# rural news (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover rural news. Page: Feed: --- ## [Rural News Clips, August 21, 2026](https://ruralorganizing.substack.com/p/rural-news-clips-august-21-2026) _2026-08-22 · Heather Chapman · RuralOrganizing_ Rural and suburban voters haven’t looked this Democratic since 2018; Why one highway exploded this summer and many more are at risk; Almost 4 in 10 say extreme weather hurt their communities this year ## [The Rural Margin: News from Rural Battleground Districts, August 21, 2026](https://ruralorganizing.substack.com/p/the-rural-margin-news-from-rural-9d5) _2026-08-21 · Heather Chapman · RuralOrganizing_ Van Orden deepfakes his opponent; Trump calls sailors' complaints "fake news" as Kiggans blames the media; Lawler tells NY AG Letitia James to "do her f---ing job" ## [Sure, Cigarettes Will Cure Your Cold, and Data Centers Will Rebuild Your Rural Economy](https://ruralorganizing.substack.com/p/sure-cigarettes-will-cure-your-cold) _2026-08-21 · Matt Hildreth · RuralOrganizing_ Tech giants are hiring up big tobacco firms to counter authentic public backlash to AI data centers ## [Rural News Clips, August 19, 2026](https://ruralorganizing.substack.com/p/rural-news-clips-august-19-2026) _2026-08-20 · Heather Chapman · RuralOrganizing_ POLITICS AND ELECTIONS ## [Rural News Clips, August 18, 2026](https://ruralorganizing.substack.com/p/rural-news-clips-august-18-2026) _2026-08-19 · Heather Chapman · RuralOrganizing_ PA ag secretary says Trump's tariffs have hurt farmers; A simple idea may be easing political hostility in rural America; What really works to support rural community colleges? ## [Rural News Clips, August 17, 2026](https://ruralorganizing.substack.com/p/rural-news-clips-august-17-2026) _2026-08-18 · Heather Chapman · RuralOrganizing_ Rural economic pain tests the GOP’s grip on a Trump stronghold; Federal job cuts are making wildfires harder to fight; The ‘country hicks’ who refused $26 million from an AI data center ## [Rural News Clips, Aug. 14, 2026](https://ruralorganizing.substack.com/p/rural-news-clips-aug-14-2026) _2026-08-15 · Heather Chapman · RuralOrganizing_ Rebecca Cooke in Wisconsin says the Dems ‘left behind’ rural America; Trump official asked for more aircraft to fight a small fire near his Idaho ranch; Data center backlash echoes fossil fuel ## [The Rural Margin: News from Rural Battleground Districts, Aug. 13, 2026](https://ruralorganizing.substack.com/p/the-rural-margin-news-from-rural-343) _2026-08-14 · Heather Chapman · RuralOrganizing_ The Max Miller PAC money problem: to return or not return? Rural Health Transformation Fund trotted out as a fig leaf for Medicaid cuts; Trump surrogates deployed for incumbents ## [All Politics is Local: Why Abundance Movement Campaigns Are Failing to Connect with Rural Voters on Data Centers](https://ruralorganizing.substack.com/p/all-politics-is-local-why-abundance) _2026-08-13 · Matt Hildreth · RuralOrganizing_ Part two of our Data Center Summer series: What Democrats must do to capitalize on the local bipartisan backlash to data center projects ## [Rural News Clips, Aug. 12, 2026](https://ruralorganizing.substack.com/p/rural-news-clips-aug-12-2026) _2026-08-13 · Heather Chapman · RuralOrganizing_ Rural Michigan in crisis: Too many governments that too few want to lead; New ‘Water Watch Center’ launched to help small utilities; How Crowley eked out a win in the Wisconsin governor primary ## [Earn crypto from idle GPUs (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/WMQ3LbueKBYH) _2026-08-13 · **Sponsored**_ Run one CLI command, connect your GPU, and start receiving crypto payouts. ## [Rural News Clips, Aug. 11, 2026](https://ruralorganizing.substack.com/p/rural-news-clips-aug-11-2026) _2026-08-12 · Heather Chapman · RuralOrganizing_ Trump lets Medicare drug subsidy lapse before midterms; He’s not a Democrat. Democrats love him anyway; Guns and the ballot in Maine’s Second District ## [Rural News Clips, Aug. 10, 2026](https://ruralorganizing.substack.com/p/rural-news-clips-aug-10-2026) _2026-08-11 · Heather Chapman · RuralOrganizing_ Dems work to protect a top House recruit in Wisconsin Cash flow pressure reshapes rural small business borrowing; In rural Wisconsin, frustrations over Trump ag policies heat up House race ## [The Data Center Summer: Some Candidates Are Pitching Jobs, But Most Voters Are Worried About Expenses](https://ruralorganizing.substack.com/p/the-data-center-summer-some-candidates) _2026-08-11 · Matt Hildreth · RuralOrganizing_ The first post in a series on how rural voters turned against data centers and top-down economic development, and why Washington missed it. ## [Rural News Clips, Aug. 7, 2026](https://ruralorganizing.substack.com/p/rural-news-clips-aug-7-2026) _2026-08-08 · Heather Chapman · RuralOrganizing_ Fears amplified by ‘AI slop’ and social media hamper rural solar boom; Black Georgia voters on what they want from America and the Democrats; Rural Alabama counties have little say in data centers