What is known by some as “the insurrection”—the day supporters of Donald Trump overran the United States Capitol, disrupting the certification of the 2020 election results—has a very different name on Jenny Cudd’s eleven acres in the Texas Hill Country. “Happy Patriots Day!” read the sign glowing in the driveway as I pulled into the property on January 6 of this year. Cudd—who attained infamy as one of more than 1,500 “J6” defendants who faced criminal charges in the aftermath of the attack—has since abandoned her flower shop in Midland for the country and a new cause. As I crept along the dirt path, I could make out the skeleton frame of a tiny house, the first of five that Cudd plans to build on…
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