… Please thank Kamala & everyone else involved in planning yesterday’s event at Girard College in Philly yesterday. Your refrain, “a promise made and a promise kept,” seemed to resonate with the folks in the audience….

… Will you quote Wm Lloyd Garrison who in 1854 burned a copy of the Constitution calling it "a covenant with death and an agreement with Hell"?  Is there a way to make peace with this history?…

I read the entirety of “Civil Disobedience” with its explanation for why HDT chose to spend a night in jail rather than pay his taxes. The line that stood out to me was, “I do not lend myself to the wrong which I condemn.”

… The people of Washougal & Camas, WA, were having a lot of dog fights, until they arrived at the idea of joining forces to pick up trash as a way of developing trust….

…Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury speculates in the EurAsian Times that “US Desperate for Military Base in Bangladesh; Conspires to Carve New State from B’Desh & Myanmar.” He suggests that we have joined with other Western nations in a plan to create a Christian state on Saint Martin Island….

…My house is extremely noisy this AM. Two Rotty/German Shepherd foster puppies & 1 terrier all barking at once about nothing. Well, it seems that way to me….

…Speaking of miracles, did you see the news from the Vatican that Pope Francis is naming ‘God’s Influencer,’ Carlo Acutis (CA), a saint? His life’s plan was to “always be close to Jesus.”…

Your hosting of President William Ruto (WR) of Kenya’s state visit to the WH, was it Ambassador Meg Whitman’s idea? I love her campaign “Why Africa, Why Kenya.”

…the inadequacy of the medical system in Burma has exacerbated the trauma of several heat waves this year. The most recent hit the Monywa township where 100 people died in 4 days….

…SPOW, what was up with the Congolese flag that a faculty member was holding up? He kept it up for so long, I’m sure his arms got tired. Was it about the frontline forest defenders who are trying to protect the area around Virunga National Park?…

…Did you notice any watermelon symbols in the crowd? Journalist David Love explains, “the symbolism lands quite differently for Black people in America & for Palestinians living under Israeli occupation…..

…  As you visit Atlanta, please send my condolences to Airman Roger Fortson's family, who laid their 23-year old son, to rest yesterday. His commander called him “a man of honor, a man of integrity, a man of courage.”…

…SPOW, thanks for hosting families of the plaintiffs of the integration court cases of the 1960’s. I look forward to hearing what you have to say at the National Museum of African American History & Culture today….

…When you meet with your Joint Chiefs & Combatant Commanders, please ask Admiral Samuel Paparo of the Indo-Pacific Command about the situation in Burma. I also encourage you to bring up my assertion that WINTA to the group. You might be surprised with their response….

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I made a new friend, yesterday. He’s 4. He was wary at first but warmed up when I pulled out the 60-year-old case of Matchbox cars I happened to have in my office….