Kat Abughazaleh

Heater on the ice at a curling game getting a boop from Canada's Marc Kennedy

Heater at the Olympics

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When asked what issues mattered most to them, multiple people I talked to while canvassing for @katmabu.bsky.social said “uhhh. Democracy continuing?” Seems we’re in a great place as a country.

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Satirical poster based on the 'TARGET: RATS' alleyway posters in Chicago. There is an illustration of a boot stomping on the flag. Copy reads: WARNING TARGET: FASCISM THIS IS THE REAL THREAT FACING OUR COMMUNITY. WHAT IF WE TORE DOWN THE SYSTEMS BUILT TO DIVIDE US? KAT WILL FIGHT FOR OUR DEMOCRACY. PRIMARY ELECTION DAY: MARCH 17, 2026 Stickers read: VOTE FOR KAT IL-09 SAVE OUR DEMOCRACY VISIT KATFORILLINOIS.COM

Satirical poster based on the 'TARGET: RATS' alleyway posters in Chicago. There is an illustration of a student stressed out over their backpack. Copy reads: WARNING TARGET: STUDENT LOANS THIS IS THE REAL THREAT FACING OUR COMMUNITY. WHAT IF STUDENT DEBT WASN'T A BUSINESS MODEL? KAT WILL FIGHT FOR THE NEXT GENERATION. PRIMARY ELECTION DAY: MARCH 17, 2026 Stickers read: VOTE FOR KAT IL-09 SAVE OUR STUDENTS VISIT KATFORILLINOIS.COM

Satirical poster based on the 'TARGET: RATS' alleyway posters in Chicago. There is an illustration of masked ICE officer shown. Copy reads: WARNING TARGET: STUDENT LOANS THIS IS THE REAL THREAT FACING OUR COMMUNITY. WHAT IF WE STOOD UP FOR FAMILIES INSTEAD OF TEARING THEM APART? KAT WILL FIGHT FOR YOUR AMERICAN DREAM. PRIMARY ELECTION DAY: MARCH 17, 2026 Stickers read: VOTE FOR KAT IL-09 ICE OUT OF ILLINOIS VISIT KATFORILLINOIS.COM

You’ve seen these posters behind me all campaign. Here’s a closer look!

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‘Are you willing to fight back?’: Democrats ready to take on party’s old guard ahead of midterms After Zohran Mamdani’s upset, a new wave of challengers targets incumbents, driven by fury at Donald Trump

Read the full story here: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Excerpt from The Guardian story, featuring midterm candidates looking to change the Democratic party. Copy on excerpt reads: THE GUARDIAN: US NEWS HEADLINE: "'Are you willing to fight back?: Democrats ready to take on party's old guard ahead of midterms" Photo of Kat showcased holding a stack of yard signs. Copy below reads: "Another test case is Illinois' deep blue 9th District, where Kat Abughazaleh, 26, a progressive Palestinian American, is taking on a Democratic establishment she accuses of complacency and cowardice."

Excerpt from The Guardian story, featuring midterm candidates looking to change the Democratic party. Copy on excerpt reads: "Abughazaleh believes that Democrats have long failed to meet the moment of taking on the far right. For her and many progressive challengers across the country, countering the Trump administration is inextricably linked to combating the influence of groups such as Aipac and challenging the corporate status quo. Abughazaleh said: "I even see it in my own campaign where there are local leaders and elected officials that call me before endorsing one of my opponents, apologetically saying, I love what you're doing but I'm feeling a lot of pressure to endorse this way or the other. They feel that pressure in the first place instead of being able to stick to their values and it's a shame that we have a party that makes people feel like that." "I don't know how many times we have to keep doing the same thing over and over and over again of insisting that we have to be more moderate, that we have to move to the right," Abughazaleh added, arguing that policies ensuring affordable housing, groceries and healthcare should represent the political centre."

You don’t beat the far right with moderation. You have to confront it.

Career politicians are unequipped to handle this moment. It’s time for them to step aside.

Kat and volunteers come together to knit, crochet, mend, and embroider at the Rogers Park campaign office.

Kat and volunteers come together to knit, crochet, mend, and embroider at the Rogers Park campaign office. Volunteer showcased is almost done with their red crochet hat!

Kat and volunteers come together to knit, crochet, mend, and embroider at the Rogers Park campaign office. Volunteers showcased are working on scarves and hats.

Kat and volunteers come together to knit, crochet, mend, and embroider at the Rogers Park campaign office. Volunteer showcased is making good progress on a red knit panel for a scarf!

On days like today, with so much uncertainty in the world, I’m reminded why community matters so much.

Grateful we had our mutual aid knitting circle this morning to slow down, be together, and hold space for each other.

*Mario voice* here we go!

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But to be serious, AIPAC is dropping serious money against us this week.

Help us beat AIPAC and counter their smear campaign with any small dollar contribution (please): secure.actblue.com/donate/abu-b...

LEAKED: First attack ad against Kat Abughazaleh

Here we are again.

Call your representatives and demand they act before it's too late: (202)-224-3121

We're murdering our children at home and abroad. It's reprehensible.

Allegedly.

I will never get used to the disdain our country holds for brown and Black children.

From Palestine to Iran to Sudan, we normalize the destruction of schools and hospitals and daycares. We reduce children to death tolls and their futures to rubble with no consequence or second thought.

Iran Says 40 School Children Killed in Strikes Iran said that at least 40 elementary school children were killed as the result of an attack in Minab, in Iran’s southern province of Hormozgan, according to state broadcaster IRIB, which said 48 more...

Other figures say 40. Posting for clarity but whether it’s 85, 40, literally any number big or small, a dead child is a dead child. They didn’t do anything. We are not the good guys here.
www.wsj.com/livecoverage...

85 girls who would’ve had their own lives and futures. 85 girls who had dreams of their own. 85 families who will never see their daughters alive again.

Read it again. We killed 85 schoolgirls this morning.

This won’t stop Iran’s nuclear weapon development. It won’t support the protesters. It won’t lower your costs or fix American healthcare.

It *will* murder countless civilians, destabilize Iran and the region, and drag us into another forever war.

We are attacking Iran because we believe can with zero accountability. It’s fucking disgusting. And so many of our leaders — in both parties, by the way — are applauding this.

The people of Iran are the ones who determine their fate. The U.S. and Israel’s obsession with regime change is abhorrent.

The morally bankrupt Trump administration has partnered with another morally bankrupt authoritarian to declare an unprovoked war on Iran, already killing scores of civilians.

We need an immediate vote from Congress on a War Powers Resolution. Then articles of impeachment.

Trump and Rubio have brought Cuba's government to the brink A blockade on oil imports is leaving Cuba with few resources. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio wants Cuba's government on its knees. The situation has become even more tense following a fatal confron...

At some point the Trump regime's devastation of the Cuban people is going to be noticed.

Remember: Donald Trump created this crisis. He walked away from the Iran nuclear deal that was working, promising a "better deal." He didn't deliver. He escalated, abandoned real diplomacy, and has now led us into a conflict that puts us all at risk.

things every single republican president of your lifetime has done

- started a war in the middle east
- completely destroyed the economy

I am sure JD Vance will resign in protest, right?

Let me re-introduce myself. And why our campaign is doing things differently. #politics #democrat #fyp #foryoupage #woketok TikTok video by Kat Abughazaleh

What we are seeing from @katmabu.bsky.social is just a completely new model of politics. www.tiktok.com/t/ZThtrq8Ph/

The Substack right has now unironically adopted the end of Jeffrey Epstein: Bad Pedophile as their talking points.

There was some reporting today about my foreign policy positions, which surprised everyone… including me.

To clarify, here’s where I stand: