🔒 The Other Bans Operating in the 15 Strongest Hostage‑Pledge States

(A Structural Inventory of Control Beyond Books) In the states with the highest hostage‑pledge intensity, book bans are only the surface layer.Beneath them is a dense network of parallel bans desig…

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🔓 If the 15 Strongest Hostage‑Pledge States Dropped Their Bans:

The removal of book bans in specific states would expose critical truths about history, race, gender, consent, family, morality, state authority, and work. It would reveal how narratives have been …

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"And I’ve got to hope that there are many, many more people whose stomachs are quietly turning and whose consciences still whisper at night. If they can find some friends, maybe they can find their power. That’s what it took for me in my life. Just a few friends to give me just a little courage."

#Trump #Republicans #MAGA #Oklahoma #RedStates #solidarity #resistance
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"Being your true self is downright heroic. Just opening your mouth in a book club or business lunch takes courage and strength. And tremendous endurance. Swimming against the tide is exhausting. It would be so easy to stop paddling and be carried away.

I believe resistance, however timid and small, is also more consequential there. Courage is contagious."

#Trump #Republicans #MAGA #Oklahoma #RedStates #solidarity #resistance
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Holly Berkley Fletcher reports on her recent week in Oklahoma, "one of the reddest of red states." She was impressed by the courage and conviction of people she met there who are resisting Trump. She writes,

"Resisting tyranny feels great here [in DC]. To be honest, it’s pretty easy. In truth, I’ve never felt more energized.

But in Oklahoma? It’s a daily slog."

#Trump #Republicans #MAGA #Oklahoma #RedStates #solidarity #resistance
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https://hollyberkleyfletcher.substack.com/p/heres-to-the-red-state-resisters

Here's to the Red State Resisters

Doing the right thing alone is hard

A Zebra Without Stripes

So yeah, I don't wish the coming #Icepocalypse on anyone, but I think a lot of #RedStates are about to find out what #FAAFO means...

#FEMACuts #IceStorms #FAFO

«A #conservative columnist is sounding the alarm that #RedStates face devastating consequences from President #Trump's increasingly unpredictable behavior on the world stage

The fiasco began w/ Trump's middle-of-the-night #SocialMedia tirades demanding #Denmark cede #Greenland, move that led #European troops to flood the territory. European leaders have threatened hundreds of billions in #RetaliatoryTariffs specifically targeting industries in Trump-backing red states»

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-tariffs-2674975053/

Conservative livid as red states may pay for Trump's behavior: 'He is far from stable'

A conservative columnist is sounding the alarm that red states face devastating consequences from President Trump's increasingly unpredictable behavior on the world stage.The fiasco began with Trump's middle-of-the-night social media tirades demanding Denmark cede Greenland, a move that led European...

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@drahardja

Interesting that they mainly appear to be located in #TheSouth & in #RedStates.

Is this just a coincidence or are there specific reasons why this is the case?🤔

Anti-ICE Resistance Sprang Up Across Red States in 2025

In Texas, North Carolina, Alabama, Tennessee, Florida, and beyond, grassroots resistance to ICE is growing.

https://murica.website/2025/12/anti-ice-resistance-sprang-up-across-red-states-in-2025/

Anti-ICE Resistance Sprang Up Across Red States in 2025 – The USA Potato

This is what political courage looks like: Indiana Republicans defeat Trump's gerrymandering plan

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/indiana-votes-against-gerrymandering