2025 in Review Part 3: Silence is a Political Force
2025 in Review: Part III of IV A Walden Wright Essay Silence is often mistaken for absence. In political history, silence is rarely empty. It is weight-bearing. It occupies space. It alters outcomes. And in moments of institutional stress, silence does not merely accompany events — it becomes one of the forces that determines what […]
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 […]
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., […]