Walden Wright – November Political Recap 2025
November Political Recap 2025 “A Month of Democratic Erosion and GOP Awakening” by Walden Wright (Do What MATAs — Monthly Reflection Series) November came in like a whisper and left like a siren.Across thirty days, America performed its favorite tragic opera:denial, distraction, revelation, and the stubborn flicker of hopethat refuses to go out — even […]
Porch Talk Grit 23 GOOD GRIEF, AMERICA.
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 […]
Walden Weekly Recap #13 Democracy is Tested by Trump’s Aggression and Dictator’s Playbook
🌿 Walden Wright Weekly Recap Democracy is Tested by Trump’s Aggression Do What MATAs | October 17 2025 “Empires don’t begin with arches. They end with them.” It’s been a week of marble dreams and moral echoes.Trump unveiled his plan for a “Arc de Trump” — a golden arch to crown Washington like a trophy. […]
Porch Talk Grit 20 Shutdown Season. America is Closed. Trump is to Blame.
🪶 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 […]
Walden Weekly Recap #12 We’ve Got Your Back while Texas Takes a Knee
🧭 WALDEN’S WEEKLY RECAP — October 10, 2025 We’ve got your back as Daisy organizes the Civil Disobedience Student Rebellion But our proud state of Texas is being messed with enough and this week Texas takes a knee From Oslo to Austin, from classrooms to Congress, this week reminded us that peace without accountability is […]
Porch Talk Grit 19 Danger of Silence and Sanctity of Oaths
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., […]
Weekly Recap #11 ICE in Chicago, Militarization of the Homeland
Weekly Recap: The Stakes Are Rising “When the feds send troops to your city, check your assumptions” Yes: I’ve been quiet lately. But you know what’s funny? Silence is the one thing they love. I waited so they’d get comfortable. But now, the quiet is turning into thunder. This week’s news — the images from […]
These Are Our Training Grounds, Not the Military’s Playground
These Are Our Training Grounds, Not the Military’s Playground By Walden Wright There’s a dangerous phrase echoing in our headlines: “training grounds.” Not whispered in a war room, but declared openly about our own cities. It is not the first time those in power have mistaken communities for camps, or neighbors for enemies. But every […]
Beards, Loyalty Oaths, and the Weight of History
Beards, Loyalty Oaths, and the Weight of History By Walden Wright Yesterday’s gathering of military brass will live on — not because it advanced strategy, nor because it safeguarded our republic, but because it revealed how fragile institutions can become when theater replaces duty. Eight hundred commanders — some flown in from Asia, others from […]
The Gathering at Quantico: A Nation’s Soul on Trial
A gathering at Quantico of summoned generals puts a nation’s soul on trial. By Walden Wright I. A Breath Grows Shallow There are weeks when democracy breathes with ease — when protests spill into the streets, when voices rise, when ballots speak louder than batons. And then there are weeks like this one, when the […]