Michael Dylan Brennan
@michaeldbrennan.bsky.social
Attorney, musician, sports fan, foodie, terrible golfer, and Mayor of University Heights, Ohio. (First ring suburb of Cleveland)
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In normal times, DOJ wins most of its cases because it has the resources to ensure that presidential actions are lawful. But under Trump, the Department is run by a sycophantic election denying enabler. The result is DOJ's credibility with judges is in tatters and it is losing case after case.
May 30, 2025 at 1:43 AM
In normal times, DOJ wins most of its cases because it has the resources to ensure that presidential actions are lawful. But under Trump, the Department is run by a sycophantic election denying enabler. The result is DOJ's credibility with judges is in tatters and it is losing case after case.
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You do not need to be a lawyer to read this sentence: "No person shall ... be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law."
(In FDR's words, the Constitution is a layman's document - it's not (just) for the lawyers!)
(In FDR's words, the Constitution is a layman's document - it's not (just) for the lawyers!)
WELKER: Your secretary of state says everyone who's here, citizens and non-citizens, deserve due process. Do you agree?
TRUMP: I don't know. I'm not a lawyer. I don't know.
WELKER: Don't you need to uphold the Constitution?
TRUMP: I don't know
TRUMP: I don't know. I'm not a lawyer. I don't know.
WELKER: Don't you need to uphold the Constitution?
TRUMP: I don't know
May 4, 2025 at 4:35 PM
You do not need to be a lawyer to read this sentence: "No person shall ... be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law."
(In FDR's words, the Constitution is a layman's document - it's not (just) for the lawyers!)
(In FDR's words, the Constitution is a layman's document - it's not (just) for the lawyers!)
Welcome President Obama to BlueSky. Happy 15th birthday to the ACA aka "Obamacare." Intended to be a slur, just imagine if we called Social Security "FDR Security!" Obama got it done.
Figured I’d hop on here today for the 15th anniversary of the Affordable Care Act.
With everything going on right now, it’s easy to feel like regular folks can’t make a difference – but the ACA is a reminder that change is possible when we fight for progress.
With everything going on right now, it’s easy to feel like regular folks can’t make a difference – but the ACA is a reminder that change is possible when we fight for progress.
March 23, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Welcome President Obama to BlueSky. Happy 15th birthday to the ACA aka "Obamacare." Intended to be a slur, just imagine if we called Social Security "FDR Security!" Obama got it done.
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Musk retweeted a message that Hitler, Stalin and Mao did not kill millions, but their public sector employees did.
It was part of his massively paranoid attack on public employees.
But those employees he fired save lives. He, and his DOGE minions, will kill millions.
bsky.app/profile/just...
It was part of his massively paranoid attack on public employees.
But those employees he fired save lives. He, and his DOGE minions, will kill millions.
bsky.app/profile/just...
March 16, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Musk retweeted a message that Hitler, Stalin and Mao did not kill millions, but their public sector employees did.
It was part of his massively paranoid attack on public employees.
But those employees he fired save lives. He, and his DOGE minions, will kill millions.
bsky.app/profile/just...
It was part of his massively paranoid attack on public employees.
But those employees he fired save lives. He, and his DOGE minions, will kill millions.
bsky.app/profile/just...
It was true in 1938, and it's true today. You don't get peace through appeasement. Should've held the line, Senator Schumer.
March 14, 2025 at 9:40 PM
It was true in 1938, and it's true today. You don't get peace through appeasement. Should've held the line, Senator Schumer.
Mildred Ethel Holcomb Brennan 1891-1984. My great-grandmother, she owned and ran Nana's Tea Room in Girard, PA, and made all the desserts served there. A widow since 1936, she was the family matriarch and as a business owner, the family bread winner.
Thinking of Nana on Int'l Women's Day 2025!
Thinking of Nana on Int'l Women's Day 2025!
March 8, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Mildred Ethel Holcomb Brennan 1891-1984. My great-grandmother, she owned and ran Nana's Tea Room in Girard, PA, and made all the desserts served there. A widow since 1936, she was the family matriarch and as a business owner, the family bread winner.
Thinking of Nana on Int'l Women's Day 2025!
Thinking of Nana on Int'l Women's Day 2025!
Happy Presidents Day, featuring the presidents of my lifetime*
*Felons not included
*Felons not included
February 17, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Happy Presidents Day, featuring the presidents of my lifetime*
*Felons not included
*Felons not included
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I've been able to brush off most of the erasure of trans people from government websites, but this one is REALLY getting under my skin. It's just complete revisionist history.
How fucking dare they
Old vs. new
How fucking dare they
Old vs. new
February 14, 2025 at 12:30 AM
I've been able to brush off most of the erasure of trans people from government websites, but this one is REALLY getting under my skin. It's just complete revisionist history.
How fucking dare they
Old vs. new
How fucking dare they
Old vs. new
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Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz reaches back to Tiananmen Square to call on American defiance.
February 15, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz reaches back to Tiananmen Square to call on American defiance.
The purge of talent continues in the federal government. I know personally the person who wrote this. They expect to lose their job too, as senior officials will be made to undergo some sort of loyalty test. My friend will fail. They will fail, even after a lifelong career of exemplary service.
February 15, 2025 at 4:19 PM
The purge of talent continues in the federal government. I know personally the person who wrote this. They expect to lose their job too, as senior officials will be made to undergo some sort of loyalty test. My friend will fail. They will fail, even after a lifelong career of exemplary service.
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Vic from 19 News met MDB and Deanna Bremer Fisher at Bialy’s today for an interview about the Active Transportation Plan. Watch WOIO to see the story.
January 31, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Vic from 19 News met MDB and Deanna Bremer Fisher at Bialy’s today for an interview about the Active Transportation Plan. Watch WOIO to see the story.
Canada is Ohio's top trading partner. In 2023, Ohio exported $21.4B in goods to Canada, which was 38% of Ohio's total exports.
Trudeau's response to Trump's tariffs is a 25% tariff back on $155B on US goods, $30 In on Tuesday, and the rest 21 days after that -- that's going to hurt Ohio. 1/2
Trudeau's response to Trump's tariffs is a 25% tariff back on $155B on US goods, $30 In on Tuesday, and the rest 21 days after that -- that's going to hurt Ohio. 1/2
February 2, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Canada is Ohio's top trading partner. In 2023, Ohio exported $21.4B in goods to Canada, which was 38% of Ohio's total exports.
Trudeau's response to Trump's tariffs is a 25% tariff back on $155B on US goods, $30 In on Tuesday, and the rest 21 days after that -- that's going to hurt Ohio. 1/2
Trudeau's response to Trump's tariffs is a 25% tariff back on $155B on US goods, $30 In on Tuesday, and the rest 21 days after that -- that's going to hurt Ohio. 1/2
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On his second day in office, Trump summarily fired every member of the Aviation Security Advisory Committee as part of dismembering the Department of Homeland Security.
Maybe it was just more convenient to blame DEI without any evidence.
Maybe it was just more convenient to blame DEI without any evidence.
January 30, 2025 at 7:32 PM
On his second day in office, Trump summarily fired every member of the Aviation Security Advisory Committee as part of dismembering the Department of Homeland Security.
Maybe it was just more convenient to blame DEI without any evidence.
Maybe it was just more convenient to blame DEI without any evidence.
True for Colombia, for Mexico, for Canada, for Denmark, for China, the list goes on and on.
Starting an avoidable trade war is not strength. It’s weakness.
Strength would be able to fix this without pouting and throwing a fit. Trump is still a child, a weak, scared, whiney, child
Strength would be able to fix this without pouting and throwing a fit. Trump is still a child, a weak, scared, whiney, child
January 27, 2025 at 2:44 AM
True for Colombia, for Mexico, for Canada, for Denmark, for China, the list goes on and on.
CBS has not cut away. Rambling on and on.
Somebody needs to lean in and say, Mr. President, it is time for us to go.
Somebody needs to lean in and say, Mr. President, it is time for us to go.
January 20, 2025 at 6:50 PM
CBS has not cut away. Rambling on and on.
Somebody needs to lean in and say, Mr. President, it is time for us to go.
Somebody needs to lean in and say, Mr. President, it is time for us to go.
"I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant." MLK 1964. Photo at the MLK Memorial park in DC.
January 20, 2025 at 1:04 PM
"I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant." MLK 1964. Photo at the MLK Memorial park in DC.
Alright, Buffalo. With the Lions out, it is up to you alone to represent the Great Lakes in the Super Bowl. And to send the thieving magpie rat birds home. The Lord's work, indeed.
January 19, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Alright, Buffalo. With the Lions out, it is up to you alone to represent the Great Lakes in the Super Bowl. And to send the thieving magpie rat birds home. The Lord's work, indeed.
January 20, 1961. JFK stood outside and gave his inaugural address in 22 degree weather without an overcoat or hat on. But, JFK had vigor, not rigor.
January 19, 2025 at 7:30 PM
January 20, 1961. JFK stood outside and gave his inaugural address in 22 degree weather without an overcoat or hat on. But, JFK had vigor, not rigor.
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Having shut down TikTok for a few hours and replaced it with pro-MAGA propaganda, TikTok is announces it is restoring service, including more pro-MAGA propaganda in the announcement
January 19, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Having shut down TikTok for a few hours and replaced it with pro-MAGA propaganda, TikTok is announces it is restoring service, including more pro-MAGA propaganda in the announcement
Sad obsequious bend-the-knee messaging from the Chinese-owned and Chinese-government-controlled social media company. Which I have enjoyed, yes. So giving our data to the Chinese is out of the question, as we give it to Elon and Zuck and GM and so on to make money off us and use against us.
January 19, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Sad obsequious bend-the-knee messaging from the Chinese-owned and Chinese-government-controlled social media company. Which I have enjoyed, yes. So giving our data to the Chinese is out of the question, as we give it to Elon and Zuck and GM and so on to make money off us and use against us.
Decades ago, Ayn Rand emerged to give pseudo-philosophical justification for being a selfish asshole. Today? Meet Curtis Yarvin.
This is really not the appropriate way to approach Yarvin, but I guess it’s better than pretending he doesn’t exist: www.nytimes.com/2025/01/18/m...
‘The Interview’: Curtis Yarvin Says Democracy is Done (Gift Article)
The once-fringe writer has long argued for an American monarchy. His ideas have found an audience in the incoming administration and Silicon Valley.
www.nytimes.com
January 18, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Decades ago, Ayn Rand emerged to give pseudo-philosophical justification for being a selfish asshole. Today? Meet Curtis Yarvin.
Today President Biden affirmed that the Equal Rights Amendment is the 28th Amendment to the Constitution. The ERA states:
“Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex...”
“Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex...”
January 17, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Today President Biden affirmed that the Equal Rights Amendment is the 28th Amendment to the Constitution. The ERA states:
“Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex...”
“Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex...”
I deleted both of my X accounts, and I am still on Meta. I don't think I will delete those quite yet, but as more people I know are deleting FB and Insta or just going dormant, the more I will be over here regardless.
January 17, 2025 at 1:03 PM
I deleted both of my X accounts, and I am still on Meta. I don't think I will delete those quite yet, but as more people I know are deleting FB and Insta or just going dormant, the more I will be over here regardless.
I will not be seeking a third term as mayor of University Heights this year.
My full statement:
brennan4uh.com/statement/
My full statement:
brennan4uh.com/statement/
Brennan for University Heights | Reaching New Heights.
brennan4uh.com
January 15, 2025 at 4:23 PM
I will not be seeking a third term as mayor of University Heights this year.
My full statement:
brennan4uh.com/statement/
My full statement:
brennan4uh.com/statement/