"D" is for Democracy
Sunday Missive
June 12, 2026: A day of victory for We The People.
The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for The Performing Arts has been scrubbed clean of the barnacles of blasphemy.
Thank you for celebrating at the Verbihund Café!
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Finally!! I was pretty miffed that we the people weren't allowed to watch the letters come off after hours and hours of men in hard hats playing with Tinker Toys. I'm angry that the damn tarp is still up, and, again, we the people aren't allowed to see the memorial to JFK in its original form.
Kate Morgan Reade: And a big, beautiful, expansive blue wall (Atlantic and Mediterranean) separates us from— Nancy and I — from the Trump House!
For we are in beautiful, historic Barcelona, where the first language is Catalan (they will remind you, and the Pope) and not Español!
I am mostly out of pocket, but wanted to greet a good friend.