Billy Rose
@billyrose76.bsky.social
I am semi-retired. I do a radio show on Sundays and I just started writing. I have two books out. Betty's First Flight (childrens book) was released in 2018 and is out of print. On The Banks Of The Mississippi was released in November of 2024
Got Oxy? How Michigan’s Mike Rogers Helped Fuel the Opioid Crisis barnraisingmedia.com/2026-electio...
Got Oxy? How Michigan’s Mike Rogers Helped Fuel the Opioid Crisis
Mike Rogers spent 10 years in Congress as Pharma’s point man working to push prescription opioids to the detriment of rural America.
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September 21, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Got Oxy? How Michigan’s Mike Rogers Helped Fuel the Opioid Crisis barnraisingmedia.com/2026-electio...
Native Americans Build Strategies to Overcome Voter Suppression barnraisingmedia.com/2026-electio...
Native Americans Build Strategies to Overcome Voter Suppression
Native communities are hoping for the best but preparing for the worst in the upcoming midterm elections. Some are advising others to avoid mail-in ballots altogether.
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September 21, 2026 at 4:24 PM
Native Americans Build Strategies to Overcome Voter Suppression barnraisingmedia.com/2026-electio...
A New System of Labor Threatens Farmworker Power barnraisingmedia.com/a-new-system...
A New System of Labor Threatens Farmworker Power
A new system of labor is concentrating power with corporate agriculture and away from self-organized farmworker crews.
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September 21, 2026 at 1:48 PM
A New System of Labor Threatens Farmworker Power barnraisingmedia.com/a-new-system...
Do Rural Residents Have the Power to Say No? barnraisingmedia.com/2026-electio...
Do Rural Residents Have the Power to Say No?
Data center hyperscalers promise the same fat pitch of jobs and revenue CAFOs once did. They’ve also learned about how to destroy local resistance.
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September 10, 2026 at 5:48 PM
Do Rural Residents Have the Power to Say No? barnraisingmedia.com/2026-electio...
MAHA and the Politics of Cancer barnraisingmedia.com/2026-electio...
MAHA and the Politics of Cancer
While news-grabbing primaries have featured populist versus establishment matchups, Iowa is facing two different forces: MAHA and Big Ag.
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September 7, 2026 at 2:00 PM
MAHA and the Politics of Cancer barnraisingmedia.com/2026-electio...
Rural Organizations Step Up to Protect the Ballot Box barnraisingmedia.com/2026-electio...
Rural Organizations Step Up to Protect the Ballot Box
The Trump administration’s attempts to federalize and delegitimize elections has found its analogues in some rural counties. In response, local organizers are stepping up to protect the vote.
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September 3, 2026 at 5:33 PM
Rural Organizations Step Up to Protect the Ballot Box barnraisingmedia.com/2026-electio...
Do Rural Residents Have the Power to Say No? barnraisingmedia.com/2026-electio...
Do Rural Residents Have the Power to Say No?
Data center hyperscalers promise the same fat pitch of jobs and revenue CAFOs once did. They’ve also learned about how to destroy local resistance.
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August 27, 2026 at 1:43 PM
Do Rural Residents Have the Power to Say No? barnraisingmedia.com/2026-electio...
Young Candidates and Organizers Pave the Way for Rural Civic Engagement barnraisingmedia.com/2026-electio...
Young Candidates and Organizers Pave the Way for Rural Civic Engagement
Running for office and organizing in rural America is tough, but even tougher as a young person. These young people are taking on the challenge anyway.
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August 24, 2026 at 2:24 PM
Young Candidates and Organizers Pave the Way for Rural Civic Engagement barnraisingmedia.com/2026-electio...
Deere Settlement Is a Win for the Right to Repair. But Advocates Say There’s a Catch barnraisingmedia.com/deere-settle...
Deere Settlement Is a Win for the Right to Repair. But Advocates Say There’s a Catch
While advocates cheer the FTC settlement with Deere, it has also raised questions about why the Trump administration chose not to pursue a trial.
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August 22, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Deere Settlement Is a Win for the Right to Repair. But Advocates Say There’s a Catch barnraisingmedia.com/deere-settle...
Voters Reject Farm Bureau Push to Limit Citizen Amendments barnraisingmedia.com/2026-electio...
Voters Reject Farm Bureau Push to Limit Citizen Amendments
From abortion to state constitutional amendments, the nation’s largest farm group is using their money and platform to influence elections.
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August 17, 2026 at 1:03 PM
Voters Reject Farm Bureau Push to Limit Citizen Amendments barnraisingmedia.com/2026-electio...
Maine Dems Tackle Immigration After Local ICE Murder barnraisingmedia.com/2026-electio...
Maine Dems Tackle Immigration After Local ICE Murder
At their Democratic convention, Maine delegates view protecting the state’s immigrants as a top priority. Will Troy Jackson follow suit?
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August 10, 2026 at 1:24 PM
Maine Dems Tackle Immigration After Local ICE Murder barnraisingmedia.com/2026-electio...
The Save Our Bacon Act Won’t Save American Farms barnraisingmedia.com/2026-electio...
The Save Our Bacon Act Won’t Save American Farms
Independent farmers across the country are speaking out against the Save Our Bacon Act, which lawmakers could include in this week’s farm bill markup.
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August 6, 2026 at 2:00 PM
The Save Our Bacon Act Won’t Save American Farms barnraisingmedia.com/2026-electio...
How the House Democrats’ Campaign Arm Is Getting Serious About Connecting With Rural Voters barnraisingmedia.com/2026-electio...
How the House Democrats’ Campaign Arm Is Getting Serious About Connecting With Rural Voters
Because Democrats now realize that rural voters need to be paid attention to, the DCCC has hired its first rural organizer
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August 3, 2026 at 1:16 PM
How the House Democrats’ Campaign Arm Is Getting Serious About Connecting With Rural Voters barnraisingmedia.com/2026-electio...
Urban Candidates Pivot to Rural Voters After Tennessee Redistricting barnraisingmedia.com/2026-electio...
Urban Candidates Pivot to Rural Voters After Tennessee Redistricting
A progressive and a traditional Democrat are vying to represent a newly redrawn district that stretches from Memphis into rural Tennessee
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August 3, 2026 at 1:14 PM
Urban Candidates Pivot to Rural Voters After Tennessee Redistricting barnraisingmedia.com/2026-electio...
The Bigger the Corporation, the Bigger the Diarrhea Outbreak barnraisingmedia.com/the-bigger-t...
The Bigger the Corporation, the Bigger the Diarrhea Outbreak
Taylor Farms and other large produce corporations have long exerted political power to weaken food safety regulations.
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July 31, 2026 at 12:11 AM
The Bigger the Corporation, the Bigger the Diarrhea Outbreak barnraisingmedia.com/the-bigger-t...
Data Centers Divide Democrats in Michigan Primary barnraisingmedia.com/2026-electio...
Data Centers Divide Democrats in Michigan Primary
Michigan Senate candidates Abdul El-Sayed and Haley Stevens offer conflicting visions over the role of A.I. and corporate power.
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July 27, 2026 at 7:17 PM
Data Centers Divide Democrats in Michigan Primary barnraisingmedia.com/2026-electio...
Is Sludge Poisoning Your Well? barnraisingmedia.com/is-sludge-po...
Is Sludge Poisoning Your Well?
The start of a nightmare William Casey Crump, long-time resident, landowner and chairperson of the Stella town board, thinks back on those first days when state testing revealed the contamination. “Wh...
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July 25, 2026 at 11:42 AM
Is Sludge Poisoning Your Well? barnraisingmedia.com/is-sludge-po...
America Can Grow Its Own Food Again barnraisingmedia.com/2026-electio...
America Can Grow Its Own Food Again
The U.S. trade deficit has reach record highs. That’s a supply chain hollowed out from the inside—here’s how we can rebuild it.
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July 20, 2026 at 2:59 PM
America Can Grow Its Own Food Again barnraisingmedia.com/2026-electio...
Senate Faces Mounting Pressure to Restrict Voting Rights barnraisingmedia.com/2026-electio...
Senate Faces Mounting Pressure to Restrict Voting Rights
Rural voters and conservative women could be among those most hurt by the SAVE Act, which the Trump administration
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July 20, 2026 at 2:51 PM
Senate Faces Mounting Pressure to Restrict Voting Rights barnraisingmedia.com/2026-electio...
The Most Dangerous Job in Coachella Valley barnraisingmedia.com/the-most-dan...
The Most Dangerous Job in Coachella Valley
Date palm workers in California’s Coachella Valley face deadly work conditions, immigration raids and job uncertainty, all to make their family can have a better life.
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July 16, 2026 at 11:53 AM
The Most Dangerous Job in Coachella Valley barnraisingmedia.com/the-most-dan...
A Young Populist Heats Up the Texas Agriculture Commissioner Race barnraisingmedia.com/2026-electio...
A Young Populist Heats Up the Texas Agriculture Commissioner Race
Can Democrat Clayton Tucker make waves in the Texas Agriculture Commissioner race in November?
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July 13, 2026 at 4:15 PM
A Young Populist Heats Up the Texas Agriculture Commissioner Race barnraisingmedia.com/2026-electio...
Platner Volunteers Want to Move Forward With a New Candidate barnraisingmedia.com/2026-electio...
Platner Volunteers Want to Move Forward With a New Candidate
The populist movement propelling Graham Platner’s senatorial campaign sees a replacement in former state senator Troy Jackson.
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July 9, 2026 at 1:24 PM
Platner Volunteers Want to Move Forward With a New Candidate barnraisingmedia.com/2026-electio...
Jim Hightower on Texas Politics and What’s Next for the Country barnraisingmedia.com/2026-electio...
Jim Hightower on Texas Politics and What’s Next for the Country
He’s also been an editor of The Texas Observer, president of the Texas Consumer Association, national radio commentator, columnist, and bestselling author. He currently publishes Jim Hightower’s Lowdo...
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July 7, 2026 at 11:56 AM
Jim Hightower on Texas Politics and What’s Next for the Country barnraisingmedia.com/2026-electio...
The Music of Progressive Patriotism barnraisingmedia.com/the-music-of...
The Music of Progressive Patriotism
When social movements need to march in beat, Dick Flacks gives them a song.
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July 2, 2026 at 1:06 PM
The Music of Progressive Patriotism barnraisingmedia.com/the-music-of...
Maine Primary Voters Send Big Money Packing barnraisingmedia.com/2026-electio...
Maine Primary Voters Send Big Money Packing
In Maine's Democratic primary Ranked Choice Voting helped defeat candidates funded by independent expenditure Super PACs
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June 29, 2026 at 11:46 AM
Maine Primary Voters Send Big Money Packing barnraisingmedia.com/2026-electio...