Sara Libby
Politics editor @sfchronicle, runner, USC Trojan, taco enthusiast
- BREAKING: SCOTUS leaves California's Prop 50 in place for 2026, rejecting Republican efforts to block new redistricting maps. www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...
- A truly great read in which Newsom's spox tells @sophiabollag.bsky.social that the gov's ongoing kneepads bit is "not about a blowjob" www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...
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- BREAKING: The California Supreme Court has struck down Huntington Beach's voter ID law, leaving in place an appellate court ruling against the measure. www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...
- NEW: Teamsters California becomes the largest union to endorse the proposed billionaires tax. www.sfchronicle.com/politics/joe...
- @adamserwer.bsky.social has a unique ability to drill down into the heart of a political dispute, and this is it:
- BREAKING: San Francisco Giants star Jung Hoo Lee has been detained by CBP at LAX. Pelosi's office says she is working to secure his release. www.sfchronicle.com/sports/giant...
- Reposted by Sara LibbyMinnesota: "School officials say the [5-year-old] child was used as bait. They say [ICE] agents made little Liam knock on the door to ask to be let in in order to see if anyone else was home."
- Reposted by Sara LibbyBREAKING: Immigration officers are asserting sweeping power to enter homes without a judge’s warrant, a memo obtained by AP says.
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- NEW: A federal judge just dismissed the Trump administration's attempt to force California to give up sensitive voter data. www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...
- BREAKING: In a fiery order, federal judges reject Republicans' claims that California's Prop 50 was an illegal race-based gerrymander, letting Prop 50 stay in place for the 2026 midterms. www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...
- Reposted by Sara LibbyIn the last 4 days: -- Elise Slotkin says she's being criminally investigated by DOJ -- ICE illegally goes "door to door" in Minneapolis -- FBI raids the home of a WP journalist -- DHS illegally arrests, detains 100+ Somalians with legal refugee status
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- Reposted by Sara LibbyMINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Minnesota investigators say they can't access evidence after fatal ICE shooting and FBI won't work jointly on probe. @reuters.com
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- She was the mother of a small child whose father also died last year. bsky.app/profile/alex...
- "Renee was one of the kindest people I’ve ever known,” her mother said. “She was extremely compassionate. She’s taken care of people all her life. She was loving, forgiving and affectionate. She was an amazing human being.” www.startribune.com/she-was-an-a...
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- NEW: California plans to start re-issuing commercial drivers licenses this week after acknowledging it pulled thousands of immigrants' licenses who actually had valid docs amid pressure from the White House. www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...
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- Another fiery order from U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer ordering Trump to return control of CalGuard to Gavin Newsom: www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...
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- Reposted by Sara LibbyThey're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
- Saw Wicked for Good and Zootopia 2 this weekend and it’s almost like they’re both heavy-handed allegories about the person in power demonizing others to enrich himself and cling to power.
- The D.C. shooting comes after months of warnings from Democratic officials that Trump's National Guard deployments would inflame tensions and endanger residents and troops. www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...
- Three Venezuelan siblings waited years for their asylum hearing. On Friday, the judge hearing their case was fired mid-hearing. Tears flowed throughout the courtroom, and now they're stuck in limbo. www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/j...
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- NEWS: Rep. Eric Swalwell is running for governor - and @joegarofoli.bsky.social was backstage at Jimmy Kimmel as it all went down. www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...
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- SCOOP from @sophiabollag.bsky.social: As part of the FBI's probe of Gov. Gavin Newsom's ex-chief of staff, it intercepted comms from within the governor's office. www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...
- Crypto bros spent millions of dollars in California's Senate race against Katie Porter. Now, as she runs for governor, she's winning some of them over. www.sfchronicle.com/politics/joe...
- A federal judge has granted an injunction against the Trump administration blocking it from freezing or revoking grant funding and attempting to extort UCLA. bsky.app/profile/bigc...
- BREAKING: Xavier Becerra confirmed to @sfchronicle.com he is the public official whose campaign funds were allegedly stolen. www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...
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- NEWS: Nancy Pelosi is retiring after 20 terms in Congress. “There has been no greater honor for me than to stand on the House floor and say, ‘I speak for the people of San Francisco,'” Pelosi said. www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...
- BREAKING: Alex Padilla tells reporters in DC he will not run for governor of California in 2026. www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...
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- For everyone billing Scott Wiener's congressional bid as a challenge to Nancy Pelosi ... she has repeatedly refused to say whether she is running . I don't think this is the race everyone is making it out to be (at least not yet!) www.sfchronicle.com/politics/joe...
- USC rejects Trump demands. www.latimes.com/california/s...
- Reposted by Sara LibbyBREAKING from PP We found immigration agents have held more than 170 *citizens* The govt doesn't track citizens held. So we did. We tallied: Nearly 20 kids, two w/ cancer More than 20 citizens held for day or more, incommunicado www.propublica.org/article/immi... by @nicolefoy.bsky.social
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- BREAKING: U.S. District Judge Susan Illston said the Trump admin's firings of federal workers is illegal, and has halted the dismissals. www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...
- NEW: Court filings lay out the chaos and errors of the government's rush to fire workers amid the shutdown. www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...
- Honestly shocked that the New York Times let him say this without pushing back that this is illegal. They cannot be cops. A federal judge ruled that they *were* used as cops in Los Angeles -- illegally!
- The Trump admin on Friday has filed to delay proceedings in the cases of the National Guard deployments and the UCLA extortion case (possibly others, these are just ones I'm monitoring), because Justice Department lawyers are not working during the shutdown.
- Reposted by Sara LibbyAn actual hot take: Too many authors are afraid of editors watering down their voice or whatever and not afraid enough of editors letting you put any old slop on the page.
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- BREAKING: 14 California National Guard troops were sent to Chicago last night to train troops there. www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...
- "Not one speaker among the roughly 500 attendees expressed support for the compact, which calls on universities to follow President Trump’s views on admissions, diversity and free speech, among other areas." www.latimes.com/california/s...
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- We have all the details on the emergency Sunday night hearing blocking the Trump admin from sending *any* state's National Guard troops to Portland: www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...
- SCOOP from @sophiabollag.bsky.social: Donald Trump is sending California National Guard members to Portland. Gov. Gavin Newsom says he's weighing another lawsuit over it. www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...
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- 4 tracks in, it’s got the storytelling of folklore but the bops of 1989
- A great dispatch from the mean streets of Portland from @joegarofoli.bsky.social, where Oregonians are not interested in taking Trump's bait. www.sfchronicle.com/politics/joe...
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- A must-read: ICE opened a new prison in tiny California City, Calif. The small desert city's municipal government is not equipped to handle everything that's come with it. www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...
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- Reposted by Sara LibbyThe last political column I was allowed to write in the @washingtonpost.com was a criticism of Obama. His people took issue with my piece, but we were respectful. Now he is tweeting in support of me. This is how free political speech and respect for debate *actually works*. Or used to work.
- California Republicans have rejected 10 bills to create independent redistricting commissions over the last two decades. Now that Prop 50 is going before voters, they've changed their tune. www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...
- "Punjabis are now targeted for impromptu English proficiency tests at highway checkpoints and weigh stations." www.latimes.com/business/sto...
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- Another veteran House Democrat in the Bay Area is getting a young, intraparty challenger. www.sfchronicle.com/politics/joe...
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- As the Legislature hits its final stretch, these are the proposals meant to thwart Trump's agenda that California lawmakers are trying to get over the finish line: www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...
- This is such a beautiful piece with incredible images. If you need a little joy injection, check it out! bsky.app/profile/sfch...
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- The Trump admin laid off hundreds of meteorologists earlier this year. Now as the National Weather Service begins hiring, applicants must complete "loyalty test" questions. www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...
- UPDATE: The CA DMV confirmed to @sfchronicle it verified Singh's eligibility through the federal Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements system, and said Singh had a REAL ID, further proof he was vetted by the federal government. bsky.app/profile/sara...
- Really solid vetting here of the White House's claims about a California immigrant accused of causing a crash in Florida: www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...
- Really solid vetting here of the White House's claims about a California immigrant accused of causing a crash in Florida: www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...
- California schools are facing such an onslaught from sexual abuse lawsuits that many are looking to insurance companies in Bermuda or the UK for coverage. www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...
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- California police departments desperate to boost their ranks are increasingly hiring officers who've been fired from other departments. www.sfchronicle.com/projects/202...
- Willie Brown tells @sfchronicle.com he used to dangle judgeships to lawmakers in return for their approval of redistricting maps. That's the old system California could briefly return to. Great details from @joegarofoli.bsky.social www.sfchronicle.com/politics/joe...
- Much of Uber's decision-making on protecting (or not) against sexual assaults revolved around keeping its drivers as independent contractors. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/b...
