Did you enjoy your visit with Germany Pres. Frank-Walter Steinmeier, yesterday? I did not know that Oct 6 was German-American Day….

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…I am not ready for another round of 45 so I hope the voters notice the good jobs report & these infrastructure investments….

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…  I couldn’t believe my ears this AM when I heard that you were waiving 26 laws to build DJT’s border wall in the Rio Grande Valley.  ….Didn’t you promise to NOT to build the wall? Please reconsider!

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Is this Kevin McCarthy (KOM) situation a SNAFU or apocalypse? It may be unprecedented, but is an ungovernable GOP going to end democracy as we know it?…

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…I see that your folks are bummed that Honduran Pres Xiomara Castro has gotten the royal treatment by XJ on her visit to China for recognizing one-party rule….

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… Speaking of which, what do you think of the latest hullabaloo over the Senate dress code? Do you agree with the editorial board of the WP that Sen. John Fetterman’s gym shorts, sneakers & baggy hoodie represent a “radical shift” & desecrate the sanctity of Congress? ….

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…Urge VOZ to talk to VVP. VOZ is a brilliant speaker so he might be able to persuade VVP to stop fighting. It will require compromise. You could help figure that out….

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… Did you hear that a former Karenni refugee became a finalist in the Miss Universe Finland pagent? She is shining a light on the detrimental effects of growing up in the camps….

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…Have you heard of AJ Muste (AJM)? I just found out about him this AM when I looked up, “There is no way to peace. Peace is the way.”…

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… Burmese activist Christopher Win who calls himself a double-minority. He identifies as a member of the Maramagyi community which many in Burma associate with the Rohingya, but the Rohingya tend to exclude them because they are Buddhist rather than Muslim. They do not have any rights in their home state of Rakhine….

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…Perhaps you manage to address these challenges by staying positive. Perhaps you read CSM & articles such as today’s “Racial Unity in America’s Pews” about how churches are becoming more diverse…..

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            I hope the people of ME are safe, especially those in Thomaston & Friendship. I spent 1982/83 there, …most of our families were barely making ends meet, so I hope Cyclone Lee does not put them over the edge….

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…It’s too bad you don’t have time to go down to Birmingham with Justice Ketanji Jackson for the 2023 Forging Justice Commemoration Week. The city has planned several events to mark the occasion of the bombing of the 16th St Baptist church where Denise, Carole, Cynthia, & Addie Mae were murdered 60 years ago…

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…What do you make of Mitt Romney’s announcement? I hope the people of Utah elect someone like him in 2025. We need Republicans with the courage to stand up to the MAGA side of the party….

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…  Did you see the piece in the NYT about Bayard Rustin (BR) celebrating his “intellectual fearlessness” & “resistance to party dogma?” I was thrilled to see BR’s quote about his “stand against injustice” & how it came from his “Quaker upbringing”…

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