!" Martha's Vineyard residents: maybe their lawn workers are migrants.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) September 15, 2022
Well, they probably thinking migrants have to board a ferry from the mainland.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) September 15, 2022
I remember Biden had a huge lead over Trump (leading with over 350 electoral votes), the Senate was a lock for Dems and what happened? You're living in fantasy land. A lot of polls oversample Dems.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) September 15, 2022
If the intent is to make the US a dominant non-military shipbuilder, it's clearly failed:
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) September 16, 2022
"Beyond the 2000s, China, South Korea, Japan have dominated world shipbuilding by completed gross tonnage...The US is ranked the 10th largest shipbuilder worldwide."https://t.co/C6eTmMuT0g
For US states and territories like Hawaii and Puerto Rico, comparable shipping costs can more than double global rates and amount to a de facto surcharge of 7% or more to the cost of transported goods. passed onto American residents/citizens.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) September 16, 2022
I never thought I would see Yankees concede that "promises of jobs, housing, and better lives" for blacks in the North were false.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) September 16, 2022
Does it surprise anyone that migrants might find self-proclaimed sanctuary cities better, more hospitable, more opportunistic alternatives to saturated border states?
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) September 16, 2022
No, I wouldn't spend my hard-earned money to water Trump's grave. It's a lot cheaper to buy a $5 Trump toilet paper roll from Amazon and dump on him. https://t.co/rw1umbqedw
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) September 16, 2022
Oh, listen to the leftists whine about migrants. Now what priority did Obama make immigration reform when he had a super-majority in Congress? Zero. He waited until a lame duck House to try to move on Dreamers. So for 10 years under Obama and Biden, Dems have done 0
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) September 16, 2022
"Kidnapping"
The government must do a security assessment of the documents in question. But whether or not the documents are classified, the documents are not Trump's but government property.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) September 16, 2022
I never thought after Romney's infamous "binders of women" we would hear of binders again. And then came KJP.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) September 16, 2022
This is somewhat misleading, although the stats are not the same. But based on 2019 federal tax receipts, the top 4 states in terms of federal revenue source percentage (> 5%) were: CA, NY, TX, FL. MA paid 3.4%, less than NJ. OH, PA, IL.https://t.co/wDMn4HZO26 https://t.co/f9jCpIPu5u
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) September 16, 2022
Burns is a left-leaning filmmaker, not an academically-credentialed historian. Professor McClanahan discusses Burns in this podcast: https://t.co/R8fYPwGnrJ
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) September 16, 2022
"Ken Burns"
Stop the Ron Paul hero worship. Ron Paul was a damn hypocrite who voted for the war in Afghanistan. https://t.co/3v4eH3wbM5
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) September 16, 2022
Well, you have to wonder how Republicans would nominate Trump in 2024 , when he holds less than a point lead in RCP over Biden, despite the latter's 42% approval, decades-high inflation, and border crisis. There is little appetite for Trump's return beyond his partisan base.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) September 16, 2022
El Paso Mayor Leeser (D) is also paying for out-of-state relocation for released migrants with limited funds. Are the hypocritical leftist trolls going to accuse him of "kidnapping", too?https://t.co/LOdpey6CaA https://t.co/ElpNSeYASR
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) September 16, 2022
I believe in the separation of sports and State. Unlike this nationalist troll, I don't pay attention to athletes or celebrities seeking publicity for their political issue. https://t.co/EqNID6Eixk
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) September 16, 2022
I've seen no evidence that Trump arranged for a military coup. He didn't have the support in Congress to prevent ratification of Biden's victory. He clearly was guilty of dereliction of duty, but he wasn't impeached on that charge.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) September 16, 2022
Yeah, the progressives "kidnapped" them to Cape Cod I guess they're fully staffed on lawn maintenance personnel. It's not the Hotel California.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) September 16, 2022
Oh, they traveled hundreds of miles to get to the Southern border; the Biden Administration dumped them in saturated border states without resources, and leftists are melting down over a few dozen migrants barely staying overnight. That's their "fair share"? Cry me a river!
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) September 16, 2022
I'm sure the Russian military feels the same,
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) September 16, 2022
Stop excusing his scientific illiteracy and anti-vaxxer rubbish. Maybe he could survive a second infection, less likely with vaccination on compelling evidence, but maybe not the same for the victims he infects. He thinks he's a special case versus all the other athletes.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) September 16, 2022
You're right; inflation is a cruel regressive tax. Damn the Democrats to hell!
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) September 16, 2022
What the hell? I'm a native Texan, and the only thing I know about A&W is root beer. If Whataburger is not ranked #1, I doubt this is a real Texas poll.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) September 16, 2022
Talk to the Dems. Dems killed Bracero in the 1960's under pressure from their labor union constituencies, and Obama himself killed the 2007 immigration reform.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) September 16, 2022
The Dems refuse to expand legal immigration and temporary foreign worker permits for labor protectionism.
Absolutely yes. Immigration is a two-sided blessing.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) September 17, 2022
No. These leftists totally don't understand conservatism. The issue was more about the unintended consequences of social experimentation in public policy, undermining the foundational constructs of marriage and family. Gay communities were thriving before Obergefell. https://t.co/rSZKMd6jip
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) September 17, 2022
In theory this is true, and I totally agree. But the caucus is misrepresenting dissension among a number of libertarians. There is the orthodox early Rothbard and the more skeptical late Rothbard, the private property perspectives of Hoppe, Ron Paul, etc. https://t.co/O1MNPeV4Ss
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) September 17, 2022
And who is paying for this? The American taxpayer. By law, immigrants are restricted from public assistance, for years after naturalization. The Biden Administration continues to violate the law and the Constitution.I don't have issues with charitable sponsorship of new residents https://t.co/qR4IAONoYi
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) September 17, 2022
The REAL libertarian position is to privatize education. https://t.co/0ANnZUNE36
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) September 17, 2022
I have to admit I find it highly amusing the governors of TX, AZ, and FL have so completely exposed the rank hypocrisy of pro-diversity, sanctuary city, NIMN leftist elitists. https://t.co/6hhYqWlvsG
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) September 17, 2022
Nobody is proposing an end to senior entitlements. Trustees for years have been saying without reform that trust reserves will be depleted by 2034. There will always be payroll tax revenue, but without a reserve, Congress will need to supplement from general revenues.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) September 17, 2022
Some Republicans do think a number of people who don't pay income tax should have skin in the game. But Scott's proposal does not have the support of Senate Minority Leader McConnell, so this is another Biden lie.https://t.co/BClsgw3Ej8
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) September 17, 2022
These are all lies. And the Dems have been saying these lies for years.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) September 17, 2022
The GOP voted against the corrupt "Inflation Reduction Act", one provision which was the insulin cap. Caps below a market price doesn't guarantee supply. Price fixing is economic illiterate madness.
Even for pro-immigration libertarians like me, this is not a reasonable point since there are valid defense and public health interests in vetting migrants, not to mention real issues involving private property rights.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) September 17, 2022
