Paywall removed: https://archive.is/bItmD

Another brilliant decision, UHC brains!

The attack on the 50-year-old executive—allegedly by the now 27-year-old Luigi Mangione—immediately sparked an outpouring of public fury not at the gunman, but at UnitedHealthcare itself.

Here's the link: https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/70078732-l-for-luigi-anonymous-mask-vendetta

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/45011779

On today’s episode of Uncanny Valley, we discuss how WIRED was able to legally 3D-print the same gun allegedly used by Luigi Mangione, and where US law stands on the technology.

Gaetano Bresci was a 30-year-old anarchist who assassinated the king of Italy in 1900. The establishment press cast him as a madman, but many ordinary Italians saw his actions as due vengeance for the state’s bloody repression of workers’ protests.

https://seekingalpha.com/news/4448470-unitedhealth-probed-doj-potential-medicare-fraud-shares-slide

UHC CEO abruptly exited his role AND the company pulled performance guidance for 2025 signaling is enduring a huge pain, but no one mentions from what reasons.

Stock is down over 15% today and trading suspended to stop the sell-off bleeding.

Wonder why is this happening...see, if only someone would have called our attention to this company behavior earlier... 🤔

cross-posted from: https://lemmus.org/post/12574737

Now There’s a Luigi Mangione Musical Coming to San Francisco in June, and It’s Already Selling Out

Hope this is okay to share. I wanted to write something poignant to the crap going on. I recorded this last week, finished mastering it Tuesday. Submitted it to my distribution service for upload to the major streaming services, so it'll be on Spotify and other things in a week or so. I wanted to share it sooner, though.

https://soundcloud.com/oldbottleblack/prowling

Prowling by Old Bottle Black.

   I thought animals
   Were always on the prowl
   
   Turns out they were doing other things

 
   Delay, defend, deny.
   I don't kill for fun.
   Took my shot now someone's  doing time.

   I thought animals
   Were always on the prowl
 
   I learned all I know
   When I was a child
   Turns out they were teaching other things
 
   Honey's from the bees
   Grapes fall off the vine
   You keep yours and I will stick to mine
 
   I thought animals
   Were always on the prowl

   Turns out they were doing other things

(for the music nerds: the droning riff and solo are played on a 1957 Rickenbacker 425. The rhythm track was on a 1960 Rickenbacker 450. I used a '74 Fender Musicmaster bass through a '64 Bassman. I put the guitars through a JCM800 and used delay and the amp's drive own drive for distortion. I did the vocals through an SM58 using a Soyuz preamp.)

Cross-posted from "Luigi Mangione Musical Set to Debut Next Month. The Entire Run Is Already Sold Out" by @[email protected] in [email protected]

The top federal prosecutor in Manhattan has been recused from Luigi Mangione's case.

"The Government also writes to inform the Court that United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jay Clayton, is recused from this matter," attorneys from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York said in a letter to Judge Margaret Garnett on Wednesday.

Newsweek has contacted the district for comment via email. Mangione's attorneys have also been contacted for comment via email. Luigi Mangione in court

Mangione, 26, is facing federal and state charges in the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson outside a New York City hotel in December.

He pleaded not guilty to a federal murder charge last Friday. Federal prosecutors have declared their intent to seek the death penalty. Mangione pleaded not guilty to state murder and terrorism charges in December.

The letter did not explain why Clayton recused from the case, but said that Perry Carbone, the district's criminal division chief, will serve as the attorney for the United States in the case.

"Mr. Carbone has conveyed the same to the Office of the Deputy Attorney General, which confirmed that it will in turn notify the Attorney General," the letter said.

President Donald Trump announced in April that Clayton, a former chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, would serve as interim U.S. attorney for Southern District of New York while the administration pursues Senate confirmation for him to serve in the role full-time.

Wednesday's letter also amended an earlier letter to Garnett that described the handling of a recorded jail call between Mangione and his attorney, Karen Friedman Agnifilo.

The earlier letter has said that a paralegal at the New York County District Attorney's Office (DANY) had "immediately stopped listening" to the call after recognizing it as an attorney call.

"In fact, the paralegal listened to the entire call, then subsequently informed DANY prosecutors about the identities of the people with whom the defendant spoke," Wednesday's letter said.

"DANY thereafter handled the matter as described in our previous letter. Moreover, DANY notified defense counsel of these facts in an email, dated April 22, 2025, thus, counsel was aware of this information prior to arraignment."

Mangione is next due in federal court on December 5. His next appearance in the state case is set for June 26.

No trial date has been set in either case, but his defense team have said they want the federal case to take precedent because it involves the death penalty.