…I don’t know if you discussed Myanmar because the QUAD meeting was not covered by the papers in the US. In fact, your activities were not covered much at all today. Your name appeared only 3 times on the NYT webpage & 5 times on the WP’s….

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…Then VP KDH could brag about the benefits of democracy when she talks with the QUAD guys this afternoon. PM Modi (NDM) needs to hear that. As you know, he tends toward the autocratic side of the spectrum. I hope KDH can help him see the Light…..

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…I heard Progressive Caucus leader, Rep. Pramilla Jayapad (WA-7), on PBS last night insisting that the Sept. 27 deadline is arbitrary & she evoked your name by describing the bills as “the president’s agenda.” I found her persuasive….

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…I invite you to join me in the Biking for Burma Fund-athalon. It’s a healthy, fun way to keep the people of Myanmar in your thoughts. I’m afraid news of their plight is subsiding from the press so efforts such as these let them know that they are not forgotten…

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…. I just finishing watching your speech to the UN. It seemed to go fine. I appreciated your comment that “our success is bound up with others” & “our freedoms are interconnected.”…

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…I was so impressed to read about Julie Su this morning & am wondering why she is the Deputy Sec. of Labor rather than the head honcho…

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…Despite a few hecklers I assume that most of the people in Manville were grateful for your visit, especially, Somerset County Commissioner, Shanel Robinson who claims they have had 4 100-year floods in the past 20 years…

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…I’m afraid that the USACE predicted that Manville would get the brunt of this flooding event. They estimated flood damage claims there would exceed $20 million while other towns in the vicinity would have between $100,000 & $1 million….

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…While you are in Wilmington today, go over to the PO downtown which was recently named for Mary Ann Chadd Cary, Black abolitionist, who Frederick Douglass called “a person of uncomparable zeal & commendable ability.” Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester spearheaded the renaming campaign because she believes, “you have to see it to be it.”…

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…I just read the piece in today’s Politico about the challenging position that you are in as a devout Catholic POTUS who is Pro-Choice. They noted that, for you, communion is a magical moment when you connect to God & that mass brings you peace. I hope that your trip to Brandywine church yesterday renewed your energy & filled you with love….

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…please spend some time educating the populace on the need to revamp our electric system. Today’s WP has info about getting power lines to fall gracefully by intentionally designing “self-sacrificing” parts of the system so damage is done in a place where it is most easily fixed….

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…It looks to me like Ida’s damage in NJ, NY & PA is much more widespread than the damage down South. The news says that the skies opened up in NYC at 8:50 PM with torrential rain. I saw a scary video of water gushing into the subway. I might have had a heart attack if I was stuck down there….

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…How was your meeting with VOZ yesterday? Did you hit it off? I was disappointed to see that you promised $60 million in new security assistance including new Javelin “man-portable fire-and-forget anti-tank missile.”…

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