Rural Caucus Newsletter, October 23rd 2026

Written By Butler County Democrats .

 

This is one of the best midterm memes we've ever seen to date, Rural Democrats:



It goes to the heart of what we're voting against or for (depends on how you look at it). Don't look at the polls. Don't obsess over political analysts and their predictions. Don't spend your time worrying about what the latest pundit said or what the proverbial grumpy Democratic loudmouth James Carville thinks should happen. Instead, look at that meme. Look at what it says and why it resonates with so many people. So take that meme (we've attached it as well) and share it. Start a conversation. Remind people what's at stake. Then make a plan, vote early if you can, and encourage others to do the same. That's how change happens. Not in a polling memo. Not on a cable news panel. At the ballot box.



Rural Caucus News

Folks, we posted a meme on social media: Amendment 3 - Google Docs. Was it provocative? Absolutely. Was it a little "out there"? Sure. But honestly, after reading other "opinions" on Amendment 3, we're fed up with the one-sided narrative dominating this debate. The focus is always on regulating women, regulating pregnancies, and regulating what happens inside a uterus. Meanwhile, the role of the person who caused the pregnancy is nonexistent.


Whether you agree with the meme or not, the point was to highlight that lopsided narrative. If anti-abortion advocates believe the government should be involved in personal reproductive decisions, why does 100% of that scrutiny, responsibility, and regulation fall on one side? Why is the conversation always centered on what women can and cannot do, while the other half of the equation gets a pass?  You don't have to like the meme. You don't even have to agree with it. But with more than 14,000 shares and nearly 5,700 likes, it clearly accomplished what it set out to do: making people stop, think, and ask why accountability seems to flow in only one direction.

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National News

  • Trump’s executive order isn't worth the paper it's written on  Donald Trump signs executive order geared at lowering housing, mortgage costs  but it's being sold like it’s some magic fix for housing, but the fine print makes it clear it barely touches the real problem. Low- to middle-income families or those who are trying to buy a home have to climb a big mountain before they get a backpack. And the construction “task force” sounds great until you remember our lumber comes from Canada - a country Trump decided to pick a fight with.

  • Trump announced another $8 billion bailout for farmers on top of a $12 billion bailout earlier this year: Bailouts on repeat: $8 billion more for a failing farm economy. Since this money goes mostly to commodity producers, many farmers will be left waiting or left out entirely. Hmmm...How do farmers feel about the corporate welfare?

In closing...

Did everyone see "Tommy" try to corner Democratic candidate for Senate Abdul El-Sayed Abdul El Sayed's viral interaction with 'Tommy' over Muslim Brotherhood. 'Have you disavowed them?'  If not, you need to watch it to the very end because Abdul - a Rhodes scholar - wiped the floor with Tommy's ass. The best part of the whole episode? Learning afterward that Tommy was a former Josh Hawley aide: Man who heckled Abdul El-Sayed is former Josh Hawley aide, records show | US midterm elections 2026 | The Guardian. Suddenly it all made sense. Tommy showed up looking for a viral moment and ended up becoming one (channeling Eric Schmitt?). The good news? He got to leave without being punched, attacked, or carried out by security. Just thoroughly fact-checked in public.

Onward and Upward!

Joshua Dunne

Chair

Jacqueline Farr

Vice Chair

John Parks

Treasurer

Butler County Democrats .
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