…Check out KCS’ feature article, “Black farmers fight food insecurity, gun violence in St. Louis.” It makes a case for “a self-sustaining and economically beneficial food infrastructure for residents” in the hopes of nourishing people as a tool for crime reduction. Folks like KC’s Black Farmer Jane, aka La'Trice Murray, and West Sac’s Farmer Nelson Hawkins, are growing fresh veggies to feed the neighborhood….

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… how was your meeting with President Ashraf Ghani & Chair Abdullah Abdullah? Did you develop a plan for evacuating the interpreters & their families? They need Special Immigration Visas which are only available in Kabul …

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…Congratulations on your “breakthrough” on the infrastructure bill in your talks with the Senators yesterday. Do you think you can figure out the revenue stream with Susan Collins (SJC), Jeanne Shaheen & the other Republicans in the group?…

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Have you heard of the “God Shaped Hole” Blaise Pascal, the famous mathematician, wrote about? It’s the idea that we all experience a profound longing, a craving, an “infinite abyss” that comes from feeling that “there was once in man a true happiness, of which all that now remains is the empty print and trace….

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…Did you see the WP’s op-ed piece by Katrina vanden Heuvel who is worried that you are rekindling Cold War rhetoric in an effort to get bipartisan support when you should be trying to collaborate with China to fight climate change. Her opinion merits some attention….

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…Should I invest in a co-housing condo development in West Sacramento? Perhaps you will have a better idea after you meet with your “financial regulators” today….

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…I am speed writing this letter because I have my Yangon Friends Meeting in a few minutes….We would love to have you join us. Perhaps you will become a convinced Friend. It might be a welcome change from the politics of the Catholic Church…

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…It looks like you had fun signing the Junteenth National Holiday Bill yesterday. I loved seeing you give Opal Lee the pen that you used to sign it. KDH’s comments were spot on, especially her observation that we “must learn from our history.”…

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…The joy of today is learning about Opal Lee & her quest to make June 19, a national holiday. I’m in awe that she could walk the 1400 miles from Fort Worth to DC at age 89 in 2016. Will you be giving her a call this afternoon when you sign the bill declaring June 19, “Juneteenth National Independence Day” our 11th Federal Holiday?…

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Right now, you are sitting with VPP listing off the issues that are bugging you….I think AIRing your differences has psychological benefits, but my Google search to find out what they are, provided info about AIR conditioners & the advantages of breathing fresh AIR….

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I hope you enjoy your visit to Geneva….As long as you are in Switzerland, you should try to meet the guys who started H55, a company that is making batteries for airplanes. They’ve teamed up with an outfit in Canada to retrofit some old seaplanes to run on electricity….

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…Castle, palace? What’s the difference? Why does one royal family need both? Why does the royal guard wear those big old unwieldy hats? After all, they have the latest automatic rifles, so they might as well have the latest helmets….

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…I haven’t heard anything about G7 conversations about Myanmar. Please let us know how you & your buddies plan to promote democracy there so it does not become a failed state with a new generation of severely malnourished & uneducated people…

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…Don’t you love all of the protest art? I’m not sure you can see it because the Brits have blocked things off. Maybe you caught a glimpse of the inflatable of you and BJ floating around in the harbor – that was supercute…

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I just watched the family photo event at the G7. … I was happy that Angela Merkel (ADM) was not the only woman in the group. It’s a good thing that ADM was wearing red for the photo. It gave a little color to an otherwise drab scene…

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