…I am excited about your dinner with the ASEAN group tonight. I love the idea of having an empty chair for the Burmese leader who is NOT able to attend….

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…your meeting with Italy PM Mario Draghi (MD) wasn’t mentioned on the WH Twitter feed….Perhaps your folks did not want to call attention to the fact that Italians would like to see more negotiations & Iare reluctant to continue fueling the war by sending armaments to VZ….

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I noticed IN Rep Victoria Spartz at your signing event yesterday. She looked perturbed. I’m sure the situation in Ukraine is weighing on her. Unfortunately, it seems she spends her life in a state of perturbation & takes it out on her staffers. …

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…Did you hear that Bono sang “Stand by Me” with a Ukraine solider in a Kyiv subway/bomb shelter yesterday & then he toured some of the villages where Russian war crimes took place? I hope his visit brought some comfort….

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…Please extend my appreciation to Jill for traveling to Ukraine, Romania & Slovakia to visit with Ukrainian moms. …Please thank her for recognizing the important role of teachers. Her statement, “the teachers are the glue that help these kids deal with their trauma and deal with the emotion and help give them a sense of normalcy” will resonate with many educators….

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…I bring this up because I worry that this lingering mentality among a small # of folks in towns like Steubenville has taken hold. I wonder what we can do about it. I know you do, too. Perhaps the jobs you are promising will help folks reestablish their sense of self-worth & they won’t have to drag us all down….

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How was the party last night? I just watched Jill’s lovely intro of Mrs. Obrador, in which she mentioned their plans to socialize at some point in the future. I couldn’t hear what you said about that, but I laughed when Jill told you, “Joe, I don’t know if you are invited.”

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Beware! Reveling at the WH on 5/5 is in questionable taste!…In my opinion, yesterday’s Team USA event is a much more appropriate WH occasion. The NYT reported that there were 600 Olympians there, including monobobber, Kaillie Humphries who recently defected from Canada to escape brutal coaches….

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…My f(F)riend, Grant Noda is turning 100. My big ask of the day is that you CALL HIM! You love to surprise people with phone calls & Grant is especially deserving of a call from the POTUS….

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…In the end, the SCOTUS leak may be the best thing that has happened to our democracy. Women, like me, aren’t going to sit around and let a minority of misguided folks dictate what can happen to our bodies….

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“Share the light…reflect the light…” Thanks for sharing that sentiment at Walter Mondal’s funeral yesterday. The WP noted that your remarks were “especially personal.” From the short segment I saw, your love came through!…

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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….

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…Perhaps we’d all be better off if we looked up at the heavens. While we missed the “planet parade” on April 26, when 4 planets lined up in a row, …when Jupiter aligns with Mars peace will guide the planets & love will steer the stars….

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…Speaking of movies, David Sirota, writing in the G, used the “Joker” as a vehicle to discuss his disappointment in your presidency. Since I haven’t watched that movie, I did not follow his discussion of the “Joker pill,” but I did comprehend his critique….

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…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.”..

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