"Everything Is Gambling and Nazis" Ft. Kat Abughazaleh
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What motivates Kat Abughazaleh to run for Congress?
47-year-old Tim Pool contributor roasted after bragging about finding a 23-year-old Media Matters employee on Tinder. Cat Abu Ghazali is in the building, everybody. Running for Congress, you've seen her for years on this broadcast because she has spent a good deal of time initially at Media Matters tracking right-wing extremism and right-wing commentary in general. And now she's taking the fight to Congress, Illinois 9. And very excited to have you here. First time meeting in person. You know, we've been talking for a while now.
Yeah, it's crazy to meet you in person. I actually did see you at the DNC when we were out with Uncommitted, but all of us were asleep for like, or actually got like three hours of sleep. So, but yeah, just got off the flight. Catherine and I flew out at 6 a.m. and we're glad to be here. How's it going, man?
Hell yeah. I mean, it's, you know, it's going. I don't know. When people are like, oh, dude, like... how are you doing? I'm like, well, you know, things are not great. Things are, things are not great in, in Gestapo everywhere.
Yeah. No one can afford anything. Everything's gambling and Nazis. It's awesome.
It's awesome. It's great. America's collapsing right in front of our eyes, but hopefully there are brave Patriots such as yourself and, and many others that are trying to do whatever they can to, to hold this, this country together. So, Before we get started, let's talk about who you're running against and what made you want to run for office. Because you're pretty young.
Yeah, I'm 26. So there's 17 people in my race, which is a lot. But when I launched, it was zero, except for the incumbent. I was the only person to launch before the incumbent announced her retirement. And now I am tied for first with a local politician. And then the candidate right below us is fully funded by AIPAC. But early voting starts February 5th. Hi, baby. And the election's March 17th, so we're like right there. It's been almost a year since we started, and it's crazy.
Who's the local politician you're running against right now that you're tied for first place with?
Mayor Daniel Biss. He's the mayor of Evanston. He ran for governor in Illinois. He's, you know, a nice guy.
All right, what makes you better than him, though? Let's get right to it.
I think... What differentiates me from the rest of the field, I just say in general, is a few things. First off, I'm the only grassroots candidate in my race. I don't take any money from billionaires, don't take any money from corporate PACs, don't take any money from Republican-funded PACs. I'm the only person that understands how to fight the right because I've been doing it for my career. Illinois does a lot of things correctly, which means that until very recently, you weren't dealing with people like Stephen Miller and Elon Musk on a daily basis. I lost my job because Elon Musk sued us and then he deposed me, which is the dumbest eight hours of my life. Additionally, we use our resources differently.
We actually use our resources to help the community. We're reaching out to young people. I don't do call time. We actually stream on Twitch like two or three times a week, which has been much more successful than calling rich people all day. And I've also been forcing all of my opponents to be more aggressive against the administration and progressive in their views.
Yeah, you're also, as far as I know, the only candidate in the race that has been called out directly by the administration, right?
Oh, yeah, I'm the only candidate under federal indictment.
Yeah, we have a criminal here in the building.
Alleged criminal. Alleged criminal. Yeah, that was for my protest at ICE, at the Broadview ICE facility. And the first time I went, there were like no politicians there. Same the second and third time. And eventually other people came out, a lot of my opponents actually. And I was actually happy about that because it makes all of us safer, all that. But it took that pressure and they kind of stopped. But I'm glad that a lot of them are stepping up when they can, but I don't think that they should need that pressure in the first place.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What motivates Kat Abughazaleh to run for Congress?
0:00–4:56
2
Who are the candidates in Kat's congressional race?
4:56–7:19
3
What makes Kat different from her opponents?
7:19–22:49
4
What are Kat's key campaign policies?
22:49–55:10
5
What concerns are raised about Jesse Waters and Brian Kilmeade?
55:10–56:17
6
How do the speakers react to controversial statements made by media figures?
56:17–57:03
7
What are the implications of ICE actions discussed in this episode?
57:03–58:39
8
What campaign strategies are highlighted for Kat Abughazale?
58:39–1:49:33