Christina Henderson
At-Large DC Councilmember. Caught in the intersection of my love of policy, politics, & pop culture. Mom x2. 🩷💚
www.christinahendersondc.com
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- Happening now: Part 2 of the Committee on Health performance oversight hearing on the Dept of Behavioral Health ⬇️
- Reposted by Christina HendersonInteresting: A new bill from @chenderson.bsky.social would allow D.C. to enter a collaborative purchasing agreement with other states to buy prescription drugs at a discount. "Lowering prescription drug costs is an economic issue as well as a public health priority," she says.
- Imagine delaying tax season for the nation’s capital so that 2 members of Congress can send a press release. This is so ridiculous.
- BENITO!!!! 👏🏾👏🏾
- The true Fugees version!!! 🥹🥹 And they snuck in a nod to Richard Smallwood at the end. 👏🏾👏🏾 #GRAMMYs
- The Kennedy Center just finished a $250 million expansion a few years ago. This is so suspect.
- In 16 weeks, South Carolina measles infections surpassed the case count over seven months in Texas, where an outbreak last year drove the country’s highest annual measles tally in 33 years. No. 2 at CDC says this is “health freedom.” www.npr.org/2026/01/31/n...
- ICYMI — Trash and recycling collection is resuming this weekend if you normally have frontside collection on Mondays and Tuesdays. ⬇️ • 🗓️ Saturday, Jan 31 — homes with Monday collection • 🗓️ Sunday, Feb 1 — homes with Tuesday collection Please place bins out front by 6:00 a.m.
- 🚨As if DC didn’t already have enough to deal with, today we learned the Senate and House will vote next wk on SJ Res. 102 and HJ Res. 142 to disapprove a bill to decouple provisions of DC’s tax code from the feds. This would blow a $820 MILLION hole through the financial plan!
- 🕙TIME CHANGE: Part 2 of the Committee on Health’s performance oversight hearing for the Deputy Mayor of Health & Human Services and the Department of Healthcare Finance will begin at 10AM tomorrow. The pre-hearing responses can be found here: lims.dccouncil.gov/Hearings/hea...
- The dig out continues. The ice crust on top of the snow has made things much more difficult. But the crews are working around the clock. Pro-tip: At this point, you’re going to need a metal shovel to break up some of the ice.
- Time to shovel your walkways…a message from a former musical theatre kid. 😬 If you are a DC resident who is a senior or needs assistance clearing your walkway, we can help. Please contact DC 311.
- Everyone has a role to play in snow removal. Even YOU if you have a residence or business. The snowstorm is still going. Please continue to stay off the roads and let the plow teams do their part.
- DC, you can track the snow plow activity via this site: A snowy mix is still coming down. Stay off the roads if you can. citizeninsights.geotab.com#/dcsnowgov
- Thursday’s public hearing on operational issues at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital, DC’s only public psychiatric hospital, was deeply unnerving. I’ve been quietly sounding the alarm for months without much success. Now, we’ll do it publicly. Next hearing 2/4. www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
- So ICE detained US citizens who were witnesses to the shooting?? Am I reading that right?!
- ICE attempted to order local police from the scene of the Minneapolis shooting, but the police chief refused and instructed his officers to preserve the crime scene. www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
- Reposted by Christina HendersonBREAKING: The Tribune confirmed on Instagram that the man shot has died, according to two sources with knowledge of the incident. ICE attempted to order local police from the scene, but Chief Brian O'Hara refused, sources also told the Tribune. O'Hara instructed his officers to preserve the scene.
- Man shot by federal agent in south Minneapolis www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
- ❄️A Snow Emergency will go into effect at NOON today. 🚘 If you are parked on a Snow Emergency route, you need to move your car. This gives our snow teams time to plow. The Snow Emergency will remain in effect until Tuesday at 9:30AM.
- Committee on Health oversight hearing on St. Elizabeth’s, our only publicly operated psychiatric hospital, happening now: ⬇️
- They’re detaining 5 year olds?! Y’all mad about protests at a church but they are locking up children.
- Former Henrico nurse who abused NICU babies will likely see no more than 3-year sentence I’m sorry this doesn’t seem like justice to me. Some states don’t even do background checks for medical licenses. www.wric.com/news/local-n...
- Reposted by Christina HendersonIncredible quote here from a Somali small business owner in Minneapolis who voted for Trump. minnesotareformer.com/2026/01/19/a...
- Reposted by Christina HendersonLast year a whistleblower said DOGE had illegally accessed a Social Security database. SSA now acknowledges it's true—& that DOGE employees had secret agreement w/ unidentified political advocacy group to use SocSec data to help overturn election results. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
- 2.3% of WNBA players are registered Republican? 🧐 The league is so small that we could definitely guess who those players are.
- I tried. 😂
- A historic moment for the Council today as we made our first ever appointment to fill a vacant seat. Congratulations to our newest At-Large Councilmember Doni Crawford! Former Council staffers unite! 💪🏾 Excited to continue to work together on behalf of DC residents.
- There have been several media reports about Flock Safety’s nationwide data sharing practices. MPD entered a contract with them in 2024. I sent Interim Chief Carroll an oversight letter about the terms of that contract. ⬇️
- Definitely looks like the type of weather event where some states might need their *own* National Guard troops.
- ❄️ Weekend winter storm possible for DC Chance of significant snow + bitter cold if key pieces come together. 🗓️ Timing: late Sat or Sun → into Mon 🌡️ Temps: teens to low 20s ❄️ Snow: models range 0 to 15"+ (most avg 8–10") ⚠️ High bust/boom potential 🔗 www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2026...
- Reposted by Christina HendersonToday feels like a good day to spotlight the recent appeal made by Kurihara Toshio, one of the preeminent Japanese reporters on the war memory beat, to journalists covering war today. Its drawn from his research on the failures of Japan's media establishment in the 1930s: apjjf.org/2025/9/fedman
- So much of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s speeches and sermons from the 1960s are relevant today in 2026. “All we say to America is, "Be true to what you said on paper."” - I’ve Been to the Mountaintop, April 3, 1968 www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/mlk...
- ⛸️ Fort Dupont Ice Arena is OPEN and FREE this Monday, Jan 19 MLK Day ⏰ 10 AM–5 PM 📍 3779 Ely Pl SE ⛸️ FREE skate + rentals 🎟️ Skate pass required for spectators & skaters 👨👩👧👦 All ages welcome 🎟️ Get FREE passes: dprfortduponticearena.splashthat.com
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- His first name is Jerome. I expected he would clapback…..without political fear or favor. 👏🏾👏🏾
- Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG... www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
- Every time I see Greg Bovino (he’s the one walking out of the bathroom) I think of Col. Steven J. Lockjaw, Sean Penn’s character in One Battle After Another. If you’ve seen the movie, you understand the similarities.
- Chelsea Gray is a BEAST!! #unrivaledbasketball
- It was only a matter of time. DC has other venues that can host these artists. If the National Symphony Orchestra could move more of their concerts out, they probably would too.
- Me watching other states enthusiastically announce plans to expand childcare funding knowing we’ll have to fight in DC, again:
- Reposted by Christina HendersonOh my gosh you guys! The House just passed my bill to extend the health care tax credits for three more years!
- I’ve yet to see USDOT put forth any policy prioritizing traffic safety. Let’s debate lowering the fines for traffic enforcement or investing more in infrastructure, but to ban ATE in the nation’s capital is the wrong move for DC residents. www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
- “She was trying to turn around, and the ICE agent was in front of her car, and he pulled out a gun and put it right in — like, his midriff was on her bumper — and he reached across the hood of the car and shot her in the face like three, four times,” Heller said.” www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
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- The Nobel Peace Prize is non-transferable.
- “The coins feature pilgrims and early presidents — George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. But other coins honoring civil rights figures and suffragettes won't be minted.” America 250 is gonna be the biggest display of American history erasure.
- New coins marking the United States' 250th anniversary begin circulating this week. The Trump administration tweaked the design of some coins and is considering a dollar coin featuring the president. n.pr/3LbycJN
- Trump: “We’re taking back what they stole….” Said it with a straight face.
- Ah. And so the NATO leader statements about Greenland are very much justified. I would love to be a fly on the emergency NATO and G7 calls that are most certainly happening *without* us right now.
- Ummmm…..the number of NATO countries putting out statements similar to Finland’s President Stubb re: Greenland is growing. 😳
