4/16/2021

…Are you excited about your first face-to-face visit with a foreign dignitary? …Did you invite HI Sen Mazie Hirono to join you? She was born on a farm in rural Japan so she’s got something in common with PM Suga Yoshihide (SY). She could ensure that you are getting an accurate interpretation, too…

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4/15/2021

…The overcast sky was appropriate to the solemn occasion of paying respects to the 2300 soldiers who have died in Afghanistan. I’m relieved that we are withdrawing our troops, but worry that a civil war may start. As former State Department official, Annie Pforzheimer says, “women, young people & minorities will be the ones to suffer if violence escalates there.”…

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4/14/2021

…It looks like you got the Congressional Black Caucus excited about your projects yesterday. Chairwoman Rep. Joyce Beatty called the meeting “very productive” & seems excited about continuing to advance the “Our Power/Our Message” campaign in celebration of the CBC’s 50th anniversary….

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4/13/2021

As you know it’s Ramadan, & our Muslim brethren will be fasting. I suspect that high school kids will have trouble staying awake in school for the next month. Hopefully, their teachers will know what’s going on….

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4/10/2021

…Do you like to read? I do. I am thinking about reading Hunter’s (RHB) book….Apparently, people find it captivating. Vanity Fair calls it, “A tearful, candid tale of addiction and familial love” & the NYT says it’s “equal parts family saga, grief narrative and addict’s howl.”…

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4/9/2021

…Have you called HM Queen Elizabeth II yet? My heart goes out to her for the loss of the man that she says was her “strength & stay all these years,” 73 to be exact….

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4/8/2021

…Troubled males with guns can wreak havoc as we are seeing in Myanmar every day. It’s starting to look like war in the Dooplaya District where youth in the Karen National Union have M16s left over from the Vietnam war which they are using to fight off the Tatmadaw. I know you share my hope that things settle down there soon….

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4/7/2021

…The Burmese junta just jailed Zarganar, an outspoken comedian. Folks who can’t take a joke should not be running a country….

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4/6/2021

…I happened upon an article in the WP about a Twitter poem written by Charlottesville Mayor, Nikuyah Walker about her town. She’s tired of dealing with the veneer of perfection promulgated by the U.VA. profs to assuage their souls so she penned a poem to express her aggravation….

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4/5/2021

…I understand that you are speaking about “the tradition of Easter” today. I share your faith in a Higher Power (HP) & find great comfort in recognizing that the life force that surrounds us tends toward beauty & love….

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4/4/2021

…I got a chuckle to see in the Guardian that the protestors in Burma put their messages on Easter eggs. Those young folks keep surprising me with their quirky sense of humor, their resilience & their commitment….

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4/3/21

…“It's time to reimagine security. We need significant cuts to the Pentagon budget, and for Congress to instead prioritize peacebuilding and investment in our communities.”…

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4/2/21

Happy Good Friday….I’m sure you are going to mass today & I hope you will pray for peace in Myanmar.

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4/1/2021

…I hope your cabinet meeting goes well today. Will Sec. of Interior Deb Haaland be doing a land acknowledgement to start the meeting?…

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