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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 1d

I made a horrible decision last night and told chat that I’d do a 24-hr livestream if we raise $100k with these streams by the 19th.

So if that’s an incentive to tune in… there you go.

Joe McKirdy @joemckirdy.bsky.social · 2d

. @katmabu.bsky.social
promises to do a 24 hr livestream if her campaign reaches $100k in donations. If you want an unapologetically pro-democracy Congress, please consider donating. If you want to see her stream for 24 hours, please donate to the stream specific url.

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Kira 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @kiraavari.bsky.social · 11h

Loot acquired!

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Pattrick @pattrick11.bsky.social · 10h

We are out here for our community, thanks for being a leader in it. #Kat4Congress #IL09

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 12h

Join us for ICE watch virtual training, 10/13 at 5pm CT: zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Community Defense and ICE Watch 10/13. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.

zoom.us

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 12h

This is what it looks like when your community stands up.

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 13h

People are SHOWING OUT for today’s Protect Rogers Park ICE protest at Clark and Lunt!

There are a lot of great resources here:
- sign making
- school watch group chats
- ICE Watch newsletters
- KYR posters
- and more!

Drop by before 3!!

A perspective of a crowd that is at least 150 that is protesting ICE.

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 13h

Our volunteers have been 3D printing whistles for ICE watch. Make your own today at 7016 N Clark St in Rogers Park from 12-3pm!

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 1d

We love Producer Asha!

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Asha @ashabuerk.bsky.social · 1d

That’s me! Thanks so much to everyone who’s supported our streams so far :) Come show up and show out for the last test week!!!! We’ll be live Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday

Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 1d

We’re about to enter our LAST WEEK of our livestream fundraising experiment.

I wanted to prove that campaign fundraising can be fun and transparent instead of being reliant on rich people.

ICYMI, here’s how it’s been going:

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Joe McKirdy @joemckirdy.bsky.social · 1d

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 1d

I’m narcoleptic 😭😭

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@wscotgrey @wscotgrey.bsky.social · 1d

See your politicians suffer! Donate now to the internet dunk tank that is to make a Kat Abughazaleh 24 hour livestream happen!

Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 1d

I made a horrible decision last night and told chat that I’d do a 24-hr livestream if we raise $100k with these streams by the 19th.

So if that’s an incentive to tune in… there you go.

Joe McKirdy @joemckirdy.bsky.social · 2d

. @katmabu.bsky.social
promises to do a 24 hr livestream if her campaign reaches $100k in donations. If you want an unapologetically pro-democracy Congress, please consider donating. If you want to see her stream for 24 hours, please donate to the stream specific url.

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Big Cases Bot @bigcases.bots.law · 1d

New filing: "Illinois v. Trump (national guard deployment)"
Doc #70: memorandum opinion and order

Download PDF | View Full Case

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 1d

I made a horrible decision last night and told chat that I’d do a 24-hr livestream if we raise $100k with these streams by the 19th.

So if that’s an incentive to tune in… there you go.

Joe McKirdy @joemckirdy.bsky.social · 2d

. @katmabu.bsky.social
promises to do a 24 hr livestream if her campaign reaches $100k in donations. If you want an unapologetically pro-democracy Congress, please consider donating. If you want to see her stream for 24 hours, please donate to the stream specific url.

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 1d

Make sure to join us this next week — Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday at 7 PM CT — to help us prove our experiment works!

If this holds strong, we’ll be regularly streaming through the entire campaign :-)

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 1d

We’re about to enter our LAST WEEK of our livestream fundraising experiment.

I wanted to prove that campaign fundraising can be fun and transparent instead of being reliant on rich people.

ICYMI, here’s how it’s been going:

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 1d

Trump just threatened to impose severe, unprecedented tariffs on Chinese imports. He won’t negotiate with Xi at the upcoming APEC summit, choosing to sink the global economy. The Dow is already down 300 points. This will devastate American small businesses and cause your expenses to skyrocket.

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Michael Belfiore @michaelbelfiore.bsky.social · 1d

Worth the subscription. @katmabu.bsky.social is bringing the fight that the incumbents don't have in them. We need more like her.

"She's betting that voters, above all else, want a brawler."

Yes.

www.wired.com/story/kat-ab...

She Fought the Far Right Online for Years. Now She Wants to Do It in Congress

Kat Abughazaleh, 26, made her name swatting down right-wing talking points on social media. Now she’s hoping internet fame can propel her to Congress.

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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 1d

Chicago is safe, beautiful and vibrant. In fact, it was just voted the best big city in America for the ninth year in a row. If the jaw dropping images you’ve seen recently on TV or social media make it look like a war zone, that’s on Donald Trump. My latest:
open.substack.com/pub/jennifer...

Fearless journalists & vigilant residents tell Chicago's story

The abuses of federal power are far worse here in Chicago. Don't look away.

open.substack.com

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 1d

He wants X thing so he gets X thing is not a given. And to me that's the thing to uproot from people's consciousness. Because we're less than a year in and many people seem already defeated.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 2d

Reporting live from Chicago, there’s no “hellscape” I’d rather be in.

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 3d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 2d

🚨 CAMPAIGN STREAM TONIGHT 🚨

I’m not sick anymore! And I’m going live with @denims.bsky.social in 45 min.

(Also I’m knitting another hat for one of our viewers tonight ☺️)

See ya on YouTube and Twitch at 7 CT!

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 2d

A man was just abducted by ICE on Clark and Lunt, feet away from our campaign office.

Now our community is showing up and patrolling for ICE. Join us by getting involved in Protect RP: www.facebook.com/share/1DQqPQ...

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 2d

Finally, as a Palestinian-American, I sincerely hope that this is the first step on the long road to liberty for my people. I have faith — no, I know — that one day, our two peoples will look back and say this was a dark chapter in our shared history, as one.

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