One Country Project

Reproductive Rights Must be Codified by the Next Congress

It is Time to Build the Electoral Coalition that Will Codify the Right to an Abortion in Law.

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Today, farm country is buzzing with anticipation for the farm bill text promised by the House Agriculture Committee Majority. At last, a farm bill.

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@amandalitman.bsky.social joins us on the #HotDishPod to share how @runforsomething.net encourages people to change their lives and their communities by running for office.

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People living in rural America are facing the harsh realities of farm foreclosures, sales, and small businesses closing their doors.

Alarms are Blaring in Rural America. Is Anyone Listening? Read more: onecountryproject.substack.com/p/alarms-are...

Under the second Trump administration the EPA has decreased its enforcement of environmental regulations.

As the nation faces intensifying climate and pollution crises, a weakened EPA leaves American communities more vulnerable than ever.

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Today's #RuralSpotlight recognizes a Utah grant providing businesses with funds for creating jobs in rural areas.

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ICE Cannot Be a Private Army on American Soil.

Leave local policing to local police, shrink ICE’s budget, and fire every employee that has given unlawful orders or abused citizens.

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This week's #SelflessSaturday highlights the Rural Hospital Investment Program. Through the initiative, rural hospitals have received $20 million. The program caps donations at $20 million per year, and that ceiling was hit in just one month.

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The Trump Economy: The Rich Get Richer and the Poor Get Poorer. We want to see big things get done in rural America.

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Last year, the Trump Administration canceled funding for the USDA Local Food for Schools Cooperative Agreement Program (LFS).

Kids need to eat. Families need to support themselves. Read more about how sourcing local foods has taken a hit: onecountryproject.substack.com/p/sourcing-l...

The OBBB brought major changes to social services, including work requirements for SNAP. The weight of these changes will fall heaviest in rural America, where hunger and economic fragility already run deeper.

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This week on the #HotDishPod, former DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano joined us to speak to the department's failure to have good law enforcement.

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Former Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano joined the #HotDishPod to provide insights into the current situation in Minneapolis.

Tune into today’s episode to hear about Homeland Insecurity: onecountryproject.substack.com/p/homeland-i...

USDA Unveils the Relocation Timeline It's Going to be a Busy Summer for Brooke Rollins

Two weeks ago, Deputy Secretary Stephen Vaden shared that USDA is moving forward with the reorganization with plans to move employees to the regional hubs this summer.

Read more about the USDA's relocation timeline: onecountryproject.substack.com/p/usda-unvei...

This week President Trump ratcheted up his election conspiracies to a higher level, demanding Republicans take over elections in 20 states that he lost.

Read more about how nationalized elections would disenfranchise half of rural voters: onecountryproject.substack.com/p/tuesday-ta...

February: A Time to Check in with Your Heart

As health care costs and access to care place a greater strain our rural health systems and communities, preventing complications and deaths from cardiovascular disease are even more important.

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Today's #RuralSpotlight recognizes United for Libraries and Penguin Random House for providing grants to U.S. rural and small libraries in need.

Read more here: www.ala.org/grants/unite...

The Long Road to November It's time to turn the page on the poisonous politics of the last decade

The Long Road to November

It's time to turn the page on the poisonous politics of the last decade.

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Portland grocer tackles food insecurity with reusable bag program A Portland-based grocer is tackling food insecurity one reusable bag at a time.

This week's #SelflessSaturday highlights a Portland grocery store tackling food insecurity one reusable bag at a time. When shoppers bring their own bags, New Seasons Market donates 5 cent to a local nonprofit.

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American Infrastructure is Coming Undone Decades of disinvestment, temporary patches, and privatization have our national infrastructure failing behind our economic rivals

American Infrastructure is Coming Undone

Decades of disinvestment, temporary patches, and privatization have our national infrastructure failing behind our economic rivals.

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As trade policy threatens international markets, US commodity farmers need to find increases in demand to keep their operations functioning and their rural communities thriving.

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The Anti-Vaxx Vaccine Committee.

Leading the HHS department, RFK Jr. has installed anti-vaxxers onto the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). They have already reduced the number of recommended childhood vaccines. Read more: open.substack.com/pub/onecount...

Fact Checking Trump's Iowa Midterm Kickoff Rally.

As expected, the President lied many, many times during the rally. See the fact checks on Trump's claims about agriculture, conservation, trade, energy, elections, the economy, immigration, and more.

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@JamieAgerNC, Congressional candidate for NC-11, joined us on the #HotDishPod to discuss the impact of Hurricane Helene on local communities. A year and a half after the devastating storm, Western NC communities are still struggling.

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We needs a Farm Bill that treats nutrition and production as two sides of the same coin. It is time for agricultural policy that actually keeps family farms on the map and rural communities thriving.

Read more about punted policies for rural America:
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Saturday morning, ICE agents in Minneapolis killed yet another American citizen in broad daylight.

Congress is currently voting on bills to fund the government - and the Senate will decide if it will pass a bill that funds ICE. Read more here: onecountryproject.substack.com/p/tuesday-ta...

Winter Storm Fern is Exposing the Cracks in the Administration’s 2025 Playbook in a Chilling Way Winter Storm Fern is the first major multi-state rapid activation for FEMA since President Trump started taking the agency apart last year and now alarm bells are ringing that the disaster agency is…

Winter Storm Fern is the first major multi-state rapid activation for FEMA since President Trump started taking the agency apart last year and now alarm bells are ringing that the disaster agency is not ready for this past weekend’s storm.

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U.S. Agriculture Doesn't Function Without Immigrant Labor

Around 42% of all farm laborers in the U.S. are undocumented, so if you’ve eaten today, thank an immigrant.

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Childcare is a major expenditure for families across America, but it is particularly hard for families in our rural farming communities.

Adding to the challenges are new regulations that add requirements for childcare providers.

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JD Vance, never one to tell the truth intentionally, accidentally deliver an honest assessment of the state of the U.S. economy as he compared the Trump economy to “turning the Titanic around.”

Read more:https://onecountryproject.substack.com/p/thursday-talkers-122-jd-vance-trump