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  Tessa Gould, One Country Project · [email protected]
September 17, 2024 at 5:12 PM

Rural Update 9/17: Debunking Trump’s Debate Lies, Harris for Rural America and Things Left Unsaid

One Country Project     Good afternoon, With the highly anticipated presidential debate behind us, former President Donald Trump has been declared the loser and is still struggling to explain his poor performance. However, this has not stopped him from spreading more li…
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  Tessa Gould, One Country Project · [email protected]
September 14, 2024 at 6:02 PM

Announcing the Harris/Walz rural small business plan!

One Country Project     Rural job growth has still never quite recovered from the pandemic – and they're facing a loss of over 100,000 jobs, a number that can wreak havoc on rural areas that are so dependent on each and every good-paying job they generate. But, Kamala …
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  Tessa Gould, One Country Project · [email protected]
September 11, 2024 at 8:46 PM

There was only one rural champion on stage

One Country Project     I can hardly believe it. Watching last night's debate was nothing less than historic. The first presidential debate with a woman of color as a party's nominee and, hopefully, Donald Trump's last presidential debate. But here's what's lost in the …
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  Tessa Gould, One Country Project · [email protected]
September 10, 2024 at 5:30 PM

Rural Update 9/10: Warming Up for the Presidential Debate, Failing Rural America, Farmers, and Their Families

One Country Project     Good afternoon, Tonight, former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris will finally take the stage for the highly anticipated presidential debate. While Trump's sentencing in the hush money case has officially been delayed until …
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  Tessa Gould, One Country · [email protected]
September 6, 2024 at 4:59 PM

12,000 votes

One Country Project     In 2020, Trump won North Carolina with only 49.93% of the vote — Biden only won 48.59%. But in the same year, Biden flipped Georgia by just 12,000 votes – which is only a 0.23% margin. Here's the takeaway: Rural votes are the key to pushing mar…
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  Tessa Gould, One Country Project · [email protected]
September 3, 2024 at 8:47 PM

Rural Update 9/3: Thumbs Down for Trump, Revitalizing Rural Health Care and Education

One Country Project     Good afternoon, As I'm sure you've heard, former President Donald Trump wreaked havoc in Arlington National Cemetery last week when he disrespectfully gave a thumbs up during a photo-op at a wreath-laying ceremony. To make matters worse, reports …
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  Tessa Gould, One Country · [email protected]
August 31, 2024 at 4:53 PM

Do you know where Kamala Harris is headed next?

One Country Project     Where are Kamala Harris and Tim Walz going next? We are only two months away from election day, and Kamala Harris and her running mate are spending an entire week touring around rural Georgia. They're giving speeches, meeting community members, v…
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  Tessa Gould, One Country Project · [email protected]
August 29, 2024 at 7:23 PM

Project 2025 is a dealbreaker for America’s veterans

One Country Project     Project 2025 is a dealbreaker for America's veterans. It's the Trump/Vance playbook they intend to implement if they win the White House – and it will cost veterans and servicemembers vital benefits and services. Trump and Vance will squeeze, li…
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  Tessa Gould, One Country Project · [email protected]
August 28, 2024 at 2:51 PM

Rural Update 8/28: Presidential Open Mic Night, Reinvesting in Rural Infrastructure

One Country Project     Good afternoon, It looks like the upcoming presidential debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump is shaping up to be one big political open mic night. With the debate right around the corner, the two campaigns…
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  Heidi Heitkamp, One Country · [email protected]
August 22, 2024 at 4:25 PM

Before you watch Vice President Harris’ speech tonight

One Country Project     This week we've heard from rural Democrats, Members of Congress, former presidents, and a current president, but tonight we will hear from the woman who will potentially be our future president. This evening will be a moment for the history book…
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  Tessa Gould, One Country Project · [email protected]
August 20, 2024 at 7:43 PM

Rural Update 8/20: Farewell Biden, DNC Domination

One Country Project     Good afternoon, Last night, President Biden kicked off the Democratic National Convention in Chicago by highlighting the achievements of his administration and energetically endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democratic presidential no…
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  Tessa Gould · [email protected]
August 19, 2024 at 11:23 PM

Join OCP at the DNC in Chicago!

One Country Project We’re hosting a two-day program at the DNC on issues affecting rural communities.     As you're no doubt aware, Democrats are gathering in Chicago this week to show the American people who Vice President Harris and Governor Walz are and what Democra…
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  Tessa Gould, One Country Project · [email protected]
August 13, 2024 at 7:03 PM

Rural Update 8/13: Crowd Sizing, Dems’ Path Through Rural America

One Country Project     Good afternoon, It appears we've hit a bit of turbulence in the 2024 presidential election. While Democrats are making headway on the campaign trail, former President Trump has been having a meltdown over the crowds at Vice President Harris's ral…
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  Tessa Gould · [email protected]
August 10, 2024 at 4:14 PM

There’s going to be a huge push back from rural voters this year

One Country Project     Rural Americans are going to the ballot box to take back their reproductive rights. After the disastrous Dobbs decision in 2022, Republicans have attacked abortion rights with no exceptions. Now, they're coming after in vitro fertilization and …
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  Tessa Gould · [email protected]
August 7, 2024 at 6:32 PM

Tim Walz, a champion for rural communities

One Country Project     In November, only a handful of states — such as Georgia, Arizona, Nevada, and North Carolina — will decide the outcome of the presidential election. And who will decide the outcome in those states? Rural voters. As rural voters, we have an immen…
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  Tessa Gould, One Country Project · [email protected]
August 6, 2024 at 10:49 PM

Rural Update 8/6: Walz In, Rural Entrepreneurship

One Country Project     Good afternoon, We're WALZing on sunshine today after Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris's announcement that she has selected Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her running mate. Walz is a former social studies teacher and football coach w…
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  Tessa Gould · [email protected]
August 2, 2024 at 7:30 PM

Accessibility. Availability. Affordability. Acceptability.

One Country Project     According to research by the Des Moines Register, 57% of Iowans have had difficulty accessing quality mental health resources over the last few years. For rural Iowans in particular, about 69% say it was fairly or very difficult to access mental…
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  Mike Espy · [email protected]
August 1, 2024 at 4:29 PM

“Won’t have to vote anymore”

One Country Project     My grandfather was a great man. Born in 1876, he grew up to be a great entrepreneur, healthcare provider, and advocate for southern Black communities during the Jim Crow era. He owned a string of funeral homes and I remember spending a lot of my…
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  Tessa Gould, One Country Project · [email protected]
July 30, 2024 at 9:31 PM

Rural Update 7/30: Vying for VP, Securing Our Communities’ Safety and Well-being

One Country Project     Good afternoon, Overseas in Paris, 592 American athletes are competing to earn gold on the Olympic stage. As Team USA seeks to make history abroad, we're keeping our eye on the historic proceedings at home, namely, the 2024 presidential race and …
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  Tessa Gould, One Country Project · [email protected]
July 29, 2024 at 5:49 PM

Bowing to dictators and the donor class

One Country Project     The Republican ticket wants to be the leaders of the free world – and they're asking for your vote. So, let us be clear: Donald Trump and J.D. Vance don't represent the values of rural and working class Americans. Here's their game plan: Cut s…
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  Heidi Heitkamp, One Country Project · [email protected]
July 25, 2024 at 3:33 PM

Joe Biden is a true rural champion

One Country Project     Joe Biden has been an extraordinary president and a true rural champion. As a U.S. Senator, I had the opportunity to work closely with Joe when he served as Vice President. In our meetings and during the time we served together, I learned who he…
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  Tessa Gould, One Country Project · [email protected]
July 24, 2024 at 2:23 PM

Rural Update 7/24: Harris Earns the Delegates, Her Stance of Reproductive Rights and Maternal Health

One Country Project     Good morning, When the news starts coming, it don't stop coming. This weekend, President Joe Biden announced that he would step away from the 2024 presidential election, endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris in his stead. In the past two days, t…
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  Tessa Gould, One Country Project · [email protected]
July 17, 2024 at 8:38 PM

Judges and politicians don’t belong in our bedrooms.

One Country Project     Judges and politicians don't belong in our bedrooms. Extreme and unreasonable restrictions on reproductive rights — like abortion, contraception, IVF, and family planning — have caused doctors to flee from Republican-run states, shut down rural…
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  Tessa Gould, One Country Project · [email protected]
July 16, 2024 at 11:55 PM

Rural Update 7/16: An Assassination Attempt, A VP, and A Plan for the Future of Working Families

One Country Project     Good afternoon, What a week it's been, and it's only Tuesday. After an assassination attempt on Saturday, former president Donald Trump showed up to the Republican National Convention yesterday with a bandaged ear and a long-awaited vice presiden…
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  Tessa Gould, One Country Project · [email protected]
July 9, 2024 at 9:23 PM

Rural Update 7/9: GOP Platform Gobbledygook, Rural Economic Renaissance, Combatting Kidney Disease

One Country Project     Good afternoon, Whether you're under an excessive heat warning, flood watch, or beginning to clean up after Hurricane Beryl, OCP hopes you're staying safe this summer. Here's how to help Texans in the wake of the record-breaking storm. The extrem…
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  Heidi Heitkamp · [email protected]
July 3, 2024 at 3:52 PM

Where I come from, no man is above the law

One Country Project     I grew up in the rural midwest where honesty and integrity were values we lived by — where I come from, no one is above the law. I'm deeply disappointed by this week's Supreme Court decision to give anyone who sits in the Oval Office – regardle…
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  Tessa Gould, One Country Project · [email protected]
July 2, 2024 at 7:59 PM

Rural Update 6/25: Two Years of Dobbs, Abortion Battles on the Ballot, Presidential Debate

One Country Project     Good afternoon, It's almost Independence Day! On your way to the river, the lake, or the neighbor's backyard barbeque, make sure to pick up some fresh corn, tomatoes, and melons. It's a great way to support your local farmers – and make a delicio…
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  Heidi Heitkamp · [email protected]
June 30, 2024 at 7:38 PM

I was the last Democrat

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. That's what we're here to fix – elect more Democrats to office by putting rural concerns like infrastructure, hosp…
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  Heidi Heitkamp · [email protected]
June 27, 2024 at 8:14 PM

“Will you shut up, man?!”

One Country Project     Do you remember the first presidential debate in 2020? It was like nothing I had ever seen before. Donald Trump was wild, aggressive, and unhinged. And Joe Biden said what the whole world was thinking: "Will you shut up, man?!" I don't know if to…
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  Tessa Gould, One Country Project · [email protected]
June 25, 2024 at 10:24 PM

Rural Update 6/25: Two Years of Dobbs, Abortion Battles on the Ballot, Presidential Debate

One Country Project     Good afternoon, Two years ago yesterday marked the end of women's health as we knew it. When the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, it reversed 50 years of reproductive rights that women across the country could rely on. As OCP board memb…
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  Tessa Gould, One Country Project · [email protected]
June 24, 2024 at 9:46 PM

Montana, Arizona, Nevada, Wisconsin, & Texas

One Country Project     Rural voters will decide who wins and who loses in November. Look at the most important U.S. Senate races in 2024: Montana, Arizona, Nevada, Wisconsin, Texas, and many more. The rural voters in these states will be the decisive votes for who cont…
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  Tessa Gould, One Country Project · [email protected]
June 20, 2024 at 5:03 PM

99% of all households in Colorado

One Country Project     It's amazing what's possible with rural-focused leadership. In May, Republicans in Congress blocked funding for the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) – leaving millions of Americans, many rural, all working class, without access to affordab…
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  Tessa Gould, One Country Project · [email protected]
June 18, 2024 at 8:26 PM

Rural Update 6/18: Pride in Rural America, Heat Risks to Health

One Country Project     Good afternoon and Happy Pride! Across the country, communities have been celebrating Pride Month. Even beyond the major city parades, there are hundreds of small towns and rural Prides uplifting the over 3 million members of the LGBTQ+ community…
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  Heidi Heitkamp, One Country Project · [email protected]
June 13, 2024 at 8:10 PM

9 out of 10 rural counties struggle with what?

One Country Project     Nine out of ten counties struggling with food insecurity are rural. Rising food prices and stagnant wages have hit families hard over the last couple of years, and now that pandemic-era benefits are a thing of the past and school is out for sum…
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  Tessa Gould, One Country Project · [email protected]
June 11, 2024 at 9:19 PM

Rural Update 6/11: OCP’s Third Rural Progress Summit, Crossroads and Backroads of Rural America

One Country Project     Good afternoon, It seems like just yesterday that we were working through the FY 2024 Ag-FDA appropriations bill. Perhaps it feels that way because that was a mere three months ago. The FY 2025 bill is scheduled for subcommittee markup this eveni…
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  Tom Bryant, One Country Project · [email protected]
June 10, 2024 at 10:17 PM

Here’s the problem we kept running into

One Country Project     Let me tell you about the first time Heidi asked us to host a Rural Progress Summit. It was 2021, COVID was still making it difficult to gather together, and the One Country team was trying to figure out how we can bring rural priorities to Capit…
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  Tessa Gould, One Country Project · [email protected]
June 6, 2024 at 10:33 PM

A great final day for the Rural Progress Summit!

One Country Project     We've had three amazing days at the Rural Progress Summit! Today's programming included a conversation between OCP founder Heidi Heitkamp and Barbara McQuade, a professor at the University of Michigan Law School and former U.S. Attorney for the E…
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  Tessa Gould, One Country Project · [email protected]
June 6, 2024 at 12:56 AM

Another great day of discussions at OCP's Rural Progress Summit

One Country Project     It has been another great day of discussions at OCP's third Rural Progress Summit! During our second day of the Summit, OCP founder Heidi Heitkamp spoke to Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) about her priorities for the Farm Bill and to National Farm…
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  Tessa Gould, One Country Project · [email protected]
June 4, 2024 at 10:46 PM

Highlights from Day One of the Rural Progress Summit

One Country Project     Hello from OCP's third Rural Progress Summit! Our first day of panel discussions focused on rural families' health, wealth, and educational opportunities. When it comes to helping rural Americans stay and work in their hometowns, as Senator Angus…
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June 2, 2024 at 5:42 PM

A sneak peek at the Montana Senate race…

One Country Project     Have you registered yet? The Rural Progress Summit starts on Tuesday and you won't want to miss it! We will be talking to leading experts on rural issues, hearing from state legislators on where rural child care policy is headed next, and getting…
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  Tessa Gould, One Country · [email protected]
May 31, 2024 at 4:59 PM

Wanna-be despotic liar

One Country Fund     I am sick and tired of the lies and platitudes that newly-convicted felon Donald Trump regurgitates time and again. Trump never actually says what he means or means what he says. So, how can we tell what this wanna-be despotic liar is actually goin…
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  Tessa Gould, One Country Project · [email protected]
May 29, 2024 at 9:52 PM

Rural America is ready to transform

One Country Project     Storms, floods, and tornadoes have slammed rural parts of the U.S. over the last few weeks – battering outdated infrastructure in rural areas with the fewest resources. As storms become more intense, more frequent, and occur earlier in the seaso…
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May 28, 2024 at 7:56 PM

Rural Update 5/28: Democrats’ Keys to Economic Messaging, GOP School Voucher Split

One Country Project     Good afternoon, Around the country, spring is slipping into summer. You can tell by the burgeoning strawberry season, May flowers, and algal blooms – yes, those bountiful cyanobacteria are back and making the rivers and lakes that you're used to …
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  Heidi Heitkamp, One Country Project · [email protected]
May 24, 2024 at 3:30 PM

Reserve your FREE tickets today!

One Country Project     We are less than two weeks away from our third annual Rural Progress Summit, and you won't want to miss it this year! Joel and I will be there to discuss what is next for rural America and how we can all get involved to fight for the policies th…
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  Tom Bryant, One Country Project · [email protected]
May 22, 2024 at 5:39 PM

There’s a glimmer of hope for workers in the South!

One Country Project     There's finally a glimmer of hope for workers organizing across the South! After decades of living under anti-union rhetoric and right-to-work laws, workers in the southern U.S. are witnessing equal parts victory and heartbreak in their fight to…
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  Tessa Gould, One Country Project · [email protected]
May 21, 2024 at 9:14 PM

Rural Update 5/21: White House Rural Communities in Action, Farm Bill Release, School’s Out and Lunch is Over

One Country Project     Good afternoon, Last week, OCP was invited to attend the White House's Rural Communities in Action event, which highlighted how investments in rural America – from the American Rescue Plan, to the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the Inflation Redu…
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  Tessa Gould, One Country · [email protected]
May 20, 2024 at 9:39 PM

Gloating, strutting, and rubbing it in

One Country Fund     How closely are you watching the 2024 election? Maybe you see the occasional headline, but don't read the article. Perhaps you only consume the news on Facebook or TikTok. Or you may keep track of the news with an almost religious zeal – CNN playing…
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  Tom Bryant, One Country Project · [email protected]
May 15, 2024 at 5:35 PM

Here’s what we’re talking about at this years Rural Progress Summit:

One Country Project     We are less than a month away from the Rural Progress Summit! This will be our third Rural Progress Summit, and it is going to feature lots of discussion from the One Country Project's Board — Heidi Heitkamp, J.D. Scholten, Mike Espy, Ashton Clem…
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  Tessa Gould, One Country Project · [email protected]
May 14, 2024 at 9:36 PM

Rural Update 5/14: Observing Missing and Murdered Indigenous People Month

One Country Project     Good afternoon, On Sunday, we celebrated Mother's Day and honored the women in our lives who work hard to provide for their families. We also must acknowledge the struggles that too many families, and especially mothers, face. This Mother's Day, …
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  Heidi Heitkamp, One Country Project · [email protected]
May 11, 2024 at 4:42 PM

1 in 4 active duty servicemembers…

One Country Project     A stunning 1 in 4 active-duty servicemembers are food insecure as classified by the USDA — defined as "a difficulty in feeding yourself or your family members due to lack of economic resources within the last 12 months." Some 10.5% of military m…
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