Weekly Recap #10 Weight of Silence
The summons to Quantico is the top of my mind for Walden’s Weekly Recap 10 Threads of a Fraying Republic There are weeks when history flows like a river, steady and unremarkable. And there are weeks when it frays like a rope pulled too tight. This has been such a week — a week when […]
Walden Recap 9 Silenced. Sound of Nothing
Threads of a Fraying Republic — Files We’re Not Allowed to Read, People Silenced, but Epstein Files still MIA By Walden Wright — Do What MATAs Blog Weekly Recap 9 Yes, I’ve been quiet for a while. I said that before because it’s true — and because the silence has the gall to be the […]
Speak Out. Stand Tall. Silence Is Not Neutral: The Cost of What We Don’t Say
Silence Is Not OK By Walden Wright — Do What MATAs Blog They told us growing up that silence was golden. That biting your tongue was polite. That waiting your turn was respectful. That sometimes the best thing you can do is nothing at all. Don’t speak out. But when you live in a nation […]
The Youth Sue Trump. The Fossil Fuel Empire Should Be Scared.
The Kids Are Suing. The Fossil Fuel Empire Should Be Scared. 🔥 By Walden Wright — Do What MATAs Blog The Youth Sue Trump They say the planet is too big to be changed. That we’re too late. That courts are too slow. That executive orders are too sweeping. But this week, in Missoula, Montana, […]
1776-2025: What Still Rings True? A Historical Analogy on the Declaration of Independence Today
A Porch Reflection on 1776-2025 and the Declaration of Independence today by Walden Wright, for Do What MATAs “We hold these truths to be self-evident…”The words that launched a revolution — and now echo like a question we’re too scared to answer. Because if they were truly self-evident, we wouldn’t still be fighting to prove […]
No Kings in America, Parade, and Juneteenth Reflections
Two Flags. Two Freedoms. One Nation Still Reckoning That Still Stands Strong for No Kings By Walden Wright – June 18, 2025 This past week, two dates rose like mirrors, held up to the soul of this country. June 14th brought flags and fireworks. Parade routes and polished boots. The President’s birthday wrapped in stars […]
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 […]
Walden Recap #8 Memorial Day Weekend Family and Friends Fun
Memorial Day Weekend is best spent among those you love. Family and friends. Barbeque and remembrance. It is a peculiar thing, to witness a country mourn and forget in the same breath. Distractions and scavenger hunts to entertain us. This Memorial Day weekend, the grills lit early, flags fluttered across suburbia, and the sales were […]
Malcom X Day and Dr. King’s Letter from a Birmingham Jail
The Letter from a Birmingham Jail, The Fire, and The Lie We Still Tell on Malcom X Day By Walden Wright & Joe Bob JusticeMay 19, 2025 Part I: The Letter That Could Still Get You Locked Up by Walden Wright On April 16, 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. penned one of the most […]
Walden Recap #6 The Sedition Act: When Power Fears the Truth
1918 Sedition Act is not about Patriotism, it’s about Being Silenced By Walden WrightMay 16, 2025 | Do What MATAs On this day in 1918, Congress passed a law that made it a federal crime to speak out against the United States government, the Constitution, or the military during wartime. That law was called the […]