Janet Dagley

"Looks on"? Getty Images misspelled "looks away" or alternately, "stares into space."

Behind the Myth of Noncitizen Voting With all the real problems we have in this country, Republicans insist on going after a nonexistent one: the mythological noncitizen voter…

Have you heard the one about hordes of foreigners sneaking over the border to vote in our elections? Turns out it's a myth. My latest piece for the @rcdpofca.bsky.social: Behind the Myth of Noncitizen Voting
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Don’t Revive the Wallet Biopsy Republicans from the White House podium to Fox News to social media are clamoring to revive a cruel practice banned by Ronald Reagan back…

Republicans want to bring back a cruel medical practice that was the norm before Ronald Reagan: the wallet biopsy. My latest for the @rcdpofca.bsky.social
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Letting the People Decide A powerful tool has begun arriving in the mailboxes of all California voters. It’s our ballot for the November 4 Special Election.

People, not politicians, should decide, insists Republican megadonor Charles Munger Jr. in his campaign against Prop 50. Funny, he didn't care that politicians decided in TX and MO. My latest for the Riverside County Democratic Party:
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An unfamiliar Jesus, an unrecognizable nation “Never discuss politics or religion,” my mother always said. “You’ll just make people mad.”

My latest piece for the Riverside County Democratic Party
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An idea:

I am a descendant of slave and slaveholder. My ancestors fought to establish this nation. My extended family today includes people born in 5 nations other than the United States. I live in a majority-minority neighborhood in a majority-minority city in a majority-minority state. I am an American.

“It’s a power grab!” Republican Congressman Ken Calvert (CA-41) made me laugh out loud last week when, with those four words, he inadvertently but accurately…

Newsom brings a gerrymander to a gerrymander fight, while Calvert accidentally speaks the truth. My latest piece for the Riverside County Democratic Party medium.com/@chair.rcdp/...

Artist Roger Groth has updated the CBS logo.

Here's my 4th of July message on behalf of the Riverside County Democratic Party

It’s not YOUR Flag, it’s OUR Flag In celebration of the Fourth of July, I’m launching some verbal fireworks for both Republicans and Democrats.

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I propose that we designate the entire state of California a Dodger Stadium parking lot. We can always run shuttles to Chavez Ravine.

Excellent point

Federal judge blocks Elon Musk’s DOGE access to critical Treasury payment system | CNN Politics A federal judge, citing a risk of “irreparable harm,” early Saturday temporarily restricted Elon Musk’s government efficiency team from accessing a critical Treasury Department payment system.

Horses already gone, Judge orders barn door closed amp-cnn-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/amp.cnn....

YouTube video by Nuclear Vault Duck And Cover (1951) Bert The Turtle

@jerrysteffen.bsky.social Can't believe you got a #hashtagholiday answer wrong, but Bert in the 1952 film Duck and Cover was a turtle, not a monkey. youtu.be/IKqXu-5jw60?...

Turned on *local* news this morning and heard an expert telling us how to avoid dry skin in winter what with freezing temps and all. I live in a place where temps haven't gotten down to freezing in more than half a century. Today's high: 77. *Local* news people should know that. 2/2

So like many I stopped watching the news after the election. Turned it back on when Jimmy Carter died and heard an "expert" say that Carter had succeeded Richard Nixon. Turned it back off. 1/2

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Remembering TV pioneer Phil Donahue:
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I can think of no better way to avoid the Elmo/TFG garbage on X today than to finally get around to posting here.