…I was especially touched to learn about Sgt. Nicole Gee who grew up not too far from here in Roseville. She was a maintenance technician with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit from Camp Lejeune in NC…

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…I find it disturbing that each of these groups uses their religious affiliations to bolster their causes, taking advantage of people’s spiritual yearnings to vindicate their offenses. …Myanmar’s most respected monk, Sitagu Sayadaw (SS), gave a sermon in 2017 when the Tatmadaw was engaged in their genocide of the Rohingya justifying killing non-Buddhists….

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I am holding you in the Light. I’m afraid you unleashed your dark side during your press conference yesterday when you said, “we will not forgive.” While I understand your anger you that ISIS-K suicide bombers would kill innocent people, I was distressed to hear you utter those words….

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…I understand that you are upset with Reps Seth Moulton (SWM) (MA-06) & Peter Meijer (PJM) (MI-03) for flying to Kabul to see for themselves what’s going on there. I suggest you tread lightly when taking on those two….

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…Honoring the Harlem Hellfighters of WWI should also be fun. It’s great that they are finally getting recognized for their courage fighting alongside the French troops for 191 days in the Argonne Forest….

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…I saw a photo of Breanna Stewart’s awkward outfit with the skirt over the pants & wondered “what’s up with that?” Imagine my delight in finding that it was dreamed up by June Ambrose, recently hired by Puma….

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I am excited about your visit with the Seattle Storm today to celebrate their WNBA Championship. … I hope they show you photos of their custom shoes that they wore in honor of Kicks for Equality. They each designed their own decorations for their shoes…

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Have you ever met Larry Elder (LAE)? As I’m sure you know, he’s running for governor here, in CA. …LAE calls himself a “contrarian” & apparently has a “talent for cathartic story telling” about his experiences growing up in South Central LA with an abusive father. Some say he’s more extreme than DJT…

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..We have ample room to welcome refugees. One place that comes to my mind is the former Northland International Mission College (NIMC) in Dunbar, WI, a 1500-acre facility that could house 1000 refugees…

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…I wonder what will happen in places like Afghanistan & Myanmar, where addled young men with big guns feel free to enforce their own version of the law. While Afghan leaders are claiming things will be better than in 1989, people are saying, “Taliban actions are as different from their [leaders’] speeches as the ground is different from the sky.”…

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How do we help?…The NYT & WP discussed the devastation in Haiti quoting villagers lamenting, “God has turned his back on us” & “It is as if we are cursed.” …Then we have Afghanistan & countless other places that aren’t in the news today where people live in fear of their neighbors….

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…Do you remember that ad with the lady in the bathtub saying, “Calgon, take me away?” I feel like that right now & I’m sure you do, too. It just feels like too much….

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…According to the G, the new boss, Haibatullah Akhundzada, is a religious guy who is “repeatedly exhorting low-level Taliban fighters and officials to seek to win over communities through good governance and discipline.”…

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I am deeply concerned about the brave women of Afghanistan who have had the courage to stand up for their rights. As you well know, the Taliban are known for their brutality. Women all over the country are living in fear…

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…“These are the times that try men's souls” as Thomas Paine wrote in 1776. That’s what came to mind while I sat on my Zoom call with Yangon Friends. ... We pondered the reactions of the younger & older generations to the upheavals in Afghanistan & Myanmar…

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