…News of the day from Burma is that they are now the world’s largest poppy growers. I can’t fault farmers for preferring to grow flowers over rice, corn or beans….

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…It was nice to see Rep Gwen Moore & Mayor Cavalier Johnson at your MKE event yesterday. I love that you are “repair(ing) neighborhoods in BIPOC communities that were cut off from their surroundings years ago by major highways.”…

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…Have you read any of my letters? If you had, you might have at least apologized when you announced that “Poland is spending 4% of its GDP on defense much of it purchasing American weapons systems & aircraft.”…

…Are you sure you want to waste your time going over to say hi to the Teamsters today? … big rig driver, Chicago Ray, called for truckers to boycott NYC for its ruling against 45….

…Have you met Aalayah Eastmond, from Team ENOUGH, one of the youth activist groups who just announced they are endorsing you? Please invite her to the WH & uplift her message that “gun violence is the last domino to fall at the end of a long line of racism, trauma & indifference.”…

…I hope you had fun at the Pullman Yard yesterday. Was it necessary to use crass language to describe 45’s visit with Hungarian prime minister Victor Orbán?…

…I loved the photo of Chichi Ilonzo Momah hugging Jill after introducing her. It’s so cool that her Springfield Pharmacy is seen as a light in the community….

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…            Did you hear that Kareem Nikoui’s dad was arrested for heckling you? I am holding him & his host, Rep Brian Mast (BJM), in the Light….

…Back in 1936 FDR described his year by pointing out “we had to struggle with the old enemies of peace – business & financial monopoly, speculation, reckless banking, class antagonism, sectionalism, war profiteering.”…

….How will 38,000 MREs dropped from the sky make a difference to the thousands of hungry people in Gaza, especially when some of the MREs end up in the sea?…

…General Dynamics, manufacturer of MK82 bombs saw a 7.3% increase in revenue from 2022.  They employ 106,500 people. Half of them could be redirected to schools to ameliorate the teacher shortage (55,000)….

…Please send Sec of Energy, Jennifer Granholm, our way so we can talk to her about PG&E. It’s too big!…

…Did you send a delegate to Alexei Navalny’s (AAN) funeral on Friday? Have you spoken with Yulia since your meeting in SF? I hope the huge turnout at Church of the Icon of the Mother of God Soothe My Sorrows brought her some comfort….

…Speaking of the border, the Texas Tribune says that the locals in Brownsville feel ignored by you & 45….

…Have you spoken with AMM about his exit as GOP boss? I appreciated your comment at yesterday’s event about “your great relationship” & your trust in one another….