Janet Dagley
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Janet Dagley
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Journalist, historian, genealogist, independent scholar. Checking in from poolside in Palm Springs California.
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"Looks on"? Getty Images misspelled "looks away" or alternately, "stares into space."
November 6, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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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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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…
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October 31, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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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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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…
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October 11, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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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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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.
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October 8, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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My latest piece 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.”
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September 26, 2025 at 3:37 AM
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An idea:
August 20, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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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.
August 20, 2025 at 3:41 AM
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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/...
“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…
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August 20, 2025 at 3:29 AM
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Artist Roger Groth has updated the CBS logo.
July 18, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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Here's my 4th of July message on behalf of the Riverside County Democratic Party
June 28, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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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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June 28, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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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.
June 19, 2025 at 11:42 PM
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Excellent point
June 19, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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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.
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February 8, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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@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?...
Duck And Cover (1951) Bert The Turtle
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February 6, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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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
December 31, 2024 at 2:21 PM
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Remembering TV pioneer Phil Donahue:
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August 19, 2024 at 11:59 PM
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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.
August 13, 2024 at 1:35 AM