Yesterday, on 8/14/26, Luigi Mangione stood up in a Manhattan federal courtroom and pled guilty to two federal stalking charges connected to the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. He admitted, in plain language, that he shot Thompson and that Thompson died. No plea deal. No negotiated sentence range. Just a straight guilty plea inContinue reading “Luigi Mangione Just Pled Guilty, and I Already Know Where His Defense Is Headed”
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Rich on Rich Violence: The Uncomfortable Class Math Nobody Wants to Do
I keep coming back to a phrase, half joking, half not, that I think actually captures something true about the entire Luigi Mangione saga better than most of the earnest political commentary surrounding it, and that phrase is rich on rich violence. I say it with a little bit of a smirk because it soundsContinue reading “Rich on Rich Violence: The Uncomfortable Class Math Nobody Wants to Do”