Rick Henderson
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Rick Henderson
@henderama.bsky.social
SoCo transplant, NC native. Lifelong vagabond. Loves: Wife, dogs (some cats), baseball, the West, Traditional-plus music, gCEA. Dispirited former journo. Cheerful misanthrope. Meta survivor. Zevon finally made the RRHOF.
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January 17, 2026 at 4:09 PM
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🇺🇦Marta Kostyuk delivered a powerful speech at the WTA tournament final in Brisbane

“I play every day with pain in my heart. Right now, thousands of people are without electricity and warm water. It’s -20 degrees Celsius. I was deeply moved and happy to see so many Ukrainian flags here this week.”
January 11, 2026 at 1:30 PM
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I think it’s important to point out: ICE does NOT have the same authority as a police officer. They do NOT have the power to enforce laws, only to engage in their specific tasks.

IE: they don’t do traffic, etc. impeding traffic is not a penalty ICE can enforce against
January 11, 2026 at 8:08 PM
Not. Great. Bob.
Agents like this should be identified and their name and picture posted on a searchable web site with videos and content like this linked to their names
A woman recording an ICE agent tells him "Shame on you."

The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"

"Learned what?" she asks

Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
January 10, 2026 at 11:27 PM
Happy 250th, Common Sense!

www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/a...
How Americans Learned to Love Thomas Paine
www.nytimes.com
January 10, 2026 at 4:41 PM
Trump shared confidential jobs data early. That’s another no-no, as it can move overseas markets before US exchanges open.

Not that anyone in the WH cares.

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Trump Posted Unpublished Jobs Data Early on Social Media
President Donald Trump posted a chart on social media Thursday evening that included figures in the yet-to-be released December employment report.
www.bloomberg.com
January 9, 2026 at 7:59 PM
Trump’s people (if not the man himself) are starting to find out it’s not easy controlling a continent of 330 million temperamentally ungovernable types. FAFO, indeed.
More people are going to be murdered by ICE. It’s clear. The tactics ensure it, ICE is getting more furious and being disagreed with or resisted in any way, the verminous administration supports them and has shown they will tell any lie to support ICE murdering people.
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January 9, 2026 at 4:44 PM
Hi. Last night I ended a 17-year relationship with Meta. It won’t be the same over here, but I hope it will be better. Cheers.
January 9, 2026 at 4:41 PM
Only the best people
Busted out laughing at “that’s a lot of numbers you remembered, good job”
I think it is probably a bad idea to put clearly unhinged, angry psychopaths in federal law enforcement positions.
January 9, 2026 at 4:39 PM
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According to my sources, the FBI was initially open to a concurrent investigation with the MN Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (the state agency that would do this investigation).

Trumpy U.S. Attorney Daniel Rosen heard about this and intervened, barring the FBI from cooperating with local police.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Minnesota investigators say they can't access evidence after fatal ICE shooting and FBI won't work jointly on probe.

@reuters.com
January 8, 2026 at 4:35 PM
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It’s genuinely wild that the United States spent decades building an elaborate rules-based international order which de facto cemented its permanent status as the dominant global hegemon, sustained by ideology rather than might, and now is just blowing it all up for literally no reason
January 6, 2026 at 12:35 AM
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You know, if Trump actually believed what he says about how his opponents are the most corrupt bunch this country had ever seen, his minions at the Justice Department might not be downsizing the units assigned to corruption and misconduct by public officials.
"Justice Dept. Moving to Downsize Units Investigating Fraud and Corruption" #ELB
NYT: Justice Department officials are drafting plans to broadly restructure — and significantly downsize — several key units in Washington responsible for investigating cases of fraud and public corru...
electionlawblog.org
March 21, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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"AND A LOT OF VOWELS" - Kevin Harlan ad reads are the best
March 22, 2025 at 12:41 AM
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The people who voted for Trump because they thought he’d pull the U.S. back from foreign entanglements and overseas adventurism are really among the prime suckers of our era.
Trump: "The US will take over the Gaza Strip."
February 5, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Thanks, Wally!
Welcome to Bluesky Rick!
February 3, 2025 at 2:18 PM
It’s my first Bluesky post, and from what I can see, Canadians are pissed.
February 3, 2025 at 2:57 AM