In this episode, rural organizer Matt Hildreth says he's never seen a confluence of policies come together to screw rural America quite this badly. Put all this together and it's a "perfect storm," he says. Great stuff from him here:

Nominal wage growth for the bottom quartile is below late 2010’s levels while core inflation and interest rates are higher — it’s probably the worst time for that cohort since at least the early 2010’s:

Downtown Sioux Falls, South Dakota, home of Senate Leader John Thune. Don’t let anyone tell you we’re not fighting in the red states. #NoKings

Got her. See something, say something. #NoKings

the crowd sizes are obviously the highlight here but the fact that *this* is the public statement of the NYPD does not bode well for the regime. or, put another way: I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win

#NoKings An astounding 200 people showed up in Boonville, California pop. 985!

#NoKings An astounding 200 people showed up in Boonville, California pop. 985!

This is Idaho 💙

#NoKings Courageous folks standing up in deep red Salem, Indiana, pop. 6400.

#NoKings over 2000 in Wilkes, Barre Pennsylvania, pop. 44,000. That's 4.5% of the population!

#NoKings over 350 people lining the main drag in key center rural Washington, pop. 3619. That's almost 10% of the population. Lots of frogs and unicorns, inspired by Portland.

#NoKings 285 people in Morehead, Kentucky, pop. 6789. That's 4.1% of the population! KY Tenants Union even did a training on direct action before hand.

#NoKings Estimated 2500 turnout in Oneonta, NY pop. 15,600. Over 15% of the population.

#NoKings a portion of the over 400 folks in Decorah, Iowa, pop. 7500, 5.3% of the population. The march took over seven blocks.

#NoKings Little, Rock AR

#NoKings about 2,000 in Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania, pop. 44,000

#NoKings Amana, Iowa County, Iowa, pop. 650. Sign says: Trump said he would lower prices. ⬇️soybeans ⬇️Corn ⬆️groceries $20 billion for Argentina

3 rural health clinics closed in the Shenandoah Valley The medical group specifically cited the recent reconciliation bill It is true that rural health providers have been struggling for a long time But they also have to factor in changes coming down the line

Value of Trump donor's shares up more than 3x. "It’s not the first time Trump’s government has moved the market by investing directly in stocks this year—it has taken stakes in Intel, MP Materials and Lithium Americas... but none as significantly as Trilogy." www.forbes.com/sites/hanktu...

It’s a 3:3 knockout! People organizing to boycott and protest made it happen. We did. We can. And we will win freedom for all. @getfree-mvmt.bsky.social @wgaeast.bsky.social @50501movement.bsky.social www.cnn.com/2025/09/26/m...

The superintendent they just kidnapped is a former Olympic athlete who runs footraces with the kids from his schools while wearing a maroon suit and a bowtie. This is quite simply about the people in power feeling threatened by Black excellence.

Beware fascism's most effective cheerleaders: Those who screech constantly that the battle is lost and action is hopeless. Their cowardly panic is a virus that aims to infect others with the same demoralizing terror. Shun them, shame them, block them—mercilessly.

The reality is sobering: Rural hospitals facing closure with billion-dollar losses Families delivering babies roadside because healthcare is too far away 90% staff cuts in Mississippi alone Communities becoming "maternity care deserts" -7 contiguous counties in PA 2/7

🚨 Rural America is up against an uncertain future — and today's USDA Rural Development hearing made that crystal clear. www.youtube.com/watc... Xochitl Torres Small gave testimony that cut straight to the heart of what's at stake: "Rural development isn't about programs. It's about people." 1/7

Former Member of Congress and Deputy Ag Secretary Xochitl Torres Small will be testifying before a House Ag Subcommittee this Thursday. Tune in at 10 am ET for an important conversation about the future of rural America! www.youtube.com/watc...

Coming off the August Jobs Day report, I have an op-ed in @msnbc.com about why we should be concerned about the rising Black unemployment rate. The big jump - up 1.5pp in 3 months - is a 🚨warning sign🚨 for the broader economy. www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

We're about to experience the first modern recession caused substantially, and perhaps primarily, by racism.

China bought a record amount of soybeans… NONE from the U.S. 😔 In Iowa, soybean farmers have spent decades building a relationship with China. Because of Trump’s trade war(s), we’ve lost the market and they’re now coming from Brazil. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

"A loan estimate for an Atlanta home purchased by Lisa Cook, the Federal Reserve governor accused of mortgage fraud by the Trump administration, shows that Cook had declared the property as a “vacation home." Shame on media outlets who had stenographed the regime's allegations in their headlines.

America's lowest wage workers were experiencing the fastest wage growth from 2015-2022. Now they are experiencing the slowest wage growth and the most abrupt deceleration.

Elected Democrats in Maryland, Michigan, New Mexico, Oregon, & Rhode Island, the DNC national headquarters, and 6 HBCU's have all been targeted by bomb threats today

"We are talking about three companies that control 80% of all manufacturing. They know they can hike prices, and nobody can afford to walk away." @warren.senate.gov calls out the consolidation in the fire truck industry that is leading to severe delays and high costs on lifesaving equipment.

SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in a college applicant's file is blatantly unconstitutional ALSO SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in targeting whom to detain and deport is cool cool cool

BREAKING: By an apparent 6–3 vote, the Supreme Court halts an injunction that had prevented immigration agents from racially profiling Latinos in central California. Sotomayor, dissenting, says the decision is "unconscionably irreconcilable with our nation's constitutional guarantees."

Say it from the rooftops, say it again and again, just like @sanders.senate.gov. Trump, RFK Jr., and every Republican that voted for the Reconciliation bill is lying -- they think they can get away with it because they think rural people are stupid. But rural people will not be fooled.

This Labor Day weekend as we enjoy barbecues and picnics, let's remember the farm workers who labor so hard to put food on our tables. #WeFeedYou #LaborDay

The average CEO-to-worker pay ratio in the 1960s was 20:1 🤔

the most important & powerful Black woman economist in the U.S. is being bullied out of power by the most racist bully of all my blood is boiling for alll the reasons BUT this has such deeply bad impacts on the race & gender dynamics within economics profession will mainstream econ call this out?

The four IA specials this year have been in eastern Iowa and western Iowa; rural Iowa and urban Iowa; Dem districts and Republican districts. And they've all seen very similar overperformances: 22, 24, 25 & 26 points. This is not good news for the GOP's hopes of holding #IAGov & #IASen.

NEW: More than 199,000 federal workers have left their jobs or have been forced out by the Trump admin since Jan. 2025, per a new report. That’s nearly 10% of the entire federal civilian workforce. “We’re seeing the arson of our government." www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

Latest example of how white supremacy harms all of us. Trump just illegally fired the first Black woman to serve at the Fed Reserve, justifying it with lies right out of the Jim Crow playbook. Now his actions will force working families across race to pay even higher prices for the things we need.

Trump's attempted removal of Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook a flagrant violation of the law, and it will raise interest rates and lead to higher costs for working people from @hshierholz.bsky.social www.epi.org/press/trumps...

2 things to scream into the abyss re Governor Cook 1) to those who have been stressing legal constraints on Trump re Powell: Trump can create chaos without clear legal authority & without any process. 2) please don’t say - oh this will get really bad if he nominates x or y. It is really bad now.

Dear journalists: The President has not fired Lisa Cook. The President is *trying* to illegally fire her. Your words shape people’s reality. Please be accurate in your reporting.

Our new social media landscape analysis with @catalist.bsky.social is out! YouTube is the top social media platform for likely voters under age 45. More voters now get political news from YouTube than from Fox. willrobinson.substack.com/p/the-future... willrobinson.substack.com/api/v1/file/...

NYC says Free DC. Let’s be clear: this is a white supremacist power grab to seize more control over our lives, to distract from the MAGA regime’s crimes, and to enforce their Jim Crow agenda. None of us are free until we all get free. Take action at our link in bio.

The way people say “rural” when they mean “White” is a HUGE problem in our political and social discourse.

Where is the freak out from those worried about a mayoral candidate proposing govt owned corner bodegas because **Socialism!!!** when the President of the United States is essentially demanding the biggest companies in the country hand over shares or, in the case of US Steel, control to the govt?!?

I debated writing this. It can feel tempting, upon encountering yet another instance of this administration’s racism, to let it be. How many ways can you say the same thing over and over again? And yet we have to write it down, if for nothing else, so those who come after us know we were against it.

Reuters poll: 57% of Americans fear that American democracy is in danger — including 4 in 10 Republicans.