John Siegal

NY lawyer. NYC enthusiast.
Kansas hoops fanatic.

[John Siegal @johnsiegal]

@ShadowingDC @NYT "I no longer know how my beliefs guide me in the world"
--that's a sad summation.

[John Siegal @johnsiegal]

@harrysiegel What she thinks of the Right To Know Act and its impact, and what in her record is comparable to Reynoso's prime sponsorship of that legislation.

[David Axelrod @davidaxelrod]

Hooray for @RichardEngel, one of the greatest--and bravest--broadcast journalists of our time for responding to @POTUS's callous attack on people with learning disabilities by speaking so openlly about his own.
(Me too, Richard!)
I hope kids who are struggling hear his message!

[Ilan Goldenberg @ilangoldenberg]

Almost always happy to have senior officials resigning over a war I disagree with. But the antisemitic stuff in here blaming Israel for the Iraq war and a secret conspiracy of the media and Israelis to deceive Trump into going to war with Iran is ugly stuff that plays on the worst antisemitic tropes.

Donald Trump is the President of the United States and he is the one ultimately responsible for sending American troops into harms way.

[Amy Spitalnick @amyspitalnick]

You may be inclined to amplify Joe Kent right now because of concerns over the Iran war.

Don’t.

He’s an extremist with deep ties to Nazi sympathizers and Holocaust deniers who never should have been in this role in the first place (sadly one of many in this administration). 1/

[Brian Schatz @brianschatz]

SCHATZ, MURRAY, SHAHEEN, REED, WARNER, COONS
STATEMENT ON IRAN SCHOOL STRIKE “We are horrified by the latest reports concerning the February 28th strike on an Iranian
elementary school near the town of Minab, which resulted in the killing of at least 175 people, most of whom

[New York Jewish Agenda @NYJewishAgenda]

In light of the Weds night events @ Park East Synagogue:

1.  Antisemitic hate speech & threats are always unacceptable, especially outside a synagogue.
2.  Opposition to settlement outside the Green Line is valid, but a protest that relies on hateful & divisive language isn’t.

[John Siegal @johnsiegal]

@BobShrum Very sweet picture. And what a color scheme!

[John Siegal @johnsiegal]

@MollyJongFast @JohnAvlon Always a sure sign you're winning a debate when your opponent can't even look at you--staring straight ahead and wishing you away.

[Patrick Gaspard @patrickgaspard]

You know how Musk will post a provocative thing and just simply say “interesting” but you know he endorses the thing?

Interesting

“Four of Maga’s most influential voices are fiftysomething white men with formative experiences in apartheid South Africa” https://t.co/l2kqKhC7NB

[John Siegal @johnsiegal]

@ShadowingDC Great speech: "dignity"; "night night."

[John Siegal @johnsiegal]

@semaforben A lot of City candidates will no longer have to pretend they care about management and budget issues.

[John Siegal @johnsiegal]

@gkrakower Democratic Farmer Labor Party.

[John Siegal @johnsiegal]

@RevFredDavie that's the ticket!

[John Siegal @johnsiegal]

@patrickgaspard Instead of watching I read the transcript, which especially reveals how illogical, disconnected and cray cray he is.

[John Siegal @johnsiegal]

@patrickgaspard wise words, especially "the wisdom of real people"

[John Siegal @johnsiegal]

@mawaldman And put your hand out to get tipped afterwards.

[John Siegal @johnsiegal]

It seems history matters to this Court only when it is convenient. See, e.g., New York State Rifle & Pistol Assn., Inc. v. Bruen, 597 U. S. 1 (2022); Dobbs, 597 U. S. 215.

[John Siegal @johnsiegal]

@BobShrum Such a frank expression of consequences. I guess that's what intelligence professionals are supposed to provide.

[John Siegal @johnsiegal]

@tommy_robb @harrysiegel It's less total NY local and state columnist reporting than the LA Times alone publishes, even with all its problems and cutbacks. No wonder New York now seems mostly like uninformed online name calling.