Jake Wasserman

Jake Wasserman

@jacobhwasserman.bsky.social

Audience editor @us.theguardian.com, formerly @forward.com, sometimes reporter, always a union guy. jake.wasserman@theguardian.com Signal: jwasserman.75

667 Followers 369 Following 256 Posts Joined Nov 2024
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it’s unreal how these grown-ass men had no problem destroying untold lives with chatGPT but go crying to a judge when people make fun of them online

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Every single professional journalist who uses the phrases “Department of War” or “Secretary of War” without scare quotes should be lined up on a public viewing stage and bopped on the head with a giant inflatable hammer that says DUMB DUMB on the handle and makes fart sounds.

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The worst of the worst: how Kristi Noem treated the American people ‘like dogs’

Kristi Noem once led a dog to a gravel pit and ended its life with the cold precision of a mafia hit.

On Thursday, the homeland security secretary confronted the grim truth that she, too, was expendable, David Smith writes:

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“Anytime Israel or the US is involved in the Middle East, we get this stuff about Christian nationalists who’ve taken over our government, and certainly our US military,” Mikey Weinstein, MRFF’s president, who is an air force veteran, told the Guardian.

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FOUNDING FATHERS: let’s create a nationwide network of postal delivery

*one Father from the shadows*: let’s create a line to a window where people bring their most time-intensive, unsolvable problems at the busiest moments of life

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ICE has detained this high schooler for 10 months. Here’s what he and his classmates want you to know Dylan Lopez Contreras, a student at Ellis Prep academy, was taken by ICE in May. The Guardian invited him and five of his classmates to share their lives and dreams

"I’m still trying to understand how a country that calls itself 'United' has turned into a nation divided between those who are welcomed, and those who are watched."

Students speak out after the arrest of their classmate by ICE:

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Meanwhile Nick Shirley, the dipshit MAGA influencer who started this whole racist panic about fraud at Somali-run daycares, is saying “EXPOSE IT ALL” in response to a deeply antisemitic video about ”New Jersey’s Jewish Invasion”

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The floor plan for the planned ICE concentration camp in Social Circle, Georgia:

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Worst of the worst? Most US immigrants targeted for deportation in 2025 had no criminal charges, documents reveal A Guardian analysis finds the vast majority of people who entered deportation proceedings for the first time from January to August last year had no criminal convictions

The Trump admin claims they have been arresting the worst of the worst. But the Guardian, working with the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press sued the govt for docs that show that isn't true.

77% of people who entered deportation proceedings in 2025 had no criminal conviction

My latest:

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DoJ cases against protesters keep collapsing as officers’ lies are exposed in court String of embarrassing defeats for prosecutors as experts condemn DoJ effort to cast people as ‘violent perpetrators’

A MN protester accused of assaulting ICE officer had case dropped after vids showed no assault.

LA protester accused of assaulting ICE w/ “hat” had case dropped; judge said govt acted in “bad faith”

In Chicago, 92 ppl were arrested for assault/impeding ICE; 0 convicted

DOJ keeps lying and losing:

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For ICE to build concentration camps quickly, they're leaning on this Dept. of War program WEXMAC TITUS helps contractors bypass the traditionally lengthy government contract bidding process

NEW — An obscure Navy contractor program is making Trump’s plans to quickly build out and supply immigrant concentration camps around the country a reality.

Here I explain WEXMAC TITUS, an acronym you need to understand:

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3 weeks ago
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Free Paco, beloved worker organizer detained by ICE Earlier this month, as part of Operation Metro Surge, ICE took a beloved local workers’ rights leader. Eustaquio Orozco Verdusco, known to many as “Paco,” was on his way to work on January 9, 2026, wh...

Paco Orozco Verdusco, an organizer and union steward at the Minnesota Newspaper & Communications Guild, was detained by ICE last month during Operation Metro Surge.

His family is collecting donations to help pay for legal fees and support themselves while they fight for his release:

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Have you ever once seen the New York Times quote Trump like this?

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From last night's @semafor.com media newsletter: The Guardian is launching a video-first daily news podcast hosted by Kai Wright and Carter Sherman.

It's part of a larger push by the publication into video, and a further investment in the US, where the Guardian now has 200 staffers.

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1 month ago

This is a pogrom

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1 month ago

Oh yes, that’s correct. I misread your first comment lol they went actively anti-Malinowski, but also were hoping that either Gill or Way won as pro-Israel candidates

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AIPAC fails its first test in the midterms Tom Malinowski and Analilia Mejia are in a dead heat in a NJ election AIPAC spent millions on to elect a candidate they saw as more pro-Israel

AIPAC was backing the two people who are currently in third and fourth — Malinowski drew their ire over his position on Israel:

forward.com/fast-forward...

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This race is a continued testament to the growing power of the Working Families Party in New Jersey, along with the waning influence of AIPAC

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Newly revealed emails undermine RFK Jr testimony about 2019 Samoa trip ahead of measles outbreak Kennedy later said the purpose of his trip had nothing to do with vaccines. US embassy and UN staff at the time said otherwise, emails show

The documents have prompted concerns from at least one US senator that Kennedy, who now leads America’s health policy, lied to Congress over the visit.

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Newly revealed emails undermine RFK Jr testimony about 2019 Samoa trip ahead of measles outbreak Kennedy later said the purpose of his trip had nothing to do with vaccines. US embassy and UN staff at the time said otherwise, emails show

RFK Jr said during his Senate confirmation hearings that his trip to Samoa in 2019 ahead of a devastating measles outbreak had “nothing to do with vaccines." Documents obtained by @us.theguardian.com and @apnews.com undermine that testimony. Details here, by me and @aliswenson.bsky.social ⬇️

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New Jersey 11th Congressional District Special Primary Election Results 2026 Get live results and maps from the 2026 New Jersey special primary election.

If you're not watching NJ-11, you should be

An AIPAC super PAC spent ~2 million on anti-Malinowski ads bc, while generally pro-Israel, he expressed openness to conditions on aid. But they didn't openly attack on Israel; they attacked from left on other issues. Now Mejia, a progressive Dem, may win

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1 month ago

This reads like Yom Kippur al chets.

For the sin that Steve Fulop committed against the unions...

For the sin that Steve Fulop committed against the renters...

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His mismanagement was so severe, the city once overpaid state and federal taxes by $3.1 million. The IRS let the City know shortly thereafter, but the City failed to request a refund before the deadline - costing the City the full amount.

This is not money we can get back. It is gone.

The hard-working people of Jersey City labor every day to balance their personal budgets, and they understand the consequences of overspending. Unlike our residents, former Mayor Fulop chose easy ways out of the budget mess of his own creation.

If the Jersey City arts community wants to be bold, someone needs to stage a public dramatic reading of the emergency financial report put out by James Solomon's office.

Absolutely nailing Steve Fulop to a cross of gold and made for accountability and awareness:

jcitytimes.com/wp-content/u...

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Donate to Washington Post 2026 layoff fund, organized by Rachel Siegel On Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026, The Washington Post laid off hundreds of journalists. We ar… Rachel Siegel needs your support for Washington Post 2026 layoff fund

If you have the means to support these workers, please consider donating to this GoFundMe here, overseen by members of The Washington Post Guild:

www.gofundme.com/f/standing-t...

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Help us save The Washington Post Hundreds of workers at The Washington Post stand to lose their jobs in layoffs, which could render The Post unrecognizable amid some of the most severe staff cuts the newspaper has ever seen. The Po...

Jeff Bezos just laid off hundreds of journalists at The Washington Post — including the Amazon reporter. When billionaires own the news, truth takes a back seat to profit and power. That’s dangerous for all of us.

We must demand better, #SaveThePost: actionnetwork.org/letters/save...

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Transatlantic Media Fellowships | Heinrich Böll Stiftung | Washington, DC Office - USA, Canada, Global Dialogue Each year, we sponsor journalists from the US and Europe for an independent, transatlantic trip to research stories relevant to the foundation’s work.

The reporting fellowship that sent me back to Germany last year is now accepting applicants for 2026.

Happy to answer any questions if you're interested!

us.boell.org/en/transatla...

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Measles detected at Dilley immigrant family detention center The cases come amid renewed nationwide scrutiny of the facility following the transfer there of Liam Conejo Ramos, a 5-year-old Ecuadorian boy who federal agents arrested along with his father in Minn...

Measles outbreak at concentration camp might take the gold medal for most American story ever

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If you're participating in today's protests against ICE and are open to speaking with me for @us.theguardian.com, my DMs are open! you can also reach me at sara.braun@guardian.com

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IDF accepts Gaza Health Ministry death toll of over 71,000 Palestinians killed in the war Although Many International Experts Have Accepted the Health Ministry's Data as Reliable, and Even Conservative Relative to the True Death Toll, Israel Had Refused to Accept the Health Ministry's Coun...

I cannot tell you how much doubt was consistently directed at the Gaza Health Ministry’s casualty numbers and how much pressure was put on news organizations to couch those numbers as unreliable.

Biden himself said they were fabricated!

www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

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1 month ago

As someone just replied to this thread I made: "What does it say when we have to have a social media thread on "how to identify the different types of secret police"

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