Janet Dagley
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Janet Dagley
@janetdagley.bsky.social
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Journalist, historian, genealogist, independent scholar. Checking in from poolside in Palm Springs California.
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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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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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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.
Artist Roger Groth has updated the CBS logo.
I propose that we designate the entire state of California a Dodger Stadium parking lot. We can always run shuttles to Chavez Ravine.
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
I can think of no better way to avoid the Elmo/TFG garbage on X today than to finally get around to posting here.