Heidi Heitkamp, One Country Project · [email protected]

June 6, 2025 at 8:10 PM

Now they’re coming for Medicare

One Country Project     The so-called "big, beautiful bill" is now in the hands of the Senate. If they pass it, it will cause devastation for working-class families. But now, it's come to light that this bill doesn't just cut Medicaid, but that it would automatically t…

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June 3, 2025 at 7:58 PM

Tuesday Talkers 6/3: SNAP is in Jeopardy, How Trump Policies Could Escalate the Housing Crisis

One Country Project     Good afternoon, Hurricane season is upon us, and President Donald Trump's FEMA chief David Richardson is failing to prove he's up to the job. After the previous FEMA leader, Cameron Hamilton, was fired because he testified before Congress that th…

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May 30, 2025 at 6:01 PM

What the hell is wrong and how do we fix it?

One Country Project     You're invited to join us live and online for our 4th Annual Rural Summit July 8th-10th! We're talking closed clinics, trade wars, and slash and burn politics – and much more – with experts and folks on the ground living through it every day. sa…

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May 28, 2025 at 6:50 PM

Jess Piper sits down with us

One Country Project     There might be no one with more guts, spirit, and grit working to make change in rural and red states than Jess Piper. Jess is a rural Missourian, former teacher, fundraiser for rural candidates, and a social media phenomenon with hundreds of t…

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May 27, 2025 at 10:00 PM

Tuesday Talkers 5/27: Ticking Time (Debt) Bomb, Trump is Trying to Unleash American Energy

One Country Project     Good afternoon, Following Memorial Day Weekend, One Country Project is jumping back into the week with some notable happenings. Over the weekend, President Donald Trump gave an odd commencement address at West Point, the prestigious U.S. Military…

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May 20, 2025 at 9:48 PM

Tuesday Talkers 5/20: The Big, Ugly Bill Advances, Severe Weather Preparedness…No More

One Country Project     Good afternoon, Over the weekend, former President Joe Biden was diagnosed with an "aggressive form" of prostate cancer that has spread to his bones. One Country Project wishes the former president a successful recovery and peace during this diff…

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May 19, 2025 at 5:31 PM

You can save Medicaid. Here’s how:

One Country Project Let your reps feel some heat for this     Americans packed into hearing rooms and constituent offices to tell far-right Republicans to keep their hands off our Medicaid! In a gut punch to working class people, disabled folks, the elderly, and women …

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May 16, 2025 at 4:12 PM

Whose side are you on?

One Country Project     In rural America, one in three child care centers are actually Head Start programs – and they might be up next on the chopping block. Something once unthinkable to attack – funding for low-income, rural preschoolers – may well be completely defu…

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May 13, 2025 at 9:26 PM

Tuesday Talkers 5/13: An Uncertain Future for SNAP and USDA, Food Banks Are in a Pinch

One Country Project     Good afternoon, At the end of last week, Robert Francis Prevost from Chicago was chosen as the first American pope. In his first remarks, Pope Leo XIV called for peace. Within a few days, President Donald Trump took to Truth Social to claim credi…

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May 12, 2025 at 5:50 PM

Action Alert: Hands off our public lands!

One Country Project     Join me in taking action today by telling Congress to keep their hands off our public lands! Right now, extremist members of Congress are reviving one of the most dangerous ideas in American politics: selling off our public lands. As part of ong…

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  Heidi Heitkamp, One Country Project · [email protected]

May 7, 2025 at 4:14 PM

Pete Buttigieg to speak at OCP’s annual Rural Summit!

One Country Project     One Country Project is thrilled to announce Pete Buttigieg as our keynote speaker at our annual Rural Summit coming up on July 8th-10th! The former Secretary of Transportation, presidential candidate, Mayor of South Bend, Indiana – and now, tru…

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  Tessa Gould, One Country Project · [email protected]

May 6, 2025 at 8:47 PM

Tuesday Talkers 5/6: Default Student Loans in Danger, Farmers Struggle with Mental Health Too

One Country Project     Good afternoon, According to Newsweek, President Donald Trump's approval rate is declining among rural Americans, one of his most supportive constituencies. For a long time, much of Trump's base has been made up of rural voters. With his latest a…

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  Heidi Heitkamp, One Country Project · [email protected]

April 30, 2025 at 4:27 PM

This is slash and burn politics:

One Country Project     We want to see big things get done in rural America. We care about results, and we'll work with anyone to get folks in small town communities what they need to thrive. But if we don't see any progress happening, we're going to raise hell about i…

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April 29, 2025 at 7:41 PM

Tuesday Talkers 4/29: Official Seal of Disapproval, The Federal Whiplash is Real

One Country Project     Good afternoon, According to a new ABC News/Washington Post/Ipsos poll released on Friday, seven in ten Americans think President Donald Trump's tariffs on international trade will increase U.S. inflation. Additionally, nearly 47% of Republicans …

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April 22, 2025 at 8:05 PM

Tuesday Talkers 4/22: Rest in Peace Pope Francis, The Scary Reality of Rural Healthcare Today

One Country Project     Good afternoon, Just a day after his Easter appearance, Pope Francis passed away at age 88. He led the Catholic Church for over 12 years and left a meaningful legacy of hope, humanity, and service to others. He was a true messenger of hope, leadi…

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April 18, 2025 at 3:14 PM

Red tape hurts disaster recovery

One Country Project     Storms, floods, and tornadoes slam rural parts of the U.S. every year like clockwork – battering outdated infrastructure in places with the fewest resources. As storms become more intense, more frequent, and occur earlier in the season, rural co…

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April 15, 2025 at 7:02 PM

Tuesday Talkers 4/15: Higher Ed’s Biggest Nightmare: Trump University, Maine v. the Administration

One Country Project     Good afternoon, It's been nearly two weeks since President Trump's "Liberation Day" tariffs were imposed on the American people and uncertainty enveloped farmers and rural communities. According to The Washington Post, farmers in North Carolina, …

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  Heidi Heitkamp, One Country Project · [email protected]

April 14, 2025 at 3:12 PM

Billionaires don’t know a thing about farming

One Country Project     Billionaires don't know a thing about farming. So why are we letting them run the Ag Department into the ground? Right now, the Trump/Musk machine is planning to dismantle the Department of Agriculture headquarters, lay off thousands more worker…

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April 9, 2025 at 8:15 PM

Changing your strategy is a good thing – and we’re not afraid to do it.

One Country Project     Democrats get a bad rap for using the same playbook over and over again when it stopped working a long time ago. Changing your strategy is a good thing – and we're not afraid to do it. One Country Project speaks up for rural Americans and all fo…

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April 8, 2025 at 7:06 PM

Tuesday Talkers 4/8: Let the DO(D)GEBALL Game Commence, Weathering the Storm

One Country Project     Good afternoon, Over the weekend, massive anti-DOGE protests against President Donald Trump and Elon Musk erupted in cities and small towns across the United States. Washington, D.C. and New York City were filled with more than 100,000 protesters…

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April 4, 2025 at 8:00 PM

This isn't how you run a country, a business, or a roadside fruit stand.

One Country Project Cancelled contracts have now taken $1 billion from American farmers.     Cancelled contracts have now taken $1 billion from American farmers. In the latest instance of cutting first and asking questions later, two cooperative agreements that provid…

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April 1, 2025 at 9:50 PM

Tuesday Talkers 4/1: Will Trump Liberate Farmers; An ICE Crackdown

One Country Project     Good afternoon, On this April Fool's Day, the nation's eyes are on the Wisconsin Supreme Court election that has broken spending records. Elon Musk has dumped roughly $20 million into this race, endorsing conservative candidate Brad Schimel over …

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  Heidi Heitkamp, One Country Project · [email protected]

March 31, 2025 at 4:31 PM

When did they start rooting for failure?

One Country Project     It was an honor to serve as the Senator for North Dakota for six years. It's heartbreaking that I was the last Democrat to do so. Back when I was first elected, it felt like most everyone had a stake in doing what was best for our community. No…

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March 28, 2025 at 4:50 PM

Let’s expand, modernize, and invest

One Country Project Sabotaging public services is not the mark of a country that’s doing well.     Sabotaging public services is not the mark of a country that's doing well. Innovating, expanding, and modernizing them is. And we're perfectly capable of doing that with …

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March 25, 2025 at 7:47 PM

Tuesday Talkers 3/25: Americans’ Frustrations Are Growing; Trump is Trying to Dump the Department of Education

One Country Project     Good afternoon, Welcome back to another week in wild, wild America. For starters, Trump administration national security leaders made a big mistake, and it looks really bad. They included Jeffrey Goldberg, the editor-in-chief at The Atlantic, in …

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  Heidi Heitkamp, One Country Project · [email protected]

March 21, 2025 at 6:30 PM

What does the leaked memo tell us about the future of Social Security?

One Country Project This is just another way to defund and disrupt a critical lifeline.     Despite denying any change to normal service or operations, a newly-leaked memo points to crippling changes for Social Security recipients. Elon Musk's DOGE group has plans to fi…

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March 18, 2025 at 9:05 PM

Tuesday Talkers 3/18: Rollin’ the Dice with Economic Aid for Farmers, Healthcare in Rural America is Scarce and May Be Getting Scarcer

One Country Project     Good afternoon, Happy National Agriculture Week! According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) 2022 Census of Agriculture, 95% of U.S. farms are family-owned and operated. Additionally, there are 3.4 million farmers in our country, ded…

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March 16, 2025 at 4:52 PM

Here’s what happens if we defund Veterans Affairs:

One Country Project     The news is breaking that devastating cuts are coming to our veteran men and women in uniform – a completely unneeded and preventable disaster. In line with their goal to squeeze, limit, and defund federal agencies and programs until there's alm…

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March 11, 2025 at 9:28 PM

Tuesday Talkers 3/11: Are Tariffs Working? Farmers and the Environment

One Country Project     Good afternoon, The March 14th deadline to fund the government is inching closer and closer. Today, the House will vote on a bill to fund federal agencies through September to avoid a shutdown. Yet again, lawmakers are playing games with funding …

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March 10, 2025 at 3:00 PM

Uncertainty, confusion, and risk

One Country Project     A strong economy is steady, secure, and reliable. Foolhardy tariffs don't signal strength – they signal uncertainty, confusion, and risk. Costs are already high. A twisting, turning, back-and-forth, maybe-maybe not policy on tariffs and trade ar…

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March 4, 2025 at 11:02 PM

Tuesday Talkers 3/4: Tariffs and Tensions and a Brewing Trade War (oh my), Rural America Can Kiss the Social Safety Net Goodbye

One Country Project     Good afternoon, The egg crisis continues to rage on in America and our new Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins is offering some not-so-helpful advice: people should raise their own chickens in their backyard. According to Politico, Rollins also …

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  Heidi Heitkamp, One Country Project · [email protected]

February 27, 2025 at 8:42 PM

Unpaid grants. Unpaid contracts. Unpaid reimbursements.

One Country Project     Unpaid grants. Unpaid contracts. Unpaid reimbursements. This is what American farmers are dealing with today in the aftermath of the federal government's hurried and careless policy of "move fast and break things." As the new administration vows…

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February 25, 2025 at 9:57 PM

Tuesday Talkers 2/25: Watch Out Farmers, A New Farm Bill Could Be a No-Go, Farmers in a Frenzy

One Country Project     Good afternoon, The honeymoon phase of President Donald Trump's term appears to be unraveling as Republican lawmakers face angry and upset voters at town halls across the country. Some Americans are finally waking up to the lawless and cruel acti…

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February 22, 2025 at 4:20 PM

We’ve got some news to share:

One Country Project     "Rural" Americans number about 60 million people. And it's actually a much more diverse population than you might think. Rural America can be small towns, college towns, exurbs far out from a nearby city, and, of course, anywhere you'd call the …

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February 20, 2025 at 9:43 PM

Rural Update 2/20: Farmers Left in the Dust, Trump’s (Second) First Month

One Country Project     Good afternoon, As the chaos and disorder in Washington grows, world leaders have begun to take action. French President Emmanuel Macron called for an emergency meeting of European leaders to discuss Trump's participation in Ukraine-Russia peace …

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February 18, 2025 at 9:18 PM

Rural Update 2/18: Mass Firings Hit USDA, So Much for Securing Rural Schools

One Country Project     Good afternoon, The mounting chaos within our federal government continued to pile up over the weekend. Yesterday, the White House came out saying "Elon Musk is technically not part of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)," despite the …

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February 13, 2025 at 9:14 PM

Rural Update 2/13: A Chilling CPI Report, A RURAL.GOV Outage

One Country Project     Good afternoon, It has been a busy week with Republican House Agriculture Chair Glenn Thompson questioning Trump's workforce cuts, USDA employees being placed on leave, and the Trump Administration sending groups of low-risk migrants to Guantanam…

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February 11, 2025 at 9:19 PM

Rural Update 2/11: Controversial Confirmations, Executive Order Outlook: Tough Tariffs on Steel and Aluminum

One Country Project     Good afternoon, It has already been an eventful week and it's only Tuesday. Some key updates relevant to rural America include House Republicans planning to cut funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), the Trump Administr…

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February 8, 2025 at 8:35 PM

Living in a rural county shouldn’t be a death sentence

One Country Project     Living in a rural county shouldn't be a death sentence. But sometimes that's what it looks like. More and more rural counties are losing doctors, hospitals, and clinics – and it's leaving millions of Americans worse off in case of an emergency. I…

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February 5, 2025 at 7:29 PM

Tariffs are taxes

One Country Project Everybody is talking about the T-word     Tariffs are taxes. And this week, just about everyone is talking about the T-word. Using another executive order this past weekend, President Trump is levying new tariffs on all goods from China. Tariffs are…

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February 4, 2025 at 10:06 PM

Rural Update 2/4: Dismantling DEI will Hurt Rural Americans, Executive Order Outlook: Tariff Turmoil

One Country Project     Good afternoon, This week started off rocky with Trump's sweeping actions taking a toll on American jobs, our trade relationships, and more. Yesterday, Trump and his billionaire co-president Elon Musk made moves to shut down the U.S. Agency for I…

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January 30, 2025 at 10:18 PM

Who picked that orange you’re eating?

One Country Project     We have to face facts: nearly half of all agricultural workers in the U.S. are undocumented laborers. Any disruptions, raids, or threats of raids will slow production, increase costs to farmers and consumers, and increase reliance on foreign-gr…

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January 28, 2025 at 7:54 PM

Rural Update 1/28: Making America’s Colleges More Expensive, Executive Order Outlook: Clean Energy on the Line

One Country Project     Good afternoon, We've made it to week two in President Trump's America and things are still feeling overwhelming. What we know so far remains the same; Trump is talking a big game. He's hitting hard on issues through threatening executive orders …

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  Heidi Heitkamp, One Country Project · [email protected]

January 24, 2025 at 5:31 PM

What makes a town livable, productive, and prosperous?

One Country Project     In a flurry of Executive Orders on his first day in office, the Trump administration took aim at two historic laws that could have tremendous effects on rural and small town America. This executive order pauses funding for projects currently in …

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January 21, 2025 at 10:08 PM

Rural Update 1/21: Trump Returns with Sweeping Executive Orders, Simultaneously Taking Credit and Denouncing Gaza Ceasefire Deal

One Country Project     Good afternoon, Yesterday was a big day in America. Inauguration Day was in full swing as Donald Trump officially became the 47th president of our country. Trump took his oath of office in the Capitol Rotunda where his lies about the 2020 electio…

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January 16, 2025 at 6:31 PM

Our wishlist for rural America:

One Country Project     Small town and rural America are speaking up and demanding to be heard at the start of this new Congress – because the progress, support, and funding we need are never going to come if we don't demand it. And I should know: I grew up in rural No…

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January 14, 2025 at 8:19 PM

Rural Update 1/14: An Escalating Climate Crisis, Confirmation Hearing Complications

One Country Project     Good afternoon, Inauguration Day is right around the corner and President Joe Biden is preparing for his departure from the Oval Office. Yesterday, the president delivered a speech at the State Department on his foreign policy legacy, which inclu…

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January 7, 2025 at 8:45 PM

Rural Update 1/7: America Remembers January 6th, Rest in Peace Jimmy Carter

One Country Project     Good afternoon, Yesterday, Congress certified President-elect Donald Trump as the winner of the 2024 election without challenge, unlike four years ago. As a direct result of Trump's refusal to acknowledge his loss in 2020, local and federal law e…

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January 6, 2025 at 6:39 PM

Four years ago

One Country Project     Thousands of people descended upon the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021 with the goal to cause chaos, mayhem, destruction, and to overturn the results of a free and fair election. Americans have fought and died over the centuries to prot…

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December 31, 2024 at 8:29 PM

Rural Update 12/31: Happy New Year’s Eve from One Country Project

One Country Project     Good afternoon, Happy New Year's Eve, everyone! It has been quite the year for rural America and American politics at large. While the new year may come with its challenges, One Country Project remains committed to uplifting rural voices and the …

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