The Bushra Amiwala Interview

<p dir="ltr">Gaslit Nation is excited to announce a new show, for our subscribers, featuring Russian mafia expert Olga Lautman, a researcher on investigative journalist Craig Unger's bestselling books House of Trump, House of Putin and American Kompromat.</p> <p dir="ltr">Follow the Money will feature Andrea and Olga every week, exposing who's getting rich off Trump, Putin, and other merchants of chaos, and what can be done about it.</p> <p dir="ltr">Gen Z is rising up. In this special episode, community organizer and school board official <a href="https://five.libsyn.com%20https">Bushra Amiwala</a>, now running for Congress in Illinois's 9th District, shares her story, her generation's view of a world in turmoil, and how they plan to build a more progressive and inclusive future, with our help. </p> <p dir="ltr">For our Patreon subscribers who keep Gaslit Nation's independent journalism alive, we'll see you today at the Gaslit Nation Salon at 4 p.m. ET. The Zoom link is available on Patreon. Thank you for your support–we could not make Gaslit Nation without you.</p> <p>Want to hear Gaslit Nation ad-free? Join our community of listeners for bonus shows, exclusive Q&amp;A sessions, our group chat, invites to live events like our Monday political salons at 4pm ET over Zoom, and more! Sign up at <a href="http://patreon.com/Gaslit">Patreon.com/Gaslit</a>!</p> <p dir="ltr">Programming change: Our book club discussion has moved to next Monday November 3rd at 4pm at our Patreon salon. For the month of October, we're reading <a href="https://www.graywolfpress.org/books/deaf-republic">Deaf Republic by Ilya Kaminsky</a> and <a href="https://archive.org/details/totalresistance0000dach">Total resistance by Hans von Dach</a>. </p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p dir="ltr"><strong>Show Notes:</strong></p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p dir="ltr">DOD accepts anonymous $130M donation to partially cover troop pay White House and military officials will not say who the donor is or whether the gift has been properly vetted. <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/24/dod-accepts-anonymous-130-million-donation-to-partially-cover-troop-pay-00622219"> https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/24/dod-accepts-anonymous-130-million-donation-to-partially-cover-troop-pay-00622219</a></p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p dir="ltr">Watch ad and Reagan address at centre of Trump ending Canada trade talks <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCKmMEFiLrI">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCKmMEFiLrI</a></p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p dir="ltr">Bushra for Congress: https://www.bushraforcongress.com/</p> <p> </p>