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Annabelle Mendoza

Chicago immigrant-rights organizer, Communications Director at United We Dream, former 2026 Democratic candidate for Congress in Illinois' 7th District, and founder of Democracy Unbought.

Oct 9, 2026

6:02
falls off the map and unless something specific happens we don't really hear about what's going on anymore so what what have things been like in chicago in your area since since the last time we talked
6:19
Yeah, I mean, I think a lot of the sentiment has been that people want to see what this next individual who won the primary state rep, LaShawn Ford, who is the Democratic nominee, what happens.
6:34
what he will do when he's in office.
6:36
I think people are open to seeing how he will follow through on a lot of the promises.
6:41
And one thing I'm proud of during the campaign was the ways in which I pushed forward a lot of the progressive priorities that I hold.
6:51
And again, those values that I hold that I sincerely hope he addresses.
6:57
And I think that we obviously have, Um, need to see what his record looks like once he is in office.

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24:58
Yeah.
41:45
Tell us about the playbook.
41:46
Yeah.
41:46
I mean, again, as I mentioned before, there is a host of criteria and characteristics that really tie together dark money, dark money.
41:55
And the way that I define dark money is that it operates to protect wealth inequality in this country.
42:02
Yes.
42:02
That is the purpose.
42:04
And it is to push forward an agenda that is making the already rich, very rich people, And even richer, right? While making sure that the rest of us and an agenda for working people that would address some of the major issues that we're talking about here, like housing, like our gas prices being almost $6, right? Those pieces that actually would make our life more affordable.
44:36
So tell us what your thoughts are on that.

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