June 14, 2025 was a historic day for the United States. The military celebrated its two-hundred and fiftieth anniversary, as well as president Donald Trump celebrating his own seventy-ninth birthday.
On this day of celebration the nation was also met with a “No Kings” protest. With major demonstrations across the country in response to the president’s actions so far over the course of his second term—coincide this all with the ongoing Los Angeles protests over Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and its mass deportation of immigrants at stores and other locations.
What we’re truly witnessing in the United States is a house divided.
The United States in this moment in history is reaching its boiling point of division. Two pictures—two realities of what this nation is—is at odds with one another.
As we dissipate further and further away from discourse we are faced with a society that accepts judgment as its first payment. At its core, most citizens of this nation all want the same things: food, water, optimal living conditions, fair pay, and the promise and protection of safety.
Our political outrage, weaponization of the other side, our failure to reasonably communicate all impede us in the quest to maintain the security we all desire. These issues aren’t brand new, but they’re becoming amplified and its issues have often manifested into an increase of political violence.
If we are ever, in some way, going to become a United nation we must seek understanding in the other side and we must hold our elected officials (republican or democrat) accountable for falsehoods, misinformation, and over stepping of power.
We the people must understand that any attempt by those in high positions to divide and sow incompetence in political sides is playing at our anger and our fear.
We the people must ultimately know that a house divided cannot stand.
