By Clifton Jolley and Robert Rees - | Jun 26, 2026 Photos supplied Clifton Jolley and Robert Rees “Oh say, can you see….”? As the United States stands on the precipice of our historic 250th anniversary, two starkly divergent visions of the American soul recently were put on display. One bullied its way onto TV with the commercialized chaos of a UFC carnival sideshow on the White House lawn, the tone of which was epitomized by a racist, transphobic slur against Michele Obama.