MrRural
@mrrural.bsky.social
Chesterfield, MA www.mlbresearch.com
@nbcnews.com Great tribute tonight to Rehema Ellis who I grew up watching at WHDH-TV in Boston!
December 12, 2025 at 12:02 AM
@nbcnews.com Great tribute tonight to Rehema Ellis who I grew up watching at WHDH-TV in Boston!
And the bill has no guaranteed collective bargaining rights for DoD civilians.
@jeromiewhalen.bsky.social Yesterday Richie voted for a $900.6 billion NDAA - $8 billion more than Trump requested, w/no provision to require the Pentagon’s TRICARE health insurance program to cover fertility treatments, including in vitro fertilization, for active-duty troops & their dependents.
December 11, 2025 at 12:07 PM
And the bill has no guaranteed collective bargaining rights for DoD civilians.
@jeromiewhalen.bsky.social Yesterday Richie voted for a $900.6 billion NDAA - $8 billion more than Trump requested, w/no provision to require the Pentagon’s TRICARE health insurance program to cover fertility treatments, including in vitro fertilization, for active-duty troops & their dependents.
December 11, 2025 at 12:06 PM
@jeromiewhalen.bsky.social Yesterday Richie voted for a $900.6 billion NDAA - $8 billion more than Trump requested, w/no provision to require the Pentagon’s TRICARE health insurance program to cover fertility treatments, including in vitro fertilization, for active-duty troops & their dependents.
“When the DSCC intervenes, that’s the wrong person putting their thumb on the scale,” said Mary Jo Riesberg, Iowa’s Lee County Democrats chair, who hasn’t yet endorsed in the primary. “It really rubs Iowans the wrong way."
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
DSCC struggles to reign in messy Democratic primaries
The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee is triggering backlash among fellow Democrats for its interventions in various Senate races.
www.politico.com
December 11, 2025 at 11:28 AM
“When the DSCC intervenes, that’s the wrong person putting their thumb on the scale,” said Mary Jo Riesberg, Iowa’s Lee County Democrats chair, who hasn’t yet endorsed in the primary. “It really rubs Iowans the wrong way."
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
@trenni.bsky.social I'm fuckin pissed over the Sox whiffing on Alonso after they could not sign Schwarbs. Boston fans are fed up with the stream of lies from Henry and Breslow.
December 10, 2025 at 9:06 PM
@trenni.bsky.social I'm fuckin pissed over the Sox whiffing on Alonso after they could not sign Schwarbs. Boston fans are fed up with the stream of lies from Henry and Breslow.
@blondeyankee.bsky.social Go Megan!
Thank you, Megan, for speaking truth. More of this please!!! #MSM
December 10, 2025 at 8:40 PM
@blondeyankee.bsky.social Go Megan!
Good piece here!
Check out my article in the @us.theconversation.com today, co-authored with Tim Slack.
6 myths about rural America: How conventional wisdom gets it wrong
theconversation.com/6-myths-abou...
6 myths about rural America: How conventional wisdom gets it wrong
theconversation.com/6-myths-abou...
6 myths about rural America: How conventional wisdom gets it wrong
Many people understand rural America through stereotypes. Two scholars who study rural communities bust 6 of those myths, complicating the conventional wisdom.
theconversation.com
December 9, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Good piece here!
@jeromiewhalen.bsky.social Neal is powerless to stop an $87 million grant from being cancelled gazettenet.com/2025/12/08/h... So where is this clout he's supposed to have?
Holyoke’s bid for next-gen cement plant derailed by lost federal grant - Daily Hampshire Gazette
HOLYOKE — In June, officials at Sublime Systems said they hoped to reverse the Trump administration’s decision to cancel an $87 million award for a low-carbon cement plant on Water Street. Plans to ke...
gazettenet.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:05 PM
@jeromiewhalen.bsky.social Neal is powerless to stop an $87 million grant from being cancelled gazettenet.com/2025/12/08/h... So where is this clout he's supposed to have?
Love it that 11th Hampden and 12th Hampden districts have competitive primaries!
Next year, #11thHampden State Rep Bud Williams will face a familiar candidate. Johnnie McKnight has launched a fresh primary challenge to the longtime #Springfield pol after coming close to defeating Williams in 2024. #mapoli #spfldpoli wmasspi.com/2025/12/brie...
Briefings: All the Story of McKnight Told Over…but Now with a Stronger Hand…? — Western Mass Politics & Insight
Johnnie McKnight announced Monday he is trying to run for State Rep again, but he might get a much warmer reception this time.
wmasspi.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Love it that 11th Hampden and 12th Hampden districts have competitive primaries!
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Larry Ellison, the world’s 2nd-richest man, predicts an AI surveillance state where “we’re constantly recording & reporting everything.”
Are we headed toward a future where every call, text, email & search is tracked by billionaires?
That's not democracy. It's authoritarianism.
Are we headed toward a future where every call, text, email & search is tracked by billionaires?
That's not democracy. It's authoritarianism.
December 8, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Larry Ellison, the world’s 2nd-richest man, predicts an AI surveillance state where “we’re constantly recording & reporting everything.”
Are we headed toward a future where every call, text, email & search is tracked by billionaires?
That's not democracy. It's authoritarianism.
Are we headed toward a future where every call, text, email & search is tracked by billionaires?
That's not democracy. It's authoritarianism.
Of course @neal.house.gov who has 3,284 farms in his district (2nd-most among the 9 MA CDs) didn't sign this letter urging small & specialty crop farms be included with any federal effort to provide economic relief for farm losses due to President Trump’s trade wars delauro.house.gov/media-center...
DeLauro Leads 32 Members in Letter Urging Additional Support for Small & Specialty Farmers
delauro.house.gov
December 8, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Of course @neal.house.gov who has 3,284 farms in his district (2nd-most among the 9 MA CDs) didn't sign this letter urging small & specialty crop farms be included with any federal effort to provide economic relief for farm losses due to President Trump’s trade wars delauro.house.gov/media-center...
DeLauro Leads 32 Members in Letter Urging Additional Support for Small & Specialty Farmers
delauro.house.gov
December 8, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Of course @neal.house.gov who has 3,284 farms in his district (2nd-most among the 9 MA CDs) didn't sign this letter urging small & specialty crop farms be included with any federal effort to provide economic relief for farm losses due to President Trump’s trade wars delauro.house.gov/media-center...
This post chuckrocha.substack.com/p/the-last-d... from @chuckrocha.bsky.social is so spot-on. But sadly, the Democrats are not following his sage advice as they continue to turn their back on working class and rural voters.
chuckrocha.substack.com
December 8, 2025 at 1:18 PM
This post chuckrocha.substack.com/p/the-last-d... from @chuckrocha.bsky.social is so spot-on. But sadly, the Democrats are not following his sage advice as they continue to turn their back on working class and rural voters.
@konfrst.bsky.social It's hard to "build back" rural Iowa when the DNC has no Rural Desk that is staffed and funded year-round, the DCCC has a single staffer (which is tokenism) and the DSCC has nothing. barnraisingmedia.com/to-reach-rur...
To Reach Rural Voters, Democrats Need a Place-Driven Strategy
The Democratic Party should establish rural desks to support the interests of rural voters in the same way it does other minority groups
barnraisingmedia.com
December 8, 2025 at 12:11 PM
@konfrst.bsky.social It's hard to "build back" rural Iowa when the DNC has no Rural Desk that is staffed and funded year-round, the DCCC has a single staffer (which is tokenism) and the DSCC has nothing. barnraisingmedia.com/to-reach-rur...
In the Big 10, I'm a fan of the Iowa Hawkeyes but I'll raise a glass to toast IU knocking off Ohio State!
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/07/s...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/07/s...
No. 2 Indiana beats No. 1 Ohio St. for first Big Ten title since 1967, lock up top playoff seed - The Boston Globe
Indiana likely locked up the top seed in the College Football Playoff while extending the best record in school history to 13-0.
www.bostonglobe.com
December 7, 2025 at 1:10 PM
In the Big 10, I'm a fan of the Iowa Hawkeyes but I'll raise a glass to toast IU knocking off Ohio State!
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/07/s...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/07/s...
Pretty solid answers here from the governor
newrepublic.com/article/2040...
newrepublic.com/article/2040...
How Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear Thinks Democrats Can Win Rural America
The two-term governor spoke with TNR about the challenges and opportunities for his party in the Trump era—and whether he’s planning to run for president.
newrepublic.com
December 6, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Pretty solid answers here from the governor
newrepublic.com/article/2040...
newrepublic.com/article/2040...
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Corn has better government health insurance than Americans do.
USDA moves to bolster farm safety net, expand crop insurance access
USDA is seeking comment on a final rule aimed at boosting the safety net for farmers, broadening access to crucial risk protection programs and cutting red tape in the federal crop insurance program.
www.agri-pulse.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Corn has better government health insurance than Americans do.
Spot-on op-ed here! www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/05/o...
Why does Beacon Hill continue to dodge an audit? - The Boston Globe
Voters demanded oversight. They aren’t getting it.
www.bostonglobe.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Spot-on op-ed here! www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/05/o...
To Williams, Platner at this point looks more like a non-working-class person’s idea of a working-class person. “We have 4,300 members here” at IAM Local S6, he told me, “and I think the majority ... feel the same way.” www.politico.com/news/magazin...
Graham Platner Has Some Regrets
The candidate embodies a quarter-century of raw American frustration. It’s the source of his strength — and potentially his downfall.
www.politico.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:59 PM
To Williams, Platner at this point looks more like a non-working-class person’s idea of a working-class person. “We have 4,300 members here” at IAM Local S6, he told me, “and I think the majority ... feel the same way.” www.politico.com/news/magazin...
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The extractive use of public lands is another manifest destiny outcome. By the end of the 19thC, it was apparent that the complete privatization of Western land was not possible: land wasn't productive enough. Yet, public lands, forests included, were used in unsustainable ways, and still are today.
This is a another great piece from @highcountrynews.org and @propublica.org (and not just because I am quoted in it).
Grazing fees on public lands are ludicrously low: the disfunction of our ag sector extends to public lands both in environmental terms and in favoring the richest "farmers".
Grazing fees on public lands are ludicrously low: the disfunction of our ag sector extends to public lands both in environmental terms and in favoring the richest "farmers".
The wealthy profit from public lands, and taxpayers pick up the tab - High Country News
Roughly two-thirds of grazing on Bureau of Land Management land is controlled by just 10% of permit holders.
www.hcn.org
December 2, 2025 at 9:55 PM
The extractive use of public lands is another manifest destiny outcome. By the end of the 19thC, it was apparent that the complete privatization of Western land was not possible: land wasn't productive enough. Yet, public lands, forests included, were used in unsustainable ways, and still are today.
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I didn't think that was possible but here we are...
November 30, 2025 at 2:33 PM
I didn't think that was possible but here we are...