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Michael B Lehrhoff @mblehrhoff.bsky.social · 12h

All Over the World - ELO

Michael B Lehrhoff @mblehrhoff.bsky.social · 12h

Bacharach/David/Warwick. Perfect.

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Michael B Lehrhoff @mblehrhoff.bsky.social · 13h

Utter moron - not that you’d know it from our crack media, which relentlessly ignore these gaffes.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20h

Pritzker: "He said he was going after the worst of the worst. It's not going after the worst of the worst when you're just literally stopping children who happen to be brown & asking them for papers as if they're gonna have proof they're a citizen. Pull out your phones and film everything you see"

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 1d

I will not back down.

Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.

What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?

Donald Trump Truth Social Post: Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also.

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Michael B Lehrhoff @mblehrhoff.bsky.social · 18h

Play 1 in the Fascist Playbook is to deflect from your own lawlessness by playing the victim and accusing others.
Hitler: Poland invaded Germany!!
Trump: The left is violent!!

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Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 20h

Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.) a bit more blunt in his message to Republicans:

"Show up to Congress and do your goddamn job."

"Millions of people are about to lose their health care. This is a serious crisis we're in. We can avoid. it."

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Michael B Lehrhoff @mblehrhoff.bsky.social · 18h

Moses Mike’s musical taste runs toward Procol Harem - A Whiter Shade of Pale.🙄

Michael B Lehrhoff @mblehrhoff.bsky.social · 23h

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Michael B Lehrhoff @mblehrhoff.bsky.social · Apr 27

The record of the #BrokenTimes on fascism is less than stellar. Remember, in addition to promoting Trump and normalizing him relentlessly in the campaign, they also did a puff piece on Hitler two weeks before he started a war that killed sixty million human beings.
www.nytimes.com/1939/08/20/a...

HERR HITLER AT HOME IN THE CLOUDS; High up on his favorite mountain he finds time for politics, solitude and frequent official parties. HERR HITLER IN THE CLOUDS (Published 1939)

Heart of Darkness; filming plans

www.nytimes.com

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Michael B Lehrhoff @mblehrhoff.bsky.social · 1d

Lawless fascist doesn't care what the law requires???
Shocker.

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David S. Bernstein @dbernstein.bsky.social · 1d

Josh Hawley, Yale Law School ‘06, Missouri Attorney General 2017-2019, pretending he doesn’t know what tapping a phone means

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

So the people causing the shutdown are getting paid. The people keeping the country running don’t.

And Speaker Mike Johnson won’t let the House come back to work. So basically they’re on a paid vacation while Americans miss paychecks.

Did I get that right?

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Michael B Lehrhoff @mblehrhoff.bsky.social · 1d

Yet as this obviously political persecution persists and spreads - and the president foams at the mouth to turn our military on civilians - our crack media continue to avoid the word "fascist" like the plague.🙄
@nytimes.com
@washingtonpost.com
@cbsnews.com
@nbcnews.com
@cnn.com

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 1d

I will not back down.

Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.

What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?

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Michael B Lehrhoff @mblehrhoff.bsky.social · 1d

“If you can convince the lowest white man he’s better than the best colored man, he won’t notice you’re picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he’ll empty his pockets for you.”
Lyndon Johnson
But now the bill comes due, MAGA, your heroes will bankrupt you.🙄

Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 1d

Here are the 10 states that will see the highest premium increases for families that lose tax credits if Republicans refuse to act.

West Virginia 387%
Wyoming 382%
Alaska 346%
Tennessee 320%
Mississippi 314%
Texas 289%
South Carolina 285%
Alabama 284%
South Dakota 235%
North Dakota 234%

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Michael B Lehrhoff @mblehrhoff.bsky.social · 1d

And yet our crack media continue to avoid the word "fascist" like the plague.🙄

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 1d

Durbin: “The president said he wanted to use American cities as 'training grounds for our military' to fight 'the enemy within.' Chicago is not the enemy. Our fellow Americans are not the enemy."

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Michael B Lehrhoff @mblehrhoff.bsky.social · 1d

Yet as this obviously political persecution persists and spreads - and the president foams at the mouth to turn our military on civilians - our crack media continue to avoid the word "fascist" like the plague.🙄 @nytimes.com @washingtonpost.com @cbsnews.com @nbcnews.com @cnn.com

Michael B Lehrhoff @mblehrhoff.bsky.social · 1d

Bravo Mark Kelly for totally debunking idiotic, bigoted Republican talking points about "healthcare for illegals".

✊Larry Colvin✊ @larrycolvin.bsky.social · 1d

WATCH as Mark Kelly shuts down Peter Doocy!

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Michael B Lehrhoff @mblehrhoff.bsky.social · 1d

"REICHSCOUCHVUCKER VON VANCE"😂😂😂

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Michael B Lehrhoff @mblehrhoff.bsky.social · 1d

Trump following literally every word of the Hitler script to consolidate total control, by claiming "barbarians are at the gates!!"
Yet our crack media - looking at you, @nytimes.com - continue to avoid the word "fascist" like the plague.

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Michael B Lehrhoff @mblehrhoff.bsky.social · 1d

Trump would have been there in uniform, but his bone spurs were acting up.🙄

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

Update from the war zone in Portland.

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Michael B Lehrhoff @mblehrhoff.bsky.social · 1d

Got news for you, sport, if you're a bigot, you're rarely adored by the supposed object of your bigotry. If you saw the newsreels of weeping black people at train stations following FDR's casket, you'd know immediately the distinction between him and Reagan.
No more time to educate you.
Muted.

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Michael B Lehrhoff @mblehrhoff.bsky.social · 1d

Oooh, nice dodge. But here's what Google AI, which is not quite so immune to facts as you, says:
The name Roosevelt became a popular first name for Black children during the 1930s and 1940s. This reflected the widespread support FDR received from African Americans during the Depression.

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Michael B Lehrhoff @mblehrhoff.bsky.social · 1d

Oh, and if you think Reagan and Roosevelt are equivalent on race, you go ahead and tally the number of black women in the 30s and 40s who named their children Roosevelt, and compare it to the number of black women in the 80s who named their children Reagan.
Go ahead, give it a shot.
Good luck.

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Michael B Lehrhoff @mblehrhoff.bsky.social · 1d

Correction, southern Democrats under FDR. And FDR desegregating the war work force was a major civil rights step in the right direction. Reagan is responsible for absolutely zero of those because he was too busy pledging his sacred honor in support of states' rights.

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