Jake Wasserman
@jacobhwasserman.bsky.social
Audience editor / skweeting for @us.theguardian.com, formerly @forward.com, sometimes reporter, always a union guy. jake.wasserman@theguardian.com Signal: jwasserman.75
My colleague José Olivares's series 'Force-fed by ICE' is revelatory and horrifying
Guardian US@us.theguardian.com · 4h agoExclusive: cases of Afghan man, Ukrainian man and Saudi woman show repeated nasogastric tube insertions and lack of legal representation
“If we were a Jewish Israeli American family who they had tried to burn alive, the American ambassador would have been here in two hours. But I haven’t been contacted.”
Abandoned by the US: Palestinian Americans trapped in a surge of Israeli settler violence
After visits by US ambassador Mike Huckabee to the nearby Israeli settlement of Shilo, Palestinian Americans in Turmus Ayya have witnessed a terrifying rise in attacks
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"A concentration camp, in its most basic definition, is a place where a targeted civilian population, not necessarily accused of a crime, is detained and at least some of their basic rights are suspended," writes @jwashing.bsky.social. "That’s precisely what’s happening in the United States today."
Don’t call them ICE detention centers. Call them camps | John Washington
I’ve spent a decade reporting on immigration enforcement. The word ‘camp’ best captures the political function of these facilities
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You can pry the broken down explanatory news thread from my cold dead hands (this is the first I’ve written in years that has really taken off lol)
Guardian US@us.theguardian.com · 2w agoAn electric ice-cream maker was listed at just $17.99 at Amazon and Best Buy. Then it became unavailable at Best Buy, and more than tripled in price to $59.99 at Amazon. Here’s how it happened… 🧵
An electric ice-cream maker was listed at just $17.99 at Amazon and Best Buy. Then it became unavailable at Best Buy, and more than tripled in price to $59.99 at Amazon. Here’s how it happened… 🧵
Salah Sarsour, president of Wisconsin’s largest mosque, said ‘dehumanizing’ treatment reminded him of time spent in Israeli military jail
Muslim leader speaks out after more than 80 days in ICE detention: ‘It brought back memories from Palestine’
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Very excited to be running this AMA today, please join us and drop questions in the comments!
Guardian US@us.theguardian.com · 4w agoJoin @lexmcmenamin.com and @samrlevine.bsky.social for an AMA today at 2pm ET on Reddit's r/politics about the Prairieland case, where Texas anti-ICE protesters were sentenced to 450 years in prison.
hey folks! tomorrow at 2 pm ET, I'll be doing an AMA on r/politics about the Prairieland case in North Texas, the questions it raises for the First Amendment, and how it targeted trans folks. my colleague Sam Levine, who attended the trial, is participating too. bring your questions!
The AC is out at ICE's detention facility in Newark, where it currently feels like 107 degrees. Detainees say not even the ventilation is working, and that the water is dirty. Health inspectors recently tried to inspect the facility. They were turned away. www.nj.com/politics/202...
Delaney Hall’s air conditioning goes out during N.J.’s worst heat wave in 15 years
Air conditioning failed at Delaney Hall during a major heat wave, prompting concerns for detainees as advocates cite ongoing complaints and inspection disputes.
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Progressive supporters of mayor celebrate as former city comptroller’s critical approach to Israel helps defeat incumbent congressman Dan Goldman in primary
‘Glorious time to be a New Yorker’ as Lander’s win highlights Mamdani effect
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Advocates sound alarm after zines were used as evidence to convict protesters of terrorism charges tied to 2025 protest at Texas ICE facility
‘This is injustice’: how leftist zines were used to sentence anti-ICE protesters to decades in prison
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Very excited to be running this AMA on voting rights and post-Callais gerrymandering today. Join us!!
Guardian US@us.theguardian.com · 2mo agoJoin us for an Ask Me Anything session on r/politics about voting rights in the South with reporters @adriawalkr.bsky.social and @fabiolacineas.bsky.social today at 12pm ET/11am CT!
Join us for an Ask Me Anything session on r/politics about voting rights in the South with reporters @adriawalkr.bsky.social and @fabiolacineas.bsky.social today at 12pm ET/11am CT!
From the politics community on Reddit: We are Adria R. Walker and Fabiola Cineas, reporters at The Guardian US. Ask us anything about voting rights in the South!
Explore this post and more from the politics community
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days into a hunger and labor strike of hundreds detained in GEO Group-run Delaney Hall, people inside report beatings, rotten food, crumbling facilities, and denied medical care. protesters and organizers outside are confronting ICE in the Newark street. talked to a few about it: @us.theguardian.com
‘We won’t stop until they’re free’: protesters outside a New Jersey ICE facility in their own words
Organizers rally outside Delaney Hall, facing violent clashes with agents, as over 300 detainees are on hunger strike
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Federal agents deployed chemical irritants on protesters and journalists outside the Delaney Hall detention facility. See the scene in pictures from Newark, New Jersey:
Chaos breaks out at New Jersey immigration detention center – in pictures
Federal agents deployed chemical irritants on protesters and journalists amid detainees’ hunger and labor strike
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Protests against immigration enforcement at a facility where detainees are on a hunger and labor strike erupted in fresh violence on Tuesday night as federal officers sprayed chemicals and charged demonstrators outside the jail in New Jersey.
‘We are not criminals’: protests erupt as hunger strike rocks New Jersey ICE jail
A day after ICE officials pepper-spray senator, tensions ramp up outside facility on fifth day of hunger and labor strike
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Fabiola is not On Here but I am so incredibly grateful to work with her, and y'all should be following her byline even if you can't follow her On Here! www.theguardian.com/profile/fabi...
Soraya Nadia McDonald@soraya.press · 2mo agoExcellent reporting from Fabiola Cineas illustrating just how much changed, and how quickly, when a district of Black people in Alabama finally attained representation *in 2024* www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
30 years old today, still have hair despite most men in my family not having any left at this age. Here’s to the next decade! ✌️
My colleagues launched a brilliant, touching podcast yesterday. The first episode is here:
Guardian US@us.theguardian.com · 3mo agoThe US supreme court demolished the 1965 Voting Rights Act when they ruled in Louisiana v Callais last month. Kai Wright talks with voting rights advocate and former Georgia state legislator Stacey Abrams about what she thinks is the way forward
This data has been minimally processed to remove potentially identifiable information. These documents proved crucial in our reporting on who the administration is arresting and deporting. View and download the records obtained by the Guardian here:
GitHub - guardian/I-213-Data: This is a repo for I-213 data, acquired and released by The Guardian.
This is a repo for I-213 data, acquired and released by The Guardian. - guardian/I-213-Data
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We are also releasing all of the documents that we have received through our lawsuit so far, and hope this data will be equally valuable to fellow reporters at local and national newsrooms, and to researchers and advocates.
We sued the Trump administration for these immigration records
The Guardian wanted to know who, exactly, was pulled into the mass-deportation dragnet of Trump’s second term
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The US government has targeted thousands of parents for deportation since Donald Trump took office in January 2025. A Guardian analysis of government records has found that, during the first seven months of his presidency, the administration arrested the parents of at least 27,000 children. 🧵
"Experts warn that Trump’s destruction of the country’s data infrastructure will have lasting impacts on all aspects of life." Very proud to play a small roll in this project with headlines and social promotion! 📊
The Trump administration is deleting government data. From infant deaths to hunger, here are 5 ways it’s hurting Americans
This information was used to understand the problems Americans face. The consequences of its erasure, experts warn, could affect generations to come
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Guardian US@us.theguardian.com · 3mo agoFor decades, the US federal government has been one of the foremost producers of information in the world. But over the past year, the Trump administration has been altering and removing decades’ worth of datasets, with enormous impact on all aspects of life. 🧵
For decades, the US federal government has been one of the foremost producers of information in the world. But over the past year, the Trump administration has been altering and removing decades’ worth of datasets, with enormous impact on all aspects of life. 🧵
