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chris knapp

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writer/journalist in paris. work in the paris review, granta, nplusone, among others. debut novel STATES OF EMERGENCY from unnamed press, sept 2024 chrisknapp.net https://www.unnamedpress.com/all-books/p/states-of-emergency

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They did that when they delivered the weapons and funding, and blocked anyone from stopping the genocide.

06.03.2026 06:16 β€” πŸ‘ 158    πŸ” 24    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

a fan of this energy tbh, and ambitious politicos should be trying to outdo each other here

27.02.2026 19:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1087    πŸ” 183    πŸ’¬ 19    πŸ“Œ 2

I first thought "there aren't words" when I first saw this story. but there are

26.02.2026 16:52 β€” πŸ‘ 476    πŸ” 124    πŸ’¬ 17    πŸ“Œ 5

All I see on my Twitter timeline are reporters parsing every quote from AOC in Germany, trying to mock them for incoherence or inaccuracy, while a demented old man who can’t string sentences together or stay awake sits in the Oval, while the legacy media happily sanewashes his quotes.

16.02.2026 17:46 β€” πŸ‘ 18998    πŸ” 4109    πŸ’¬ 623    πŸ“Œ 181
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happening this morning in Minneapolis -- ICE agents drawing guns on observers. I reiterate again that it is only a matter of time before DHS kills more innocent people in Minnesota. Congress needs to shut this shit down right now.

03.02.2026 16:19 β€” πŸ‘ 43248    πŸ” 19358    πŸ’¬ 2401    πŸ“Œ 1616

Remember the incident where DHS claimed officers shot a guy because he attacked them with a snow shovel?

Yeah. It didn't happen. They shot him through the door of his own home. And then arrested him. And then lied about it. Again.

And they almost shot some kids in the process.

03.02.2026 23:33 β€” πŸ‘ 8759    πŸ” 3785    πŸ’¬ 68    πŸ“Œ 63

[Hot dog guy meme]

04.02.2026 10:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Fifteen Below Zero | Robin Kaiser-Schatzlein Driving to St. Paul from the airport you pass under Fort Snelling, an enormous limestone structure from the early nineteenth century. In November 1862,

Reporting from the Twin Cities, Robin Kaiser-Schatzlein (@robinks.com) β€œkept hearing about the lengths to which ICE is going to ensnare people who criticize the agency or obstruct its terror campaign.”

04.02.2026 10:23 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

* clears throat * let him cook

04.02.2026 04:41 β€” πŸ‘ 2314    πŸ” 357    πŸ’¬ 38    πŸ“Œ 1

I’m old and have a lot less at stake than many people. If I get arrested, I won’t lose my pension. If I get shot, I’ll lose 10-20 years of arthritis getting worse and worse. I have no reason not to rouse a little rabble.

31.01.2026 01:07 β€” πŸ‘ 7203    πŸ” 586    πŸ’¬ 242    πŸ“Œ 167
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The Moral Right to Defend Yourself Against ICE - Public Seminar If you saw an armed stranger forcing his way into your neighbor's home at dawn, would you have the right to stop him?

"...we maintain this weird double standard: Soldiers in combat zones must refuse unlawful orders, but civilians facing unlawful force from domestic law enforcement must submit."

publicseminar.org/2026/01/the-...

25.01.2026 14:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1059    πŸ” 320    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 20

Yup

24.01.2026 19:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I guess I do think if you participated in the arrest of a five-year-old you are probably just fundamentally incompatible with society. That you are not a safe person for humanity to be around, generally

22.01.2026 03:31 β€” πŸ‘ 27754    πŸ” 6257    πŸ’¬ 299    πŸ“Œ 133
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β€œPresident Trump does not seem interested in de-escalating anything in Minneapolis. This week, he said that one justification for the shooting of Renee Good might have been that she had been "disrespectful" to officers. Being disrespectful is a form of speech, though - one protected by the Constitution

Screen grabbed text from NYT: β€œPresident Trump does not seem interested in de-escalating anything in Minneapolis. This week, he said that one justification for the shooting of Renee Good might have been that she had been "disrespectful" to officers. Being disrespectful is a form of speech, though - one protected by the Constitution

I get that covering these things is hard but journalists have to stop falling into this kind of trap

E.g. in this case implying that if something isn’t covered by the constitution the government can execute you on the spot

15.01.2026 11:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

They're still trying to deport RΓΌmeysa Γ–ztΓΌrk after she was arrested in the street by plainclothes ICE agents and detained for six weeks for writing a column in her college newspaper that was critical of Israel.

15.01.2026 09:23 β€” πŸ‘ 204    πŸ” 71    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Unarmed woman executed by state may have been on committee to fight against unarmed women being executed by the state

14.01.2026 04:17 β€” πŸ‘ 6516    πŸ” 1541    πŸ’¬ 69    πŸ“Œ 18

What Duran Duran did, what the Timberwolves did, what Steve Kerr and Doc Rivers said, what the actors who wore pins did, etc etc etc all are signals/signs to the rest of us of what time it is on the clock of fascism.

12.01.2026 04:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1139    πŸ” 196    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 1

It's *good* that public people who lots of folks pay attention to wore anti-ICE pins to a swanky event. It has gotten coverage. People who do not closely follow politics might get curious and look for information. And under fascism, making public your ethical stance is important in and of itself.

12.01.2026 04:49 β€” πŸ‘ 3828    πŸ” 674    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 0

It’s actually astonishing to see how the NYT dances around the fact that she was a vile, convicted racist even in the side article about her politics, and meanwhile Le Monde, otherwise a truly bush league paper, has it in the lede.

28.12.2025 22:20 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Screencap of NYT obit for Brigitte Bardot

Screencap of NYT obit for Brigitte Bardot

Solid opportunity for Ezra Klein to redeem himself

28.12.2025 21:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

can not handle one more profile that describes a wealthy new yorker being β€œin exile” in LA as if the mayor had them banished

16.12.2025 23:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1092    πŸ” 43    πŸ’¬ 32    πŸ“Œ 7

Hating the liquid glass thing has become my entire personality

09.12.2025 19:29 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

The way tech companies constantly do stuff that nobody asked for really tells you a lot about their bigger ideology. They tell themselves that you will like it over time. What they mean is you’ll learn to endure it, or you’ll give up. quality of UI is not actually anywhere on their radar

09.12.2025 19:26 β€” πŸ‘ 3006    πŸ” 765    πŸ’¬ 93    πŸ“Œ 46

I was right about her 10 years ago.

29.10.2025 12:41 β€” πŸ‘ 9382    πŸ” 1277    πŸ’¬ 43    πŸ“Œ 13

Sincerely, if these fuckers didn’t have such contempt for the humanities they would know this stuff

27.10.2025 23:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Haha no if it’s Netflix it will look like a Tide commercial!

26.10.2025 11:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Police Make Arrests in Louvre Robbery, Authorities Say

Already annoyed about the lighting in the Netflix miniseries this will become

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/w...

26.10.2025 11:05 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Woof

23.10.2025 11:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump Said to Demand Justice Dept. Pay Him $230 Million for Past Cases

Sure why not

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/u...

22.10.2025 16:56 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The best time to abolish ICE would have been in 2021. The next best time is if we win in 2028. At this point, any Democrat unwilling to abolish ICE must be drummed out of the primary.

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