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jtg's Profile
Progressive democratic activist in Salinas Valley & Monterey Pen Dems, Monterey County Democratic Central Committee, Delegate to California Dem Convention. Known locally and throughout California. Runs Facebook "Democrats for Space Exploration"
Location: Salinas, California, USA
Occupation: Teacher
Groups: KosAbility, Kos Katalogue, PWB Peeps, SciTech, Science Matters, Teachers Lounge, The Grieving Room, Street Prophets, Monday Night Cancer Club, Itzl Alert Network, Silicon Valley Kos, People United for Pet Support (PUPS), DK Fans of 90 for 90, Monterey Bay Area Kossacks, The Village, Reinstate bfitzinAR, Climate Fight, Democrats for Space Exploration, JTGs Green Zone
Diaries published: 412 (2 days since last diary on Sat May 08, 2021 at 08:13 AM PDT)
Comments posted: 11683 (1 day since last comment on Sun May 09, 2021 at 10:10 AM PDT)
Diary frequency: often
Comment frequency: frequent
Total Recommends: 16072
Total Comment Ratings: 145
Most Recommended Diary: Melania's Rose Garden Massacre, 407 comments, 314 recommends
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What was your first Daily Kos Post?
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This was MY FIRST POST , from ...
by jtg
 46 comments
on Sat May 08, 2021 at 08:13 AM PDT
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If you ever wonder what the USA would look like today if Trump had “won”, look at India. India’s leadership botched their reaction to the virus and mass vaccines in a way that is very similar to Trump’s approach. Is there any doubt that Trump would...
by jtg
12 comments
on Fri May 07, 2021 at 10:52 AM PDT
with 7 Recommends
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Six years ago today, May 4, 2015, my father, James Espy Green, died. I had been his caregiver for 15 years. In that time we had been together almost every day, and on those days when he was in the hospital or visiting one of my siblings, we would speak...
by jtg
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on Tue May 04, 2021 at 01:07 PM PDT
with 17 Recommends
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RIP Michael Collins-Apollo 11 Astronaut. Michael Collins was a member of the July 1969 Apollo 11 mission to the moon. Collins was left in lunar orbit while his crewmates, Neil and Buzz, descended in the Lunar Module to be the first humans to touch the...
by jtg
96 comments
on Wed Apr 28, 2021 at 12:13 PM PDT
with 135 Recommends
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Please don’t hurt me. #jtg
by jtg
249 comments
on Thu Apr 01, 2021 at 10:07 AM PDT
with 142 Recommends
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Former Sen. Bill Nelson earned early bipartisan support on Friday in his bid to become the next NASA administrator, suggesting he'll face a smooth confirmation process on Capitol Hill. The 78-year-old Florida Democrat spent three decades on Capitol...
by jtg
35 comments
on Fri Mar 19, 2021 at 12:18 PM PDT
with 20 Recommends
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- Color me naive, but when I first heard that Rep. Liz Cheney was in trouble over in the Republican Party, I had an instinctual sense of alarm. �It wasn’t based on anything with regards to any ...412 comments 513 Recs
- I was reclined on the couch, dozing a little and ignoring the movie playing on the television. I sleepily considered just turning it off, but it seemed like a lot of effort so I let it go with a sigh.330 comments 174 Recs
- There are a few things I love every day. I admit, in the morning before I check my news and Daily Kos, I have a tendency to check out Good Mythical Morning, Legal Eagle, Dr. Mike, Linus, and a few others to crash my morning with a 60-minute rundown...110 comments 158 Recs
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- . . . his mother and I buried our son. The details are not important. Not his branch of service, rank, the circumstances of his loss or where it happened. This diary is not just for him, but for all those who serve, have served and will serve in the...110 comments 388 Recs
- In April, Republican presidential hopeful and Trump imitator Ron DeSantis made a dramatic public gesture of issuing an executive order prohibiting Florida businesses from requiring the state’s citizens to show proof of vaccination from COVID-19. In a...314 comments 425 Recs
- From The Washington Post, via The Seattle Times: WASHINGTON — The Trump Justice Department secretly obtained Washington Post journalists’ phone records and tried to obtain their email records over reporting they did in the early months of the Trump...81 comments 232 Recs
- My fellow humans: apnews.com/... One of the jurors who convicted Derek Chauvin in the murder of George Floyd on Monday defended his participation in a protest last summer in Washington, D.C., following online speculation about his motives for serving...13 comments 36 Recs
- As of Thursday evening, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recorded 576,238 official deaths due to COVID-19. WorldOMeters—which includes some reported out-of-hospital deaths that were thought to be coronavirus-related but not...144 comments 253 Recs
- Blue gal’s eternal truth about David Brooks, above, was never more evident than in his column today. In Our pathetic herd immunity failure, he notes: In 2020 Americans failed to socially distance and test for the coronavirus and suffered among the...116 comments 213 Recs
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