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

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Jake Wasserman @jacobhwasserman.bsky.social · 1h
We're hosting a Q&A about Iran and the midterms, send us your questions!
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Send us your questions about how the Iran war will affect the US midterms
Our politics and foreign policy reporters will answer your questions live in a Q&A on Tuesday 6 October
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 4h
When federal agents fatally shot the US citizen protesters Alex Pretti and Renee Good in Minneapolis in January during the nation’s largest immigration-enforcement operation ever, it marked a turning point for the second Trump administration’s mass deportation campaign. 🧵
Children look at posters honoring Alex Pretti and Renee Nicole Good, who were fatally shot by federal immigration agents in separate incidents on January 24 and January 7, respectively, near the site of Pretti’s death, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S., January 31, 2026. 

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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 29/09/2026
When the documentary NAZA premiered this month, it sent shockwaves across the globe. Composed of interviews with 24 anonymous Israeli intelligence officers and soldiers, NAZA is a haunting exposé of the tools that the Israeli military uses to carry out the remote killing of Palestinians in Gaza.
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 29/09/2026
Experts fear that ICE involved deaths are going to continue rising. “What’s the red line? For policymakers, for states, for companies – at what time does this become indefensible or unsustainable?” asked Andrew Free, a former immigration attorney. Read the full story ⬇️
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Three deaths, three states, 24 hours: one day in ICE’s quiet but ‘gruesome’ surge
These men in Maine, Georgia and Florida shared no ties – until they became casualties in Trump’s anti-immigration campaign
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 29/09/2026
Public backlash against ICE climaxed after the January 2026 fatal shootings of two US citizens in Minneapolis. Since then, stealthier arrest operations have fueled enforcement that is quieter but just as ruthless. The 24 hours between the mornings of July 13-14 stand out as exceptionally deadly. 🧵
Blood is seen on the pavement near the scene of a shooting involving U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Monday, July 13, 2026 in Biddeford, Maine.
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 28/09/2026
For every arrest that breaks through into public view, countless others happen quickly, before anyone can notice. Now ICE is anywhere and everywhere, embedded in all corners of everyday life.
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Gone in 90 seconds: an ‘invisibilized’ ICE is arresting more people than ever
After public backlash, the Trump administration changed its tactics from ‘siege’ to ‘soft feet’. Now, ICE is everywhere
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 28/09/2026
But an increasing proportion of arrests have been made by local law enforcement in partnership with ICE, via 287(g) agreements. In many regions, it can be difficult to know when local officers are conducting routine policework or immigration enforcement. In many cases, they are doing both.
A chart showing immigration arrests by local police, which have increased steadily since ICE's new enforcement strategy began in April 2026, reaching its highest amount above 200 arrests per day in late June 2026.
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 28/09/2026
ICE is now lying in wait outside convenience stores, or at busy intersections. Agents are arresting people at international airports. Local police and sheriffs, deputized by the federal government, are detaining immigrants during traffic stops. ICE is now detaining more immigrants than ever before.
A chart that shows a timeline of ICE immigration enforcement against different significant events (Los Angeles raids, Minneapolis and Chicago raids), with a line in late March 2026 that says "New enforcement strategy begins" before a peak of over 1,500 daily arrests in July 2026.
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 28/09/2026
Gone are the mass raids and militarized metro operations. Gone are the pomp and pageantry. But ICE arrests have hit record levels. ICE operations are no longer concentrated in large American cities. Immigration enforcement officials are also working in suburban and rural areas, all across the US.
A map of the United States that shows immigration arrests per 100,000 people since ICE's new enforcement strategy began under DHS secretary Markwayne Mullin.
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 28/09/2026
At the height of the ICE raids earlier this year, agents in armored military vehicles rolled through residential neighborhoods. Masked agents patrolled public parks and stationed themselves outside elementary schools; squadrons of ICE agents snatched pedestrians off the streets. 🧵
Federal agents line up in front of community members at the scene where federal agents fatally shot a man while trying to detain him, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S., January 24, 2026.

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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 25/09/2026
Watch the official trailer for NAZA, an award-winning documentary produced by the Guardian that details the systems behind Israel’s mass killings in Gaza. It will be released in cinemas in more than 50 countries in the coming weeks, and then will stream on the Guardian’s website, for free.
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NAZA - official trailer
YouTube video by The Guardian
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Jake Wasserman @jacobhwasserman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
"After its run in cinemas, the film will stream in late November on the Guardian’s website, for free, as part of the news organization’s commitment to the dissemination of independent journalism." I got to see NAZA this week, it's essential viewing. I hope you will watch it as well:
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Global release announced for acclaimed Gaza documentary NAZA
Theatrical rollout across 56 territories planned for documentary about Israel’s mass killing of civilians in Gaza before film will stream on Guardian website
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Jake Wasserman @jacobhwasserman.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
"Sometimes, we used to make kites and fly them, but they started bombing children who flew them. The other day, they bombed three children’s kites, so I stopped making them."
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‘I’m afraid they’ll bomb the cafe where I work, or bomb me’: a day in the life of a 12-year-old boy in Gaza
Ramadan, 12, works in a cafe on the beach. He remembers enjoying school, playing and family barbecues before life became about survival
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
NEW: @apnews.com confirms that ICE has begun electronically "disappearing" people in the agency's custody who have final orders of removal. As of last week, anyone jailed by ICE with a final order of removal will NOT appear in the ICE Online Detainee Locator System, making them effectively vanish.
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AP Exclusive: ICE hides locations of thousands of detainees with final removal orders
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has stopped publicly revealing where it is holding most detainees who are subject to final deportation orders, in a move that has made it harder for lawyers an...
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Jake Wasserman @jacobhwasserman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
"A democracy that values life would at least investigate the film’s claims. Instead Israel’s government, which says it is committed to democratic accountability, is attacking journalists."
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The Guardian view on NAZA’s persecuted directors: journalism is not treason | Editorial
Editorial: Politicians who threaten filmmakers rather than investigate alleged military crimes expose not strength but a leadership frightened of the evidence
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
New — I wrote about this weird thing where people within the Republican party keep being exposed as Nazis and the party then tries to claim each one is an aberration. The facts, as I lay out here, indicate otherwise:
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Republicans don’t have a Nazi problem—they are the Nazi problem
A spate of recent revelations have shown the ideologies and their adherents are one and the same.
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Jake Wasserman @jacobhwasserman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The solution to fascism is essentially planetary-scale Bundism "Here where we live is our country" becomes "here where we live is our planet" when every human is treated as inferior machine grist by the end timers
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Jake Wasserman @jacobhwasserman.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
We're running a politics Q+A today! Come join us at noon ET with your questions about the rise of the left, affordability politics and more before the midterms in... (oh god *checks notes*)... just under 7 weeks! www.theguardian.com/community/li...
Graphic with Abdul El-Sayed and AOC that says "How united are the Democrats? We answer your questions on candidates and races ahead of the midterms"
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 16/09/2026
Q&A: Our political reporters take your questions on the state of the Democrats, the party’s moderate and leftwing candidates and key races to watch. Drop your questions and join us live at 12pm (EDT) on 16 September: www.theguardian.com/communi...
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 15/09/2026
ICE is arresting a record number of pregnant women and teenagers, according to government documents obtained by the Guardian. At the same time, the agency appears to have lost count of how many suffered a miscarriage. 🧵
Two charts side by side. The first shows the number of pregnant people in ICE detention, which peaks in November 2025. The second shows the number of miscarriages recorded by ICE, until October 2025, when ICE said it has no updated information on the number of miscarriages.
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Jake Wasserman @jacobhwasserman.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Met a humpback whale today
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 27/08/2026
Letters obtained by Guardian and AP contradict testimony that 2019 visit to Samoa had ‘nothing to do with vaccines’
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RFK Jr lied in Senate confirmation hearings, newly revealed documents indicate
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 26/08/2026
The Trump administration arrested and deported a record number of immigrants in July, according to newly released government data – apprehending an average of 1,500 people and removing 1,100 people daily. 🧵
Two bar charts showing record immigration arrests (49,750) and removals (33,990) in July 2026.

The charts show Trump admin data in red next to Biden admin data in gray, in which the Trump numbers are significantly higher.

Source: Deportation Data Project

Notes: Monthly totals rounded to nearest 10. 'Removals' includes detentions where the stated release reason is 'removed', 'voluntary departure' or 'voluntary return'
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Jake Wasserman @jacobhwasserman.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Name's a bit on the nose, no?
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Jake Wasserman @jacobhwasserman.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
We may not have Brown Shirts in America, but we do have Brown Shorts
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Jake Wasserman @jacobhwasserman.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
My colleague José Olivares's series 'Force-fed by ICE' is revelatory and horrifying
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Jake Wasserman @jacobhwasserman.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
“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.”
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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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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 30/07/2026
"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."
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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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Jake Wasserman @jacobhwasserman.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
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)
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 21/07/2026
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… 🧵
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Rebecca Leber @rebleber.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Important New York Times story is out today on our investigation: www.nytimes.com/2026/07/21/c...
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 21/07/2026
Salah Sarsour, president of Wisconsin’s largest mosque, said ‘dehumanizing’ treatment reminded him of time spent in Israeli military jail
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Muslim leader speaks out after more than 80 days in ICE detention: ‘It brought back memories from Palestine’
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Jake Wasserman @jacobhwasserman.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Very excited to be running this AMA today, please join us and drop questions in the comments!
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 08/07/2026
Join @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.
A photo of Lex McMenamin holding a sign that says:

Hi! I'm Lex McMenamin (they / them 🙂). I'll be on r/politics @ 2pm ET, July 8th. u/guardianA photo of Sam Levine holding a sign that says:

I'm Sam Levine
I'll be on r/politics at 2pm ET on July 8
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Lex McMenamin (they/them) @lexmcmenamin.com · 07/07/2026
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!
Lex McMenamin, wearing glasses and a green shirt, holds a piece of paper reading: Hi! I'm Lex McMenamin (they/them :) )
I'll be on r/politics @ 2 pm ET July 8th. u/guardian
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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
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...
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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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Jake Wasserman @jacobhwasserman.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
What a match
Lane Pryce on Mad Men: "I don't know if you're aware but England won the World Cup"

Roger Sterling: "Cup of what?"
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 24/06/2026
Progressive supporters of mayor celebrate as former city comptroller’s critical approach to Israel helps defeat incumbent congressman Dan Goldman in primary
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‘Glorious time to be a New Yorker’ as Lander’s win highlights Mamdani effect
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 24/06/2026
Advocates sound alarm after zines were used as evidence to convict protesters of terrorism charges tied to 2025 protest at Texas ICE facility
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‘This is injustice’: how leftist zines were used to sentence anti-ICE protesters to decades in prison
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Christopher Mathias @letsgomathias.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
30 years for moving some zines www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Jake Wasserman @jacobhwasserman.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Very excited to be running this AMA on voting rights and post-Callais gerrymandering today. Join us!!
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 03/06/2026
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!
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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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Lex McMenamin (they/them) @lexmcmenamin.com · 28/05/2026
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
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‘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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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
subtle.
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 27/05/2026
Federal agents deployed chemical irritants on protesters and journalists outside the Delaney Hall detention facility. See the scene in pictures from Newark, New Jersey:
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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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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 27/05/2026
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.
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‘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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Lex McMenamin (they/them) @lexmcmenamin.com · 27/05/2026
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...
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Jake Wasserman @jacobhwasserman.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
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! ✌️
Me flashing a peace sign in a very yellow bathroom
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Jake Wasserman @jacobhwasserman.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
My colleagues launched a brilliant, touching podcast yesterday. The first episode is here:
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