Joe, we did it – we hit 200 eppys of the pod!

Welcome to The Gov Hub Newsletter Friday edition. Short, sweet, and droppin’ pre-weekend podcast episode deats, civic resources, and pops of politics x culture, this edition is the junior to Monday’s senior. See you then and there for more action items, top stories, bills to know, and beyond. Typos included in both editions free of charge.

JOE, WE DID IT – WE HIT 200 EPPYS OF THE POD

Cue the champs and the convo on student debt relief!

The big 2-0-0 has arrived – like how?! Time seriously flies, which we get into in this week’s Hot Mic’d. It feels like just yesterday we were ordering mics and assorted equipment, but here we are, 200 episodes later and excited about the next 100. Wooohooooo! And this week’s episode features none other than Melissa Byrne who is the founder of We, the 45 Million. The conversation focuses on student debt relief and cancellation, looking at what’s been tackled so far, and what’s to come. We also discuss the issue at large and the many players involved [yes, Congress, Biden, SCOTUS because you’re totally reading this, that means you]. Get the download on the whole convo – and download it as well on Apple Podcasts and Spotify Podcasts + watch it on YouTube.

SOMETHING TO TAKE ACTION ON

An action from our friends at the Sierra Club

Say heyy and hello to the EPA before you dive into the weekend with a message on finalizing rules that will tamp down dangerous air pollution across the country. Hit send on that message here.

As for the backstory, the 411 if you will, basically medium and heavy-duty vehicles [like the infamous red truck Taylor Swift’s ex wouldn’t let her drive] produce more than a third of the climate pollution associated with transportation, even though they make up less than 10% of the vehicles on US roads. A small and mighty percentage in a bad way – le cringe. Anywho, earlier this year, the EPA proposed revised greenhouse gas standards for heavy-duty trucks and buses - slay. Together with other “Clean Truck” rules issued by the Biden Administration, the standards will remove hundreds of thousands of tons of pollution from the air and prevent nearly 3,000 annual deaths and hospitalizations resulting from respiratory illnesses. So, these rules need to be finalized, ya know get the show on the road as they say, to have an impact. Make that happen by telling the EPA to finalize the rules here.

SOMETHING TO REMIND YOUR FRIENDS ABOUT

E-Day countdown - remind your friends to vote on November 7. 

KENTUCKY - Voter Info

MISSISSIPPI - Voter Info

NEW JERSEY - Voter Info

NY & NYC - Voter Info 

OHIO - Voter Info

PENNSYLVANIA - Voter Info

VIRGINIA - Voter Info

PS there are local elections beyond what’s covered above. Make sure to check and see what’s on the docket in your neck of the woods on Tues.

PSS if you don’t have an election in your backyard, make sure to check your registration status if you’re already registered [or think you are] and register to vote if you are not yet. 

SOMETHING(S) TO MAKE NOTE OF

Bits and pieces from around the ‘interwebs’

• This article on the women Dem governors, their camaraderie, and their groupchat gets us in our feels. Speaking of Dem govs, the org putting dollars behind getting more dem women governors elected, shared their POV here.

• In Nebraska, abortion rights advocates made serious next step moves in their goal of getting abortion on the ballot in ‘24– those moves outlined here.

• These thought-provoking political cartoons from the week cue one to put their thinking cap on. 

• Gerrymandered maps in North Carolina come with new ratings on how ‘24 will go – they go something like this.

• This tax proposal is gorgeous, gorgeous, genius.

• Fall 2024 has something exciting coming [in addition to elections] – the White House Historical Association will open The People’s House: A White House Experience, an education center dedicated to teaching visitors about the executive home and how it came to be. Field trip anybody?

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