In what scholars of communicative praxis are calling a genuinely liberatory pivot, the White House confirmed that Karoline Leavitt's departure will not trigger a traditional replacement search. Instead, the press secretary role is being decolonised entirely, its hierarchical podium dismantled and replaced with a circle of floor cushions, a hand-carved talking stick, and a rotating facilitator whose sole mandate is to hold the press corps' feelings with radical tenderness.
Under the new framework, correspondents may no longer ask questions, which the transition memo identifies as an inherently extractive practice rooted in scarcity thinking. They will instead offer 'wonderings', prefaced by an 'I' statement and a brief acknowledgment of the land on which the briefing room sits. Interruptions will be metabolised, not answered.
"We're not spinning anymore. We're co-regulating," said one senior official, speaking on condition of emotional safety. "When a reporter asks about the approval ratings, we don't deflect. We breathe into it together."
The administration's polling numbers were reportedly raised during Wednesday's pilot session, at which point the facilitator gently reminded the room that numbers are a colonial construct, rang a small brass bowl, and declared the news cycle closed for integration. I want to hold space for that.
