Mike Espy, One Country Project · [email protected]

September 8, 2023 at 7:59 PM

The telltale signs.

One Country Project     Can you feel it? Something I learned in my time as Agriculture Secretary and as a member of Congress, you can feel a shutdown coming. It's like a storm rolling over the hills in the lowlands; the humidity rises, dark clouds smother the sky, and y…

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  Tessa Gould, One Country Project · [email protected]

September 6, 2023 at 3:33 PM

No matter where you live, the property developers find you

One Country Project     In the devastating aftermath of the wildfires on the Hawaiian islands, we've seen some of the best elements of our country's character as folks nationwide have stepped up to support those facing unfathomable tragedy. Unfortunately, a small, powe…

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  Tessa Gould, One Country Project · [email protected]

September 5, 2023 at 8:16 PM

Rural Update 9/5: Operating Costs, Looming Shutdown

One Country Project     Good afternoon, Summer is over, but it's still five o'clock somewhere. Grab a nice cold beverage as Congress returns to D.C. and political drama heats up. OPERATING COSTS OF KIDS AND CONGRESS August's jobs report showed a stabilizing job market,…

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  Heidi Heitkamp, One Country Project · [email protected]

August 31, 2023 at 5:11 PM

Are you standing with rural communities?

One Country Project     Are you standing with rural communities? The One Country Project is working to bring representation to rural America, and to end the lip-service rural Americans have come to expect from Washington. Our movement is powered by grassroots donors lik…

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  Tessa Gould, One Country Project · [email protected]

August 29, 2023 at 7:50 PM

Rural Update 8/29: Summer Slips Away, Election Season Slides In

One Country Project     Good afternoon, This weekend, we celebrated Women's Equality Day, commemorating the anniversary of the Nineteenth Amendment which granted all citizens the right to vote, regardless of sex. While women's suffrage was achieved in 1920, it would tak…

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  J.D. Scholten, One Country Project · [email protected]

August 25, 2023 at 6:15 PM

The dark money group buying 1% of the vote

One Country Project     Did you see that? Thursday night, the nation watched the Republican presidential candidates tear each other apart, and then (all but one) pledge allegiance to Donald Trump, whom everyone knows is going to win the Republican nomination. Watching …

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  Tessa Gould, One Country Project · [email protected]

August 22, 2023 at 9:18 PM

Rural Update 8/22: Care Crumbles

One Country Project     Good afternoon, As we near the end of August, we're starting to have some September scaries. When Congress comes back to the District, artificial intelligence (AI) discussions are likely to be on the docket. The rapid advance and adoption of AI t…

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  Tessa Gould, One Country Project · [email protected]

August 20, 2023 at 4:49 PM

If Congress won’t act, we will.

One Country Project     Reproductive rights are under attack, and rural communities are the most vulnerable. Protecting abortion access now requires us to work on the offensive and defensive nationwide. We must maintain strongholds in 'blue' states where comprehensive …

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  Ashton Clemmons, One Country Project · [email protected]

August 17, 2023 at 5:15 PM

Here’s why abortion rights are winning in Ohio

One Country Project     Last week we saw just how invested Ohioans are in protecting access to abortion rights. With record breaking turnout for what would normally be a sleepy August special election, Ohio voters stood proudly for abortion rights and upheld democracy.…

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  Tessa Gould, One Country Project · [email protected]

August 15, 2023 at 9:21 PM

Rural Update 8/15: Rural Doctors, Ohio Ballot, IRA Anniversary

One Country Project     Good afternoon, Stop me if you've heard this before – former president Donald Trump has been indicted on criminal charges. If once is an accident, twice is a coincidence, and three times is a pattern, then what does that make four criminal indict…

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  Heidi Heitkamp, One Country Project · [email protected]

August 14, 2023 at 7:15 PM

Rural Democrats: Key to protecting Social Security

One Country Project     When Social Security was signed into law on this day in 1935, it lifted millions of seniors out of poverty and provided the backbone of the American dream. And for decades it was unimaginable that either political party would try to end the Soci…

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  Tessa Gould, One Country Project · [email protected]

August 10, 2023 at 5:03 PM

Rural voters showed up in Ohio

One Country Project     Good news – On Tuesday, rural voters across Ohio came out in droves to vote No on Issue 1 in a landslide victory with over 57% of the vote! Issue 1 was a last minute ploy by far-right extremists to make it more difficult for voters to amend their…

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  Tessa Gould, One Country Project · [email protected]

August 8, 2023 at 10:09 PM

Rural Update 8/8: Hot Jobs, Securing the Farming Foundation

One Country Project     Good afternoon from a city of "filth and decay" (though as one familiar with the path from Reagan National Airport into Washington, D.C. has noted, to Virginians' chagrin, that's just Arlington). Former president Donald Trump was indicted for a t…

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  J.D. Scholten, One Country Project · [email protected]

August 7, 2023 at 9:37 PM

House GOP left rural America behind

One Country Project     Breaking news from a broken Congress: House Republicans left the Farm bill to die and went on vacation. To the GOP, this is just another day of obstructionism, but for working Americans, it's a disaster. The Farm bill funds critical services fo…

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  Tessa Gould, One Country Project · [email protected]

August 1, 2023 at 10:46 PM

Rural Update 8/1: Too Hot to Handle; A Matter of Degree

One Country Project     Rabbit rabbit and welcome to August. Pressure to pass critical appropriations bills has been postponed as lawmakers return to their districts for a month-long recess. While those tensions are cooling, we're still feeling the heat after another re…

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  Tessa Gould, One Country Project · [email protected]

July 31, 2023 at 10:40 PM

After heartbreaking losses, we’ve got some good news

One Country Project     Rural counties have some of the highest rates of opioid abuse and some of the lowest rates of access to treatment. The road to solving the opioid crisis in rural communities, picking up the pieces, and rebuilding is going to be a very long one. …

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  Tessa Gould, One Country Project · [email protected]

July 27, 2023 at 3:32 PM

Where we’re at in the rural opioid crisis

One Country Project     A few days ago, we talked about the origins of the opioid crisis, and how dramatically it took root in rural communities. But the opioid crisis didn't explode merely because addiction spreads quickly in small towns; barriers to essential care al…

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  Tessa Gould, One Country Project · [email protected]

July 25, 2023 at 8:15 PM

Rural Update 7/25: Agriculture, Abortion, Alabama Redistricting, Oh My!

One Country Project     Good afternoon, We at OCP are loving our summertime snacks. Stop by your community farmer's market to pick up some peppers, peaches, and plums—your local farmers will thank you! FARM BILL FEVER Everything from blueberries to corn will be impacte…

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  Anthony Daniels, One Country Project · [email protected]

July 19, 2023 at 5:36 PM

A way out of the opioid crisis

One Country Project How has the opioid epidemic impacted you, friend?     Note: This is the first in a series of emails looking at the ever-changing ways the opioid crisis hits rural Americans. Over the course of 2015, enough opioids had been prescribed in the United S…

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  Tessa Gould, One Country Project · [email protected]

July 18, 2023 at 5:50 PM

Rural Update 7/18: HOT: Climate, Clean Energy; NOT: Inflation

One Country Project     Good afternoon, These hot summer nights, mid-July are breaking records. Not long after states from the Great Lakes to the East Coast were shrouded in toxic smoke from raging Canadian wildfires, nearly 100 million people across the South are swelt…

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  Tessa Gould, One Country Project · [email protected]

July 11, 2023 at 9:35 PM

Rural Update 7/11: June Jobs; Childcare in Farm Bill

One Country Project     Good afternoon, Here's what you need to get caught up this week... JUNE JOBS BUOYS BIDENOMICS Jobs additions continued in June, though at a slower pace indicative of a transition to a more stable economy after record post-pandemic growth.   On h…

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  The One Country Team · [email protected]

June 30, 2023 at 6:29 PM

It’s up to us to put the GOP on notice

One Country Project     We've seen rural folks getting hit hard from all sides by right-wing extremists in Congress. The disastrous debt-ceiling bill was just the latest example. The bill is a worst-hits album of attacks on rural America: devastating cuts to nutrition …

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  Tessa Gould, One Country Project · [email protected]

June 29, 2023 at 3:28 PM

Rural communities are increasingly (mis)represented

One Country Project     Rural communities are increasingly (mis)represented by some of the most extreme members of Congress – elected officials who are loud, divisive, and more concerned with being "against" everything than getting down to work helping rural communitie…

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  Tessa Gould, One Country Project · [email protected]

June 28, 2023 at 5:35 PM

No Labels: the darkest of dark money groups.

One Country Project     Have you heard about the No Labels Party? No Labels talks like a political party. It walks like a party. Now it wants to run like a party. But it's no party. You know what it is? No Labels is a dark money group. That means No Labels can accept …

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  Tessa Gould, One Country Project · [email protected]

June 27, 2023 at 10:11 PM

Rural Update 6/27: Biden’s Broadband Plan; USDA Funding & the Farm Bill; Roe Reversal Recap

One Country Project     As the week kicks off, here's what's happening... BIDEN'S BROADBAND PLAN Yesterday, President Biden announced plans to dedicate $42.25 billion to ensuring every American has access to affordable and reliable high-speed broadband internet. Inte…

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  Tessa Gould, One Country Project · [email protected]

June 26, 2023 at 3:29 PM

Kick ‘em to the curb

One Country Project     Rural America has a political problem. Our communities are increasingly represented by some of the most extreme members of Congress – elected officials who are loud, divisive, and more concerned with being "against" everything than getting to wo…

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  Ashton Clemmons, One Country Project · [email protected]

June 24, 2023 at 4:35 PM

The One Country Project is fighting for Abortion rights

One Country Project     I think we can agree that the last year has been heartwrenching. When the Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade with the Dobbs decision, abortion rights abruptly disappeared in much of rural America. Right here in North Carolina, I've been on the…

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  The One Country Team · [email protected]

June 21, 2023 at 4:01 PM

Are you ready for the Hot Dish?

One Country Project     Are you ready to listen to the Hot Dish? Hosted by the former U.S. Senator from North Dakota, Heidi Heitkamp, and her brother, Joel Heitkamp, and named for every Midwesterner's favorite casserole, The Hot Dish takes deep dives into the future of …

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  Tessa Gould, One Country Project · [email protected]

June 20, 2023 at 9:24 PM

Rural Update 6/20: Juneteenth, Dobbs Decision Anniversary, New Polling, and More

One Country Project     Good afternoon, On Sunday, we fired up the grill for Father's Day. Raising a child is wonderful, but being a parent can be a challenge. Paid family leave policies can make it easier for working families to care for their kids while holding a job.…

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  Ashton Clemmons, One Country Project · [email protected]

June 18, 2023 at 5:01 PM

Let’s talk about making a real difference for Dad

One Country Project     This Father's Day, let's talk about making a real difference for Dad. How? Sign the petition and make federally-mandated paid family leave a reality. sign the petition In the richest country in the world, growing families like the ones I repres…

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  JD Scholten, One Country Project · [email protected]

June 15, 2023 at 5:33 PM

Kick ‘em to the curb

One Country Project     A third party presidential candidate will do one thing and one thing only: send Donald Trump back to the White House. But Washington insider group "No Labels" is hatching a plan to place a so-called "unity" ticket on the ballot in all fifty state…

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  Tessa Gould, One Country Project · [email protected]

June 14, 2023 at 8:48 PM

Rural Update 6/14: Trump is Indicated AGAIN, ICYMI: OCP Hosts its Second Rural Progress Summit

One Country Project     Good afternoon, Yesterday, One Country Project (OCP) and Impact Social released analysis of swing voters' attitudes regarding the federal criminal indictment against former president Donald Trump. As we noted back in our previous analysis in Apri…

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  Tessa Gould, One Country Project · [email protected]

June 12, 2023 at 9:31 PM

⏪Recap

One Country Project     On the heels of each election, post-game recaps seem to rediscover that rural America holds an essential role in moving our country forward and deciding who controls the agenda in Washington, D.C. Then the news cycle moves on, and rural America …

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  Tessa Gould, One Country Project · [email protected]

June 8, 2023 at 11:48 PM

Highlights: Rural Progress Summit

One Country Project     It's a wrap for Day 2 of the 2023 Rural Progress Summit! Today, we heard a keynote address by Audra Mulkern discussing the role of women farmers, the emerging awareness of diversity in the farming community, and her documentary Women's Work: The …

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  Tessa Gould, One Country Project · [email protected]

June 8, 2023 at 1:24 AM

The Second Rural Progress Summit

One Country Project     👋Hi from the Second Rural Progress Summit! During the OCP Summit, we will hear from incredible speakers on key issues including rural health care, affordable housing crisis in rural America, keeping American democracy safe, the next Farm Bill, an…

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  Tessa Gould, One Country Project · [email protected]

June 6, 2023 at 8:32 PM

Rural Update 6/6: Don’t Miss OCP’s Rural Progress Summit!

One Country Project     Good afternoon, THIS WEEK, OCP is hosting our second Rural Progress Summit. From Wednesday, June 7th through Friday, June 9th, OCP board members will be joined by lawmakers, policy experts, and rural stakeholders from throughout the country to di…

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  Tessa Gould, One Country Project · [email protected]

June 6, 2023 at 2:12 PM

Who we’ve invited:

One Country Project     Just a couple more days until the Rural Progress Summit! We're providing a forum for stakeholders across the country to discuss policy priorities like better health care in rural areas, promoting democracy, and legislation like this year's Farm B…

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  Tessa Gould, One Country Project · [email protected]

May 31, 2023 at 4:39 PM

Rural Update 5/31: A Debt Limit Deal

One Country Project     Good afternoon, On Monday, we celebrated Memorial Day and the brave Americans who dedicated their lives to serve our country. Of over 20 million veterans, 4.7 million live in rural America. While the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Offic…

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  Tessa Gould, One Country Project · [email protected]

May 29, 2023 at 1:38 PM

Check out the lineup for the Rural Summit:

One Country Project     Hi – We're just a couple of weeks away from the second annual Rural Progress Summit! Have you registered yet? register now! When: June 7 – 9, 2023 Where: Online How much: It's free to attend, and we'd love to have you there with us! Why: Beca…

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  J.D. Scholten, One Country Project · [email protected]

May 26, 2023 at 6:49 PM

Balancing the budget on the backs of veterans

One Country Project     Millions of veterans reside in rural communities after their service, and the majority of rural vets rely on the VA system for their health care needs, a significantly higher number than their urban-dwelling counterparts. But that didn't phase S…

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  Tessa Gould, One Country Project · [email protected]

May 23, 2023 at 7:45 PM

Rural Update 5/23: Debt Ceiling Divisions; Rural Housing – Or A Lack Thereof

One Country Project     Good afternoon, Here's the latest news affecting rural America... MAYDAY, MAYDAY: DEBT DEFAULT APPROACHES The United States could default on its debt as soon as June 1 – a mere 9 days away.   A breach of the debt limit would be catastrophic for …

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  Tessa Gould, One Country Project · [email protected]

May 19, 2023 at 2:12 PM

Stop the Third Party Spoilers

One Country Project     Did you know that if every third party presidential candidate in the past 100 years combined their votes, they still wouldn't have enough to win a single election? Historically, third party candidates have only been spoilers in close elections, …

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  Tessa Gould, One Country Project · [email protected]

May 16, 2023 at 9:32 PM

Rural Update 5/16: National Women’s Health Week

One Country Project     Good afternoon, While families across the country celebrated Mother's Day, Republicans in red states have been passing legislation to restrict women's ability to determine what their families look like. During National Women's Health Week and eve…

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  Tessa Gould, One Country Project · [email protected]

May 16, 2023 at 6:35 PM

Bumping this! Join us for the Rural Progress Summit 2023

One Country Project     Hi – Have you reserved your spot for the second annual Rural Progress Summit? It's coming up fast!  This year's Summit takes place on June 7 – 9. It's entirely virtual, so you can attend from the comfort of your living room.  Best of all, it's f…

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  Tessa Gould, One Country Project · [email protected]

May 9, 2023 at 7:59 PM

Rural Update 5/9: April Economic Update; Food Forecast; IRA Seeds Sustainable Ag

One Country Project     Good afternoon, Registration is now open for OCP's second Rural Progress Summit! The Summit will take place Wednesday, June 7 through Friday, June 9 and will feature discussions addressing the most pressing issues facing rural America and innovat…

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  Tessa Gould, One Country Project · [email protected]

May 5, 2023 at 6:47 PM

Join us for the Rural Progress Summit 2023

One Country Project     I am pleased to announce the second annual Rural Progress Summit will be happening virtually on June 7-9, 2023. It's free to attend, and we'd love to have you there with us! Register now! Yes Please, Sign Me Up! Rural America is changing. And a…

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  Tessa Gould, One Country Project · [email protected]

May 2, 2023 at 7:02 PM

Rural Update 5/2: Mental Health; AAPI Heritage; Black Farmers’ Financial Relief

One Country Project     Good afternoon, Happy May! As you start your spring cleaning cooking, pick up some of these in-season favorites at the farmer's market for some flavorful freshness. Here's news springing up around rural America this week... MENTAL HEALTH IN RURAL…

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  Tessa Gould, One Country Project · [email protected]

April 30, 2023 at 8:11 PM

A worst-hits album of attacks on rural America:

One Country Project     We've seen rural folks getting hit hard from all sides by right-wing extremists in Congress. This week's disastrous debt ceiling bill was just the latest example. The bill is a worst-hits album of attacks on rural America: devastating cuts to nu…

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  Heidi Heitkamp, One Country Project · [email protected]

April 26, 2023 at 2:10 PM

Action Alert: Tell Congress to protect abortion

One Country Project     Women can't wait another minute. We've been stuck in limbo long enough. Today, we're calling on Congress to step up, pass a law, and make Roe v. Wade the law of the land. Are you with us? Sign our petition now! Add Your Name! Following another d…

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  Tessa Gould, One Country Project · [email protected]

April 25, 2023 at 7:56 PM

Rural Update 4/25: Biden Reelection; Abortion Check-up; Limiting SNAP, Growing Hunger

One Country Project     Good afternoon, Here's the latest news from rural America... BIDEN BIDS FOR A SECOND TERM Today, President Biden formally announced his bid for a second term. His administration has a dedicated focus on rural America.   In the past two years, th…

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