@Charlie4Change

I'm a community organizer, journalist, and a candidate for Mayor of the City of New Brunswick, NJ.

 New Brunswick, NJ
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Joined August 2009
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Charlie Kratovil retweeted
Matt Friedman@MattFriedmanNJOct 21
I'm sorry to call the press out, but we have to get more aggressive about this. Every day NJ state and local governments are restricting access to basic information that has long been public. Bureaucrats see it as the easier approach. Well, we should make it harder.
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CJ Griffin@CJGriffinEsqOct 19
We'll be at the NJ Supreme Court continuing to fight so the public can see a video which will show whether or not the mayor said "racially charged" comments (+ context, etc) We pay for body cams & the salaries of police & politicians, so we deserve to see BWC videos
MyCentralJersey@MyCentralJerseyOct 19
The NJ Supreme Court will hear former Spotswood Mayor Jackie Palmer’s appeal in a yearslong fight over police body-camera footage. mycentraljersey.com/story/ne…

NJ Supreme Court to hear Spotswood mayor bodycam appeal

Former Spotswood Mayor Jackie Palmer is appealing a ruling that cleared the way for possible release of police body-camera footage from 2022.

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Charlie Kratovil retweeted
Matt Friedman@MattFriedmanNJOct 19
Appointing a murderer to the council — one who sold autographed baseball bats online in an unsubtle nod to his history of beating people with them — may not have been a super wise move.
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Stephen Stirling@SStirlingOct 2
NJ.com has stopped supporting the Force Report, one of the most comprehensive, public databases of police use-of-force ever built. Force.nj.com As a member of this project, I'm going to work to get this data back online. What a damn shame though.
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TODAY @ 3PM - BE THERE!
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Charlie Kratovil retweeted
✭Fernando Uribe✭
@furibemediaAug 3
Real Talk With Fernando Uribe-August 3, 2026-Discussing Today's Political Climate xitter.cf/i/broadcasts/1qGoNNoMb…
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✭Fernando Uribe✭

Real Talk With Fernando Uribe-August 3, 2026-Discussing Today's Political Climate

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Terrence T. McDonald@terrencemcdAug 4
A judge tossed the Cherry Hill school district’s lawsuit targeting a guy accused of filing too many records requests. Judge says district failed to show "defendants filed their requests with the intent to disrupt agency operations." I wrote about it here newjerseymonitor.com/2026/03…

Commentary: Cherry Hill school district targets citizen with ludicrous lawsuit over public records...

The Cherry Hill school district is suing Ben Shore, alleging he has filed numerous and “vexatious” public records requests with the district.

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A judge doubled down on his censorship after ordering a local paper not to publish a school security video it got from a source. Instead of reconsidering, the judge has made parts of his unconstitutional order even more restrictive. Watch @trevortimm explain:

Judge doubles down on bid to CENSOR local paper

A New Jersey judge has doubled down on his censorship after previously ordering a local newspaper not to publish a school security video it received from a source.

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Because emergencies start at 12pm and end at 8pm
New Brunswick, NJ@CityofNewBrunsJul 17
An Air Quality Alert in effect for the City of New Brunswick for Friday, July 17. Emergency relief from the air quality conditions is available at 6 Kirkpatrick Street between 12 and 8 PM.
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#NoKings
Freedom of the Press Foundation
@FreedomofPressJul 10
Judges aren’t kings. They have no authority to issue orders binding unidentified reporters across the U.S. who aren’t in their courtroom or parties to any case before them. If @NB_Today appeals and higher courts apply the law, this will be overturned. freedom.press/issues/nj-cour…

NJ court doubles down on one of the worst censorship orders we’ve seen

The judge narrowed his prior restraint in one way, but vastly expanded it in another. And it’s still a constitutional mess

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"Judges across the country seem more and more inclined to grant these kinds of prior restraints," FPF's Caitlin Vogus told @matthewhaag. "They are always overturned." Read more in the @nytimes: nytimes.com/2026/07/06/nyreg…

A News Site Published a Video of a School Lockdown. Then The Video Was Gone.

A New Jersey judge ordered New Brunswick Today to remove the video and barred it from writing about the episode, alarming First Amendment advocates.

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Adam Steinbaugh
@adamsteinbaughJun 17
Replying to @adamsteinbaugh @nbpschools @NBPublicSchools @CJGriffinEsq
New Jersey Press Association condemns: "When a school board can go to court and – without any basis in law - silence a news outlet from covering a security incident at a public school, something has gone seriously wrong." insidernj.com/press-release/…
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Why are NJ courts taking so long to fix a First Amendment error against a local news site? A New Jersey judge took one day to silence @NB_Today's reporting on school security. Weeks later, the outlet is still waiting for a hearing to challenge the order. nj.com/opinion/2026/06/why-a…

Why are N.J. courts taking so long to fix a First Amendment error against a local news site? |...

Weeks after ordering New Brunswick Today to remove truthful school security footage, the court still hasn't heard the news site's First Amendment defense — allowing unconstitutional censorship to...

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A New Jersey judge ordered @NB_Today on May 29 to unpublish school surveillance footage at the request of the local board of education. The news outlet was also gagged from describing the video or publishing any additional surveillance footage. pressfreedomtracker.us/all-i…

New Jersey newspaper ordered to unpublish video, put under gag order

New Brunswick Today was ordered by a New Jersey state court to remove footage from its website and YouTube on …

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Charlie Kratovil retweeted
Joey Bloch@bloch_joeyMay 17
If you missed today’s episode of “In the Middle” with New Brunswick Mayoral Candidate @Charlie4Change (D) on @FOXSportsNJ, you can listen to it now at open.spotify.com/episode/1Kp… or podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…! #NewBrunswick #news #May #candidate #interview #fox #democracy #FoxSports #nj
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In this together! Charlie Kratovil for New Brunswick Mayor and John Hsu for Congress. VOTE JUNE 2nd for CHANGE 💙
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Charlie Kratovil retweeted
NJ Map Guy@nnjpoliticsMar 16
Kratovil's best areas of support were in neighborhoods branching off of George Street and French Street, as well as his best precinct; Cook/Doug Campus of Rutgers University.
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It’s been 35 years… it’s time for change in New Brunswick. VOTE JUNE 2nd. #newbrunswicknj #rutgers #vote #mayor #nj
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We are proud to endorse Oscar Garcia-Meza for New Brunswick Board of Education - he is the hope for change in our schools! Please join us in voting for Oscar in the April 21 BOE election. powertothepeoplenb.com/post/…

Power to the People Campaign Endorses Oscar Garcia for New Brunswick Board of Education

The Power to the People Campaign, led by mayoral candidate Charlie Kratovil and City Council candidates Doris Elliott and Yeni Mendez Romero, announced its endorsement of Oscar Garcia Meza for the...

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We need more community organizers in Congress! Congrats to @Analilia_Mejia on her epic win in CD-11... let's keep that progressive momentum going!!!
Analilia Mejia for NJ@AnaliliaForNJApr 17
To NJ-11: THANK YOU! I’m honored to be elected your next Congresswoman. This victory belongs to all of us! We won by organizing our communities, and that work doesn’t stop now. As your Congresswoman, I’ll fight for you every day, and together, we’re just getting started.
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