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Porch Talk Grit 26: Prince Andrew was Arrested, Accountability in the US

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Porch Talk Grit 26: Prince Andrew was Arrested, Accountability in the US Liberty Lane (with a Daisy Justice counterpoint) Accountability isn’t a vibe. It’s a process. And the question is whether we demand it without turning it into spectacle. Liberty Lane: “I’m not here to celebrate. I’m here to measure the system.” When news broke […]

Porch Talk Grit 25: Erosion of Democratic Norms: How Power Tests the Room

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Erosion of Democratic Norms: We’re Watching Power Test the Room A Porch Talk Grit 25 with Liberty Lane, joined by Walden Wright I’ve been thinking a lot these past two weeks about how quiet moments work. Not the peaceful kind of quiet. The other kind. The kind where nothing technically “happens,” but something still shifts. […]

Porch Talk Sunday Sermon #1 Truth Social and Reality Show Madness Dumpster Fires

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Porch Talk Sunday Sermon #1 “WTF Is This Timeline?” — delivered by Walden Wright, keeper of the porch and the pulse Reading from the Book of American Absurdity: “15 Candidates.1 Billionaire.0 Shared Realities.Who will gaslight the nation this time?” Welcome, friends. Pull up a chair, pour something warm, and take a breath.Because this week, the […]

Porch Talk Grit 24 Winter is Coming, Higher Heating Costs are Here

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🏡 PORCH TALK GRIT 24 “The Wind Is Getting Colder — And So Are the Bills” Liberty Lane with Quin Halliwell~1,500 words (revised with your new H2s) WINTER IS COMING — AND IT ALWAYS TELLS THE TRUTH The cold came early this year. Not the sharp kind that surprises you, but the slow kind — […]

Porch Talk Grit 23 GOOD GRIEF, AMERICA.

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Porch Talk Grit 23 “Good Grief, America.” November 26 • Do What MATAs Liberty Lane with Walden Wright Sunrise came in slow this morning.The kind that doesn’t rush you, doesn’t lie to you, doesn’t pretend the world is lighter than it is. Liberty Lane stepped onto the porch with a cup of coffee in her […]

Porch Talk Grit 22: Nuclear Testing Never Again Means Now

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Porch Talk Grit 22: Nuclear Testing Never Again Means Now By Liberty Lane & Colonel Ezra Stone (Ret.)October 30, 2025 Introduction The words “We said never again” hang heavy over the world tonight. We said those about nuclear testing. Us the United States, but after a typical Trump social media post last night, all that […]

Porch Talk Grit 20 Shutdown Season. America is Closed. Trump is to Blame.

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🪶 Porch Talk Grit 20: “America is Closed, It’s Shutdown Season  By Liberty Lane & Joe Bob JusticeDo What MATAs · October 15, 2025 🌙 Liberty: They tell us to stay calm.They tell us it’s temporary.But nothing about cruelty on purpose is temporary. You can’t shut down a government and still claim to love your […]

Porch Talk Grit 19 Danger of Silence and Sanctity of Oaths

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Porch Talk Grit 19: The Danger of Silence and the Sanctity of Oaths By Liberty Lane — with a little help from my friend Walden Wright Evenin’, y’all. It’s one of those nights where the porch feels like the only honest place left.The air’s still, the crickets are loud, and somewhere out there in D.C., […]

Porch Talk Grit 18 Our Cities Are Not Training Grounds

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Porch Talk Grit: Our Cities Are Not Training Grounds By Liberty Lane, with Joe Bob Justice The porch is warm tonight, cicadas buzzing in the oaks. My brother Joe Bob sits across from me with his Bullshit-O-Meter mug, shaking his head so hard I thought he might pop a vein. “Liberty,” he says, “they hauled […]