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kevinmkruse.bsky.social • 9 days ago

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At 26, Kat Abughazaleh is challenging a House incumbent who’s held the seat since before she was born.

Within three days after she uploaded her “Why I’m Running for Congress” video to YouTube, her campaign had raised more than $275,000 from over 7,000 individual donors.

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miketurnerohio.bsky.social•9 days ago

Oh, this terrifies them.

patroklus2000.bsky.social•9 days ago

Taffy Goldsmith gets a write-up in Ed Miller's "Nut Country:
Right-Wing Dallas and the Birth of the Southern Strategy." Fascinating reading. These are the people who wanted JFK dead. When she passed in 2020, the Texas GOP ordered flags be flown at half-staff at the State Capitol in Taffy's honor.

patroklus2000.bsky.social•9 days ago

C'mon, Kevin. You of all people should know that Kat's granny was Taffy Goldsmith and it's granny's trust fund that's paying for the Gold Coast high rise this grifter is using to establish residency in Il-09. Texas born and bred, Kat is a carpetbagger pure and simple.

margiesayshi.bsky.social•9 days ago

She needs to learn that Illinois is pronounced with a silent s, or she will be toast with actual Illinoisans. That’s a tell.

zs312.bsky.social•9 days ago

My understanding is that she has lived in Illinois for less than a year and may not live in the district at the moment. Sounds like not pronouncing the state correctly is only the tip of that iceberg.

bertin.bsky.social•9 days ago

Also… Maybe move to the district before declaring your candidacy. ‘But I’m just one bus stop away’. Yeah and the Bills were just one FG away from winning Super Bowl XXV.

americancrisis.bsky.social•9 days ago

bluebirdofunhap.bsky.social•9 days ago

Carpetbagger go home

billf.bsky.social•9 days ago

Zero ties to the district. Ostensibly running against one of the most reliably liberal members of Congress.

yedois.bsky.social•9 days ago

awesome, now the district can have a "reliably liberal" member who doesn't appear to be sundowning

ricchciuk.bsky.social•9 days ago

As a voter in the 9th District, we don’t care.

bluebirdofunhap.bsky.social•9 days ago

As a voter in the 9th district, you're correct: We don't care that she's running.
Competence over cutesy.

ricchciuk.bsky.social•9 days ago

Nah, we want someone who will actually fight.

bluebirdofunhap.bsky.social•8 days ago

Yeah, Jan should definitely do more TikToks in a Pikachu onesie. That'll show 'em.

ricchciuk.bsky.social•8 days ago

Maybe the Dems shouldn’t exclusively nominate candidates on death’s door.

jozienty.bsky.social•9 days ago

Jan Schakowsky is not actually problematic. But, hey, everyone should be primaried at every election. No kings, no guaranteed seats— prove you are worthy every election

rlleblond.bsky.social•9 days ago

I'm happy she's doing it. She picked a pretty difficult district to do it in.
I haven't been out there in years, but I remember that area being a lot of old money and big houses.

bluebirdofunhap.bsky.social•9 days ago

Lots of old money in Morton Grove, Prospect Heights and Lake In The Hills.

motojj.bsky.social•9 days ago

Just followed

nom-de-plum.bsky.social•9 days ago

That first sentence is really confusing and could so easily be re-written correctly. 🙄

No wonder the press gets a bad reputation.

kkope01.bsky.social•9 days ago

Oh, she's a very successful grifter, that one.

dixreloaded.bsky.social•9 days ago

the democrats will look at this and think:

"we have to fight her with all of our power"

logantomaz.bsky.social•9 days ago

I am worried about her being a vanity campaign. On Western Kabuki she said she's not doing TV ads bc it's a gift to consultants. And idk...you probably need some ads to win.

beragon.bsky.social•8 days ago

I like Kat. She’s smart and savvy. But she was absolutely brutal to Harris bc of Gaza and played a non-trivial role in discouraging turnout by the left.

wdmunn.bsky.social•9 days ago

I’m only donating to democrats that primaries an existing long term representative and/or senator.

tiltsatwindmills.bsky.social•9 days ago

Districts that safely blue should be for firebrands and aggressive policymakers, not "go along to get along" lay-lows.

billf.bsky.social•9 days ago

Do you know who the current member is?

tiltsatwindmills.bsky.social•9 days ago

I didn't mean to imply Schakowsky isn't one of those, but she's 80, and gonna have to pass the torch at some point.

drustevenson.bsky.social•9 days ago

Next we need Johnny Harris! And maybe-billionaire Mr Beast!

taxman86.bsky.social•9 days ago

Is there another example of two separate parties of a country that work in unison to crush social/labor progress?

nomnomnomdeplumb.bsky.social•9 days ago

This is wonderful, the solution to bad "entrenched" leadership in our democracy has always been new candidates running against them in elections, not term limits as some chant.

lumpyspacetim.bsky.social•9 days ago

If we can have "Felon to POSTUS" I think youtube is a perfect pathway to congress.

location3.bsky.social•9 days ago

Hopefully the incumbent chooses not to run again.

bluebirdofunhap.bsky.social•9 days ago

Hopefully if she does, she endorses someone competent that could win the district.

guachi.bsky.social•9 days ago

I get major grifter vibes from her.

nihildev.bsky.social•9 days ago

1,000%

The campaign is also odd - no TV ads?

keyuzo.bsky.social•9 days ago

Has the "Kat Abu is mid" incel dweeb made an appearance yet? I'd really enjoy ridiculing him again 😀

arrpeeohh.bsky.social•9 days ago

Honestly, picked the wrong incumbent in her area to run against. Quigley seems to piss people off every few months

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