Sitemap - 2024 - The View from Rural Missouri by Jess Piper

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From my Farm to You

Prufrock-Free Schools

The Subaru Exception

Overturning the Will of the People

Don't Bite the Hand That Feeds You

Farmhouses and Sweet Potatoes

Some States Can't be Trusted With States' Rights

The Exchange Students

Rural America is Untapped Political Potential

Thank You

Political Retaliation

The Coffee Shop Encounter

"Protecting Women"

Cheap Eggs and Private School Tuition

Democrats: Stay Home

Trump's Women

Fire on the Prairie

Barbie and the Beast

Red State Folks Know the Drill

Friend, An Invitation

Harris Could Take...Iowa?

Tax Credits for Harassing Women

You Can't Go Home Again

"I Don't Know Much About Topic Pregnancy"

The Official Harris/Walz Plan for Rural America

"This is Trump Land"

"The Moment We Become a Christian Nation, We Will Cease to be America"

Baby Dolls and Trump Parades and Lies

Red State Fear

Faustian Bargains

A Cog in the Wheel? Not a Chance.

Women vs Livestock

Rural Matters

Long Drives and Long-Shot Democrats

Mending Wall and MAGA

Sleeping with Strangers

Send it Back to the States

We Don't Have to Get Over It

Blue Races in Rural Spaces

Why Don't They Pay Attention?

The Best Boy

I'm Rural. I Vote Against My Self-Interest

Chili, Cinnamon Rolls, and a Tim Walz Rally

Joshua Hawley is a Fraud

Abortion is on the Ballot in Missouri

Iowa City and Clean Water

TIM WALZ!

The Vibes Have Changed...

Swatting and the Libs of Tik Tok

POV: A Rural Democrat on Biden's Announcement

Tickseed and the Old Rugged Cross

They Only Care About Being Right...

On Political Intimidation

Some Will Say I am Advocating for Christian Nationalism

The Heritage Foundation is a Threat to Democracy

The Loudest Pundits Don't Talk to Voters

Advice From a Literature Teacher

The Room Where it Happens

Yes, It's a Cult. Ask Me How I Know...

Painting the Picture of a Rural Progressive

The Harlem Renaissance and January 6

Southern Baptist Body Shaming

Bandits and Banned Books

Marsha, Marsha, Marsha

Stranded in Arkansas

I'm No DC Consultant, But...

Eating Elephants

Lunch Debt and Cheese Sandwiches

Losing My Religion

We All Have a Bear Story

Missourians Will Likely Overturn the State's Abortion Ban in November

Rural Voters 101

"Legitimate Rape"

The Great Gatsby and the GOP

Beers, Bros, and Bureaucrats

Missouri: A Cautionary Tale of Deterioration

If the GOP Can't Keep Voters from Putting Abortion on the Ballot, They Will Try To Trick Voters. They Will Cheat.

The Comment Section...

The Billionaires Didn't Need to Write Project 2025

Kristi Noem Should Not Be Allowed to Own Pets...or Guns

Instead of Leaving Rural America, Democrats Should Double Down on Running Candidates in Rural Races

Political Longshots and Why We Run Everywhere -- No Seat Uncontested

Intimidation Strategies and the Abortion Ballot Measure in Missouri

You Don't Like It? Move.

Preaching to the Choir

Hand-Scrawled Trump Signs

Defunding Schools -- Rolling Back Child Labor Laws and Reproductive Rights

My Representative was in the Capitol Hallway Playing Cornhole...

Civil Disobedience and Uncivilized Diatribes

Christians Can't Vote For Democrats

Uncontested Races are Undemocratic

Mississippi Pews and Moon Pies

My Kid's Textbook Doesn't Know We Elected a Black President

Childcare Deserts Are Policy Decisions

If The Choice Is Between Donald or Dolly, I'm choosing Dolly.

Chocolate Gravy and Cherokee Generosity

Lost Dogs, Rural Progressives, and Political Alliances

Rolling Back Child Labor Laws--Enabling Child Predators

The Fundie Baby Voice

He's Transformed Himself From Mild-Mannered Pastor to Extremist. He's Also Running Unopposed.

A Missouri GOP Lawmaker, Who Runs a Construction Business, Weighs in on IVF

He is Defunding the State and Running for Missouri Treasurer. Ope! He's Also Uncontested.

Most Folks Don't Think About the Supreme Court

A Pregnant Woman Cannot Finalize a Divorce in Missouri

Abortion Bans and Bible Groups

Activist Exhaustion and Monty Don

Terrible Hate in a Beautiful Town

Daddy Died a MAGA

The "Border Crisis" Is Not About Immigration

Missouri is a Microcosm of Republican Dysfunction

A Missouri Nightmare

Don't Blame National Politics for Missouri's Woes

I Didn't Teach the "I Have a Dream" Speech

Missouri isn't Red. Missouri is Uncontested.

The Dangerous Rhetoric of School Choice

Mountain Heritage