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 […]
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 Part 2: Normalization of the Unthinkable
2025 in Review: Part II of IV A Walden Wright Essay History does not begin with acceptance. It begins with shock. Every society confronted with moral rupture reacts first with disbelief. “This can’t be real.” “This won’t last.” “Someone will step in.” Outrage is loud, immediate, and emotionally expensive. It surges — and then, if […]
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 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 […]
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 […]