Opening Reflection
Dammit!!
There comes a time when silence feels like betrayal and laughter turns to disbelief. The last thread of common sense is unraveling in public view a $300-million ballroom carved into the East Wing while federal workers wait for paychecks that politics has taken hostage.
And now, with one stroke of a pen, Donald Trump has FIRED, FIRED, FIRED!!! the entire Commission of Fine Arts — the very guardians of White House architecture. (See also reports in The Guardian and Newsweek.)
History dismissed. Oversight dismantled. Dignity demolished in broad daylight. This is not restoration. This is revelation what greed and vanity look like when they wear the mask of patriotism.
A Thread of Voices — The Three Warnings
Video 1 – Mikela Panday | “The Signs in the Water”
Mikela speaks softly, but the gravity hits hard. Her words come from Trinidad and Tobago a place now watching U.S. warships pull into port like shadows before a storm. Her question isn’t political. It’s human: what does security mean when the storm is invited?
She names what too many ignore that the Caribbean has always been the testing ground when empires prepare to flex. A reminder that proximity to power is not protection.
