Porch Talk Grit 15 Independence Day in a Crossroads Moment and Republicans Sold Out
Porch Talk Grit #15: “Independence Ain’t a Firework Show, Independence Day Is” By Liberty Lane Let me set the scene for y’all. It’s July 4th weekend. The sky’s poppin’ with color. Flags are flyin’. Kids are holdin’ sparklers. And while most folks were lookin’ up, dazzled by fireworks, a pen scratched its way across a […]
Porch Talk Grit 14 Juneteenth Holding the Line Between Two Flags, Two Parades, and No Kings
Porch Talk Grit 14: Holding the Line Between Two Flags By Liberty Lane with Ezra Stone – June 19, 2025 It’s Juneteenth. The day we celebrate the long-delayed arrival of freedom for enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, in 1865—two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation. A day of joy, memory, resistance, and reflection. […]
Porch Talk Grit 13: Scare Tactics with National Guard in Los Angeles and an ICE Raid at Home Depot
“They Called the National Guard in Los Angeles for an ICE Raid — We Call that Scare Tactics.” by Liberty Lane and Walden Wright [Opening note from Liberty] Well, y’all — it’s been a minute. We owe you that straight up. The Do What MATAs family took a little time these past two weeks to […]
Porch Talk Grit #12: The 19th Amendment, Wear Orange, and No Kings Protest
Seen and Unshaken The Power of Showing Up for the No Kings Protest and to Wear Orange Porch Talk Grit – Liberty Lane & Ezra Stone | June 5, 2025 “Freedom means nothing if we only fight for it when it’s fashionable.” — Liberty“Constitutional courage requires presence, not platitudes.” — Ezra 🧡 Liberty: This Friday […]
Porch Talk Grit #11 Protect the Truth. Stand with Harvard.
Protect the truth. Stand with Harvard. By Liberty Lane & Daisy Justice Liberty:We are up to Porch Talk Grit #11. Can you believe it? Just me trying to protect the truth. It started with the headlines this time. Then the smear campaigns. Then the donors storming off like they just discovered history wasn’t a fairy […]
Porch Talk Grit #10 The Big Dumb Dome (umm Golden Dome, sorry)
You Can’t Shield a Country From Itself (even with a big dumb dome) By Liberty Lane with Daisy Justice(Aunt & Niece. Patriot & Storm.) Liberty:It was already hot this morning when I stepped out onto the porch. Not the weather—the air. Heavy. Like we’re walking through a fog made of lies and glitter. And right […]
Porch Talk Grit #9 We Will Not Be Silent
The MAGA Patriarchy Wants Our Silence—the Women’s Resistance will not Abide. Why we will not be silent with Liberty Lane and Daisy Justice. Welcome back to Porch Talk Grit LIBERTY:I was raised on the porch. Some folks were raised in pews, some in protests—I had both. But it was the porch where we passed down […]
Porch Talk Grit #8 Teachers Matter, Teacher Appreciation Week & Cinco de Mayo
Who’s Still Holding the Line? Who still believes Teachers Matter during Teacher Appreciation Week? Welcome to Porch Talk Grit #8 by Liberty Lane & Daisy Justice Liberty:This is Teacher Appreciation Week. Yesterday was Teacher Appreciation Day. And I found myself thinking not just about the teachers who shaped me, but the ones who still show […]
Porch Talk #7: The Grifting of America Part 2
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 […]
Raising the Alarms on Authoritarianism
Dictators and Authoritarianism are at the Door By Liberty Lane & Quin Halliwell | Special Edition Blog LIBERTY:Sometimes the flag waves the wrong way. I never thought I’d say this, but I’m watching pieces of America I used to trust become unrecognizable. Raise the alarms. We’ve got a president praising dictators, yes, dictators, college rules […]