…As I navigate the strike, I see it as evidence of a broken system that is harming its most vulnerable people. Public funding of universities is drying up so we have switched from having tenure-track faculty do most of the work, to having lower paid employees do it. Those who are suffering are those with the least power in the system,…

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…Don’t you love that word, “equipoise?” If you don’t know about it, ask Chiquita Brooks LaSure, your head of CMS, who was written about in the WP today. I look forward to seeing how she handles the official end of the CV emergency that’s supposed to happen in Jan 11, 2023….

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…Did you enjoy planting the mangrove tree with the G20 gang? It’s too bad the meetings were disrupted by the bomb that landed in Poland. I hope it was an accident….

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…What kind of vibe did you get from your 3-hour meeting with XJ? I’m glad you had Janet Yellen & Antony Blinken at your side to provide moral support. Were you successful at “lowering the temperature of an overheated relationship?”…

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…According to the WP back when you (& XJ) both were VPs you hosted one another for several days. While you now deny that you are friends, I remind you that we are all Friends.

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…I greatly appreciate your attendance at ASEAN. According to the NYT “showing up matters” especially in Asia. According to the WP, one of your “enduring challenges… (is) to persuade your fellow leaders that former (POTUS’) disruption of American foreign policy was an aberration, not a long-lasting shift.”…

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…I am intrigued by Polish “fusionist,” Kasia Molga, who put her tears into tiny bottles with algae in an exhibit called, “How to Make an Ocean.” …. I hope these images move you to make climate change one of your priorities…

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…Are you ready for your trip? I’ve never been to any of the places that you will be visiting. I hope you get a couple of minutes to go to the beach in Sharm El-Sheikh. It’s too bad that you’ll be too busy talking to President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi about jailed activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah to go snorkeling….

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…I am most excited about Rep elect from FL-10, Maxwell Alejandro Frost, the 1st Afro-Cuban to serve in Congress. Thanks for calling him last night & sharing what it was like to be a youngster in Congress….

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…I am concerned about Alaa Abd El Fattah, the activist & software developer, imprisoned for most of the last 9 years over his condemnations of Egypt’s authoritarian government. He’s about to die from his hunger strike…

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…Did you hear that the Tazaungdaing light festival in Burma resumed? It’s an event celebrating the end of the rainy season when folks make hot air balloons with a bunch of candles that go up & then explode in a burst of fireworks….

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…NM(2) has a hotly contested House race due to redistricting. Do you know anything about GOP incumbent, Rep Yvette Herrell, member of the Cherokee Nation? So many stereotype-breaking statements in that last sentence! Makes me want to spend the rest of the day learning about her…..

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I’m sure you know that Gov Lujan Grisham is excited to host you in NM today! She believes you can galvanize voters to elect Democrats up and down the ballot and encourage turnout across the state….

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…While I hope the midterms yield a 118th Congress that is more harmonious than the 117th, I don’t think that pandering to the electorate’s appetite for cheap gas is wise….

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..My condolences to you. I’m not sure whose funeral you will be attending in NYC today, but I hope you find some comfort from gathering to celebrate the life of a loved one. No matter whose funeral one attends, it’s always draining to be reminded of the fragility of life….

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