My climbing rose toppled over last night. Its attachments to some flimsy hooks on the garage wall were not strong enough to keep it erect. …What’s left now is a mess to clean up. Such is the flow of life – change is to be expected.

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…the press corps at the WH is out in the Rose Garden, eagerly awaiting your remarks as you welcome Sweden’s PM, Magdalena Andersson & Finland’s Pres, Sauli Niinistö. I wish they didn’t feel that they had to join NATO. I wish that they could remain neutral countries & did not have to worry about the threat of Russia….

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I hope that folks in Buffalo found some consolation in yesterday’s visit. It’s important that you showed up to express our collective outrage & grief. In essence, to show, “we feel you.”…

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…Thank you for representing the country with grace & dignity at the National Peace Officers’ Memorial Service yesterday. I agree with your assessment that we are fortunate to have 1st responders whose instinct & training leads them to run toward an emergency rather than away from one….

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…Did you know Buddha’s birthday was celebrated in Burma yesterday? According to South China Morning Post, “10,264 monks listened to prayers, chanted and filed past officials to collect rice and cash donations.”…

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…what are your thoughts about PA Senate candidate, John Fetterman? The G calls him the “socially awkward “ & “least slick of politicians”. … They say he has a chance. It’ll be fun to watch his campaign….

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Whoever is running the WH Twitter feed needs to get on it! The ASEAN family photo appeared on your POTUS account but nothing about the summit was on your WH account. What is up with that?…

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…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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