Strange Gang made this for the people who do not do quiet. Not the polite version. Not the wait and see version. The version that shows up anyway, even when it is exhausting, even when the news is a punch to the throat.

Because the crackdown is not theoretical. Reports have tracked escalated federal immigration enforcement, heavy surveillance, and communities reorganizing their whole lives around staying safe. People are building mutual aid, rapid alerts, and neighborhood defense like it is basic survival.

So we took the northern cardinal, the loud red bird you cannot ignore, and turned it into a Rebel Alliance emblem for the states where it rules the back yard. Illinois. Indiana. Kentucky. North Carolina. Ohio. Virginia. West Virginia. Seven places, one signal: you are not alone, and you are not going to be pushed into the dark.

This is for Chicago and the commuters who are done pretending politics stops at the city line. For Indianapolis and the folks who know the courthouse steps by memory. For Louisville and Lexington, for Charlotte and Raleigh and Durham, for Columbus and Cleveland and Cincinnati, for Richmond and Norfolk, for Charleston and Huntington. For the friends who keep extra phone chargers in their bag because the night might run long.

It is also for the crew who wants something that reads fast in a crowd. A red cardinal with wings up, distressed like it has already been dragged through a dozen chants, inside a rebel circle that says: pick a side. You do not need to explain it to anyone who gets it.

And if you are thinking, yeah, I need one for my people, that is the point. This is the kind of gift you hand to your favorite organizer, your ride or die, your sibling who never stops calling their reps. It is the kind of souvenir you keep after the march because you remember exactly who locked arms with you, exactly what the street sounded like, exactly why you refuse to disappear.