This morning's headlines are the FDA's bullshit claims about covid vaccines killing kids, the DC National Guardsmen shooting, Trump closing Venezuelan airspace, a TEENY TINY headline about Hegseth being the one giving kill orders on helpless fishermen, then this.
![After Evanston Now reached out for comment about the donation and the ad, Abughazaleh’s campaign said they had missed the donation and planned to donate it to the Niles Township Food Pantry, pointing to a campaign promise made in July where she said, “if a billionaire donates, we will refund [or donate] their money.”
Chambers is listed in Abughazaleh’s campaign finance reports as a “self-employed/farmer,” under an Upper West Side Manhattan address. The “farmer” part of his listed occupation in FEC reports likely refers to his ownership of an organic farm in the Hudson Valley, though not listed is his stake in the Atlanta-based media empire his grandfather founded. He has donated to many other campaigns under the same or similar listed occupation.
Chambers is also married to Naibla Khashoggi, the daughter of a former Saudi businessman and arms dealer, Adnan Khashoggi, who died in 2017 but amassed a fortune of over $4 billion for himself through arms sales.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:pspcxdtgbid5w7mfygnzwof2/bafkreibwj3vnhxm3srtfm5eu4wgdqr4co7hgriozbotgewdg3qje26mg5e)
![Even as Trump promised mass deportations last year, Arundale saw nothing incompatible about supporting him while she continued the work she was doing. “He talked a lot about criminals,” she said. “So I was like, ‘Yes, take the criminals.’ I told people he [had been] president already and he didn’t do this. I never thought he could rip people away from their families.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:pspcxdtgbid5w7mfygnzwof2/bafkreifnsoe66zsptaspwnvlg2mk74yzzxdeq6i5iholni2v3zhzfzsxmq)
