Walden Recap 22: Joe Bob wants to bring back civic education & Schoolhouse Rock
Maybe We Need Schoolhouse Rock Again By Joe Bob Justice You want patriotic programming? Good. So do I. But let’s be real clear about what that means. Patriotism is not loud music behind a flag graphic. Patriotism is not shouting “USA” while not knowing how Congress works. Patriotism is understanding the system you claim to […]
Walden Recap 19: The Pattern of Executive Authority and Tariff Power
The Pattern: Executive Authority A Walden Wright Recap How a Supreme Court ruling, a tariff increase, and a constitutional boundary reveal the institutional pattern beneath the headlines. Part I: The Ruling On February 20, 2026, the United States Supreme Court issued a 6–3 decision limiting the executive branch’s authority to impose sweeping global tariffs under the […]
The Oath, the Equal Time Rule, and the Chilling Effect
The Oath, the Equal Time Rule, and the Chilling Effect By Colonel Ezra Stone (Ret.) An oath does not expire when it becomes inconvenient. This week, a late-night television interview became a constitutional lesson. Stephen Colbert planned to air an interview with Texas State Representative James Talarico, a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, just hours […]
Porch Talk Grit 25: Erosion of Democratic Norms: How Power Tests the Room
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. […]
2025 in Review: The Year the Guardrails Failed
2025 in Review: Part I of IV A Walden Wright Essay History is rarely experienced as history while it is happening. It arrives disguised as routine. Paperwork. Meetings. Statements read from podiums. Weather reports that feel slightly off. Laws that bend just enough to seem temporary. By the time the textbooks catch up, the moment […]
Porch Talk Grit 22: Nuclear Testing Never Again Means Now
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 21 East Wing Destroyed, New War Room Expanded, Democracy Suffocates in the Rubble
Porch Talk Grit 21 East Wing Destroyed, New War Room Expanded, Democracy Suffocates in the Rubble When the People’s House Becomes a War Room By Liberty Lane & Col. Ezra Stone (Ret.)October 24, 2025 “Power, once tasted, builds walls faster than truth can tear them down.” Liberty: The People’s House used to be where we […]
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. […]
Joe Bob Justice: The Dictator’s Playbook and the Police State
🧱 The Dictator’s Playbook in Action: How Trump’s Last Two Months Check Every Box By Joe Bob Justice on TikTokDo What MATAs Blog | October 2025 “They don’t come for democracy all at once.They take it piece by piece — while tellin’ you it’s for your own good.” Folks, I’ve seen enough snake oil in […]
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 […]