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Chris Yogerst @chrisyogerst.com · 11h

…and the best Halloween decoration goes to:
#hitchcock #thebirds

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Chris Yogerst @chrisyogerst.com · 5h

I know…just completely confident ignorance.

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Chris Yogerst @chrisyogerst.com · 5h

Thanks! I saw your column making the rounds as well. Nice work!

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Chris Yogerst @chrisyogerst.com · 8h

Exactly, there's like a zillion examples of how crazy the 1950s were. I mean, the phrase "the long 1950s" is a thing.

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Chris Yogerst @chrisyogerst.com · 8h

It wasn't a big crux of the article, so I'm hoping it was just an editorial oversight at Vox. Benefit of the doubt (for now)

Chris Yogerst @chrisyogerst.com · 9h

Definitely!

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Chris Yogerst @chrisyogerst.com · 11h

…and the best Halloween decoration goes to:
#hitchcock #thebirds

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Chris Yogerst @chrisyogerst.com · 11h

Very interesting column, but I would argue that the 1950s were not politically calm...

How everything became left or right “coded”

The answer isn’t just about parties dividing on policies.

www.vox.com

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Chris Yogerst @chrisyogerst.com · 14h

wow....I love so many of his movies, but not taking advice from Spielberg when you're a novice director? Madness.

How Kevin Costner Lost Hollywood

On-set brawls. Courtroom battles. Epic bombs. Why the world's most bankable cowboy is suddenly shooting blanks.

www.hollywoodreporter.com

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d

Bray is a historian at Rutgers who received death threats after landing on Turning Points USA's Professor Watchlist. As a result, he announced he was moving to Europe. And then this happened.

This kind of harassment and abuse of scholars is Charlie Kirk's legacy and it's only getting worse.

Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 1d

“Someone” cancelled my family’s flight out of the country at the last second.

We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’

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Chris Yogerst @chrisyogerst.com · 1d

Glad my new local library is active in educating about and fighting against book bans. As a bonus, they have my book on the Warner brothers #bannedbooks

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Chris Yogerst @chrisyogerst.com · 1d

Glad my new local library is active in educating about and fighting against book bans. As a bonus, they have my book on the Warner brothers #bannedbooks

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Chris Yogerst @chrisyogerst.com · 1d

Congrats!!! Much deserved praise!

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Farran Smith Nehme @selfstyledsiren.bsky.social · 1d

"This is a story of a period between two World Wars—an interim in which Insanity cut loose. Liberty took a nose dive, and Humanity was kicked around somewhat."

Next week marks 85 years since THE GREAT DICTATOR opened in New York City.

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Chris Yogerst @chrisyogerst.com · 2d

It was great speaking with Brandon again at @frnclassics.bsky.social. Black Legion (1937) is an incredibly prescient film today. It has managed to become even more relevant since we recorded this episode.

Front Row Classics Podcast @frnclassics.bsky.social · 2d

Thrilled to discuss 1937's Black Legion with @chrisyogerst.com

LISTEN: linktr.ee/FrontRowClas...

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Chris Yogerst @chrisyogerst.com · 1d

Awesome! I’ve seen them twice before. They never disappoint!

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Chris Yogerst @chrisyogerst.com · 1d

@nin.com finally coming back to Milwaukee. Just snagged tix 🤘

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Chris Yogerst @chrisyogerst.com · 1d

I feel seen

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Chris Yogerst @chrisyogerst.com · 2d

A number of members were convicted in the 1936 murder of labor organizer Charles Poole - the media coverage being a likely impetus for the Warner Bros. film.

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Chris Yogerst @chrisyogerst.com · 2d

The real Black Legion was extremely violent, known to have killed dozens of people, and opposed Catholics, Jews, Blacks, all immigrants, unions, and anyone not in their inner circle.

History Repeating: Black Legion (1937) and Organized Bigotry, Then and Now

A 1937 film offers a sharp, concise repudiation of prejudice and social/political overreach

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Chris Yogerst @chrisyogerst.com · 2d

It was great speaking with Brandon again at @frnclassics.bsky.social. Black Legion (1937) is an incredibly prescient film today. It has managed to become even more relevant since we recorded this episode.

Front Row Classics Podcast @frnclassics.bsky.social · 2d

Thrilled to discuss 1937's Black Legion with @chrisyogerst.com

LISTEN: linktr.ee/FrontRowClas...

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Chris Yogerst @chrisyogerst.com · 2d

“Any investigation into the political beliefs of the individual is contrary to the basic principles of our democracy,” read the stern words from the star-studded Committee for the First Amendment (CFA) on October 28, 1947.

Chris Yogerst @chrisyogerst.com · 3d

New column up at @thr.com where I offer a history of the Committee for the First Amendment, then and now.

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Chris Yogerst @chrisyogerst.com · 2d

Lucille Ball argued on air that “all civil liberties go hand in hand, and when one goes the others are weakened, just as the collapse of one pillar in a house would endanger the whole structure.”

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Chris Yogerst @chrisyogerst.com · 2d

“Before every free conscience in America is subpoenaed,” warned Judy Garland on a CFA radio program, “Tell them how much you resent the way Mr. Thomas is kicking the living daylights out of the Bill of Rights!”

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Chris Yogerst @chrisyogerst.com · 2d

“Any investigation into the political beliefs of the individual is contrary to the basic principles of our democracy,” read the stern words from the star-studded Committee for the First Amendment (CFA) on October 28, 1947.

Chris Yogerst @chrisyogerst.com · 3d

New column up at @thr.com where I offer a history of the Committee for the First Amendment, then and now.

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