Primaries are heating up this summer! This week, KAPOW is working with @abdulelsayed.bsky.social and @coribush.bsky.social and hosting five different community events. Let's goooooooo!

Did you hear the news? We will be LIVE STREAMING our Exonerated Girl Summer concert, AND are also hosting an auction to help raise money for KAPOW. Here are some examples of the kind of items you could get, starting tomorrow at 8pm CT until midnight:

LET'S GOOOOOOOOOO kapow.works/abdul

We have an incredible problem: too many donations for our mutual aid hub and not enough shelves! We’ve outgrown our current setup, and we need to adapt to keep up with need, especially as we help candidates across the country adopt this model.

Art builds, cleanups, taxes, and more! Here’s this week’s 💥 KAPOW calendar 💥

After months of stress and the possibility of 10 years in prison hanging over our heads, we’re ready to celebrate. So... KAPOW and Bookclub present: I GOT INDICTED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND ALL I GOT WAS THIS CONCERT

TOMORROW: We’re calling voters to help elect Mai Vang for CA-07!! Leaders like Mai are exactly who we need fighting for our future, and you can help make it happen. Join us and make some calls: ☎️➡️ www.mobilize.us/maiforus/eve... @maiforus.bsky.social

BIG NEWS: With the federal case being dropped, the mutual aid hub stays open this week! We’re still recovering from weeks of legal chaos, so we’ll be open Tues through Thurs for cleanups, game night, tax workshops, and phonebanking, then closed Fri - Sun to rest. Here’s what we're up to this week:

We’re not waiting around for change. KAPOW is calling voters to help elect Mai Vang for CA-07 over the next two weeks. Join us the next two Thursdays, May 21 & 28, making calls from 5–7PM PT / 7–9PM CT for @maiforus.bsky.social !!

💥 Let's elect @cmmaivang.bsky.social !! 💥

This week: rallying in Springfield with @ifnotnowmovement.org, phonebanking for Mai Vang, park cleanups, game nights, movie nights, tax workshops, mending days, and keeping our mutual aid hub running. Come through, pitch in, bring a friend! 💥💥💥

Come on through, we’re outside cleaning up parks and inside playing video games, knitting and watching The Princess Bride!

KAPOW is back with movies, game nights, local neighborhood clean ups and our very own book swap All of our events are free to attend and donations are always welcome. Right now we could use shampoo + conditioner, diapers (sizes 4-6), paper towels, unworn socks, toilet paper and gallon ziplock bags!

Need a (free) professional headshot? Wanna watch a movie? Feeling a bit crafty ahead of the May Day march? Well this week, KAPOW has you covered. Stop doomscrolling and build a community with us instead!

SEATTLE FRIENDS! We’re in town tomorrow. Join me and Common Power to hear what we’re building and how you can be part of it 🌟

💥 KAPOW 💥 community events are alive and active! Join us for everything from park cleanups to movie nights this week:

On Thursday, Kat Abughazaleh announced in a video that she will help campaigns "integrate mutual aid and direct action into their races," and she plans to help races across the country, "especially in the Midwest."

What’s next:

Defeatism? We don’t know her. Our community support-based campaign model demonstrates a new model for politics and engaged a record number of young voters. Now we’re not just going to keep doing that work. We’re helping campaigns across the country do the same.

sis it’s great. at 27 i worked for the coolest 26 year old

To all of our supporters, donors, and volunteers, I can’t thank you enough. You are the reason we came so far and defied every expectation. Get some rest. We’ll get back to work in the morning. And as always, Fuck Trump. Fuck ICE. Free Palestine.

Our grassroots movement forced every power — from AIPAC to the establishment — to use their entire arsenal, just to barely beat us. Our loss today merely makes the path easier for the next person who runs. It’s an honor to be able to clear that path.

Thank you to everyone who supported this campaign. Together we were able to do things never seen in American politics, to set a new standard from what we should expect from the people who try to represent us. What we built matters, regardless of the outcome. And the work isn’t over.

you’re so right

Polls are open until 7 PM!

had the pleasure of voting for @katforillinois.bsky.social for IL-9 today! if you're an IL resident, make sure you get out and vote today!

LOOK AT THIS GRAPH

WE FORGOT TWO

Can yall stop leaking our endorsements plsssss 😭

:) I was gonna space these out but… THE FEC (FELINE ELECTION COMMITTEE, NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH THE FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION) has released more endorsements

A RARE SURPRISE ENDORSEMENT FROM CATS ACROSS THE MULTIVERSE ONE DAY LEFT UNTIL ELECTION DAY. Vote today and vote early, it’s gonna be rough out there tomorrow!!!

Deeply honored and grateful to have the support of Rep. Ilhan Omar, a leader who has never been afraid to put justice, humanity, and the truth ahead of political convenience. Her courage has helped blaze the path for so many of us.

THREE DAYS LEFT. Vote Kat Abughazaleh for IL-09

One of our volunteers drew this and it’s VERY relevant :)

Mark Ruffalo has a message for you: @markruffalo.bsky.social

CAMPAIGN UPDATE: 3 DAYS TO GO!!! 💥 AIPAC and dark money groups are PANICKING!! 💥 But we’re in the streets — and you can be too!! 💥 Canvass shifts in Algonquin, Morton Grove, Skokie, Evanston, and Andersonville!! 💥 Knock doors with me and Jamaal Bowman!! 💥 Phonebanking from 2 PM to 8 PM today!!

We need to SMASH those voter turnout numbers

I've been having these weird thoughts lately... like, are you gonna vote for Kat, or not?

Where was the sea salt ice cream during the Hot One’s stream?!

this is who i imagine on the other side of the screen whenever i take over stream

when you walk away, you don’t hear me say VOTE ABUGHAZALEH FOR IL-09

Dark Money be like...

Donate or volunteer at Katforillinois.com to help us close doors to darkness (dark money in politics)

Dark money groups are paying influencers to spread attacks about our campaign. Voters deserve to know who is trying to manipulate our election.

Four days left—but we still need YOU to win this!

if you find yourself fighting Sans in your play through you’re 1. Gonna have a bad time, 2. not the good guy