This story has been updated to reflect that these rumors are not true. So let’s make them real. See y’all Friday morning at 1930 Beach Street!

We're doing our third and final test livestream before a very exciting announcement tomorrow! I'll be talking about ICE, answering your questions, and playing Hades 2. We go live in an hour! Join on YouTube: www.youtube.com/channel/UCcU... Join on Twitch: www.twitch.tv/katabughazaleh

Holy shit. The administration might be evacuating the ICE facility we've been protesting for weeks. If this ends up happening, it's a huge deal. Protests matter. www.huffpost.com/entry/ice-ev...

Looking forward to seeing folks soon at the NWS ICE Emergency Response Town Hall! This will be a great opportunity to learn how you can get involved in standing up for your neighbors. Happening at Roosevelt High School at the top of the hour!

While protesting ICE, Kat Abughazaleh was pushed across the road by a masked agent and slammed to the ground.

"​What ICE just did to me was a violent abuse of power—and it’s still nothing compared to what they’re doing to immigrant communities," said Illinois congressional candidate Kat Abughazaleh. www.commondreams.org/news/kat-abu...

They’re not sending their best.

I’m so incredibly proud to call @katmabu.bsky.social a friend. She’s putting her money where her mouth is, putting her body on the line for communities at risk. Truly a great example of leadership.

That’s me in the video. And a Fox News host just celebrated me being assaulted by ICE. If ICE will do this to a congressional candidate with a big platform, just imagine what they’re doing to the people they’re kidnapping.

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As I told @newrepublic.com, "Once last week, twice today, ICE has picked me up and thrown me on the ground. Honestly, it doesn’t compare to what our neighbors who are trapped inside the Broadview processing facility are going through. They’re committing crimes against humanity there."

This man is one of the campaign’s super volunteers, the nicest dude you’ll ever meet, wildly dependable, and apparently capable of taking the coolest photo of 2025.

Right-wingers are calling for my arrest. You know why? Because they know I’m the only candidate in my race who will actually stand up to ICE and Trump. And they’re right.

As always,

Donate to my campaign to make Laura Loomer’s day worse: secure.actblue.com/donate/abu-bluesky

What ICE just did to me was a violent abuse of power — and yet it’s nothing compared to what they’re doing to immigrant communities. I’ve been fighting the right as a journalist and now I’m running for Congress to do the same in DC. Because we deserve leaders who will actually stand up for us.

My body hurts and will probably hurt way more tomorrow. But it’s a lot less pain than what our neighbors are enduring inside the Broadview ICE facility.

They just tear-gassed us. They tried to run us over in a van holding a peaceful protester. They shot us with pepper balls. They dragged another protester into the facility.

we knew this from the data but there really is nothing these freaks love to do more than assault women

ICE continues to assault us. We are peacefully protesting. They are kidnapping and hurting us.

This is what it looks like when ICE violates our First Amendment rights.

We’re protesting outside the Broadview ICE facility and an agent came out to tell us to go away. We said we’re exercising our First Amendment rights so he shot the ground with pepper balls and said, “Your First Amendment rights are on the sidewalk.”

Protest the Broadview ICE facility with us today! 1930 Beach Street. See you there.

RED ALERT KAT IS PLAYING MY FAVORITE GAME OF ALL TIME AND TALKING STRATEGY THIS IS NOT A DRILL

@shoelessmonkey.bsky.social is currently showing our 17 year old this video and informing him that he can vote in the March Primary since he'll be 18 by November and I don't know if there's a better way to grab the youth vote in this household

get yourself a congressional candidate who can kill charybdis *and* prioritize direct action

I’ll be here Sunday to join dozens of community members in rapidly responding to the threat ICE poses to Chicago and the nation. If you live nearby, I hope you’ll join me. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Censorship never stops with just one book, one newspaper, one person. The end goal of censorship is always complete control. For Christ's sake, Kimmel just showed a video of the President's own words. Stop capitulating. It will never save you in the end.

If you're in a position to donate to @katmabu.bsky.social , now is the time. She's trying to be a leader for the people, but needs our help. In a field of 20, she has more in-district supporters than all of opponents combined. I think she'd make an amazing Congresswoman. youtube.com/shorts/Dq_HC...

Like I want to state this very bluntly, Jimmy Kimmel is being pilloried by fascists because he *played a clip of a thing that the president said to a journalist*

What’s at stake here is free speech. Across the board, we’ve seen the Trump administration use the power of government to go after anybody who’s criticized them — and in this case, Jimmy Kimmel. We need to all stand up and speak out.

Cholula!! My campaign manager actually just got me a whole Cholula set as a gift! ☺️

Becoming increasingly clear we’re gonna have to build a parallel infrastructure for all the media we really love. The reason all of this is happening under the color of law is hyperconsolidation, dissent being traded straight up for merger approval, or fear of harassment.

Trump just designated “Antifa” as a terrorist organization, on par with ISIS and Al Qaeda. As a reminder, “antifa” is short for “antifascist”. They will use this lie to surveil, imprison, and kill Americans on the left. This may be our Reichstag Fire moment. Wake up. www.cnn.com/2025/09/17/p...

Some of my favorite signs made at the campaign office tonight! :-)

"What did you say? You didn’t like Chuck Schumer’s resistance?" My dispatch from a Punks for Progress show in Chicago supporting the trans-inclusive, immigrant-centric, mutual aid-based House candidacy of 26-year-old Kat Abughazaleh. 19thnews.org/2025/09/kat-...

chicago, irving park: ice spotted at home depot at addison/kimball

I love churros

Today marks six months until Election Day! I don't ask often, so when I do I try to make it count: Can you chip in $5, $10, or our average donation of $32 to help my campaign cover the costs of paying our staff and reaching voters? secure.actblue.com/donate/abu-b...

Fun fact! Bluesky is our best site for fundraising! While a lot of social media platforms deboost links and cut down on moderators, Bluesky hasn’t. And the result for us has been effective grassroots fundraising and communication.

lol. lmao even.

Trans rights are human rights.

Today marks six months until Election Day! I don't ask often, so when I do I try to make it count: Can you chip in $5, $10, or our average donation of $32 to help my campaign cover the costs of paying our staff and reaching voters? secure.actblue.com/donate/abu-b...

Heater is literally Puss in Boots.

Our protest at ICE’s Broadview facility last Friday was one of the most harrowing experiences of my life. That’s why we’ll be back this week, too. Here’s what happened, why this facility matters so much, and how you can stand with us: www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1J9...

As I told @19thnews.org: if you plot Democratic candidates on two axes, fight versus fold and transform versus return, in terms of the direction of the party, it’s the people in the fight and transform quadrant that are breaking thru. 19thnews.org/2025/09/kat-...

Most well written campaign donation request email I've ever received! @katmabu.bsky.social

I spoke with @19thnews.org about how radical empathy is not just punk rock but also our only viable campaign strategy. Read it here: 19thnews.org/2025/09/kat-...

Today, the UN officially designated Israel’s assault on Gaza as a genocide. As a party to the Genocide Convention, the U.S. has a legal obligation to obey our own laws, stop weapons sales to Israel, and demand a permanent ceasefire. End the genocide. Ceasefire now.