Sarah Szalavitz💡

@dearsarah.bsky.social

This is a prolific poster! Showing posts since November 18, 2015.

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   Gracie the Giraffe—who disappeared a day before the 5th game of the NBA finals—Is Found ‘Fat and Happy’ 2 Weeks After Escaping Texas Ranch www.nytimes.com/2026/06/26/u... clearly she belongs in NY.

   

   Gracie the Giraffe Is Found ‘Fat and Happy’ 2 Weeks After Escaping Ranch

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   Jun 26, 2026
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   F**k That’: Federal Workers Say They’re Scared But ‘Digging In’ Amid Trump’s Chaos
   
   “Whoever wrote that email really underestimated who they were sending it to”
   
   Bravo to our union brothers & sisters in the USG for holding the line for all of us! www.huffpost.com/entry/federa... #solidarity

   

   ‘F**k That’: Federal Workers Say They’re Scared But ‘Digging In’ Amid Trump’s Chaos

   “Ironically for the Trumpies, bringing us back to the office will make us stronger morale-wise,” said one EPA employee as Trump vowed to purge civil servants.

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   Feb 4, 2025
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   That neither he nor any of the teenagers on his team have been arrested is impossible to unsee….
   
   We don’t have a justice system; we have a corruption system.

   @stuartpstevens.bsky.social

   This amounts to the most significant data leak in cyber history. Private individuals in the data business now have access to your Social Security information. This violates privacy laws in every state. Hopefully, state AGs will file suit & pursue criminal charges. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/u...

   

   Elon Musk’s Team Now Has Full Access to Treasury’s Payments System

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   Feb 2, 2025
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   There are 5000 folks protesting peacefully in Palm Springs; it’s 99 degrees!!!! #NoKings

   

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   Jun 15, 2025
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   “ICE is currently in parks on the Westside separating caregivers from kids…Children are being left alone while nannies are being handcuffed” (From a friend who is a parent, who posted the message below on FB)
   
   ICE is not only kidnapping folks, they are creating opportunities for other kidnappers…

   

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   Jun 13, 2025
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   Reply to @dearsarah.bsky.social

   German court orders X to hand over election data in legal blow to Musk’s platform
   www.politico.eu/article/berl... #solidarity

   

   German court orders X to hand over election data in legal blow to Musk’s platform

   Researchers win a legal battle against the platform formerly known as Twitter, securing crucial access to social media data to probe potential election interference.

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   Feb 8, 2025
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   California & 17 states file lawsuit challenging 'suspicionless' stops by masked ICE agents in LA
   www.latimes.com/california/s... today is the next best day to all those that preceded…

   

   California, 17 other states challenge 'suspicionless' stops by masked ICE agents in L.A.

   California and a coalition of 17 other states have backed a lawsuit calling for an end to unconstitutional immigration stops in Los Angeles.

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   Jul 8, 2025
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   Reply to @dearsarah.bsky.social

   U.S. pauses Columbia River water-sharing negotiations with Canada amid Trump threats
   
   flip.it/KXH-uK curious how devoted we are to punching ourselves in the face. We are downstream from Canada—this literally can only harm the US.

   

   U.S. pauses Columbia River water-sharing negotiations with Canada amid Trump threats • Idaho Capital Sun

   The U.S. has paused negotiations with Canada on a plan that governs flood control, water supply and hydropower in the Columbia River Basin.

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   Mar 15, 2025
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   No, Trump’s Win Wasn’t ‘Sweeping,’ ‘Commanding,’ or ‘Resounding’ -
   
   After all the ballots are counted, he’ll have received less than 50% of the vote. www.politico.com/news/magazin...

   

   Trump Won Less Than 50 Percent. Why Is Everyone Calling It a Landslide?

   Right and left have bought the narrative of a crushing triumph. They’re wrong.

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   Nov 23, 2024
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    LAPD’s chief just said that the President may or may not have deployed the military in Los Angeles.
    
    In other words, the federal government and the military are not communicating—let alone coordinating—with the city, county or state…

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    Jun 10, 2025
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    Reply to @dearsarah.bsky.social

    US citizen wrongfully arrested by border patrol held for nearly 10 days
    
    Official claimed Jose Hermosillo, a 19 year old American visiting Arizona from New Mexico, was ‘without the proper immigration documents’
    www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... these “agents” should be prosecuted.

    

    US citizen wrongfully arrested by border patrol in Arizona held for nearly 10 days

    Official claimed Jose Hermosillo, who was visiting Arizona, was ‘without the proper immigration documents’

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    Apr 21, 2025
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    Pentagon withdraws all 700 marines from Los Angeles
    www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...

    

    Pentagon withdraws all 700 marines from Los Angeles – live updates

    Pentagon spokesman says deployment of marines, which California officials called unnecessary and provocative, had achieved it aim

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    Jul 21, 2025
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    Biden stands by Newsom in fire response. Because that is what presidents do…
    www.latimes.com/california/s... Leaving aside that California is the world’s 5th largest economy….1/8 US residents live in California…& 1/33 live in Los Angeles County!

    

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    Jan 9, 2025
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    ‘Like a horror movie’: ICE is detaining German tourist indefinitely
    www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... 26 yo German Jessica Brösche—a tourist who had a visa waiver & a return ticket to 🇩🇪 in her passport—has been in a detention center for a month+ after being denied entry from 🇲🇽
    
    Adios 🇺🇸 tourism!

    

    ‘Like a horror movie’: Ice detaining German tourist in California indefinitely

    Jessica Brösche has spent more than a month in detention center after being denied entry at San Diego from Mexico

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    Mar 4, 2025
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    No president has
    ever defunded more police, prosecutors, fire fighters, intel
    agents & all kinds of law enforcement than Trump—let alone so rapidly, chaotically & lawlessly.
    
    How wild it is that this is not even a data point, let alone a talking point?!

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    Feb 7, 2025
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    👏A federal judge in MN just issued a Temporary Restraining Order preventing the Trump administration from arresting & detaining lawfully resettled refugees in Minnesota under Operation PARRIS while the case challenging the practice proceeds.
    refugeerights.org/news-resourc...

    

    Court Orders ICE To Stop Unlawful Arrest and Detention of Refugees | International Refugee Assistance Project

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    Jan 29, 2026
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    ICE leaves cars, ice cream carts abandoned when it arrests workers -
    www.latimes.com/california/s... Lawlessly terrorizing & arresting workers—not criminals—& destroying their property, leaving it to be taken or damaged & ensuring their loved ones can’t collect it.

    

    ICE leaves cars abandoned, lawn mowers running when it arrests workers: A new push to secure property

    Santa Ana police announced it would attempt to return abandoned property, such as vehicles and work equipment, to relatives of those detained by federal agents.

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    Jul 9, 2025
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    'We're not North Korea.' Newsom signs bills to ban warrantless immigration raids at schools and ban federal agents from wearing masks.
    www.latimes.com/california/s...

    

    'We're not North Korea.' Newsom signs bills to limit immigration raids at schools and unmask federal agents

    In response to the Trump administration's aggressive immigration raids that have roiled Southern California, Gov. Gavin Newsom on Saturday signed a package of bills aimed at protecting immigrants in s...

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    Sep 21, 2025
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    Rutgers Professor @mark-bray.bsky.social, who studies & writes about Antifascism,Tries to Flee to Spain After Death Threats
    
    By the time he & his family reached the gate, their tickets were cancelled.
    www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/n... flagrantly & appallingly lawless. Hope he & his family are ok.

    

    Rutgers Expert on Antifa Tries to Flee to Spain After Death Threats

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    Oct 9, 2025
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    If this doesn’t prompt Musk’s expulsion from USG & revocation of security clearances (& um ffs arrest) will anything? bsky.app/profile/dear... Will Musk thank for Medvedev for his support of lawlessly shuttering USAID (& the deaths it’ll cause)? Or will he have Trump, Hegseth, Gabbard & Patel do it?

    Sarah Szalavitz💡 @dearsarah.bsky.social

    Dmitri Medvedev’s tweet applauding Musk’s plans to shutter USAID is a power move. So was Putin just publicly suggesting that what was already criminal is actually treasonous? How else can one read this than as an indication of who is calling the shots—& that it intentionally harms the US?

    

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    Feb 3, 2025
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    Reply to @dearsarah.bsky.social

    👊👏People are signing up in droves’: Federal workers' unions see a DOGE inspired surge
    
    The American Federation of Government Employees, added 5575 new members in the first 6 days of February alone. By comparison, the union gained 14,996 new members during all of 2024. #solidarity
    
    flip.it/wHdK3v

    

    ‘People are signing up in droves’: Federal workers' unions see DOGE-inspired surge - The Boston Globe

    As President Trump and Elon Musk move to upend the government, labor unions that represent federal workers have seen their membership rolls rapidly expand.

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    Feb 9, 2025
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    Even Josh Hawley & Chuck Grassley Are Warning Trump to Not Be ‘Lawless’ & Defy Court Rulings
    www.thedailybeast.com/even-josh-ha...
    “We’ve got a system of checks and balances & that’s what I see working” Grassley said Monday night. “I learned in 8th grade civics about checks & balances”

    

    Even Josh Hawley Is Warning Trump to Not Defy Court Rulings

    The Republican noted the Trump Administration is free to be frustrated by the courts, but not ignore them.

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    Feb 12, 2025
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    Sidenote: as an Epstein whistleblower, I cannot do justice to just how dizzying, fucked up & unmooring the past few days have been.
    
    I’ll write more about it—but wow is the craven hypocrisy & knowing dishonesty of folks demanding the release of a list that never existed & child porn is repulsive.

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    Jul 17, 2025
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    Putin’s pal Musk calls Senator Mark Kelly a 'traitor' over his trip to Ukraine,
    flip.it/7VfIbL Kelly is a veteran, an astronaut & a US Senator. Musk is not only an unelected lawless billionaire con artist but he’s a putinous traitor.
    
    There’s never any bottom—but there is a limit?

    

    Musk calls Sen. Kelly a 'traitor' over trip to Ukraine, Kelly hits back

    Elon Musk called Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly a "traitor" in a post on X after Kelly posted that he had visited Ukraine over the weekend.

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    Mar 10, 2025
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    US attorney Michele Beckwith was fired after telling Border Patrol chief Bovino not to stop people indiscriminately & emailing him that “compliance with court orders & the Constitution” was required. Shortly thereafter her work cell phone & computer stopped working.
    www.latimes.com/california/s...

    

    Veteran U.S. attorney in California insisted Border Patrol follow a court order. Then she was fired

    Michele Beckwith, U.S. attorney in Sacramento, said she was let go after warning the border patrol's Gregory Bovino not to violate a court injunction.

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    Sep 27, 2025