Michael McKenna
@michaelmckenna.bsky.social
A work in progress. Lifetime Democrat. Old music, films and popular culture. Animal welfare.💙🌈😺☕️ 💿🏳️🌈💪 Resist! Love old electronics & old records. Eydie Gourmet foodie. Although very few people actually see my posts I enjoy issuing them anyway! No DMs
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We are being trained to accept things that would have been unthinkable a few years ago.
Federal force used casually & defended reflexively.
Legal limits dismissed as technicalities.
Open talk of dictatorship reframed as realism.
None of this is normal. And none of it is accidental. -- George Conway
Federal force used casually & defended reflexively.
Legal limits dismissed as technicalities.
Open talk of dictatorship reframed as realism.
None of this is normal. And none of it is accidental. -- George Conway
January 29, 2026 at 9:41 PM
We are being trained to accept things that would have been unthinkable a few years ago.
Federal force used casually & defended reflexively.
Legal limits dismissed as technicalities.
Open talk of dictatorship reframed as realism.
None of this is normal. And none of it is accidental. -- George Conway
Federal force used casually & defended reflexively.
Legal limits dismissed as technicalities.
Open talk of dictatorship reframed as realism.
None of this is normal. And none of it is accidental. -- George Conway
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Seeing the political amnesia in real time as people still think impeachment does anything
January 30, 2026 at 12:28 AM
Seeing the political amnesia in real time as people still think impeachment does anything
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We did not properly punish the confederates. We did not properly punish the insurrectionists on January 6th. We have to punish ICE.
They can’t be allowed to slink back into their communities quietly. Expose them. Arrest them. Convict them. Imprison them.
They can’t be allowed to slink back into their communities quietly. Expose them. Arrest them. Convict them. Imprison them.
January 29, 2026 at 8:28 PM
We did not properly punish the confederates. We did not properly punish the insurrectionists on January 6th. We have to punish ICE.
They can’t be allowed to slink back into their communities quietly. Expose them. Arrest them. Convict them. Imprison them.
They can’t be allowed to slink back into their communities quietly. Expose them. Arrest them. Convict them. Imprison them.
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Repubs: Children being mowed down in schools is acceptable price for having guns.
Also Repubs: If you carry a gun and we don’t like you, we will execute you and blame you for your own murder bc you had a gun.
Also Repubs: If you carry a gun and we don’t like you, we will execute you and blame you for your own murder bc you had a gun.
January 29, 2026 at 4:09 AM
Repubs: Children being mowed down in schools is acceptable price for having guns.
Also Repubs: If you carry a gun and we don’t like you, we will execute you and blame you for your own murder bc you had a gun.
Also Repubs: If you carry a gun and we don’t like you, we will execute you and blame you for your own murder bc you had a gun.
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Fun fact: the star of the new "Melania" infomercial also featured in the Epstein Files franchise.
January 29, 2026 at 8:11 PM
Fun fact: the star of the new "Melania" infomercial also featured in the Epstein Files franchise.
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Our understanding of the Universe is stronger because of Bill Nye’s remarkable leadership and advocacy.
Thank you, Bill, for your 15 years leading the Planetary Society, and I look forward to continuing to work with you to advance science and space exploration!🚀✨
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Thank you, Bill, for your 15 years leading the Planetary Society, and I look forward to continuing to work with you to advance science and space exploration!🚀✨
pasadenanow.com/main/bill-ny...
January 29, 2026 at 12:45 AM
Our understanding of the Universe is stronger because of Bill Nye’s remarkable leadership and advocacy.
Thank you, Bill, for your 15 years leading the Planetary Society, and I look forward to continuing to work with you to advance science and space exploration!🚀✨
pasadenanow.com/main/bill-ny...
Thank you, Bill, for your 15 years leading the Planetary Society, and I look forward to continuing to work with you to advance science and space exploration!🚀✨
pasadenanow.com/main/bill-ny...
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So back in June Alex Padilla was tackled and detained by ICE for trying to ask a question at a press conference. The story from the administration was he attacked her.
Fast forward 7 months, Maxwell Frost attacked, Ilhan Omar attacked. Not a peep from the media about "turning down the rhetoric". 🙄
Fast forward 7 months, Maxwell Frost attacked, Ilhan Omar attacked. Not a peep from the media about "turning down the rhetoric". 🙄
January 29, 2026 at 5:18 PM
So back in June Alex Padilla was tackled and detained by ICE for trying to ask a question at a press conference. The story from the administration was he attacked her.
Fast forward 7 months, Maxwell Frost attacked, Ilhan Omar attacked. Not a peep from the media about "turning down the rhetoric". 🙄
Fast forward 7 months, Maxwell Frost attacked, Ilhan Omar attacked. Not a peep from the media about "turning down the rhetoric". 🙄
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John Gotti seems small potatoes now.
January 29, 2026 at 11:03 PM
John Gotti seems small potatoes now.
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IMO the truth of the nation has been laid open. There is no going back. If one wants to go back they either don’t understand the racist, misogynistic, genocidal, divisive history of this land or support it.
January 30, 2026 at 1:16 AM
IMO the truth of the nation has been laid open. There is no going back. If one wants to go back they either don’t understand the racist, misogynistic, genocidal, divisive history of this land or support it.
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We're in a time in American history where the president of the United States is sending FBI agents out to help rig the midterms. This is not an administration, it's a mafia doing their dirty work for all to see & I am FURIOUS at everyone who helped normalize this level of crime in our government.
January 29, 2026 at 10:30 PM
We're in a time in American history where the president of the United States is sending FBI agents out to help rig the midterms. This is not an administration, it's a mafia doing their dirty work for all to see & I am FURIOUS at everyone who helped normalize this level of crime in our government.
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This is a cover up of a murder, led by our own federal government.
January 29, 2026 at 11:00 PM
This is a cover up of a murder, led by our own federal government.
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Some people don’t (yet) understand the significance of this moment. There is now NO RESTRAINT on the fascists. Congress, courts can pass laws or issue orders but the fascists won’t obey them.
Stop focusing on laws, politicians or elections.
Now WE THE PEOPLE must END the regime. Ourselves.
Stop focusing on laws, politicians or elections.
Now WE THE PEOPLE must END the regime. Ourselves.
January 29, 2026 at 1:13 AM
Some people don’t (yet) understand the significance of this moment. There is now NO RESTRAINT on the fascists. Congress, courts can pass laws or issue orders but the fascists won’t obey them.
Stop focusing on laws, politicians or elections.
Now WE THE PEOPLE must END the regime. Ourselves.
Stop focusing on laws, politicians or elections.
Now WE THE PEOPLE must END the regime. Ourselves.
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I think not enough white people are taking the voting rights issues seriously enough. They are killing people and then offering to stop killing if the state gives up the voter registration data. This should be setting off massive alarms for EVERYONE. (I’m looking at you, white people.)
January 29, 2026 at 7:01 PM
I think not enough white people are taking the voting rights issues seriously enough. They are killing people and then offering to stop killing if the state gives up the voter registration data. This should be setting off massive alarms for EVERYONE. (I’m looking at you, white people.)
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just choked on my beverage
January 29, 2026 at 11:19 PM
just choked on my beverage
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Homan said ICE is going to stay until "the problem's gone," which means they're never leaving because they are the problem. Just more propaganda trying to make the criminal regime appear "legit" and make it look like they're not the problem.
January 29, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Homan said ICE is going to stay until "the problem's gone," which means they're never leaving because they are the problem. Just more propaganda trying to make the criminal regime appear "legit" and make it look like they're not the problem.
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The federal presence in Minnesota has been especially tough on our local businesses.
Choosing to shop local, grab takeout, or visit a neighborhood store is one way we can stand with our neighbors and continue to show the nation what it means to respond with care and decency.
Choosing to shop local, grab takeout, or visit a neighborhood store is one way we can stand with our neighbors and continue to show the nation what it means to respond with care and decency.
January 29, 2026 at 11:45 PM
The federal presence in Minnesota has been especially tough on our local businesses.
Choosing to shop local, grab takeout, or visit a neighborhood store is one way we can stand with our neighbors and continue to show the nation what it means to respond with care and decency.
Choosing to shop local, grab takeout, or visit a neighborhood store is one way we can stand with our neighbors and continue to show the nation what it means to respond with care and decency.
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Amazon just announced another round of 16,000 layoffs, months after it laid off 14,000 workers.
Reminder that Amazon CEO Andy Jassy raked in over $40M in 2024.
And Amazon is spending at least $75 million producing and promoting the Melania documentary.
The system is rigged.
Reminder that Amazon CEO Andy Jassy raked in over $40M in 2024.
And Amazon is spending at least $75 million producing and promoting the Melania documentary.
The system is rigged.
January 29, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Amazon just announced another round of 16,000 layoffs, months after it laid off 14,000 workers.
Reminder that Amazon CEO Andy Jassy raked in over $40M in 2024.
And Amazon is spending at least $75 million producing and promoting the Melania documentary.
The system is rigged.
Reminder that Amazon CEO Andy Jassy raked in over $40M in 2024.
And Amazon is spending at least $75 million producing and promoting the Melania documentary.
The system is rigged.
Rest in peace, Lou Christie.
January 29, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Rest in peace, Lou Christie.
While the United States pretty much ceased manufacturing 78 rpm records by 1958, Canada still was cranking them out for their public. This Johnny Mathis record was not released on 78 in the United States, only on 45 rpm. Pictured is the Canadian 78 issue.
January 29, 2026 at 5:10 PM
While the United States pretty much ceased manufacturing 78 rpm records by 1958, Canada still was cranking them out for their public. This Johnny Mathis record was not released on 78 in the United States, only on 45 rpm. Pictured is the Canadian 78 issue.
Ozzie & Harriet in their final season (1965/66). The show finally was presented in color that year. Kris (Harmon) Nelson, Harriet Nelson, June (Blair) Nelson, Rick Nelson, Ozzie Nelson and David Nelson. America witnessed the Nelson boys grow up over the years on their TV screens.
January 29, 2026 at 5:05 PM
Ozzie & Harriet in their final season (1965/66). The show finally was presented in color that year. Kris (Harmon) Nelson, Harriet Nelson, June (Blair) Nelson, Rick Nelson, Ozzie Nelson and David Nelson. America witnessed the Nelson boys grow up over the years on their TV screens.
Just about the most perfect cast ever assembled for a television situation comedy. And, the writing was truly first rate. Valerie Harper, Ed Asner, Cloris Leachman, Gavin MacLeod, Mary Tyler Moore and Ted Knight. Mary "turned the world on with her smile".
January 29, 2026 at 4:59 PM
Just about the most perfect cast ever assembled for a television situation comedy. And, the writing was truly first rate. Valerie Harper, Ed Asner, Cloris Leachman, Gavin MacLeod, Mary Tyler Moore and Ted Knight. Mary "turned the world on with her smile".
Old school stereo high fidelity, courtesy of CBS / Columbia Masterwork.
January 29, 2026 at 4:41 PM
Old school stereo high fidelity, courtesy of CBS / Columbia Masterwork.
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Someone in Congress needs to sponsor the Pretti-Good Act of 2026. It would:
1) remove immunity from any federal agent who willfully and intentionally violates the constitutional rights of a civilian;
2) prohibit any federal agent from pretending to have a judicial warrant if they don’t, from
1) remove immunity from any federal agent who willfully and intentionally violates the constitutional rights of a civilian;
2) prohibit any federal agent from pretending to have a judicial warrant if they don’t, from
January 28, 2026 at 4:13 PM
Someone in Congress needs to sponsor the Pretti-Good Act of 2026. It would:
1) remove immunity from any federal agent who willfully and intentionally violates the constitutional rights of a civilian;
2) prohibit any federal agent from pretending to have a judicial warrant if they don’t, from
1) remove immunity from any federal agent who willfully and intentionally violates the constitutional rights of a civilian;
2) prohibit any federal agent from pretending to have a judicial warrant if they don’t, from
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At this point, the predominant emotion so many of us are feeling is anger. Anger that people are being treated like this. Anger that our government is doing it. Anger that it’s doing it with our tax dollars. joycevance.substack.com/p/minnesota-...
Minnesota and Elsewhere
Today, more from Judge Schlitz in Minnesota.
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January 29, 2026 at 1:32 PM
At this point, the predominant emotion so many of us are feeling is anger. Anger that people are being treated like this. Anger that our government is doing it. Anger that it’s doing it with our tax dollars. joycevance.substack.com/p/minnesota-...
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People who begin by shooting animals they find unpleasant or not worthy of living often turn out to be serial killers. Remember that when you think about Kristi Noem.
January 29, 2026 at 1:19 PM
People who begin by shooting animals they find unpleasant or not worthy of living often turn out to be serial killers. Remember that when you think about Kristi Noem.