“We should spend more time making sure our individual states are solid...”
Good luck with that if you blow off it getting firmly established in Blue States. The growth of the plague in Blue States builds a nationwide perception of acceptability that puts momentum behind the agenda such that, when (not if) it pours into YOUR State through a left-of-center education conduit, you will find yourself rowing against a torrent; not a trickle.
Any reputable local groups fighting this that need funding?
I do not disagree with you but so many people, even on this forum, do not know who their state and local reps are, but they know who Fetterman is.
Menendez is still in office.