This week:
• $1 billion for electric school buses
• A potential "tripledemic" sandwich (not as delicious as it sounds!)
• One person's (treated) wastewater is another person's drinking water
• Most pregnancy-related deaths in America are preventable
• Bumble goes public with their "Private Detector" code
Here's What You Can Do (usually more varied, but until November 8th, it's all hands on deck):
• Join our friends at Pod Save America (https://votesaveamerica.com/be-a-voter/) or the Environmental Voter Project (https://www.environmentalvoter.org/get-involved)to call/text/donate and vote for people who will continue to build the foundation for a healthier world
• If you lead or even work at a company with paid leave, message every to stay home as much as necessary, and if you don't - Join our friends at Pod Save America (https://votesaveamerica.com/be-a-voter/) or the Environmental Voter Project (https://www.environmentalvoter.org/get-involved) to call/text/donate and vote for people who actually learned something from the pandemic
• Join our friends at Pod Save America (https://votesaveamerica.com/be-a-voter/) or the Environmental Voter Project (https://www.environmentalvoter.org/get-involved) to call/text/donate and vote for people who have lived experiences that reflect reality and will fight for a better water system
• Read the Momnibus Act (https://blackmaternalhealthcaucus-underwood.house.gov/Momnibus), and then join our friends at Pod Save America (https://votesaveamerica.com/be-a-voter/) or the Environmental Voter Project (https://www.environmentalvoter.org/get-involved) to call/text/donate and vote for people who understand all too well what it means to struggle for health care
• Use Bumble's easy tool (https://bumble.com/the-buzz/bumble-unsolicited-lewd-nude-images-virginia-texas) to get your state reps to ban unsolicited nudes, and then (ding ding ding) join our friends at Pod Save America (https://votesaveamerica.com/be-a-voter/) or the Environmental Voter Project (https://www.environmentalvoter.org/get-involved) to call/text/donate and vote for people who 1) actually understand the internet and 2) will help build one that's safer for women, LGBTQ+, and children.
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