David Henderson
@henderda.bsky.social
An environmental philosopher and historical fencer. Born in Texas, living in the Blue Ridge Mountains of NC. 🦎⚔️☕️
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David Henderson
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· Jan 30
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I use “kicking puppies” as a throw away example of wrong behavior in my ethics classes, but I guess that’s partisan now?
MEMPHIS: “Memphis Safe Task Force” (U.S. marshal) caught KICKING A PUPPY 😳 as they arrested a guy for on a drug warrant
“He was harmless. There’s no reason he should’ve done that.”
@GovBillLee this is what we’re paying $1 Million a day for?🤔
Full: wreg.com/news/video-u...
“He was harmless. There’s no reason he should’ve done that.”
@GovBillLee this is what we’re paying $1 Million a day for?🤔
Full: wreg.com/news/video-u...
February 6, 2026 at 6:23 PM
I use “kicking puppies” as a throw away example of wrong behavior in my ethics classes, but I guess that’s partisan now?
I think we are doing more than shrugging, but still
I’m not sure we’ve properly addressed how profoundly disturbing it is that America can largely shrug at the stashing of human beings in giant warehouses.
February 6, 2026 at 6:15 PM
I think we are doing more than shrugging, but still
FBI Election Executive?!
I hope lawyers, secretaries of state, and state attorneys general are preparing for what’s coming.
February 6, 2026 at 5:08 PM
FBI Election Executive?!
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I’m sharing Aliya’s entire opening statement. We owe it to her, and those who no longer have a voice, to watch. youtu.be/zrcW8SZtYpI?...
WATCH: Minneapolis resident and U.S. citizen Aliya Rahman describes being detained by ICE
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
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February 4, 2026 at 3:44 AM
I’m sharing Aliya’s entire opening statement. We owe it to her, and those who no longer have a voice, to watch. youtu.be/zrcW8SZtYpI?...
I think it’s time for a domestic tear gas ban
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 3:27 AM
I think it’s time for a domestic tear gas ban
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🚨BREAKING: President Donald Trump urged Republicans to seize control of elections and place voting under national authority Monday — one of his most explicit signals yet that he plans to interfere with the workings of democracy. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Trump: ‘We should take over the voting’
Trump, as usual, offered no evidence for any of his claims.
www.democracydocket.com
February 2, 2026 at 7:30 PM
🚨BREAKING: President Donald Trump urged Republicans to seize control of elections and place voting under national authority Monday — one of his most explicit signals yet that he plans to interfere with the workings of democracy. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Epstein’s economic power among academics was made possible by a capitalist system that makes higher education dependent on the charity economy rather than a public good supported by taxing the rich
February 1, 2026 at 2:33 PM
Epstein’s economic power among academics was made possible by a capitalist system that makes higher education dependent on the charity economy rather than a public good supported by taxing the rich
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Lady Gaga has put out a gorgeous anthem for Minneapolis.
youtu.be/e3o5FIXoK84?...
youtu.be/e3o5FIXoK84?...
Won’t You Be My Neighbor? | Lady Gaga Original
YouTube video by Rocket
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January 29, 2026 at 7:16 PM
Lady Gaga has put out a gorgeous anthem for Minneapolis.
youtu.be/e3o5FIXoK84?...
youtu.be/e3o5FIXoK84?...
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January 30, 2026 at 2:08 PM
This is heartbreaking cruelty. They killed Wael
Wael Tarabishi’s family had hoped his father and primary caretaker could be present as they say their final goodbyes at his funeral.
But ICE officials denied the family’s request to temporarily release his father, Maher Tarabishi, for the service, the family’s attorney said. https://cnn.it/3NK0dJf
But ICE officials denied the family’s request to temporarily release his father, Maher Tarabishi, for the service, the family’s attorney said. https://cnn.it/3NK0dJf
January 29, 2026 at 6:22 PM
This is heartbreaking cruelty. They killed Wael
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
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January 28, 2026 at 5:53 PM
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Maybe the training needs to include a six week unit on critical race theory and another month on human rights law. Maybe a prerequisite stint in the Peace Corp?
This isn't about "training issues." The murderer who executed Renee Good has been with ICE for 10 years, and according to DHS, the murderer who executed Alex Pretti has been there for 8 years.
These aren't "new recruits," or officers that can be "retrained." ICE can't be reformed. Abolish ICE.
These aren't "new recruits," or officers that can be "retrained." ICE can't be reformed. Abolish ICE.
January 28, 2026 at 3:55 AM
Maybe the training needs to include a six week unit on critical race theory and another month on human rights law. Maybe a prerequisite stint in the Peace Corp?
Liberdad para los niños
“LET US OUT!”
women & children scream for help inside a detention camp in TEXAS, where private prisons like core civic make billions of taxpayer dollars holding them while abusing, neglecting them, refusing them health care, feeding them dirty food & water, etc.
In our name🇺🇸
women & children scream for help inside a detention camp in TEXAS, where private prisons like core civic make billions of taxpayer dollars holding them while abusing, neglecting them, refusing them health care, feeding them dirty food & water, etc.
In our name🇺🇸
January 27, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Liberdad para los niños
Could there be a bill to offer amnesty to any ICE agent that has not committed assault and that agrees to quit by the end of February as well as to testify about ICE activity in any future criminal investigations? Who would sponsor that? I don’t want to shirk accountability, just encourage quitting
January 26, 2026 at 7:55 PM
Could there be a bill to offer amnesty to any ICE agent that has not committed assault and that agrees to quit by the end of February as well as to testify about ICE activity in any future criminal investigations? Who would sponsor that? I don’t want to shirk accountability, just encourage quitting
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New Noem impeachment co-sponsors today: AOC, Neguse, DelBene, Garcia, Scott (Va.), Horsford, Hayes, Landsman, Peters, Norton, Auchincloss, Latimer, Crow, Soto, Walkinshaw, Meng, Ruiz, Castor, Ross, Levin, Cisneros
It's at 140 — nearly 2/3 of the caucus @axios.com www.axios.com/2026/01/26/k...
It's at 140 — nearly 2/3 of the caucus @axios.com www.axios.com/2026/01/26/k...
House Democrats' support for impeaching Kristi Noem surges after Minnesota shooting
The latest batch includes Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and several swing-district, moderate and leadership members.
www.axios.com
January 26, 2026 at 6:37 PM
New Noem impeachment co-sponsors today: AOC, Neguse, DelBene, Garcia, Scott (Va.), Horsford, Hayes, Landsman, Peters, Norton, Auchincloss, Latimer, Crow, Soto, Walkinshaw, Meng, Ruiz, Castor, Ross, Levin, Cisneros
It's at 140 — nearly 2/3 of the caucus @axios.com www.axios.com/2026/01/26/k...
It's at 140 — nearly 2/3 of the caucus @axios.com www.axios.com/2026/01/26/k...
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On both the Renee Good and Alex Pretti situations: If the federal agents ever had to go under oath in front of jury questioned by a real lawyers about what they did they would get absolutely destroyed. They are only getting away with this because the govt won’t allow that.
January 25, 2026 at 4:51 PM
On both the Renee Good and Alex Pretti situations: If the federal agents ever had to go under oath in front of jury questioned by a real lawyers about what they did they would get absolutely destroyed. They are only getting away with this because the govt won’t allow that.
Torture. Refoulement. Degrading and inhuman treatment. Failure to recognize some as a person before the law on the basis of nationality or race.
All crimes daily committed by ICE. #AbolishICE
Also sentence them all to handwrite one hundred copies of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
All crimes daily committed by ICE. #AbolishICE
Also sentence them all to handwrite one hundred copies of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
TODAY, Friday January 23rd, 2026:
We are ALL residents of Minnesota.
We ALL want #ICE_OutForGOOD 🚫 🧊
Also: #ICE_OUT4ReneeGood 💔
We are ALL residents of Minnesota.
We ALL want #ICE_OutForGOOD 🚫 🧊
Also: #ICE_OUT4ReneeGood 💔
January 23, 2026 at 7:29 PM
Torture. Refoulement. Degrading and inhuman treatment. Failure to recognize some as a person before the law on the basis of nationality or race.
All crimes daily committed by ICE. #AbolishICE
Also sentence them all to handwrite one hundred copies of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
All crimes daily committed by ICE. #AbolishICE
Also sentence them all to handwrite one hundred copies of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
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Today’s front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune. 👀
January 23, 2026 at 3:56 PM
Today’s front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune. 👀
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“If the person is a U.S. citizen or otherwise lawfully in the United States, that individual will be free to go after the brief encounter.”
Justice Brett Kavanaugh
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
Justice Brett Kavanaugh
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
January 23, 2026 at 12:25 PM
“If the person is a U.S. citizen or otherwise lawfully in the United States, that individual will be free to go after the brief encounter.”
Justice Brett Kavanaugh
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
Justice Brett Kavanaugh
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
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Enforcing the law is one thing.
Terrorizing a population, using children as pawns, is another.
My heart aches for Liam Ramos and his family.
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Terrorizing a population, using children as pawns, is another.
My heart aches for Liam Ramos and his family.
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
ICE detains 5-year-old Minnesota boy; school leader says agents used him as ‘bait’
The Columbia Heights school district says federal agents have detained four children in their district. School officials say agents used 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos as “bait” to try and draw family m...
www.mprnews.org
January 22, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Enforcing the law is one thing.
Terrorizing a population, using children as pawns, is another.
My heart aches for Liam Ramos and his family.
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Terrorizing a population, using children as pawns, is another.
My heart aches for Liam Ramos and his family.
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
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World’s First Treaty to Protect the High Seas Becomes Law
www.nytimes.com
January 18, 2026 at 4:44 PM