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  Tessa Gould, One Country Project · [email protected]
October 3, 2023 at 10:54 PM

Rural Update 10/3: Remembering Sen. Feinstein, Shutdown Averted, Living and Working in Rural America, Childcare Cliff

One Country Project     Good afternoon, On Friday, Senator Dianne Feinstein, our nation's longest-serving female senator, passed away. Sen. Feinstein dedicated her life to serving the people of California and this country, and her impact can be felt in communities aroun…
  Tom Bryant, One Country Project · [email protected]
September 30, 2023 at 3:45 PM

Here’s what I need to tell you:

One Country Project     Hi – I don't think we've been properly introduced, but my name is Tom, and I'm part of the One Country Project team. But I need to tell you something. I have worked on countless campaigns over the years, from city council races to congressional campaigns, a…
  Ashton Clemmons, One Country Project · [email protected]
September 29, 2023 at 3:58 PM

$10 bucks per day

One Country Project     $10 bucks per day. That's the Biden plan, to cap childcare costs at $10 a day. Not only will this make sure kids have quality care while their parents are at work, but it also ensures that childcare does not cost more than work pays. And I am th…
  Tessa Gould, One Country Project · [email protected]
September 28, 2023 at 10:29 PM

Their usual low-quality, TV sound bite material:

One Country Project Haley to Ramaswamy: ‘Every time I hear you, I feel a little bit dumber’     We watched the second Republican debate last night, and just like you were probably thinking, it was a personality contest of washed-up and deeply unserious people totally un…
  Tessa Gould, One Country Project · [email protected]
September 27, 2023 at 3:34 PM

Unhinged moments:

One Country Project     With the second Republican debate happening tonight, I thought it was important to take a look at what these candidates had to say during the first debate because they have some pretty unhinged views about education. So here's your recap: Repub…
  Tessa Gould, One Country Project · [email protected]
September 26, 2023 at 11:45 PM

Rural Update 9/26: Shutdown Soon, Paid Family Leave Poll, Medicaid and CHIP Coverage

One Country Project     Tick tock on the clock, the party might stop soon – if you can call the 118th Congress a party. “Fiasco” might be a more accurate descriptor. Republican infighting has plagued government functionality since January, from the fifteen votes to elec…
  Tessa Gould, One Country Project · [email protected]
September 25, 2023 at 9:35 PM

MAGA Extremists will win tomorrow.

One Country Project     We need your help. The One Country Project is building a grassroots movement to connect rural communities with Democratic values, and we need your help to do it. We are 73 donations away from our goal, and we only have a few days left. Can we cou…
  Tessa Gould, One Country Project · [email protected]
September 20, 2023 at 7:07 PM

BONUS: He looks cool with aviators on

One Country Project     The GOP needs your help. They want to impeach Joe Biden, but they don't know why they're doing it. Can you see a reason to Impeach Joe Biden? HE PASSED THE IRA HE SAVED DEMOCRACY HE WRANGLED INFLATION HE RESTORED AMERICAN LEADERSHIP HE'S LOWE…
  Tessa Gould, One Country Project · [email protected]
September 19, 2023 at 8:57 PM

Rural Update 9/19: Shutdown Swirl; Climate Cuts; Hot Dish on Redistricting and Rural Health

One Country Project     Good afternoon, Shutdown swirl is all over the news this week as Congress shuffles towards September 30th with little indication of swerving back towards functionality. Yes, you heard that right: the federal government is once again facing a fina…
  Tessa Gould, One Country Project · [email protected]
September 14, 2023 at 4:41 PM

Apples and oranges

One Country Project     Every day there's a new subpoena, co-conspirator, or indictment for Donald Trump and his troupe of MAGA clowns. Trump is dishonest, corrupt, and anti-Democratic, but there's nothing he could do that No Labels isn't willing to look past. Now, No …
  Tessa Gould, One Country Project · [email protected]
September 12, 2023 at 8:33 PM

Rural Update 9/12: Sticking Around, Growing Rural America, and Preserving Mental Health

One Country Project     Good afternoon, With the House back from recess, all eyes are now on Congress to avert a government shutdown by the end of the month. September has already seen its fair share of storms, but keep those hatches battened down – the political turmoi…
  Tessa Gould, One Country Project · [email protected]
September 10, 2023 at 4:52 PM

SIGN THE PETITION:

One Country Project     We don't have time to waste. The Farm Bill is in legislative limbo and everything points towards Congress failing to pass it. Not a big deal, right? WRONG. The Farm Bill is integral to the national economy, rural development, family budgets, and …
  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…
  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…
  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,…
  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…
  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…
  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 …
  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…
  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 …
  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.…
  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…
  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…
  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…
  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…
  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…
  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…
  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. …
  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…
  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…
  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…
  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…
  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…
  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 …
  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…
  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 …
  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…
  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…
  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…
  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 …
  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.…
  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…
  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…
  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…
  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 …
  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 …
  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…
  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…
  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…
  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…