How much of yesterday’s conversation with Costa Rica’s President Rodrigo Chaves Robles was about Intel’s semiconductor assembly plant in Heredia? It’s hard to tell because the articles about the meeting in my news sources are short & focus on immigration.

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…As Jacksonville native, Rodney L. Hurst Sr. told the WP, America has “still not come to grips with its own racism,” which is both “invasive and evasive.” We need to teach “accurate and authentic history.”…

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When you visit Eliot-Hine Middle School today, please ask the kids if any March(ed) on Washington on Sat & if they did, which speech they liked the best…

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As noted by Anjana Ahuja in The Financial Times, “rather than minting revolutionary ways of thinking, science & technology are increasingly polishing the same conceptual pennies,” Please consider what you will do to address this issue.

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…This AM’s magic came after googling, “Quaker yin yang,” & finding “Games of 2 halves,” an article in the G which speaks to my condition….

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…the junta just sentenced a hiphop artist to 20 years in prison for criticizing Gen Min Aung Hlaing. It’s not quite as bad as Putin’s latest assassination but arresting 24,410 people for speaking out is excessive!!!

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The WP generated all kinds of wonderful graphs representing various quantifiable aspects of the interactions. Some guy, named Burgum attacked you the most. While another guy, named Ramaswamy (VGR) received the most attacks from opponents.

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…Since you don’t have anything on your public calendar today, perhaps you could take a few minutes to read Imran Mohammad Fazal Hoque’s account of his death defying journey through refugee prisons in Indonesia & Australia to eventually land in Chicago….

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…I appreciated your comments about the banyan tree being a “diamond in the rough of hope” & that the “fire cannot reach its roots.”…

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…Rather than being heralded for her superior play, Jennifer Hermoso is being cast as a victim of sexual harassment. Macho bullshit eclipses women power once again….

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…If you need to be uplifted, check out the WP opinion piece that explains how Shohei Ohtani’s batting & pitching is the latest miracle saving baseball….

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…I hope you enjoy your visit to Lake Tahoe this weekend. I’m sure Tom Steyer’s house is lovely…. I hope he talks your ear off about his plans to address climate change.

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…please also pay tribute to Ada Deer, a leader of the Menominee tribe of WI & a trailblazer on many fronts, including being the 1st woman to lead the Bureau of Indian Affairs….

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…You missed a chance to uplift, the “Mother of Social Security…Frances Perkins (FCP), one of the great unsung heroes of American history.”…

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…The national news DID cover the landslide in the jade mining area of the Kachin State of Burma where at least 30 people are missing. The junta would prefer the incident be kept on the down-low since they make $$ off the enterprise….

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