Porch Talk Grit is back with more on the Grifting of America
with Liberty Lane & Colonel Ezra Stone
“100 Days In — and the Fear Fair is still rolling.”
“Silence is no longer passive. It’s an accomplice.”
— Colonel Ezra Stone, Ret.
We’re a hundred days into Trump’s second term, and the smoke hasn’t cleared — it’s thickened.
This week on Porch Talk, Liberty Lane and Colonel Ezra Stone returned to the porch to reckon with what fear we’ve seen, what it’s cost, and where this country is headed if we keep mistaking fear for strength.
Because let’s be plain: what’s happening now isn’t just another news cycle.
It’s the deliberate dismantling of civic trust, wrapped in flags, faith, and soundbites.
This isn’t governance. It’s grift with a spotlight.
Yesterday Joe Bob went off with the Grifting of America Part 1 and the insanity of Trump’s Executive Order mayhem and we’re going to come back a little cooler than that hothead.
Act One: Obey or Else
The last month alone has seen executive orders:
Targeting sanctuary cities and threatening legal action against local officials
Rolling back police oversight and pumping military gear into small-town departments
Declaring truck drivers unfit for work if their English isn’t perfect
Lining the White House lawn with mugshots of undocumented migrants like it’s a damn carnival
And they called that safety.
They called that patriotism.
Liberty Lane doesn’t buy it.
“They’re not building trust. They’re building fear — and selling it to you as leadership.”
— Liberty Lane
She’s not just worried about policy. She’s worried about people — the mothers hiding their kids, the pastors too scared to preach compassion, the teachers told to stay quiet.
Ezra’s Warning: The Old Tricks Have New Flags
Colonel Ezra Stone, a lifelong defender of constitutional principle, made it crystal clear:
“The greatest danger isn’t what they’re doing.
It’s how normal they’ve made it feel.”
He’s seen what happens when a government confuses loyalty with silence.
When truth gets buried under fear.
And when real power operates behind the stage while the cameras stay fixed on the puppet show.
Ezra called the mugshot stunt “a warning shot at the soul of the republic.”
“You don’t parade faces on a lawn unless you’re trying to make enemies out of neighbors. That’s not protection. That’s propaganda.”
Liberty’s Stand: The Line Starts Here
While Ezra spoke of structure and precedent, Liberty spoke of conscience.
“If you’re a mother, a caregiver, a neighbor — and you’re watching this unfold with your lips sealed, I need you to ask:
What line are you waiting for them to cross?”
She pointed out that authoritarian drift doesn’t start with troops in the streets.
It starts with words that flatten nuance, laws that punish compassion, and a people too worn out to care.
She’s not waiting anymore.
And she’s calling on others — especially women — to stand, speak, and remember their role in holding the line.
Canada Has Spoken — Are We Listening?
As Liberty and Ezra warned of creeping authoritarianism here, another headline echoed their urgency from across the border.
Canada flipped its election — hard — after weeks of red-hat fear rhetoric and Trump-style nationalism spilling north.
The result?
Mark Carney won on a platform of integrity, sovereignty, and principle, not panic.
“Turns out, when you show folks what hate actually looks like… they push back.”
— Daisy Justice
That ripple effect didn’t start in Ottawa.
It started in our headlines.
And it reminds us: fear wins when no one’s watching. But people are watching now.
100 Days In: What We’ve Lost — and What We Can Still Save
Liberty and Ezra laid it out like this:
These 100 days have already brought:
Lawsuits targeting sanctuary jurisdictions
Judges and mayors publicly threatened for doing their jobs
Truckers stripped of work for not speaking perfect English
DOJ resignations over political interference
Communities cut off from federal funds as punishment for local compassion
“They’re trying to make kindness a liability.
And if they succeed — what kind of country will we have left to defend?”
— Liberty Lane
Ezra’s Final Word: The Oath Is Still Binding
Before signing off, Ezra stood and delivered the kind of line that settles deep in your bones:
“This is not about red hats or blue banners.
It’s about the oath. The truth. And the promise we owe each other.”
He took that oath decades ago. He still honors it now.
And if the people in power won’t — it’s time for the rest of us to remind them who this country belongs to.
What You Can Do — Today
Here’s what Liberty, Ezra, and all of us at Do What MATAs are asking:
Share this Porch Talk. Loudly. Widely.
Tag your mayor or city rep. Ask where they stand.
Watch Daisy’s TikTok. She’s bringing the fire this generation needs.
Support cities refusing to comply with fear-based orders.
Register. Organize. Vote. Before fear becomes law.
Further Reading & Receipts:
- Trump signs executive orders targeting sanctuary cities – Guardian
- ACLU: Sanctuary Cities Statement
- Time: Trump’s Immigration Crackdown
- NYT: Trump vs Police Oversight
- Department of Transportation Memo – English Rule
- Mi Familia Vota
- NYT: Trump Undermines Consent Decrees
- NYT: Canada’s Election Turnaround
Closing From the Porch
*“They’re counting on us being too tired to fight back.
But we’ve got fire left — and the porch light’s still on.”*
— Liberty Lane
Do What MATAs.
Reclaim your voice.
Reclaim your country.