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Welcome to The Gov Hub Newsletter by Girl and the Gov® Friday edition. This drop is the junior to the senior that is Monday’s send of action items, resources, civic engagement tools, and top stories. She’s cute, she’s short, she’s sweet, and she’s ready to read:

QUESTIONS 👉️ ANSWERS

What is the foster care system? And who is it set up to help? Does it work? And, what about the system needs to change? Colorado State Rep. Lindsey Daughtery, who prior to her elected role worked as a guardian ad litem, walks listeners through all of these questions and more. The convo serves as a virtual tour through what the system looks like, who it leaves behind, and what improvements need to be made to protect the kids it's intended to protect – at age 18 and beyond. Hit play on the convo here:

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WWTHD or WHAT WOULD THE HOSTS DO?

Well, the hosts of the pod would…pick this political rose of the week, grimace at these political thorns, and DM each other the kooky and the crazy of the week’s political circus – and the would and have shared all of the above in this week’s edition of Hot Mic’d The Newsletter.

FROM WOO TO EW – THIS WEEK’S RANKINGS

WOO: SENATOR Laphonza Butler was sworn into office.

WOO JR: Alabama finally has fair maps – FINALLY.

PALETTE CLEANSER: The perfect Halloween decor set up doesn’t exist………..kidding, it does

EW x EW = EW: This tea on Gaetz….and how none of his colleagues did anything about what he was bragging about…?

EW FULLY MONTY: Trump chatting an Aussie billionaires ear off about our national security secrets.

AN ACTION ITEM BROUGHT TO US BY THE SENATE MAJORITY PAC:

As we all know, in June 2022, SCOTUS overturned Roe v. Wade, taking away the Constitutional right to a safe abortion. Since then, over 50% of states have introduced and passed laws that restrict abortion access, from travel bans for pregnant people, to banning the abortion pill. They have also closed hundreds of clinics that provided communities with access to sexual and reproductive care. Maintaining and expanding the Democratic majority in the Senate is of critical importance in order to continue to protect the future of abortion access and women's rights. Show your support, join the fight, and protect a Democratic majority in the Senate by signing this petition.

PS and BTW we’ll see you – well your inbox – on Monday with more action items. In the meantime, find the action item lib in full swing here.

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