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Douglas Michael Massing
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Academic editor—impatient advocate eX: @T2DRemission—ADCES parapro cert—🌎's thinnest bimodal (science/humanities) pub📋. Queer hemidemi, political, old, tired. Undiagnosed ADH...? 2nd/3rd linktr.ee/D.Michael.Massing L.O.V.E. Chorus, 8 June 2025
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“And I ask you Jews, everywhere, all over the world, to spend some time alone and think, Is this acceptable and sustainable? How could it be done to you and your ancestors and you turn around and you do it to someone else?”
Jewish-American actor Mandy Patinkin suggests Israel doing in Gaza what was done to previous generations of Jews
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www.timesofisrael.com
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I feel like this is a microcosm for our current situation.
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As food assistance runs out and he refuses to use the contingency fund— he posts about his new marble bathroom
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Whatever happens with the shutdown and Trump’s slo-mo response to court orders, remember this:
The GOP’s Big Ugly Bill cut $186 Billion from SNAP, a TRILLION from Medicaid, and drastically cut other human needs $$ to fund a massive tax break for billionaires.
#SaveSNAP
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If you want to hold Mamdani responsible for what happened other Muslims did on 9/11 simply because he’s Muslim, then we can hold these white people responsible for what other white people did during slavery and Jim Crow.
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People on SNAP will need all our support.

Donate to food pantries and mutual aid groups.

Volunteer at soup kitchens, food banks, and school programs.

Map drop sites and rideshares for distribution days.
My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings. Look on my works and I know it’s not my best.
My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings. Look upon my works by reading the syllabus.
My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings. Look on my works and let me know if you have any questions! 🤗
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From Octavia Butler, “Parable of the Talents”:
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𝐀𝐋𝐋 the perverts need to face justice.
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Context for non-Chicagoans: The median list price for homes in Lincoln Park is $758,133 according to Zillow. It's also 80% white.

When they go after places with that much privilege, know that no one is safe. And the vulnerable are even more so.
Federal immigration agents tear-gas Lakeview, raid Lincoln Park as feds focus on city’s affluent North Side
Lincoln Park Ald. Timmy Knudsen, 43rd, said masked immigration agents hit “every corner of the ward” he represents, one of the city’s wealthiest communities.
www.chicagotribune.com
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Happening now: Here’s a view of the “No Kings” protest in Washington, DC
My hopes for Harris crashed when I saw her staged photo with Netanyahu. Granting the wide latitude that she saw it as unavoidable—as a representative of the Biden administration as well as a candidate—there really was no excuse for her choosing an expression best described as beaming.
The road to hell is paved with plausibility.
[perfunctory morning greetings]

me: By the way, I’m sorry if I was…

them (breaking in): You weren’t. Don’t worry about it.

[We exchange looks.]

me: Thank you.