Chris Hayashida-Knight
@chhknight.bsky.social
PhD History & Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. 25-year nonprofit administrator. Dad, partner, lover of Chihuahuas and jazz. Over 100 unread books on my shelves that I’m totally gonna read one day.
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Historian here President Abraham Lincoln opposed the Mexican War as a land grab for slavery when he was a first term Congressman from Illinois.
February 5, 2026 at 3:59 PM
Historian here President Abraham Lincoln opposed the Mexican War as a land grab for slavery when he was a first term Congressman from Illinois.
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Racist garbage continues to emanate from this President and his White House.
February 6, 2026 at 11:48 PM
Racist garbage continues to emanate from this President and his White House.
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The average public school in the U.S. has 500 students. ICE is currently detaining over 7 schools' worth of children, many of whom are being held in inhumane conditions.
Children do not belong in government detention.
Children do not belong in government detention.
February 4, 2026 at 11:38 PM
The average public school in the U.S. has 500 students. ICE is currently detaining over 7 schools' worth of children, many of whom are being held in inhumane conditions.
Children do not belong in government detention.
Children do not belong in government detention.
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THE ENTIRE TEAM OF REPORTERS FOR THE MIDDLE EAST.
February 4, 2026 at 11:01 PM
THE ENTIRE TEAM OF REPORTERS FOR THE MIDDLE EAST.
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Philadelphians are bringing the history back to the President’s House. 🦅
February 4, 2026 at 12:17 AM
Philadelphians are bringing the history back to the President’s House. 🦅
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This is one of the most important cases that galvanized Black people in the late 40s through the 1950s. Almost every major Black leader had a comment about it. It is also one of the most successful defense committees that was organized in the 20th century. Almost no one knows about it today.
On this day in 1948, an all-white jury sentenced a Black woman and two of her teenage sons to death for killing an armed white man in self-defense.
Feb. 3, 1948 | Black Woman and Her Children Sentenced to Die for Defending Themselves
Learn more about our history of racial injustice.
calendar.eji.org
February 3, 2026 at 2:07 PM
This is one of the most important cases that galvanized Black people in the late 40s through the 1950s. Almost every major Black leader had a comment about it. It is also one of the most successful defense committees that was organized in the 20th century. Almost no one knows about it today.
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This cannot be something a civilian law enforcement agent is allowed to wear in the US — and an agency that has a culture that tolerates this cannot be saved.
Fucking surreal that people dressed like this and carrying assault rifles are permitted to kidnap people off our streets
February 4, 2026 at 12:53 AM
This cannot be something a civilian law enforcement agent is allowed to wear in the US — and an agency that has a culture that tolerates this cannot be saved.
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The same Republicans that gave Trump $200 million to renovate the Kennedy Center in the Big, Ugly Bill said it was too expensive to extend the ACA tax credits.
Apparently, there's an unlimited budget for Trump vanity projects and zero dollars for your health care.
Apparently, there's an unlimited budget for Trump vanity projects and zero dollars for your health care.
Kennedy Center won't be torn down during $200 million renovation, Trump says
The president announced Sunday that the project would take two years and require the venue to close during that time.
www.nbcnews.com
February 4, 2026 at 1:03 AM
The same Republicans that gave Trump $200 million to renovate the Kennedy Center in the Big, Ugly Bill said it was too expensive to extend the ACA tax credits.
Apparently, there's an unlimited budget for Trump vanity projects and zero dollars for your health care.
Apparently, there's an unlimited budget for Trump vanity projects and zero dollars for your health care.
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🤣 🤣🤣
Chandler is Portland-famous BECAUSE HE LETS PEOPLE USE HIS BATHROOM in his apartment across the street from the Portland ICE facility. He became a local legend bc he's NICE!
He's literally a kind kid, nearby. The total opposite of a thug from ICE/DHS. 🤣
Chandler is Portland-famous BECAUSE HE LETS PEOPLE USE HIS BATHROOM in his apartment across the street from the Portland ICE facility. He became a local legend bc he's NICE!
He's literally a kind kid, nearby. The total opposite of a thug from ICE/DHS. 🤣
🚨 Documents leaked to me reveal a federal watchlist of American protesters suspected of being Antifa - including its supposed leader.
One Department of Homeland Security document says a 29-year-old resident of Portland "is the leader of Antifa":
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/feds-ident...
One Department of Homeland Security document says a 29-year-old resident of Portland "is the leader of Antifa":
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/feds-ident...
Feds Identify “Leader of Antifa”
The list they're creating says so, anyway
www.kenklippenstein.com
February 3, 2026 at 1:15 AM
🤣 🤣🤣
Chandler is Portland-famous BECAUSE HE LETS PEOPLE USE HIS BATHROOM in his apartment across the street from the Portland ICE facility. He became a local legend bc he's NICE!
He's literally a kind kid, nearby. The total opposite of a thug from ICE/DHS. 🤣
Chandler is Portland-famous BECAUSE HE LETS PEOPLE USE HIS BATHROOM in his apartment across the street from the Portland ICE facility. He became a local legend bc he's NICE!
He's literally a kind kid, nearby. The total opposite of a thug from ICE/DHS. 🤣
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DHS said that the woman CBP shot in the chest in Portland was “involved” in a gang shooting.
Her ~involvement~ was that suspected gang members sexually assaulted and robbed her.
Her ~involvement~ was that suspected gang members sexually assaulted and robbed her.
After Border Patrol shot two people in Portland, DHS claimed they were "vicious gang members" tied to a past shooting.
But records I obtained reveal a US prosecutor has since directly contradicted DHS, saying, "We're not suggesting he is a gang member." My dive into how DHS' claims have collapsed:
But records I obtained reveal a US prosecutor has since directly contradicted DHS, saying, "We're not suggesting he is a gang member." My dive into how DHS' claims have collapsed:
DHS’s account of two Venezuelans shot by border patrol falls apart in court: ‘A smear campaign’
Immigration officials said agent shot two ‘vicious gang members’ in Portland, but records obtained by the Guardian reveal US prosecutor contradicted claims
www.theguardian.com
February 3, 2026 at 2:02 AM
DHS said that the woman CBP shot in the chest in Portland was “involved” in a gang shooting.
Her ~involvement~ was that suspected gang members sexually assaulted and robbed her.
Her ~involvement~ was that suspected gang members sexually assaulted and robbed her.
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Tear gas is banned in international warfare, yet classified as a “riot control agent” that law enforcement can use for crowd control.
“It just doesn’t work well, and it hits the weakest people the most, and causes the most complications in them,” an anesthesiology professor at Duke University said.
“It just doesn’t work well, and it hits the weakest people the most, and causes the most complications in them,” an anesthesiology professor at Duke University said.
Tear Gas Is Way More Dangerous Than Police Let On
In the middle of a respiratory pandemic, law enforcement agencies have used tear gas in especially dangerous ways. The chemical agent also seeps into homes, contaminates food, furniture, skin and surf...
www.propublica.org
February 3, 2026 at 2:40 AM
Tear gas is banned in international warfare, yet classified as a “riot control agent” that law enforcement can use for crowd control.
“It just doesn’t work well, and it hits the weakest people the most, and causes the most complications in them,” an anesthesiology professor at Duke University said.
“It just doesn’t work well, and it hits the weakest people the most, and causes the most complications in them,” an anesthesiology professor at Duke University said.
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Protesters suing the federal government say the past weekend’s violence at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in Portland shows the need for a judge to limit federal officers from using excessive force on nonviolent demonstrators.
Federal officers’ use of tear gas on protesters, children in Portland set to go before a judge
Protesters, including children and elderly people, were hit by tear gas Saturday after federal law enforcement officers fired chemical munitions at a group of demonstrators blocking the immigration facility’s driveway.
www.opb.org
February 2, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Protesters suing the federal government say the past weekend’s violence at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in Portland shows the need for a judge to limit federal officers from using excessive force on nonviolent demonstrators.
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The march wasn’t even antagonistic, just thousands of people behaving the way the political right always demands of us: politely showing discontent. And they fired on the crowd of nurses, teachers, and homecare workers anyway. #iveoutofportland #iceout #fuckice www.opb.org/article/2026...
Federal officers use crowd control munitions as demonstrators protest outside Portland ICE building
Thousands of protesters turned out for a mostly peaceful demonstration Saturday in Portland to speak out against increased immigration enforcement. By the end of the day, scores of nonviolent proteste...
www.opb.org
February 2, 2026 at 2:59 AM
The march wasn’t even antagonistic, just thousands of people behaving the way the political right always demands of us: politely showing discontent. And they fired on the crowd of nurses, teachers, and homecare workers anyway. #iveoutofportland #iceout #fuckice www.opb.org/article/2026...
“Through your use of violence and the trampling of the Constitution, you have lost all legitimacy and replaced it with shame,” [Portland Mayor Keith] Wilson said. ... “Go home, look in a mirror, and ask yourselves why you have gassed children.”
www.portlandmercury.com/news/2026/02...
www.portlandmercury.com/news/2026/02...
Portland Officials Condemn ICE After Federal Agents Tear Gas Peaceful Protesters and Children
Thousands of local union members and supporters gathered in Portland’s South Waterfront Saturday afternoon for an anti-ICE demonstration hosted by Oregon labor leaders. The family-friendly event turne...
www.portlandmercury.com
February 2, 2026 at 6:35 PM
“Through your use of violence and the trampling of the Constitution, you have lost all legitimacy and replaced it with shame,” [Portland Mayor Keith] Wilson said. ... “Go home, look in a mirror, and ask yourselves why you have gassed children.”
www.portlandmercury.com/news/2026/02...
www.portlandmercury.com/news/2026/02...
I just wrote a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social letter: Chuck Schumer: STOP ICE NOW. Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/chuc...
Chuck Schumer: STOP ICE NOW
After another murder by federal agents in Minneapolis, we need ICE out of our cities and abolished. Corporate Democrats have been standing by and letting ICE terrorize our communities, tear apart fam...
actionnetwork.org
January 25, 2026 at 2:51 AM
I just wrote a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social letter: Chuck Schumer: STOP ICE NOW. Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/chuc...
U.S. judge orders curbs on immigration agents' conduct toward Minnesota protesters - www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
U.S. judge orders curbs on immigration agents' conduct toward Minnesota protesters
A federal judge in Minnesota on Friday ordered U.S. immigration agents deployed en masse to Minneapolis to curb some of the tactics they have used against observers and protesters of their enforcement...
www.reuters.com
January 17, 2026 at 4:44 AM
U.S. judge orders curbs on immigration agents' conduct toward Minnesota protesters - www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
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ICE has kidnapped so many people from their cars that the city had to put out this statement. Let that sink in.
Vehicles that are abandoned due to an ICE detention and towed to the City's impound lot will be released to their owners or a representative at no cost.
Learn more: https://www.minneapolismn.gov/getting-around/parking-driving/impound-lot/#d.en.200746
Learn more: https://www.minneapolismn.gov/getting-around/parking-driving/impound-lot/#d.en.200746
January 16, 2026 at 11:42 PM
ICE has kidnapped so many people from their cars that the city had to put out this statement. Let that sink in.
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Craig: "In my district, 2 days ago a special ed teacher pulled into her school parking lot, her windows were smashed, she was taken & detained for 12 hours. I've never seen such an out of control agency. That's why as soon as I leave, I'm joining a group to file articles of impeachment against Noem"
January 14, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Craig: "In my district, 2 days ago a special ed teacher pulled into her school parking lot, her windows were smashed, she was taken & detained for 12 hours. I've never seen such an out of control agency. That's why as soon as I leave, I'm joining a group to file articles of impeachment against Noem"
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Is this what cherishing freedom of speech looks like?
The White House says the Smithsonian Institution must submit materials about current and upcoming exhibitions and events for a review that will determine whether they express "improper ideology." n.pr/4583d8f
Today is the Smithsonian's deadline to give thousands of documents to the White House
The White House says the Smithsonian Institution must submit materials about current and upcoming exhibitions and events for a review that will determine whether they express "improper ideology."
n.pr
January 14, 2026 at 8:45 AM
Is this what cherishing freedom of speech looks like?
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When power is rooted in hatred, care and community become threats.
The woman killed by an ICE agent in Minneapolis last week served on the board of her son’s school, which linked to documents encouraging parents to monitor ICE and directing them to training. https://cnn.it/49yoNEa
January 14, 2026 at 12:00 PM
When power is rooted in hatred, care and community become threats.
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ive seen more articles this week about how the phrase “abolish ice” could hurt dems in the midterms than ive seen articles about how paramilitary death squads terrorizing cities will hurt republicans in the midterms
January 14, 2026 at 1:09 PM
ive seen more articles this week about how the phrase “abolish ice” could hurt dems in the midterms than ive seen articles about how paramilitary death squads terrorizing cities will hurt republicans in the midterms
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A St. Paul resident says federal officers knocked on her door and asked her to identify Hmong and Asian households in her North End neighborhood last week.
ICE in St. Paul: Man roughly detained at gas station, Border Patrol chief jeered in Midway Target
Videos and photos show a prevalence of federal agents in St. Paul recently.
trib.al
January 13, 2026 at 6:07 PM
A St. Paul resident says federal officers knocked on her door and asked her to identify Hmong and Asian households in her North End neighborhood last week.