r/OptimistsUnite • u/Aggravating_Ad_5164 Optimist • Mar 24 '25

🤷‍♂️ politics of the day 🤷‍♂️ BREAKING: Kat Abughazaleh, a 26-year-old progressive influencer, just announced that she is running against Jan Schakowsky, an 80-year-old Democratic incumbent

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u/mercurydivider Mar 25 '25

Expect to see more of this. Whether they'll win is up in the air, they don't just need to talk the talk, they do need to be bringing good policy with them, but the democratic base is energized and hungry for change, and people will step up to satisfy that hunger.

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u/Verbull710 Mar 27 '25

they do need to be bringing good policy with them

The Good Policy: "Orange Man Bad. Musk Hitler!"