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Jan 2022
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Home in the Grange

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The hubbub began on once-sleepy South Whidbey Island, Washington in 2020 in the unlikeliest of places: a local grange hall. A militia group, the Washington III Percent, quietly took over the small, agriculture-centered community center and started shutting everyone else out. Then they took aim at local schools, where students were demanding more inclusion for LGBTQ+ students and students of color.

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