Candidate Corner: Kat Abughazaleh for Illinois!

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🗓️ 19 February 2026

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

She’s a 26-year old Palestinian-American journalist who’s spent her career reporting on the right. And now she wants to beat their agenda in Congress. She’s Kat Abughazaleh and she’s running for the democratic primary in Illinois’ 9th district on an anti-authoritarian platform of affordability. Kat joins Francesca to talk about her diverse district, how AIPAC is bolstering one of her rivals, how she was indicted by Kash Patel’s DHS, and why we should not trust the right’s newfound anti-Israel stance. Get involved and or donate: https://katforillinois.com/ Early voting is on in Illinois, and election day is March 17th. Pitch us a candidate to interview at bishiation@gmail.com. *** The Bitchuation Room will be LIVE in Los Angeles with Emma Vigeland on Sunday March 22nd at Dynasty Typewriter. Tickets here: https://bit.ly/TBR322 *** Support the show becoming a patron https://www.patreon.com/bitchuationroom and get exclusive perks. You can also be a member on YouTube, Twitch, or a paid subscriber on substack: franifio.substack.com. *** Get your union-made podcast merch: www.bitchuationroom.com *** Thanks to Paige Oamek, Andy Vasoyan & Brent Godin *** Follow The Bitchuation Room on Twitter @BitchuationPod BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/bitchuationroom.bsky.social Check Out The Bitchuation Room Podcast on: Apple Podcasts: http://bit.ly/iTunesbitchuation Google Music: http://bit.ly/GoogleBitchuation Stitcher: http://bit.ly/stitcherbitchuation Spotify: http://bit.ly/spotifybitchuation Find Francesca On: Substack: franifio.substack.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/franifio YouTube: The Bitchuation Room’s channel: https://www.youtube.com/franifio Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/franifio Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Franifio Insta: https://www.instagram.com/franifio/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:44.2	Corner interviews. I am so excited for today's guest. We've done two of these, including
0:51.5	this one, and I hope to make it a regular Thursday feature.
0:55.9	So thank you so much for being here
0:57.9	and for watching live or listening after the fact
1:00.7	and supporting this show.
1:03.1	This is a candidate who I've wanted to get on the show
1:06.8	for months and months and months, but because she's too famous, no, because number one,
1:15.4	well, she is. She's been making lots of headlines, has been booked and busy and, you know,
1:21.6	pound in the pavement and knocking doors with some of y'all's support as well. It's been hard to book
1:27.4	her, so I'm really, really excited to welcome.
1:30.7	She is a 26-year-old Palestinian-American with a cat named Heater,
1:36.4	which is just the best name for a pet ever,
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