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Matt Gonzales

@matttheg.bsky.social
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Educator~ Organizer ~ Community Researcher ~ Policy Nerd ~ Musical Dragon ~ Chicano ~🚴🏽‍♂️ / scholar-advocate of school segregation, youth organizing, and education justice. www.liberationspaces.com

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Matt Gonzales @matttheg.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Glad to see this from DOE. Please share with parents ans educators in your networks . www.schools.nyc.gov/school-life/...
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Protocols for NonLocal Law Enforcement
Protocols for NonLocal Law Enforcement
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Anna Minsky @aminsky256.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
There is nothing I want more for myself or my children than to live in a multiracial social democracy in New York City and I think that truly integrated schools are the way. If you don't know about the 5 Rs of real integration, watch this video and read the school diversity advisory group report.
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School Diversity Advisory Group - Integration and Innovation Initiative
School Diversity Advisory Group is reimagining integration for New York City public schools
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Matt Gonzales @matttheg.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Lots of thoughts on the reactions to the Nikole Hannah-Jones article from this weekend. Overall, it’s incredibly powerful and real. This is less about her narrative, and more about the bizarre reactions. Made a vid because people don’t read anymore 😢
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Bright D Limm 임대중 @bdlimm.myatproto.social · 20/09/2026
Which state has maintained the nation's most segregated public schools for the past decade—and still holds this distinction today? New York. @matttheg.bsky.social explains the racist + other harmful consequences of a new fed tax credit program—and why we must thus push Hochul not to opt NY into it.
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Matt Gonzales @matttheg.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Check out my recent op-ed on Governor Hochul’s choice: She should reject Trump’s Federal Voucher scheme and protect NY public schools. unwall.app/www.timesuni...
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Commentary: Federal Scholarship Tax Credit is a threat to N.Y. public schools
Gov. Hochul must reject a program that could deepen segregation and leave public schools with fewer resources.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Federal minimum wage in: 2009: $7.25 2010: $7.25 2011: $7.25 2012: $7.25 2013: $7.25 2014: $7.25 2015: $7.25 2016: $7.25 2017: $7.25 2018: $7.25 2019: $7.25 2020: $7.25 2021: $7.25 2022: $7.25 2023: $7.25 2024: $7.25 2025: $7.25 2026: $7.25 Folks, it's time to raise the damn wage already.
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Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Apparently people are sharing this far and wide on social media, which I think is horrible. This could cripple ICE operations. PLEASE do not share this.
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Dr. Ruth Marshall is still kicking against the pricks @wtfis2bdone.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Proud to sign this! Everyone needs to read this article: bylinetimes.com/2026/08/18/t...
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The Peter Thiel-Linked Race Science Network that Penetrated Cambridge University and Targeted Jason Arday
The media's coverage of the academic's life was fuelled by the campaign of an established far-right network
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Decoding Fox News @decodingfoxnews.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
In 2021 Natalie Harp thought nothing of demonizing Ruby Freeman, a Georgia poll worker targeted by Trump. Harp also mocked Michael Fanone a Capitol Police officer who was badly injured on Jan. 6th. She also used racist themes in some of her coverage.
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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 27/08/2026
REMINDER: Mitch McConnell hasn’t been seen or heard from in now 73 days. Yet he still: •Has his job •Gets paid, and •Gets free world-class healthcare The man who voted against a living wage, against universal healthcare, & against guaranteed paid leave—gets all three as he needs it most.😐
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Nathan Solis @tarantulaarms.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
First Dolly and now Tim "Frank-N-Furter" Curry. GAWD the list of credits to his voice alone
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Tim Curry, Iconic Star of 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show,' Dead at 80
The prolific actor had reportedly been suffering from serious health issues for over a decade.
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Matt Gonzales @matttheg.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
I’ve been incredibly critical of NYC Reads since its launch. Not because I don’t care about literacy, as a former special education teacher I’ve actually taught 100s of children to read. I was and am critical of any reform that presents a silver bullet solution to a deeply systemic problem.
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Fifty Shades of Whey @fiftyshadesofwhey.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
There have been at least 17 documented incidents targeting Islamic houses of worship in the US from May 2026 to July 2026, which is a whopping 183% increase compared to the same period in 2025. 🧵
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Fifty Shades of Whey @fiftyshadesofwhey.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
While Abdul El-Sayed is trying to unite different groups in Michigan who face a lot of the same problems, a major feature of the Haley Stevens campaign is an attempt to appeal to Americans who discriminate against Arabs and Muslims. 🧵
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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
People potentially subject to the nyc pied-à-terre tax are being treated with 1% of the administrative hostility of SNAP and Medicaid applicants, and they’re throwing 100x the fit
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Matt Gonzales @matttheg.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Just wrapped my first year as a doctoral student. It’s been an exciting and enriching journey to get back into school after 10 years. But over the last decade I have been hustling to make changes in educational policy here in NYC and beyond.
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Matt Gonzales @matttheg.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
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Wizard Of Oz: Wicked Witch Is Dead!
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David, just David @coldwarhost.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Remember folks, 'don't speak ill of the dead' is bullshit advice. Instead speak honestly of the dead. He was a warmongering, reactionary, misogynistic piece of shit who ignored actual science in favour of a political stance.
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Matt Gonzales @matttheg.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Demanding free labor is not only an outdated and backwards practice, it’s an equity issue that ensures only those who have existing economic privilege can participate in these opportunities. Read more: www.amny.com/law/unpaid-n...
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Unpaid NYC Council intern who says she was fired for labor organizing just sued the city in federal court for wages. Can she win? | amNewYork
After allegedly being fired from her unpaid position as a New York City Council intern for labor organizing that aimed to push the legislative body to pay her
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Prison Policy Initiative @prisonpolicy.org · 10/07/2026
Don't let copaganda fool you — police violence is not tied to their safety. In 2025, the vast majority of killings began with police responding to suspected non-violent offenses or cases where no crime was reported.
Screenshot of chart showing how police killings in 2025 began. 680 were suspected non-violent offenses or cases where no crime was reported. 112 were traffic violations. 84 were unknown.
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Three witnesses were in the van with Lorenzo Salgado Araujo Per their attorney: no ramming, no danger to agents & no reasonable basis to open fire Unreasonable force opens these agents to liability This is becoming another national outrage & it should be👇 -TN
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thicc husband and father @lukeisamazing.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
haven’t seen America this thoroughly embarrassed on the world stage since we lost that war we started with Iran like 3 weeks ago
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Matt Gonzales @matttheg.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
First the Knicks, now USA men’s team. Trump absolutely is the killer of any and all momentum and vibes for a sports team. Shoutout to a great run for the team.
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 07/07/2026
Cheer up, USA. One of your soccer teams has won 4 World Cups.
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
In front of fans and kids taking photos, a Dallas police officer starts shoving staff members of the Egyptian national team here for the World Cup. At one point, he even reaches for his handcuffs. The video is already being shared internationally by news outlets.
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BrooklynDad_Defiant! @mmpadellan.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
It's weird to me how trump never lets go of a grudge, he still bitches about Obama, Biden, Hillary, and even Rosie O'Donnell for some reason. He never says a word about any of the people who supposedly tried to assassinate him. Nothing. Weird.
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Matt Gonzales @matttheg.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Cape Verde🇨🇻! What a match! #WorldCup
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Matt Gonzales @matttheg.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Very satisfying to see two European “super powers” knocked out of the World Cup today. Shoutout to #Paraguay and #Morocco for epic wins! #WorldCup #CopaMundial
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 30/06/2026
A Japanese fan broke down crying after his country's elimination, but a group of Brazilians fans went to console him and Mexican fans made him soar. You gotta love the World Cup! ❤️🌎⚽️ Video: RÉCORD
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Mara Gay @maragay.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Sick www.nytimes.com/2026/06/23/u...
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A Look Inside the Welcome Bags Planned for White South African Refugees
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Mara Gay @maragay.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Delivered www.nytimes.com/2026/06/25/n...
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Mamdani’s Rent Freeze Is Approved by New York City Board
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Matt Gonzales @matttheg.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
We have a new congress member in NY-13! @darializaforny.bsky.social ! Tonight the political machines in NYC have been broken!
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Matt Gonzales @matttheg.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
DSA cleaning house tonight in NYC. That’s what happens when you organize on a pro-worker agenda!
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Matt Gonzales @matttheg.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Let’s go @bradlander.bsky.social !
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 22/06/2026
Darializa Avila Chevalier is running on universal healthcare, campaign finance reform and abolishing ICE
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Progressive New Yorker backed by Zohran Mamdani for US Congress targets ‘establishment’
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🌍✈️🫘A Traveling Ass Bean🫘✈️🌍 @haughtybynature.blacksky.app · 19/06/2026
Happy Juneteenth, frens!
Historic chair swat from the Montgomery Riverfront Brawl
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Matt Gonzales @matttheg.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Just going to leave this here.
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Pat G🇨🇦 🍁🏳️‍🌈🍉 @pguist.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
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Matt Gonzales @matttheg.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
As a Lakers fan living in NYC. Let’s fuckin go Knicks!!!!!
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Jalen Brunson Knicks Waving to Fans
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Which is the backwards country now, United States?
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Matt Gonzales @matttheg.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Last month, NYC Released a Preliminary Racial Equity Plan. This is an exciting commitment The NYC Commission on Racial Equity is hosting townhalls to collect feedback from New Yorkers! Manhattan is tonight. www.eventbrite.com/e/manhattan-...
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Manhattan Borough Town Hall
We are kicking off a 5-borough town hall and you are invited to ensure your voice is heard!
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Matt Gonzales @matttheg.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
For the past month education advocates, free speech advocates, and unions have come together to oppose the NYC Council’s “buffer zone bills,” which were designed to empower NYPD to shut down and criminalize free speech. Mayor Mamdani vetoed one of the bills today. www.nyc.gov/mayors-offic...
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Statement From Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani on Int. 1-B and Int. 175-B
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Matt Gonzales @matttheg.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Millionaire Julie Menin right now. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/14/n...
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a cartoon character is standing in front of a building with a sign that says pbs kids
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Matt Gonzales @matttheg.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
American Military Operation
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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 19/03/2026
Ramadan ends tonight & I’m getting the usual questions, so lemme clear things up. If anyone says “Eid Mubarak,” to you, here are perfectly good replies: •Eid Kareem! •Khair Mubarak! •Eid Mubarak to you! •I will buy you tacos for Eid!❤️ (OK last one may be apocryphal but I stand by it😅) EID MUBARAK!
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Yuh-Line Niou @yuhline.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
I need to raise 3k more today and it is already almost 9 pm. My team is presssssssed.
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talia jane @taliajane.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
In a hell of a backtrack, CM Salaam said a few hours after my reporting that he actually supports the “final” version of the legislation he earlier described as a “skeleton” and “not there yet.” Says he’ll vote for them. The legislation he’ll vote for is unchanged from that “skeleton.”
Council Member Yusef Salaam
@CMYusefSalaam

Actually, I am proud of the final versions of these bills and look forward to voting in favor of them alongside more than 30 of my colleagues next week.
Talia Jane • @taliaotg
Asked Councilmember Yusef Salaam, who chairs the Committee to Combat Hate, just told me he had *no idea* Julie Menin—who is not on the committee but has introduced this legislation through it—plans to bring it to a vote NEXT WEEK...
4:32 PM • 3/19/26Council Member Yusef Salaam
@CMYusefSalaam
My comments were intended to reflect feedback I had received on earlier drafts. Following hours of invaluable testimony and input, the legislation has been strengthened significantly, and I am fully confident in where it has landed.
4:32 PM • 3/19/26Council Member Yusef Salaam
@CMYusefSalaam
I am proud to stand with Speaker Menin and the interfaith advocates from across the city who have rallied alongside us. I look forward to making real progress in combating hate for New Yorkers with this legislation.
4:32 PM • 3/19/26Full comment from Salaam to me earlier in the day: "The first hearing that we had 10 hours over 10 hours of testimony, there was a lot of components that I'm hoping the drafters are listening to, because we need greater inclusion.
We need a greater opportunity to make sure that the things that you're mentioning [constitutionality] are not overstepped, that we get the opportunity to recognize things like international law and so forth and so on, all of those things matter.
I believe we're not there yet. I believe that there's an opportunity with the skeleton to put some more pieces in it, to make sure that it's kind of robust in a way that makes sense for all people, as opposed to just some.
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Matt Gonzales @matttheg.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Somebody needs to call Afroman to come to NYC and make diss tracks on all the city council members trying to pass bills to limit our free speech rights.
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
🚨 IT'S ELECTION DAY 🚨 This is it. Today decides everything. Let's make it count: Knock doors, make calls, talk to your friends, and make sure everyone you know in IL-09 makes their voice heard!
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Lindsey Boylan @lindseyboylan.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
New Yorkers please sign up for a few shifts this week. Enormously helpful! lindsey-boylan-for-city-council.solidarity.tech/lindsey-boyl...
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Lindsey Boylan Primary Election Petitioning - Lindsey Boylan for City Council
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