Congratulations on your performance at last night’s event….The NYT noted that “Mr. Noah offered equal-opportunity mockery of everyone,” including the press. So it seems that good fun was had by all. I hope you did not get CV….
4/28/2022
…I plan to read Erica Chenoweth’s book, “Civil Resistance: What Everyone Needs to Know.” I look forward to learning about her evidence for the claim, that there are “four key factors behind successful nonviolent campaigns: large-scale participation, loyalty shifts amongst regime supporters, tactical innovation, and resilience in the face of repression.”..
4/27/2022
…Thanks for hosting Kurt Russel, 2022 Teacher of the Year at the WH today. It’s wonderful that an African American male teacher is being honored for his work to, “confront the uncomfortable” in courses that include, African American History, as well as, Race, Gender, and Oppression.
4/24/2022
I just read the WP article about Vaughn Smith, the DC carpet cleaner who speaks 24 languages. He says that speaking someone else’s language brings them a “splash of happiness.” Please invite him to the WH whenever you have a foreign visitor. He would be a great way to promote multilingualism which might help bridge our cultural divide.
4/21/2022
I was happy to hear that you had three women at the table yesterday as you conferred with the top brass. While I am not a fan of the military… Did they get a chance to speak? Did anyone talk about the situation in Myanmar?
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4/18/2022
..Charles Blow, opining in the NYT, shares my concern that you are not noisy enough. In lamenting your poor standing in the polls, he claims that the American public, “wants a show and a showman to distract from its misery. Biden is not that. And he is being punished for not being a huckster.”…
