Field Note: Pressure

I am watching what is unfolding in the United States under the current Trump administration. A few weeks ago, I wrote about a larger pattern beginning to form.Since then, that pattern has continued — not abruptly, but steadily. What I notice now is not a single event, but accumulation. Each move targets something slightly different, […]

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Field Note: Untethered Power

I am observing the early weeks of the second Trump administration in the United States. Three weeks in, what stands out to me is not a single policy or decision, but the tempo.A rapid sequence of moves that bypass, strain, or openly challenge institutional restraint. Courts are reacting.Cases are forming.Rulings are issued. What I notice […]

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