Rebecca Weintraub
@rswinnyc.bsky.social
New Yorker born & raised. Mom of 2, Democratic District Leader - 76 Assembly District, Part A (Lenox Hill & Roosevelt Island), & Four Freedoms Democratic Club. Opinions are my own. Sometimes I write them down: https://civicaegis.substack.com
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I am incredibly proud to announce the first round of endorsements in our campaign to bring change in Congress and deliver real results for NY-12:
👉 the first congressional, union, and PAC endorsements for any candidate in this race
👉 9 of my Assembly colleagues
👉 the first congressional, union, and PAC endorsements for any candidate in this race
👉 9 of my Assembly colleagues
November 10, 2025 at 7:57 PM
I am incredibly proud to announce the first round of endorsements in our campaign to bring change in Congress and deliver real results for NY-12:
👉 the first congressional, union, and PAC endorsements for any candidate in this race
👉 9 of my Assembly colleagues
👉 the first congressional, union, and PAC endorsements for any candidate in this race
👉 9 of my Assembly colleagues
The sky over New York tonight said 'I have opinions about local politics' and chose these exact colors... nature's timing is undefeated 🧡💙
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November 5, 2025 at 11:14 PM
The sky over New York tonight said 'I have opinions about local politics' and chose these exact colors... nature's timing is undefeated 🧡💙
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why is this mayoral election different than all other mayoral elections?
in all other mayoral elections, we get to see andrew cuomo lose but once. but in this mayoral elections, we get to see him lose *twice*.
in all other mayoral elections, we get to see andrew cuomo lose but once. but in this mayoral elections, we get to see him lose *twice*.
July 14, 2025 at 10:16 PM
why is this mayoral election different than all other mayoral elections?
in all other mayoral elections, we get to see andrew cuomo lose but once. but in this mayoral elections, we get to see him lose *twice*.
in all other mayoral elections, we get to see andrew cuomo lose but once. but in this mayoral elections, we get to see him lose *twice*.
Not including mailed ballots (more than 107k of which have been returned), this fully local election is likely to have a turnout that exceeds 2 million by the end of the night. It will definitely be the highest turnout in a NYC municipal election since 1969, the last time we topped 2 million.
November 4, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Not including mailed ballots (more than 107k of which have been returned), this fully local election is likely to have a turnout that exceeds 2 million by the end of the night. It will definitely be the highest turnout in a NYC municipal election since 1969, the last time we topped 2 million.
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Teen Vogue did some great journalism around immigration detention and enforcement. Sounds like corporate has now killed that off.
The media landscape shrinks even further.
The media landscape shrinks even further.
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Teen Vogue did some great journalism around immigration detention and enforcement. Sounds like corporate has now killed that off.
The media landscape shrinks even further.
The media landscape shrinks even further.
This is devastating. @teenvogue.com has had some of the best political coverage of the last decade. Maybe longer.
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 8:28 PM
This is devastating. @teenvogue.com has had some of the best political coverage of the last decade. Maybe longer.
Gopuff doing more for people than the Republican-run American government.
October 29, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Gopuff doing more for people than the Republican-run American government.
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No Kings Denver speaker Joe Salazar (fmr Dem state rep) tells me they estimate 25-30k gathered in Denver today, similar to the No Kings protest earlier this year. This view is from photographer Cheney Orr for the New York Times. #copolitics
October 18, 2025 at 9:02 PM
No Kings Denver speaker Joe Salazar (fmr Dem state rep) tells me they estimate 25-30k gathered in Denver today, similar to the No Kings protest earlier this year. This view is from photographer Cheney Orr for the New York Times. #copolitics
Local NYC reporters should moderate all debates. National included.
October 17, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Local NYC reporters should moderate all debates. National included.
This answer from Sliwa was significantly better than Cuomo’s and I am wildly surprised and at the same time not, because Sliwa was actually in NYC during its hardest years (which are definitively NOT now).
Sliwa calls for not prosecuting sex workers but for prosecuting “the madames and johns” and the absentee landlords who own buildings that sex workers operate out of – so basically the Nordic model.
October 17, 2025 at 12:25 AM
This answer from Sliwa was significantly better than Cuomo’s and I am wildly surprised and at the same time not, because Sliwa was actually in NYC during its hardest years (which are definitively NOT now).
“Harassment and intimidation are illegal” - Andrew Cuomo
Seems sus coming from you… ya know… considering your own track record of harassing and intimidating women and others….
Seems sus coming from you… ya know… considering your own track record of harassing and intimidating women and others….
October 16, 2025 at 11:42 PM
“Harassment and intimidation are illegal” - Andrew Cuomo
Seems sus coming from you… ya know… considering your own track record of harassing and intimidating women and others….
Seems sus coming from you… ya know… considering your own track record of harassing and intimidating women and others….
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We're 30 minutes into this debate and no one has asked a single question about education, transit, policing, housing, etc etc
As a Jewish New Yorker, can I humbly ask the moderators of this debate to ask the candidates about their city policies, not their foreign policies?
October 16, 2025 at 11:31 PM
We're 30 minutes into this debate and no one has asked a single question about education, transit, policing, housing, etc etc
My 2.5 year old would beg to differ.
Smucker sues Trader Joe's, saying its new PB&J sandwiches are too similar to Uncrustables
J.M. Smucker is suing Trader Joe’s, saying its new frozen peanut butter and jelly sandwiches are too similar to Smucker’s Uncrustables in their design and packaging.
apnews.com
October 16, 2025 at 1:26 AM
My 2.5 year old would beg to differ.
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My take: I think this isn’t a sign that he’s going to get a cushy job somewhere, I think his campaign’s flat out broke
Eric Adams is dropping out of the mayor's race, according to the New York Post. nypost.com/2025/09/28/u...
Eric Adams drops out of NYC mayoral race amid increasing pressure: ‘I know I cannot continue my campaign’
Adams — who repeatedly vowed to stay in the race despite being in a distant fourth place in the polls — dropping out now gives Cuomo a boost against his socialist rival.
nypost.com
September 28, 2025 at 5:13 PM
My take: I think this isn’t a sign that he’s going to get a cushy job somewhere, I think his campaign’s flat out broke
So, the New York Times totally told Bloomberg that, after the comment section got out of control, they couldn’t publish another column like Ezra’s from last week, and he decided to self-publish it instead. Right?
In Dark Times, Americans Need Leadership That Unites
Our response to Charlie Kirk’s assassination must be better.
www.bloomberg.com
September 19, 2025 at 10:41 PM
So, the New York Times totally told Bloomberg that, after the comment section got out of control, they couldn’t publish another column like Ezra’s from last week, and he decided to self-publish it instead. Right?
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I gotta give them props, the opening to The Late Show with Stephen Colbert was pretty good. 👇
September 19, 2025 at 3:53 AM
I gotta give them props, the opening to The Late Show with Stephen Colbert was pretty good. 👇
This week, I was out w/Manhattan District Leaders. The East Side DLs had either never met or only briefly interacted with Lasher, while the West Side DLs knew Bores well and liked him, even if they planned to support Lasher later. This aligns with my experience with voters on both sides of the park.
NEW: An open Congressional seat at the heart of Manhattan.
Media elites, a Kennedy heir, billionaires, & many ambitious pols are in the mix to succeed Jerry Nadler.
Yet, the story of the race won't be Trump, Israel, or Socialism — but West vs. East.
www.michaellange.nyc/p/who-will-s...
Media elites, a Kennedy heir, billionaires, & many ambitious pols are in the mix to succeed Jerry Nadler.
Yet, the story of the race won't be Trump, Israel, or Socialism — but West vs. East.
www.michaellange.nyc/p/who-will-s...
Who will succeed Jerry Nadler?
The race for New York's Twelfth Congressional District begins...
www.michaellange.nyc
September 12, 2025 at 9:05 PM
This week, I was out w/Manhattan District Leaders. The East Side DLs had either never met or only briefly interacted with Lasher, while the West Side DLs knew Bores well and liked him, even if they planned to support Lasher later. This aligns with my experience with voters on both sides of the park.
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Not a Democrat
Not Trans
Not Gay
They are eating themselves
Not Trans
Not Gay
They are eating themselves
September 12, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Not a Democrat
Not Trans
Not Gay
They are eating themselves
Not Trans
Not Gay
They are eating themselves
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i just sent this email to @ezraklein.bsky.social
September 11, 2025 at 6:41 PM
i just sent this email to @ezraklein.bsky.social
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Pundits are focusing on Kirk’s willingness to debate people while studiously ignoring the people whose basic humanity he was willing to debate
The lionization of Charlie Kirk genuinely proves the point about centrists and leading media figures. The man dehumanized women, minorities, transgendered people, Muslims, etc was building bridges by debating others on these views that all these people are less than human. What a great guy.
September 11, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Pundits are focusing on Kirk’s willingness to debate people while studiously ignoring the people whose basic humanity he was willing to debate
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Wild how political alliance with Zionism sweeps all sorts of wild statements about Jews under the table
![Kirk said that Jewish people control “not just the colleges; it’s the nonprofits, it’s the movies, it’s Hollywood, it’s all of it.” Kirk also said ”the number one funding mechanism of radical, open border, neoliberal, quasi-Marxist policies, cultural institutions, and nonprofits" is “Jewish donors.” Claims that wealthy Jewish people and donors control major institutions and Hollywood are common antisemitic tropes. [Salem Media Group, The Charlie Kirk Show, 10/26/23; The Washington Post, 10/17/22; The Times of Israel, 11/17/22]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ynhvprwsjim3ttkefxsttf7y/bafkreihmfboekpsywtuu27tn52lfsfu34q7yt4gg3ycvstxonyedx6rxsa@jpeg)
September 11, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Wild how political alliance with Zionism sweeps all sorts of wild statements about Jews under the table
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In his Oval Office address on political violence, Trump lists the attempt on his life, the Scalise shooting, and attacks on ICE agents.
He does not mention Jan 6th, the attack on the Pelosi family, the Hortman murders, the kidnapping attempt on Gretchen Whitmer, or the fire at Gov Shapiro’s house.
He does not mention Jan 6th, the attack on the Pelosi family, the Hortman murders, the kidnapping attempt on Gretchen Whitmer, or the fire at Gov Shapiro’s house.
Trump: "For years those on the radical left have compared wonderful Americans like Charlie to Nazis. This kind of rhetoric is directly responsible for the terrorism we're seeing in our country & it must stop right now. My admin will find each and every one of those who contributed to this atrocity"
September 11, 2025 at 2:34 AM
In his Oval Office address on political violence, Trump lists the attempt on his life, the Scalise shooting, and attacks on ICE agents.
He does not mention Jan 6th, the attack on the Pelosi family, the Hortman murders, the kidnapping attempt on Gretchen Whitmer, or the fire at Gov Shapiro’s house.
He does not mention Jan 6th, the attack on the Pelosi family, the Hortman murders, the kidnapping attempt on Gretchen Whitmer, or the fire at Gov Shapiro’s house.
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Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) on the shooting of Charlie Kirk:
"Political violence, unfortunately, has ramped up in this country ... I think there are people who are fomenting it in this country. I think the president's rhetoric often foments it."
"Political violence, unfortunately, has ramped up in this country ... I think there are people who are fomenting it in this country. I think the president's rhetoric often foments it."
September 10, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) on the shooting of Charlie Kirk:
"Political violence, unfortunately, has ramped up in this country ... I think there are people who are fomenting it in this country. I think the president's rhetoric often foments it."
"Political violence, unfortunately, has ramped up in this country ... I think there are people who are fomenting it in this country. I think the president's rhetoric often foments it."
In a shocking turn of events, all 3 escalators are up and running at the 72nd St Q Station for the first time maybe ever.
September 9, 2025 at 5:56 PM
In a shocking turn of events, all 3 escalators are up and running at the 72nd St Q Station for the first time maybe ever.