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Jake Wasserman
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Audience editor @us.theguardian.com, formerly @forward.com, sometimes reporter, always a union guy.

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Jake Wasserman @jacobhwasserman.bsky.social · 26d
I went to Germany to speak with both Jews and non-Jewish Germans who are doing the work of bringing memory culture to life — and to learn how Germany's commitment to remember the Holocaust is being strained by the post-Oct. 7 and far-right politics.

Thanks to @boellus.bsky.social for their support.
How Germany's Holocaust remembrance culture kicked off a democratic crisis
Germany’s Holocaust remembrance culture has been strained by Oct. 7 and the rise of the far-right. What happens if Germany loses its memory?
forward.com
jacobhwasserman.bsky.social
Can someone who knows NJ political insiders really well do an analysis piece about what all of these Sherrill transition appointments signal?

jerseyvindicator.org/2025/11/21/n...
New Jersey Gov.-elect announces transition committee policy 'action teams' • The Jersey Vindicator
Sherrill has named people to 10 teams.
jerseyvindicator.org
November 24, 2025 at 6:04 PM
jacobhwasserman.bsky.social
Not only is the Trump-MBS relationship emboldening authoritarians to harm journalists with impunity, but it’s also significantly harming climate action by emboldening petrostates to sabotage global action against fossil fuels
Trump, war, absent media: five threats to climate progress that dogged Cop30
Did the talks succeed or fail? The verdict must take account of the geopolitical minefield they took place in
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:19 PM
jacobhwasserman.bsky.social
Today @us.theguardian.com is launching the "Building Power" project, which will spotlight grassroots efforts to protect civil rights in the United States.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
A groundswell of activism takes hold in the US: ‘We are a bridge to the future’
Everyday people from blue and red states alike are leading actions such as protests, boycotts and mutual aid
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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adamserwer.bsky.social
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U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
www.washingtonpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:29 PM
jacobhwasserman.bsky.social
"Fuentes’s fixation with Israel is not rooted in concern about the war in Gaza but a belief, in his telling, that Jews are responsible for most of society’s problems."

Must read piece in @us.theguardian.com today:

www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
White nationalist Nick Fuentes is exposing a civil war among US Republicans: ‘We look like clowns’
Tucker Carlson’s interview with the activist revealed the mainstream right is being flooded by extremism – and it’s now impossible to contain
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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freedom.press
🔴 Scolding a U.S. reporter for asking questions about MBS ordering a fellow journalist to be bonesawed to death signals to dictators everywhere that they can murder journalists with impunity.

Read our full statement below:
November 19, 2025 at 2:28 AM
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us.theguardian.com
"In an extraordinary moment in front of the press, Trump criticised the murdered columnist, whom he said “many people didn’t like” and denied US intelligence agencies’ conclusion that his murder was orchestrated by the crown prince," writes the Guardian's global affairs correspondent Andrew Roth.
Trump and Mr Bone Saw stage love-in as Saudi’s $1tn wipes the bloody slate clean
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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A reminder that seven years ago almost to the day, the CIA determined that Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the killing of @washingtonpost.com journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.

www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
CIA concludes Saudi crown prince ordered Jamal Khashoggi’s assassination
Audio recordings, intercepted phone calls and other intelligence link Mohammed bin Salman to killing that Saudis say was conducted by rogue elements.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:05 PM
jacobhwasserman.bsky.social
Extremely relatable knitter husband image in Ken Burns’ American Revolution documentary
An 18th century painting of a man holding open a skein of yarn while a woman winds it from a distance
November 18, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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noahshachtman.bsky.social
Is there some sort of pattern here? Help me, it's so hard to see.
November 18, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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joolia.bsky.social
I spoke to Mahmood Mamdani about his new book, his expulsion from Uganda, his son Zohran, and *that* NYT article.
Mahmood Mamdani on Zohran, Uganda and forced expulsion: ‘Who is part of the nation and who is not?’
After being expelled from his homeland in 1972, the academic has grappled with questions of political belonging – a major theme of his son’s mayoral campaign
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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noahshachtman.bsky.social
If you're interested in the debate about whether Zohran Mamdani should keep Jessica Tisch as police commissioner — and in the future of policing in New York City — this @attackerman.bsky.social piece is very much worth a read.

www.forever-wars.com/mamdanis-nyc...
Mamdani's NYC Can't Afford NYPD Commissioner Tisch
With ICE on its way, how can we expect an ICE collaborator to protect New Yorkers? Here's a compromise: make Tisch sanitation commissioner again
www.forever-wars.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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November 17, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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moiradonegan.bsky.social
If recent events have caused you to lose trust in The New York Times, might I suggest a subscription to @us.theguardian.com.
November 13, 2025 at 2:11 AM
jacobhwasserman.bsky.social
Wtf is up with this random bashing of New Jersey by Kathryn Ruemmler in the Epstein email trove that the House released yesterday?
In a separate exchange, Ruemmler shared her apparent disdain for the people of New Jersey during an email about a planned road trip to New York. “Think I am going to drive,” she wrote. “I will then stop to pee and get gas at a rest stop on the New Jersey turnpike, will observe all of the people there who are at least 100 pounds overweight, will have a mild panic attack as a result of the observation, and will then decide that I am not eating another bite of food for the rest of my life out of fear that I will end up like one of these people.” Screenshot via POLITICO
November 13, 2025 at 3:04 PM
jacobhwasserman.bsky.social
Yeah
Beagle laying his face on couch while standing and wearing striped sweater
November 11, 2025 at 2:54 AM
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The spyware that is now in ICE's hands has been (by another government) against journalists and activists in Italy, as well as a top CEO, and a political consultant. Matteo Renzi, Italy's former prime minister, calls it the Italian Watergate. Now it's landed here: www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Tech giants vow to defend users in US as spyware companies make inroads with Trump administration
Apple and WhatsApp say they will keep warning users if their phones are targeted by governments using hacking software against them
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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msainato.bsky.social
I spoke with SNAP workers about the chaos they saw went through when the Trump administration let benefits lapse and refused to fully fund the program
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Snap workers say Trump administration is ‘using country’s poorest as pawns’
Employees providing assistance to recipients expressed fears on how lack of aid will affect those who need it most
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:06 PM
jacobhwasserman.bsky.social
After the Trump administration made official its preference for white South African asylum seekers, an AfD influencer is now seeking asylum in the US after claiming political persecution in Germany, per @washingtonpost.com:
German far-right activist seeks asylum in U.S. as Trump ties deepen
Social media influencer Naomi Seibt, a supporter of the nationalist AfD party, said she is being persecuted in Germany for her political views.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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grandmastershah.bsky.social
"Europeans recognize his vision about free public transit and universal childcare. We expect our governments to make these kinds of services accessible to all of us,” said Verbeek. “We pay higher taxes and get civilized societies in return."
Europeans recognize Zohran Mamdani’s supposedly radical policies as ‘normal’
Critics of New York City’s mayor-elect have said his pledges of free bus service and universal childcare are unrealistic, but in Europe it’s a given
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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On the one hand, this is deeply funny. On the other hand, this is deeply terrifying authoritarianism. On the other, other hand, this is deeply funny.
ryanjreilly.com Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 20d
"The sandwich did not impede Officer Lairmore’s duties that night,” Sandwich Guy's lawyer argues. "A footlong from Subway could not and certainly did not inflict bodily harm.”
November 5, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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wcraft.bsky.social
After a brief hiccup, our results page is chugging along!

Follow our results here: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

and our liveblog! www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
Live NYC mayoral election results: Zohran Mamdani, Andrew Cuomo and Curtis Sliwa await outcome as polls close
Check here for results as they come in, as leftwing Democrat battles disgraced former governor and Republican candidate
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:20 AM
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us.theguardian.com
We’re bringing you the latest from the most pivotal races on election day, including the highly watched New York mayoral race.

Earlier, Zohran Mamdani said he “will not be intimidated” by Trump, as the president urges New Yorkers to vote for Andrew Cuomo.

Follow for updates ⬇️
US elections 2025 live: Mamdani refuses to be ‘intimidated’ by Trump jibes as New York City, New Jersey, Virginia and California vote
www.theguardian.com
November 4, 2025 at 10:07 PM
jacobhwasserman.bsky.social
I’ll be driving around Middlesex and Monmouth county to talk to voters in NJ today for @us.theguardian.com!

Hopefully this sign helps with NJ’s 100 foot electioneering laws…
Sign says “I’m a reporter at The Guardian — talk to me about the governor’s race”
November 4, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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🚨 BIG 🚨Satmar Ahronim sect is endorsing Mamdani for mayor, two sources familiar confirmed.

Mamdani is expected to meet with Satmar leaders in Williamsburg this afternoon.

Here is more background ⬇️ forward.com/fast-forward...
Why Satmar Hasidic leaders endorsed Zohran Mamdani as mayor, stunning many Jewish voters
The Satmar Hasidic community’s endorsement of Zohran Mamdani for NYC mayor shows the broad coalition built by the democratic socialist and Muslim.
forward.com
November 2, 2025 at 5:41 PM