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We at the Driftless Rivers Coalition are trying to redefine how the primary elections in the Driftless Area work. We are starting with 7 congressional districts along the Mississippi River that stretch from the Twin Cities to the Quad Cities. This podcast focuses on how white rural Christians have been duped into voting against their own best interests. It all started with the ubiquitous conservative radio talk show hosts, but it now has spread to "rage baiting" these voters on just about every social media platform.

This novel explores how sophisticated technology could create such a convincing illusion of freedom that citizens actively participate in their own subjugation, while embedding hope in the radical idea that stories themselves can serve as weapons against totalitarian control—because some narratives refuse to die, even when buried in the deepest layers of oppressive code. In this speculative fiction thriller set in 2028, the beloved characters from Orwell's Animal Farm find themselves trapped in a sophisticated digital simulation controlled by the Nine Shepherds—digitized Supreme Court ...