Vince Panepinto
@vinnygecko.bsky.social
Friendly gay musician in Chicago
He/him 🏳️🌈🇮🇹 Free Palestine 🇵🇸
Lover of 🥦🐻🎶🎹🎸🎥🫂
He/him 🏳️🌈🇮🇹 Free Palestine 🇵🇸
Lover of 🥦🐻🎶🎹🎸🎥🫂
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Full story here: www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/03/c...
Chicago woman dragged out of her car after colliding with ICE demands accountability
The arrest of Dayanne Figueroa highlights growing concerns about the use of force against U.S. citizens and due process. She was released after a few hours without charges.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 3, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Full story here: www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/03/c...
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In Chicago, a woman was driving to get coffee when a DHS vehicle fleeing an angry crowd crashed into her car. Armed agents jumped out of the vehicle, yanked her door open, pulled her by the legs out of her car at gunpoint, held her incommunicado for hours, then released her with no charges.
November 3, 2025 at 6:34 PM
In Chicago, a woman was driving to get coffee when a DHS vehicle fleeing an angry crowd crashed into her car. Armed agents jumped out of the vehicle, yanked her door open, pulled her by the legs out of her car at gunpoint, held her incommunicado for hours, then released her with no charges.
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U.S Army officer Col. Steve Gabavics has gone public on his participation in the Biden Administration's "investigation" into the Israeli assassination of Shireen Abu Akleh, alleging that the USG softened its conclusions about the murder of the Palestinian American journalist to please Israel.
U.S. Assessment of Israeli Shooting of Journalist Divided American Officials
www.nytimes.com
October 27, 2025 at 2:34 PM
U.S Army officer Col. Steve Gabavics has gone public on his participation in the Biden Administration's "investigation" into the Israeli assassination of Shireen Abu Akleh, alleging that the USG softened its conclusions about the murder of the Palestinian American journalist to please Israel.
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#NoKings event in Fairhope, Al.
A woman was arrested for "lewd conduct" because she was dressed in penis suit with a sign that said "No dick-tator"
3 cops on a 53 yo woman.
A woman was arrested for "lewd conduct" because she was dressed in penis suit with a sign that said "No dick-tator"
3 cops on a 53 yo woman.
October 18, 2025 at 9:01 PM
#NoKings event in Fairhope, Al.
A woman was arrested for "lewd conduct" because she was dressed in penis suit with a sign that said "No dick-tator"
3 cops on a 53 yo woman.
A woman was arrested for "lewd conduct" because she was dressed in penis suit with a sign that said "No dick-tator"
3 cops on a 53 yo woman.
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Don't engage. Just block. They want to push their rage bait on here. Don't give them the satisfaction.
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October 17, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Don't engage. Just block. They want to push their rage bait on here. Don't give them the satisfaction.
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Why did @govpritzker.illinois.gov send out Illinois police to limit protests at Broadview? Why is a progressive governor shielding illegal ICE activity from peaceful protesters? Why are our state tax dollars devoted to Trump’s agenda?
October 3, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Why did @govpritzker.illinois.gov send out Illinois police to limit protests at Broadview? Why is a progressive governor shielding illegal ICE activity from peaceful protesters? Why are our state tax dollars devoted to Trump’s agenda?
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BREAKING: Our client Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist detained by ICE in retaliation for livestreaming law enforcement activity, will be deported tomorrow to El Salvador.
Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.
Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.
October 2, 2025 at 10:42 PM
BREAKING: Our client Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist detained by ICE in retaliation for livestreaming law enforcement activity, will be deported tomorrow to El Salvador.
Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.
Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.
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🚨 please get fully vaccinated for monkeypox y’all!!
Health officials are urging Chicagoans to get vaccinated after 81 mpox cases were reported in the city in 6 months. blockclubchi.co/46tpahF
September 22, 2025 at 3:06 PM
🚨 please get fully vaccinated for monkeypox y’all!!
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once again, i'll suggest that perhaps the reason the broad public thinks democrats are weak is that when confronted with situations that demands that democrats loudly and proactively stand up for their values, democrats shirk from the fight
August 24, 2025 at 6:43 PM
once again, i'll suggest that perhaps the reason the broad public thinks democrats are weak is that when confronted with situations that demands that democrats loudly and proactively stand up for their values, democrats shirk from the fight
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BBC International Editor Jeremy Bowen has confirmed that the entire Al Jazeera team in Gaza City has been killed.
August 10, 2025 at 10:33 PM
BBC International Editor Jeremy Bowen has confirmed that the entire Al Jazeera team in Gaza City has been killed.
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Gay makeup artist Andry Hernández Romero describes horrific sexual & physical abuse at CECOT in El Salvador www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Gay makeup artist Andry Hernández Romero describes horrific sexual & physical abuse at CECOT in El Salvador
He called it "an encounter with torture and death."
www.yahoo.com
July 26, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Gay makeup artist Andry Hernández Romero describes horrific sexual & physical abuse at CECOT in El Salvador www.yahoo.com/news/article...
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Some of the bottles of rice and formula and flour Egyptians threw into the sea have actually made it to Gaza - now people in Cyprus and Lebanon are joining the effort, with scientists from all over the world virtually assisting them in figuring the time and location to do so based on the currents. 💚
July 27, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Some of the bottles of rice and formula and flour Egyptians threw into the sea have actually made it to Gaza - now people in Cyprus and Lebanon are joining the effort, with scientists from all over the world virtually assisting them in figuring the time and location to do so based on the currents. 💚
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So now they're just admitting that this entire talking point that was used as a way of excusing the government-engineered famine is a lie.
Breaking News: Israeli military officials say they have no proof Hamas routinely steals UN aid, undercutting a claim Israel has used to limit food for Gaza.
No Proof Hamas Routinely Stole U.N. Aid, Israeli Military Officials Say
Israel has long restricted or completely blocked aid to Gaza on the argument that Hamas steals it to use as a weapon of control over the population.
nyti.ms
July 26, 2025 at 1:18 PM
So now they're just admitting that this entire talking point that was used as a way of excusing the government-engineered famine is a lie.
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July 26, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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when RFK says he wants to “end chronic disease,” what people hear is “he wants to cure us” but what he means is “i want to cull the weak”
Republicans are waging a generalized war on science, but I think many of them don’t fully grok that RFK isn’t at war with science alone or per se: he’s at war with sick people, and of the view that only the lucky should be allowed to survive into old age. They are know nothings, he is Mengele.
RFK Jr. has now officially stated that he will dismantle the United States Preventive ServicesTask Force (USPSTF).
This is an independent body of expert scientists who volunteer their time to review data and provide guidance to Americans on important things like cancer screenings.
This is an independent body of expert scientists who volunteer their time to review data and provide guidance to Americans on important things like cancer screenings.
July 26, 2025 at 1:21 AM
when RFK says he wants to “end chronic disease,” what people hear is “he wants to cure us” but what he means is “i want to cull the weak”
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this reminds me of the period in american politics when pundits would demand that any black politician of note — really, any black person in politics with a national audience — “condemn farrakhan”
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro chides Zohran Mamdani for not condemning other people’s antisemitism:
“He left open far too much space for extremists to either use his words or for him to not condemn the words of extremists that said some blatantly antisemitic things.”
“He left open far too much space for extremists to either use his words or for him to not condemn the words of extremists that said some blatantly antisemitic things.”
Shapiro rebukes Mamdani for failing to condemn ‘blatantly antisemitic’ extremists
The Pennsylvania governor told JI: ‘When supporters of yours say things that are blatantly antisemitic, you can't leave room for that to just sit there’
jewishinsider.com
July 24, 2025 at 1:01 AM
this reminds me of the period in american politics when pundits would demand that any black politician of note — really, any black person in politics with a national audience — “condemn farrakhan”
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I think it’s worth noting this piece generated the most unsubscribes I’ve seen in a while, and the newsletter version had the lowest open rate in many months. These horrors persist in part because too many people go to great pains to avoid them.
July 24, 2025 at 2:32 AM
I think it’s worth noting this piece generated the most unsubscribes I’ve seen in a while, and the newsletter version had the lowest open rate in many months. These horrors persist in part because too many people go to great pains to avoid them.
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In the past when I sat down to write about Israel, I’ve had a moment where I take a deep breath and accept that, as a Jewish woman, it’s going to be difficult. This time, there was no such moment.
I wrote about the intentional starvation of Gaza by Israel/US, and the moral imperative to say enough:
I wrote about the intentional starvation of Gaza by Israel/US, and the moral imperative to say enough:
Gaza is starving
Palestinians seeking food are being killed by the IDF. It's time for the entire world to say enough.
www.thehandbasket.co
July 23, 2025 at 1:16 PM
In the past when I sat down to write about Israel, I’ve had a moment where I take a deep breath and accept that, as a Jewish woman, it’s going to be difficult. This time, there was no such moment.
I wrote about the intentional starvation of Gaza by Israel/US, and the moral imperative to say enough:
I wrote about the intentional starvation of Gaza by Israel/US, and the moral imperative to say enough:
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It’s worse than “Gaza is being starved and destroyed and no one cares.” It’s that hundreds of millions *do* care and are powerless to stop it. We need a world where that can never happen, where the masses actually have political power.
July 22, 2025 at 2:41 PM
It’s worse than “Gaza is being starved and destroyed and no one cares.” It’s that hundreds of millions *do* care and are powerless to stop it. We need a world where that can never happen, where the masses actually have political power.
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The governing party of the United States is shutting down the federal government to cover-up evidence the president sexually abused children so he can continue trying to implement dictatorship.
That's just a true statement about the world!
That's just a true statement about the world!
July 22, 2025 at 4:23 PM
The governing party of the United States is shutting down the federal government to cover-up evidence the president sexually abused children so he can continue trying to implement dictatorship.
That's just a true statement about the world!
That's just a true statement about the world!
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It’s Abu Ghraib all over again.
But inside our borders.
But inside our borders.
Migrants at a Miami immigration jail were shackled with their hands tied behind their backs and made to kneel to eat food from styrofoam plates “like dogs”, per a report from Human Rights Watch
Migrants at Ice jail in Miami made to kneel to eat ‘like dogs’, report alleges
Incident in which migrants were shackled with hands tied of one succession of alleged abuses at jails in Florida
www.theguardian.com
July 21, 2025 at 10:15 PM
It’s Abu Ghraib all over again.
But inside our borders.
But inside our borders.
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A stunning 39% of parents say they can’t afford back-to-school shopping this year.
44% of parents plan to take on debt during back-to-school shopping.
More than 50% of parents plan to sacrifice necessities like groceries to ensure their child has what they need for school.
44% of parents plan to take on debt during back-to-school shopping.
More than 50% of parents plan to sacrifice necessities like groceries to ensure their child has what they need for school.
July 21, 2025 at 7:48 PM
A stunning 39% of parents say they can’t afford back-to-school shopping this year.
44% of parents plan to take on debt during back-to-school shopping.
More than 50% of parents plan to sacrifice necessities like groceries to ensure their child has what they need for school.
44% of parents plan to take on debt during back-to-school shopping.
More than 50% of parents plan to sacrifice necessities like groceries to ensure their child has what they need for school.
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At a time when many Democrats are avoiding even mentioning trans people, Mamdani went on Anania's Gaydar that is hosted by a Black trans woman. This is absolutely amazing and hilarious.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Frc...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Frc...
Zohran Mamdani Tests Anania's Gaydar | Gaydar Episode 11
YouTube video by Gaydar
www.youtube.com
July 18, 2025 at 8:46 PM
At a time when many Democrats are avoiding even mentioning trans people, Mamdani went on Anania's Gaydar that is hosted by a Black trans woman. This is absolutely amazing and hilarious.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Frc...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Frc...