Nicole Gaudiano
@ngaudiano.bsky.social
Director of Media Affairs & Storytelling for @aftunion.bsky.social. Previously, The Messenger, Insider, POLITICO and USA TODAY.
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This is what loving America looks like. 🇺🇸
AFT members joined with millions of people across the country for the "No Kings" day of action to stand up for the promise of America for ALL.
AFT members joined with millions of people across the country for the "No Kings" day of action to stand up for the promise of America for ALL.
October 20, 2025 at 10:44 PM
This is what loving America looks like. 🇺🇸
AFT members joined with millions of people across the country for the "No Kings" day of action to stand up for the promise of America for ALL.
AFT members joined with millions of people across the country for the "No Kings" day of action to stand up for the promise of America for ALL.
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Amazing! The great @rweingarten.bsky.social 's new book Why Fascists Fear Teachers is just out and already on the New York Times top 10 best seller list!
You can get your copy here or at a bookseller near you bookshop.org/p/books/why-...
You can get your copy here or at a bookseller near you bookshop.org/p/books/why-...
Why Fascists Fear Teachers: Public Education and the Future of Democracy
Public Education and the Future of Democracy
bookshop.org
September 24, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Amazing! The great @rweingarten.bsky.social 's new book Why Fascists Fear Teachers is just out and already on the New York Times top 10 best seller list!
You can get your copy here or at a bookseller near you bookshop.org/p/books/why-...
You can get your copy here or at a bookseller near you bookshop.org/p/books/why-...
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“...these grants were funding desperately needed access to mental health care services. Canceling the funding now is a cruel, reckless act that puts millions of children at risk.” - @rweingarten.bsky.social
Rural schools feel the pinch from Trump administration's cuts to mental health grants
School districts around the country are cutting back plans to expand their staffing of mental health specialists because of Trump administration cuts to federal grants.
apnews.com
June 27, 2025 at 12:49 PM
“...these grants were funding desperately needed access to mental health care services. Canceling the funding now is a cruel, reckless act that puts millions of children at risk.” - @rweingarten.bsky.social
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Yesterday was incredible. More than 5M people across the country stood up to say #NoKings. This country belongs to all of us. There are so many people to thank, including Indivisible, ACLU, 50501 and of course all the people who showed up, including our fantastic AFT members in over 1000 rallies
June 15, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Yesterday was incredible. More than 5M people across the country stood up to say #NoKings. This country belongs to all of us. There are so many people to thank, including Indivisible, ACLU, 50501 and of course all the people who showed up, including our fantastic AFT members in over 1000 rallies
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Protests in LA are fueled by a commitment to love, justice, and freedom for all! Keep it peaceful. Authoritarians want to provoke violence. Solidarity is our strength.
June 9, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Protests in LA are fueled by a commitment to love, justice, and freedom for all! Keep it peaceful. Authoritarians want to provoke violence. Solidarity is our strength.
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Not all students go to College - we need to make that ok. It’s time to scale up successful programs that create multiple pathways for students so high school is a gateway to both college and career.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/o...
Opinion | Not All Students Go to College. We Need to Make That OK.
www.nytimes.com
May 6, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Not all students go to College - we need to make that ok. It’s time to scale up successful programs that create multiple pathways for students so high school is a gateway to both college and career.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/o...
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If we really believe that Public Ed is essential for Americans, particularly our young people, we have to talk to and listen to everyone. My Fox Digital Op Ed
PresidentTrump is correct that states & local school boards should control students’ education. They do, and they have since the earliest days of our republic. But to gut the Department of Education—is about redistributing money & opportunity from the many to the few. www.foxnews.com/opinion/rand...
RANDI WEINGARTEN: Trump's decision to gut the Education Department is not only illegal, it's wrong
It is hard to imagine how 7.5 million kids with disabilities, 26 million kids from low-income families or 13 million young people who get financial aid for college won’t be disserved.
www.foxnews.com
April 14, 2025 at 2:14 PM
If we really believe that Public Ed is essential for Americans, particularly our young people, we have to talk to and listen to everyone. My Fox Digital Op Ed
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The many can defeat the money. And the Musk.
April 2, 2025 at 3:13 AM
The many can defeat the money. And the Musk.
Just when instability was starting to feel stable. www.politico.com/news/magazin...
Trump Tells Inner Circle That Musk Will Leave Soon
The president is pleased with Musk but the decision comes as the tech mogul increasingly looks like a political liability.
www.politico.com
April 2, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Just when instability was starting to feel stable. www.politico.com/news/magazin...
Seems this administration can never be too uncareful.
Trump’s Top Aides Suffer Another Series of Embarrassing Data Breaches
Trump’s Top Aides Suffer More Embarrassing Data Blunders
Another pair of Trump administration digital snafus have been revealed.
www.thedailybeast.com
March 27, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Seems this administration can never be too uncareful.
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DOGE/SSA marked this person dead and *removed his savings from his bank account,* cancelled his social security and Medicare. #seattle https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/heres-a-dead-person-on-social-security-in-seattle-with-plenty-to-say/
March 15, 2025 at 2:27 PM
DOGE/SSA marked this person dead and *removed his savings from his bank account,* cancelled his social security and Medicare. #seattle https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/heres-a-dead-person-on-social-security-in-seattle-with-plenty-to-say/
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As we reckon with each MAGA horror, vital to not repeat name they use. Calling it "Alien Enemies Act" puts those odious words into discourse, amplifying favored right wing idea that non US born folks are dangerous.
It's the 1798 Wartime Act - to highlight how utterly absurd.
It's the 1798 Wartime Act - to highlight how utterly absurd.
March 15, 2025 at 10:38 PM
As we reckon with each MAGA horror, vital to not repeat name they use. Calling it "Alien Enemies Act" puts those odious words into discourse, amplifying favored right wing idea that non US born folks are dangerous.
It's the 1798 Wartime Act - to highlight how utterly absurd.
It's the 1798 Wartime Act - to highlight how utterly absurd.
Ya gotta love Dolly! youtube.com/watch?v=YiQ7...
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February 14, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Ya gotta love Dolly! youtube.com/watch?v=YiQ7...
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This is what's happening at the Education Department right now. I don't care about bureaucracy, but I care about what we can do for students—and this is hurting students!
February 6, 2025 at 12:16 AM
This is what's happening at the Education Department right now. I don't care about bureaucracy, but I care about what we can do for students—and this is hurting students!
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No one gave the government permission to weaponize confidential financial & personal information against American citizens. Certainly no one gave Musk the right to steal private data—presumably to assist in cutting taxes for himself + other billionaires. www.aft.org/press-releas...
AFT’s Randi Weingarten Responds to Elon Musk’s Invasion of Our Privacy
WASHINGTON—AFT President Randi Weingarten issued the following statement after reports that Elon Musk has been granted illegal access to Americans’ personal data:“Why is President Trump allowing Elon ...
www.aft.org
February 4, 2025 at 10:22 PM
No one gave the government permission to weaponize confidential financial & personal information against American citizens. Certainly no one gave Musk the right to steal private data—presumably to assist in cutting taxes for himself + other billionaires. www.aft.org/press-releas...
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“The state of my state — is a state of concern.”
Texas teachers like Dior deserve our respect and investment, not some private school voucher scam. Greg Abbott, our public money should go to public schools!
Texas teachers like Dior deserve our respect and investment, not some private school voucher scam. Greg Abbott, our public money should go to public schools!
February 3, 2025 at 1:00 AM
“The state of my state — is a state of concern.”
Texas teachers like Dior deserve our respect and investment, not some private school voucher scam. Greg Abbott, our public money should go to public schools!
Texas teachers like Dior deserve our respect and investment, not some private school voucher scam. Greg Abbott, our public money should go to public schools!
Thanks @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social for this insightful column. I was as uplifted at the end as I was angry at the beginning. "The projection of strength obscures the reality of weakness." Indeed, the emperor has no clothes.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/o...
Opinion | Don’t Believe Him
Look closely at the first two weeks of Donald Trump’s second term and you’ll see something very different than what he wants you to see.
www.nytimes.com
February 2, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Thanks @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social for this insightful column. I was as uplifted at the end as I was angry at the beginning. "The projection of strength obscures the reality of weakness." Indeed, the emperor has no clothes.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/o...