Jinnie Spiegler

Educator, mom, Brooklynite, lover of #kidlit, poetry, pools, Hampshire Co. “Education is the most powerful weapon you can use to change the world.”

[Democracy Docket @DemocracyDocket]

BREAKING: In a huge win for voters across the country, the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 to uphold grace periods for mail ballots.

States CAN count ballots postmarked by Election Day but received after Election Day.

[New York City Kopp @NYCkopp]

💦 Mayor Mamdani kicked off NYC’s outdoor pool season today by jumping into the Thomas Jefferson Pool in East Harlem!

This year marks the 90th anniversary of New York City’s iconic WPA-era outdoor pools. Summer is officially here! ☀️🏊‍♂️🌊

[Abby Stein - 𐤀𐤁𐤉𐤂𐤉𐤋 𐤇𐤅𐤄 𐤔𐤈𐤉𐤉𐤍 @AbbyChavaStein]

Stop pretending NY Jews are outsiders to the progressive/socialist movement behind last night's wins.

So many of us are a proud, integral part of this movement, in coalition with fellow NYers of every background 🗽

Nothing "happened to us" yesterday. We helped make it happen.

[The Atlantic Communications @TheAtlanticPR]

Statement from The Atlantic's editor in chief Jeffrey Goldberg:

[Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @NYCMayor]

Happy Tax Day, New York. We’re taxing the rich.

[Jinnie Spiegler @JinnieSpiegler]

If Viktor Orbán can lose, then his Russian and American admirers can lose too. @anneapplebaum https://t.co/TKWfH7XxIh

[Elie Mystal @ElieNYC]

Rarely has a people had such an *opportunity* to stop the evils of their government as we do right now. If we impeach and remove Trump, we will avert additional crimes against humanity. If we do not, history will judge us harshly. All of us. Yes, even me and you.
https://t.co/V8I3taInyC

[Miles Taylor @MilesTaylorUSA]

After yesterday, we know exactly how far Republicans will go to stay silent. All the way to the brink of nuclear apocalypse.

[Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta @malcolmkenyatta]

The President and the dumbest person on earth should not be the same person.

[Anthony Scaramucci @Scaramucci]

Wake up: he is calling for A NUCLEAR STRIKE. Seek his removal immediately.

[Jinnie Spiegler @JinnieSpiegler]

A New Bill Calls for a Model Civics Curriculum at a Polarized Moment https://t.co/2m3DvTsTPk

[Sesame Street @sesamestreet]

A simple message with big meaning: "I am somebody." We are grateful to Rev. Jesse Jackson for helping teach generations of children to believe in themselves and in one another. Thank you for being part of our neighborhood. 💛💚

[Acyn @Acyn]

Reporter: What do you think of Sid Rosenberg using the term cockroach?

Mamdani: So Muslims in this city, for almost as long as we have been in this city, have had to deal with those with power and platform dehumanizing us — to be called animals, insects, to be called a jihadist mayor….

This language is both painfully familiar to me as a Muslim New Yorker, but also as someone who was born in East Africa, and it is difficult to hear. There’s also a reminder that the silence that often greets this kind of bigotry, this kind of Islamophobia, is what allows it to fester — the temptation to treat it as politics as usual.

And I want to be very clear that I have far more urgent work in front of me than indulging the provocations of a man who trades in outrage and, frankly, fears the city that we are looking to build — one where every single New Yorker who lives here can call it their home.

I am not ashamed of who I am. I am not ashamed of my faith. I am not ashamed of being the first Muslim mayor in the history of our city. And there’s no amount of racism that will change the way in which I lead or the commitment that I hold to each and every New Yorker in this city.

[Public Citizen @Public_Citizen]

BREAKING: The House passed a voter suppression bill called the SAVE Act.

The bill requires every voter to present an ID & a passport or original birth certificate to register to vote.

This will stop millions of Americans who don't have these documents on hand from voting.

[Joyce Alene @JoyceWhiteVance]

This isn’t about convicting Don Lemon. It’s unlikely that will happen. It’s about intimidating journalists & making them censure themselves out of fear of consequences. It’s about eroding the free press because the administration can’t afford the criticism.

[Jinnie Spiegler @JinnieSpiegler]

@GavinNewsom clearly.

[George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway3d]

Just a quick note about Bovino being moved and the other aesthetic politicoplasty the Trump administration is undertaking:

Don't be fooled. Don't get all Susan Collins-y about it. Trump hasn't learned his lesson. He never will.

The march to fascism may pause or slow down briefly, but it doesn't end until Trump and his minions are totally and completely gone. He must be impeached and removed.

[Jinnie Spiegler @JinnieSpiegler]

Impeaching Noem does nothing. He’ll just get someone else who will do what Stephen Miller demands. The problem is Trump.
Impeach. Convict. Remove.

[Elizabeth de la Vega 🇺🇸🦅 @Delavegalaw]

Do not think getting rid of Kristi Noem will be enough.
Getting rid of Greg Bovino will not be enough.
Don't be fooled by that game.

[Jinnie Spiegler @JinnieSpiegler]

@KellDA Trump hired Miller. Of course Miller is evil but Trump gave him and continues to give him the power and listens to his directives.