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Weekend writer and human person trying to survive this late capitalism dystopian hellscape. I am definitely not a cat. https://open.substack.com/pub/peteca
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H.L. Mencken once wrote “Puritanism: The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.”…

…The puritanical shackles of the average American makes them incapable of accepting that somewhere someone might be getting a bit of help.

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S.N.A.P benefits and the cruelty ingrained in the American worldview.
Lies are the basis of cruelty.
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THIS MOTHERFUCKER HELD A GREAT GATSBY PARTY WHILE 43 MILLION PEOPLE GO HUNGRY AND HEALTHCARE COSTS KEEP RISING.
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someone invited people magazine to the kitchen and they brought their own knives
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NEWS: Trump administration’s Chicago immigration raids are coming to a city near you as Homeland Security sidelines old ICE leadership. “What we’re seeing now is what the rest of the nation can expect. This is the new model.” Our story on what that means www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/02/b...
Border Patrol’s strong-arm tactics are the new norm in Chicago as Trump moves to sideline ICE leadership
“What we’re seeing now is what the rest of the nation can expect,” said Fred Tsao, senior policy counsel at the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights.
www.chicagotribune.com
Thanks for taking the time to read it. I did expand a bit on the religious aspects of the issue this morning on the same article.

Also, you are correct the “manifest wealth” as another proselytizing promise to those most suffering and susceptible.

It is something that cannot be downplayed.
H.L. Mencken once wrote “Puritanism: The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.”…

…The puritanical shackles of the average American makes them incapable of accepting that somewhere someone might be getting a bit of help.

open.substack.com/pub/peteca/p...
S.N.A.P benefits and the cruelty ingrained in the American worldview.
Lies are the basis of cruelty.
open.substack.com
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Swear her in. Release the Epstein Files.
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As I've said many times, you can't build the mass deportation apparatus without first building the police state apparatus.
New: Videos show ICE/CBP agents are scanning peoples' faces on the street to verify citizenship. ICE has tool to instantly look up unprecedented number of databases with just a photo

“I’m an American citizen so leave me alone”

“Alright, we just got to verify that”

www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
ICE and CBP Agents Are Scanning Peoples’ Faces on the Street To Verify Citizenship
Videos on social media show officers from ICE and CBP using facial recognition technology on people in the field. One expert described the practice as “pure dystopian creep.”
www.404media.co
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To give an example of what I mean, here's a paragraph from the Grokipedia "article" on ICE.

The three citations are to The Heritage Foundation, testimony from the Executive Director of FAIR, and a report from the Center for Immigration Studies.

No dissenting voices allowed on Grokipedia.
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I realize this isn't breaking news but it's insane that voting has begun and Chuck Schumer — leader of the Democratic party — is straight-up refusing to endorse the Democratic nominee for mayor, whose opponent is an alleged serial sexual abuser funded by Trump-allied billionaires
“Stop calling us that!”
When you stop acting like it. Pretty simple.

George Carlin was right: Germany lost World War 2, fascism won.
Here is Gregory Bovino, the man in charge of ICE agents in Chicago.
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Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 85th day out of the last 97.

12 days of work in over 3 months.

With full pay and benefits.

The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.

It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.
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Someone want to tell Mikey here that 86% of all SNAP benefits go to households that include a child, an elderly person, or a person with disabilities?

Or that almost 40% of SNAP recipients are children?

And that Whites account for 37% of SNAP recipients?
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Whenever you hear something like this, change Trump Administration to Biden Administration and California to Mississippi and ask yourself how many armed men would be shooting at the White House right now

While such a reaction would be insane, the idea that Trump has declared war on half of us isn't
Sean Duffy: "I'm about to pull $160 million from California, and as we pull more money we also have the option of pulling California's ability to issue commercial driver's licenses."
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The richest man on earth owns X.

The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.

The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.

The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.

See the problem here?
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This is a clear example of racial discrimination.
It’s hard to understand how Americans can tolerate such behavior.
Masked men are approaching women with brown skin on the streets, asking if they were born here and where they come from.
It’s truly heartbreaking to witness things like this.