Ben Tanzer
@BenTanzer
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Principal, HEFT Creative Strategies | Teacher | Storyteller | Coach | Podcaster l Lover of All Things Book, Run, Gin & Street Art
Chicago, IL
Joined January 2009
"A heartfelt if overstuffed tribute to the author’s father and the ameliorative power of art."* After Hours: Scorsese, Grief and the Grammar of Cinema is Kirkus Reviews. https://t.co/l84ORULOJm
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Really something to walk into this funny, anxiety-provoking, and terribly timely movie and walk out into this horror show. #onebattleafteranother
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Have you heard?
This Podcast Will Change Your Life, Episode Three Hundred and Sixty-Seven - In Balance, starring the M. M. De Voe. Listen. Create. Share. https://t.co/6FrXTvKYUY
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Every time Donald Trump puts up a racist AI generated video of Hakeem Jefferies or any of my colleagues, I’ll put a new movie poster about Trump and Epstein. #ReleasetheEpsteinFiles
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Raskin: "It's not lost on anyone that shutting the government down allows them not swear in our new colleague, Ms Grijalva from Arizona, who would be the 218th signature to discharge the Epstein files and to put a vote on that on the House floor."
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Trump wants to hold the government hostage until Democrats agree to raise health care costs for millions of Americans and give him more unchecked power. But health care is a human right. And in America, we have no kings.
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This is a lie. Not a single federal dollar goes to providing health insurance for undocumented immigrants. NOT. ONE. PENNY. Republicans would rather lie and shut down the government down than protect your health care.
Democrats are prioritizing illegal aliens over American citizens. They are America Last radicals.
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The latest news from the Tony Fitzpatrick front has the artist/writer/actor/etc as lively and optimistic as ever as he awaits a pair of new lungs and acts as hospital room host to a parade of friends and family.
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“The Sun at the End of the Road” is a new collection of artwork, poetry and essays, published this month. The author has to celebrate, for now, at the Rush University Medical Center.
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Anyone who talks about their fellow Americans as enemies to be "taken out" is not fit to lead the nation. Take the keys away from Donald Trump before he drives us further into chaos.
Trump to generals: "America is under invasion from within. We're under invasion from within. No different than a foreign enemy, but more difficult in any ways because they don't wear uniforms. At least when they're wearing a uniform you can take them out."
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THE SURGE is one of the best novels you've probably never read. You'll laugh. You'll cry. It'll become a part of you. https://t.co/k9QgNXGSAU
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The government is officially shut down. Make no mistake: Republicans control the House, the Senate, and the White House. This is THEIR shutdown. They had every tool to govern and chose chaos instead. The American people are the ones paying the price.
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Don't miss out on changing your life:
This Podcast Will Change Your Life, Episode Three Hundred and Sixty-Seven - In Balance, starring the M. M. De Voe. Listen. Create. Share. https://t.co/6FrXTvKYUY
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Turns out this podcast will change your life! (Thanks @BenTanzer ). #readatpenparentis
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This episode of This Podcast Will Change Your Life stars M. M. De Voe (A Flash of Darkness, Book & Baby, Pen Parentis). It was recorded over the Zoom between the This Podcast Will
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This Podcast Will Change Your Life, Episode Three Hundred and Sixty-Seven - In Balance, starring the M. M. De Voe. Listen. Create. Share. https://t.co/6FrXTvKYUY
@mmdevoe
@PenParentis
#thispodcastwillchangeyourlife
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This episode of This Podcast Will Change Your Life stars M. M. De Voe (A Flash of Darkness, Book & Baby, Pen Parentis). It was recorded over the Zoom between the This Podcast Will
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SUNDAY SALON CHICAGO happens in 3 days, WOW! Hope to see you on Sept. 28, 2025 @roscoe_books at 7 pm. Come hear this impressive lineup w/ @ninasudhakar @MichaelMcColly @BenTanzer @janicemdeal & Carlos Cumpian. Do join us, Chicago! All authors' bios: https://t.co/kKfuvAQkLI 😍🌈🍂
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Blah blah blah Where are the Epstein Files?
Today, your FBI took another step in its promise of full accountability. For far too long, previous corrupt leadership and their enablers weaponized federal law enforcement, damaging once proud institutions and severely eroding public trust. Every day, we continue the fight to
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Fixed it for you: American taxpayers will bail out farmers thanks to Trump’s taxes.
Trump says he'll use tariff revenue to bail out farmers
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Trump demanded Comey be charged. A veteran prosecutor resigned rather than bend the knee. And then Trump hand-picked an aide who’d do it anyway. Using the justice system to go after a political opponent is what dictators do. It’s Comey today, but it could be anyone tomorrow.
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Thanks for the awesome conversation, @LAPublicLibrary !!!
Giano Cromley is the author of two young adult novels and a collection of short stories. He is a recipient of an Artist Fellowship from the Illinois Arts Council and you can learn about his latest novel, American Mythology on the LAPL blog: https://t.co/06der7Ixt7
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Hey Chicagoland! After Hours: Scorsese, Grief and the Grammar of Cinema is quite honored to be part of this quite ridiculous @SundaySalonChi line-up this coming Sunday, September 28th at the quite excellent Roscoe Books. https://t.co/XuUx3siby6
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After a brief pause for dinner…the Bears do love us, yes? Yes. For this week anyway.
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