Heidi Heitkamp, One Country Project · [email protected]

March 28, 2024 at 4:20 PM

The election that decides if we have Reproductive rights in a year.

One Country Project     Were you surprised when Roe v. Wade was dismantled by the Supreme Court? A lot of Americans were, even people who pay attention to the court were surprised. For me, I was shocked, but not surprised. That seems like a pretty small difference. So …

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March 26, 2024 at 9:09 PM

Rural Update 3/26: Supreme Court Abortion Pill Arguments, Florida Farmworkers Heat Protections

One Country Project     Good afternoon, In the wee hours of Saturday morning, FY2024 appropriations were finally complete. With that done, and no shortage of ill will, lawmakers wasted no time getting out of Dodge for a two-week recess. Hopefully their spirits rise agai…

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  Heidi Heitkamp, One Country Project · [email protected]

March 25, 2024 at 4:22 PM

50% are in the red

One Country Project     50% of America's rural hospitals are operating in the red. For years, rural healthcare has been on a downward slide, but the latest numbers paint a disturbing picture: 418 rural hospitals are now designated as "vulnerable to closure." Over a 10…

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  Tessa Gould, One Country Project · [email protected]

March 19, 2024 at 8:40 PM

Rural Update 3/19: A Final Funding Hurdle, Child Care Costs, Free Lunches

One Country Project     Good afternoon, The words "government shutdown" have been thrown around so much in the past year that we're beyond sick and tired of hearing about it. Friday is the deadline for the Departments of Homeland Security (DHS), Defense, Financial Servi…

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  Heidi Heitkamp, One Country Project · [email protected]

March 18, 2024 at 6:25 PM

A leader on reproductive rights

One Country Project     I want to tell you about my friend, Anthony Daniels. You might remember him, he's a good friend of One Country Project and the work we do fighting for rural communities. He's also the top Democrat in the Alabama House of Representatives. A few w…

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

March 16, 2024 at 4:01 PM

We need more than Dollar General and gas stations

One Country Project     Rural towns need more than just dollar store chains and gas stations. But grocery stores in rural America have been disappearing. Local grocers have been upended by competition from Amazon, Dollar General, and big-box stores like Walmart in lar…

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  Tessa Gould, One Country Project · [email protected]

March 13, 2024 at 5:48 PM

Biden’s warning to Republicans

One Country Project     "You're about to see their power." That was President Biden's warning to Republicans last week during the State of the Union. Because after the Supreme Court struck down the 49 year old precedent, Roe v. Wade, we have seen women and their allies…

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  Tessa Gould, One Country Project · [email protected]

March 12, 2024 at 8:26 PM

Rural Update 3/12: SOTU, Biden’s Budget, Equal Pay and Paid Family Leave, Working Women

One Country Project     Good afternoon, Late Friday night, the Senate passed the six-bill funding "minibus" and sent it for President Biden's signature to dodge a shutdown of the Agriculture, Commerce, Energy, Housing and Urban Development, Interior, Justice, and Transp…

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  Heidi Heitkamp, One Country Project · [email protected]

March 7, 2024 at 7:44 PM

Tune in tonight!

One Country Project     For months, One Country Project has been pushing the Biden administration to prioritize the issues facing rural communities, and we're about to see all that work pay off: so, get your bingo cards ready! Tonight is President Biden's third State o…

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  Tessa Gould, One Country Project · [email protected]

March 5, 2024 at 9:55 PM

Rural Update 3/5: Super Tuesday, Minibus, Right to Read

One Country Project     Good afternoon and happy Super Tuesday! If you live in one of the following 15 states – Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, and Virginia – to…

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  Tessa Gould, One Country Project · [email protected]

March 4, 2024 at 7:43 PM

Where’s our safety net?

One Country Project     Rural Americans are missing out on a very basic safety net: sick leave. In particular, workers in construction, farming, forestry, and extraction, and folks who work part-time or earn lower wages, often have no paid sick or family leave whatsoev…

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  Tessa Gould, One Country Project · [email protected]

February 27, 2024 at 10:17 PM

Rural Update 2/27: Delegates in Disarray, Defining Personhood in Alabama, Government Shutdown Take Three

One Country Project     Good afternoon, In Saturday's South Carolina primary, former president Donald Trump beat Nikki Haley in her own state. We're not shocked, just disappointed. Here's what those results mean: of the 50 delegates at stake in the race, three are award…

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  Tessa Gould, One Country Project · [email protected]

February 20, 2024 at 11:10 PM

Rural Update 2/20: ACP, Rural Housing and Homelessness

One Country Project     Good afternoon, Hope you enjoyed President's Day Weekend. The federal holiday commemorates all 46 American chief executives – but according to historians and presidential experts, some presidents deserve more accolades than others. Former Preside…

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February 13, 2024 at 10:12 PM

Rural Update 2/13: Chiefs Win, Republicans Victorious in Border Defeat, CTC in Senate’s Court

One Country Project     Good afternoon and happy Mardi Gras, The Super Bowl – the American cultural event that serves as a richly textured intersection of football fans, music lovers, celebrity spotters, and avid ad-watchers – cannot go unmentioned. For viewers who miss…

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February 7, 2024 at 6:15 PM

This feels like a repeat of 2016, except:

One Country Project     After the results in Iowa and New Hampshire, Republicans are falling over themselves to endorse Donald Trump — heaping praise on Trump from the nearest microphone. This feels like a repeat of 2016; former foes, like Ron DeSantis and Tim Scott, a…

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  Tessa Gould, One Country Project · [email protected]

February 6, 2024 at 10:15 PM

Rural Update 2/6: SC and NV, Consumer Confidence, Children’s Benefits

One Country Project     Good afternoon, Nevada is holding its primary elections for both Democrats and Republicans today. Of course, for a party that has been plagued by disarray, that's too simple for the GOP. Nevada is also holding a Republican caucus on Thursday. In …

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  Tessa Gould, One Country Project · [email protected]

January 31, 2024 at 7:59 PM

How will rural America vote?

One Country Project     We are about to wrap up the first month of 2024, but we have a long road ahead of us! Now, it's abundantly clear that Donald Trump is going to be the Republican nominee. But there is a lot of uncertainty in 2024: Will Democrats take back the Maj…

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  Tessa Gould, One Country Project · [email protected]

January 30, 2024 at 10:15 PM

Rural Update 1/30: Rural Voters, Medicaid Work Requirements, Bringing Broadband to the Barn

One Country Project     Good afternoon, Rural voters are in the spotlight during the 2024 elections as pundits ponder whether they'll head deeper into the red or if there's room to go blue. In last week's New Hampshire primary, rural voters were slightly less likely to …

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  Heidi Heitkamp , One Country Project · [email protected]

January 29, 2024 at 10:18 PM

A farmer in the U.S. Senate

One Country Project Jon Tester is the real deal.     I recently had the pleasure to speak with one of the most important rural leaders in the country – and the only working farmer in the United States Senate – Jon Tester. Jon is a One Country Project Rural Champion who …

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  Tessa Gould, One Country Project · [email protected]

January 23, 2024 at 10:05 PM

Rural Update 1/23: NH Primaries, Maternal Health Awareness Day, Another CR

One Country Project     Good afternoon, "If you're going through hell... quit while you're still in second" is perhaps another thing Ron DeSantis believes Winston Churchill said. After coming up short in his presidential bid, Florida's governor is the latest Republican …

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  Heidi Heitkamp , One Country Project · [email protected]

January 18, 2024 at 4:58 PM

Washington became more polarized and we were left behind

One Country Project     Few things are more chaotic than the days before a government funding deadline. But this is just getting silly. In the past year, Congress – and by Congress, I mean the Republicans leading the House — has nearly driven us off a fiscal cliff, kick…

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  Tessa Gould, One Country Project · [email protected]

January 16, 2024 at 9:05 PM

Rural Update 1/16: Let The 2024 Presidential Election Season Begin

One Country Project     Good afternoon, The 2024 presidential election officially began with yesterday's Iowa caucuses, which had an underwhelming turnout, even as former president Donald Trump cruised to an overwhelming victory. This result should come as no surprise, …

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  Tessa Gould, One Country Project · [email protected]

January 11, 2024 at 4:36 PM

We need folks who put kids and families first.

One Country Project     For the children who lost Medicaid coverage between March and September 2023, 60% lost coverage because of the actions of nine Republican governors. In a normal, reasonable, world every single Republican governor would put kids first and make it…

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  Tessa Gould, One Country Project · [email protected]

January 9, 2024 at 11:55 PM

Rural Update 1/9: 2024!

One Country Project     Good afternoon and thanks for joining us in 2024! So, this is the new year, but with Congress floundering to keep the lights on, things don't feel any different. Congress has decided to start this year off stronger than the last and put forward a…

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  Heidi Heitkamp, One Country Project · [email protected]

January 9, 2024 at 3:30 PM

SIGN MY PETITION: Protect rural broadband

One Country Project     We need your help to protect rural broadband. In the next few months, more than three million people in rural America will lose their internet access because Republicans are more interested in playing politics than protecting rural families, com…

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  Heidi Heitkamp, One Country Project · [email protected]

January 6, 2024 at 4:57 PM

A singular threat to democracy

One Country Project     Democracies do not develop overnight, it takes decades to build a strong democracy. Americans have fought to build and expand our democratic system. From founding the world's representative democracy to progressive era reforms and the civil righ…

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  Heidi Heitkamp, One Country Project · [email protected]

December 23, 2023 at 5:47 PM

Take a listen while you’re relaxing by the tree

One Country Project     On behalf of my brother Joel and our entire family, we want to wish you a very Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and a safe and joyous New Year. We had the opportunity to record one last Hot Dish episode of 2023, our comfort food for Rural Americ…

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  Tessa Gould, One Country Project · [email protected]

December 19, 2023 at 9:28 PM

Rural Update 12/19: 2023 in Review

One Country Project     Good afternoon, While 2023 was one of the least productive years on record for Congress, the same is thankfully not true for OCP. As we gear up for 2024 – a presidential election, fiscal year 2024 appropriations, and a Farm Bill on the docket alre…

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December 12, 2023 at 11:18 PM

Rural Update 12/12: 2023 Rural Champions, Senior Care at Risk

One Country Project     Good afternoon, Last week, we announced the recipients of our 2023 Rural Champion Awards. OCP commends Senators Jon Tester (D-MT) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and Representatives Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA-03) and Gabe Vasquez (D-NM-02) for their…

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  Heidi Heitkamp, One Country Project · [email protected]

December 11, 2023 at 5:31 PM

Access to health care in rural America

One Country Project     Living in a rural county shouldn't be a death sentence. But sometimes, that's what it looks like. It is no secret that rural counties and regions have seen more and more hospital and clinic closures, and health care is becoming even more difficul…

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  Heidi Heitkamp, One Country Project · [email protected]

December 9, 2023 at 4:50 PM

The 2023 Rural Champions are here!

One Country Project     It is my pleasure to introduce the 2023 Rural Champions! One Country Project is fighting year-round for rural communities across the country, and every year, there are members of Congress who stand out for their dedication to rural leadership. T…

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  Tessa Gould, One Country Project · [email protected]

December 5, 2023 at 11:40 PM

Rural Update 12/5: 2023 Rural Champions, Rural School Reports and Repairs

One Country Project     Good afternoon, We’re back to December … 2021? Congress is facing down yet another government shutdown just two months from now and is making little headway amidst the blizzard of foreign aid and border security fights, expulsions and censures, c…

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November 28, 2023 at 10:29 PM

Rural Update 11/28: Giving Tuesday, Winter Weatherization

One Country Project     Good afternoon, We hope you had a restful weekend celebrating Thanksgiving and Native American Heritage Day. This year, we were thankful to get some holiday relief from inflation: turkey and gas prices have fallen, making the costs of traveling a…

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November 21, 2023 at 10:44 PM

Rural Update 11/21: Food, Farms, and Thanksgiving

One Country Project     Good afternoon, Happy (almost) Thanksgiving! Whether you're serving veggies and turkeys from your farmers' market, jogging for a cause in a turkey trot, or donating to a local food bank, now is the perfect time to give thanks to the farmers that …

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  Heidi Heitkamp, One Country Project · [email protected]

November 21, 2023 at 4:45 PM

Here’s why this issue is personal to me:

One Country Project Content Warning: This email discusses mental health and suicide. If you or someone you know needs help please call 988 or go to 988lifeline.org.     My brother, Joel, and I had a very deep conversation about mental health, the road to recovery, and …

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  Heidi Heitkamp, One Country Project · [email protected]

November 18, 2023 at 6:52 PM

In a land of plenty, hunger pains are the sharpest.

One Country Project     This time of year can be very difficult for some rural families, so we're writing with a simple ask: Can you spare $11 to donate to Feeding America before Thanksgiving next week? Did you know that food insecurity is more common in rural areas th…

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  Tessa Gould, One Country Project · [email protected]

November 14, 2023 at 10:23 PM

Rural Update 11/14: Abortion and Weed Win; National Rural Health Day

One Country Project     Good afternoon, Last week, Ohio voters overwhelmingly approved the Issue 1 ballot measure to enshrine abortion protections in its state constitution. The seventh state to put abortion rights to the ballot, Ohio was closely watched to see if the s…

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November 8, 2023 at 6:11 PM

Five billion reasons

One Country Project     Pres. Biden is taking off on a barnstorming rural tour visiting towns across the country by horse, train, and pack animal (okay, probably just Air Force One) to spread the good news about billions of dollars in new investments for rural America!…

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  Tessa Gould, One Country Project · [email protected]

November 7, 2023 at 10:16 PM

Rural Update 11/7: 2023 Election Day

One Country Project     Happy Election Day! If you haven't yet voted, find your polling place here. We'll be watching races for Pennsylvania's state Supreme Court, Virginia's state legislature, and governor in both Kentucky and Mississippi. One thing we'll be keeping a …

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  Heidi Heitkamp, One Country Project · [email protected]

November 2, 2023 at 8:37 PM

Congress needs to fully fund Indian Health Services

One Country Project     Here's why Native Americans and Alaskan Natives have a shorter life expectancy than every other group in America: Money. Leaders in Washington have underfunded the Indian Health Service (IHS) for decades, leaving millions of rural indigenous re…

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  Tessa Gould, One Country Project · [email protected]

November 1, 2023 at 12:07 AM

Rural Update 10/31: The Haunting of the Hill’s House

One Country Project     Happy Halloween! What a spooky season it has been! House Republicans – now led by Speaker MAGA Mike Johnson (R-La) – are staring down November 17, the day the continuing resolution to fund the government expires. Getting 12 appropriations bills p…

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  Heidi Heitkamp, One Country Project · [email protected]

October 28, 2023 at 3:52 PM

The growing maternal health crisis in rural America

One Country Project     Rural health care is different. The clinics are smaller, the specialists and pharmacies are farther away, and there's always a shortage of skilled practitioners. I was born in Breckenridge, Minnesota, but I grew up in Mantador, North Dakota. Bre…

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  Tom Bryant, One Country Project · [email protected]

October 25, 2023 at 8:26 PM

Mike Johnson: An extremist without the national profile

One Country Project     Happy Wednesday! This morning, like every morning, I got out of bed, grabbed a cup of coffee, and I flipped on the news, and here's what I heard: "Breaking News: House Republicans have decided to select a speaker with a mass game of Rock Paper Sc…

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  Tessa Gould, One Country Project · [email protected]

October 25, 2023 at 5:35 PM

Rural Update 10/25: Conservatives and Conservation, Paid Family Leave

One Country Project     Happy Wednesday, Halloween is next week, but you'd be forgiven for mistaking it for Groundhog Day, because Republicans are yet again scrambling to elect a Speaker of the House. In fact, today marks our third week without a speaker, and only a lit…

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October 17, 2023 at 10:16 PM

Rural Update 10/17: Haunted House, Lunch to Learn

One Country Project     Good afternoon, Sweet potatoes, squash, and brussels sprouts – oh my! Fall festivities are in full swing and fall foods are hitting the shelves now that it's mid-October. Visit a nearby farm to pick apples or pumpkins perfect for pie-making or st…

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October 16, 2023 at 3:21 PM

Just when you thought smoky backroom deals were long gone

One Country Project     Picture it: A darkened room. Ambient light creeps from a smoldering fire. The air is hazy with cigar smoke. In overstuffed leather chairs, a few men are lounging in black suits and drinking from heavy whiskey glasses between puffs of cigar – furt…

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October 10, 2023 at 10:27 PM

Rural Update 10/10: World Mental Health Day, Clean Energy Month, Job Transitions

One Country Project     Good afternoon, Today is World Mental Health Day. Mental and behavioral health concerns have too long been shrouded in stigma, preventing many from seeking the help necessary for their well-being. Rural communities are acutely challenged: childre…

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  Tom Bryant, One Country Fund · [email protected]

October 10, 2023 at 4:45 PM

It’s sick, it’s twisted, and it’s wrong

One Country Fund     Let's just say it: When extremist Republicans run Congress, it's a mess. For the first time in more than a century, the House has booted the Speaker – an historic event – and full credit belongs to the MAGA Republicans who have seized control of Co…

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  Tessa Gould, One Country Project · [email protected]

October 7, 2023 at 4:20 PM

Here’s what the poll shows!

One Country Project     I need to tell you about Christine Levi's story. Quick side note: If you haven't heard about the One Country Project's Hot Dish Podcast, you really should give it a listen. One word for you: Amazing. listen Now But, Christine told her story on …

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

October 5, 2023 at 4:22 PM

What happens at the end of 45 days?

One Country Fund     45 days. That's what was agreed to in Washington over the weekend. Just 45 days of functioning government, soldiers receiving their paychecks, food assistance helping parents feed their kids, and the list goes on. But what happens at the end of thos…

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