The Left's New Charlie Manson, Dreamboat Killer Luigi Mangione, Pleads Guilty to Federal Stalking Resulting in a Death, Admits He Murdered Brian Thompson

If he's killed in prison, it's your fault.

Do better.

Luigi Mangione pleaded guilty to federal stalking charges and admitted in federal court on Friday that he shot and killed a health care executive in Manhattan in 2024.
"I shot Mr. Thompson in Manhattan. I understood that my actions would place him in fear of death of bodily injury. I knew what I was doing was illegal," Mangione told the judge, the New York Times reported.
Judge Margaret M. Garnett accepted the plea and said she will sentence Mangione on Dec. 18. He faces a maximum of life in prison.
Mangione, 28, was not charged with murder in the federal case, which accused him only of stalking Brian Thompson, CEO of UnitedHealthcare. He still faces a murder charge in state court, which is scheduled to go to trial next month.
In federal court, Mangione faced one count of interstate stalking resulting in death and one count of stalking through use of interstate facilities resulting in death. Both charges carry a maximum potential sentence of life in prison.

And he'd better get life in prison. I'm seeing on twitter that New York state has a more expansive definition of double jeopardy than most states, or the feds, do. Double jeopardy usually applies for the exact same charges. So in most jurisdictions, a conviction for stalking with intent to kill would not result in a bar for prosecuting this scumbag for murder under New York state law.

But apparently in New York, a judge might rule that the charges are close enough so that double jeopardy does apply.

So if we don't get life in prison... well, this plea might wind up wiping out the New York state prosecution.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 05:20 PM

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1 I HATE HIS EYEBROWS!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 14, 2026 05:21 PM (hzuYO)

2 This dude really thought he was gonna walk after they dropped the murder charges.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 14, 2026 05:22 PM (cpFbA)

3 I hope he gets the longest sentence possible.

Posted by: Moonbeam at August 14, 2026 05:23 PM (Lzhdy)

4 But apparently in New York, a judge might rule that the charges are close enough so that double jeopardy does apply.
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If you're not Trump, that is!

Posted by: Axeman at August 14, 2026 05:24 PM (Fi81e)

5 I bet he gets 10 marriage proposals a week.

Mostly from women.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 14, 2026 05:24 PM (Sco7b)

6 The screaming of the blue haired Karens matched their actions on election night 2016

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 14, 2026 05:24 PM (xCuiu)

7 Still a chance he can come out as tran and get sent to a women's prison.

Posted by: Beartooth at August 14, 2026 05:24 PM (NVp2u)

8 I hope he gets the longest sentence possible.

Posted by: Moonbeam at August 14, 2026 05:23 PM (Lzhdy)
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Like William Faulkner wrote it.

Posted by: Axeman at August 14, 2026 05:25 PM (Fi81e)

9 Everyone would be better off if this creep got 86’d in prison. Maybe he'll 86 himself

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 14, 2026 05:26 PM (M+uMR)

10 He will be a poster boy for the left for years, just like all of the other terrorists in prison.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 14, 2026 05:26 PM (0U5gm)

11 If he's killed in prison, it's your fault.

I think Luigi's fellow inmates are going to be having way too much fun to kill him.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 14, 2026 05:27 PM (6ydKt)

12 I would think that the dead CEO's family has money. Money that can pay people in the joint to do things.
Things that will make that Mangina fella leave the prison in a body bag.

Posted by: What Ya Gonna Do? at August 14, 2026 05:27 PM (/2Ls3)

13

The longest sentence in the world is 13,955 words long, found in Jonathan Coe's novel The Rotter's Club. Other notable long sentences include James Joyce's Ulysses with 4,391 words and William Faulkner's Absalom, Absalom! with 1,288 words.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 14, 2026 05:27 PM (Cqx++)

14 He killed the ceo because of back pain which had nothing to do with United healthcare because he did not have United healthcare.

Posted by: nckate at August 14, 2026 05:28 PM (enNUy)

15 I guess his fling in Thailand with boy/girls doesn't matter to the ghouls who write letters to him.

And how ANYONE would write a letter to the ugly and creepy Idaho College killer is beyond all comprehension.

I hope a big black man is his new love.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 14, 2026 05:29 PM (hzuYO)

16 A 13,955 word in a sentence must've contained about 5,000 uses of 'and'.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 14, 2026 05:29 PM (6ydKt)

17 5 I bet he gets 10 marriage proposals a week.

Mostly from women.
Posted by: Stateless

Potential threadwinner in the top 10. No mercy for the slow typists.

Posted by: mikeski at August 14, 2026 05:29 PM (VHUov)

18 Bubba's got somethin' for that pain in his rear.

Posted by: 88C+u at August 14, 2026 05:30 PM (88C+u)

19 i wush i could rite that gewd.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 14, 2026 05:30 PM (6ydKt)

20 Today's Legal term of the day is "Premeditation"

______________________________

When you build your own gun to be used one time in a stalking murder cumulatively over a thousand miles from your residence and the victim's residence. It MIGHT be premeditated.

Alternatively, it may be a standard Marvel Movie depending on seredipidous happenstance.

Posted by: Orson at August 14, 2026 05:30 PM (dIske)

21 There's clearly some legal strategy here where the fix is in.

I'll be honest, I think it was a coin flip he would even get convicted at all. I can't believe the amount of people that somehow equate hating their health ins company and thinking that justifies murdering a CEO.

So I guess if a Medicare or Medicaid bureaucrat gets gunned down, totally fair game.

Posted by: Leupold at August 14, 2026 05:30 PM (eIzlH)

22 He won’t be killed in prison.

He has a good reputation in jail amongst the prisoners.

Posted by: EFG at August 14, 2026 05:30 PM (blyny)

23 A 13,955 word in a sentence must've contained about 5,000 uses of 'and'.
Posted by: SpeakingOf

* feeds it to the grammar checker *

"This sentence is written at a 127th-grade level."

Posted by: mikeski at August 14, 2026 05:31 PM (VHUov)

24 What a state of affairs, where we all know that he would never be convicted in NYC.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 14, 2026 05:31 PM (3cUTc)

25 A player for the Atlanta Falcons was suspended eight games because of domestic violence against his former girlfriend, a WNBA player. Nobody can stand WNBA players

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 14, 2026 05:32 PM (xCuiu)

26 Premeditated murder should be death for his sorry eyebrowed self.

If this will have him fade into oblivion it is worth it if there is no appeal.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 14, 2026 05:32 PM (hzuYO)

27 Federal prison has to be better than Attica.

Posted by: huerfano at August 14, 2026 05:32 PM (2Xqig)

28 given the polling breakdown and fawning over a killer, it appears there is a strain of wommin in the US that is unlike the others

Posted by: DanMan at August 14, 2026 05:32 PM (8uzBS)

29 Let's face it - you always thought BeeKeepers were a little strange. I mean, if you don't know what they are, it looks like some crazy person is storing a whole bunch of dresser drawers in a field somewhere

Posted by: Common Tater at August 14, 2026 05:33 PM (AlNse)

30 Obviously not a lawyer, but I always thought you could say be charged both federally and for state charges on all sorts of things. Like tax evasion.

Posted by: Leupold at August 14, 2026 05:33 PM (eIzlH)

31 He had back pain. Murder was justified.

Posted by: Mangione's Attorneys at August 14, 2026 05:34 PM (2Cry5)

32 24 What a state of affairs, where we all know that he would never be convicted in NYC.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 14, 2026 05:31 PM (3cUTc)

That was part of the civil rights acts. The assumption that a Kluxer couldn't get a real trial in certain states.
We have to assume that this is accurate, unfortunately.

Posted by: humans suck, retvrn to monke at August 14, 2026 05:34 PM (88C+u)

33 I have not watched it yet, but here's the full debate between Candace & Andrew Wilson:

https://youtu.be/nPhCKwJ6ye8

You'll not be surprised that Candace did not rise to the occasion.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 14, 2026 05:34 PM (6ydKt)

34 21 There's clearly some legal strategy here where the fix is in.

I'll be honest, I think it was a coin flip he would even get convicted at all. I can't believe the amount of people that somehow equate hating their health ins company and thinking that justifies murdering a CEO.

So I guess if a Medicare or Medicaid bureaucrat gets gunned down, totally fair game.

Posted by: Leupold

To get him to plead, the feds either have other charges that would destroy Mangina's rep like sex tourism in Thailand sort of charges, or they threatened friends or family with accessory charges. Otherwise, why take the rap which precludes appealing anything other than the sentence.

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 05:34 PM (E4rtv)

35 A player for the Atlanta Falcons was suspended eight games because of domestic violence against his former girlfriend, a WNBA player. Nobody can stand WNBA players

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 14, 2026 05:32 PM (xCuiu)

Had to have been a black WNBA player because if she was white there would be no suspension.

Posted by: Mark1971 at August 14, 2026 05:35 PM (CNl8/)

36 Okay, I asked Brave AI what the sentence range was for his charges and I got this,

"The recommended baseline sentence for federal stalking with violence is derived from USSG §2A6.2, which sets a base offense level of 18. This level increases by 2 levels for specific aggravating factors such as bodily injury, violation of a protection order, or use of a dangerous weapon, and by an additional 4 levels if multiple aggravating factors are present.

Key sentencing components include:

Base Offense Level: 18 for stalking or domestic violence under federal guidelines.
Aggravating Enhancements: An increase of 2 levels for a single aggravating factor (e.g., bodily injury or weapon use) and 4 levels for multiple factors.
Statutory Maximums: While the guideline range starts at level 18, statutory penalties under 18 U.S.C. § 2261A can range from 5 years to life imprisonment if the stalking results in death.
Recent Precedent: In recent high-profile cases involving stalking resulting in death, prosecutors have recommended sentences ranging from 24 to 30 years or life imprisonment, depending on the severity and specific circumstances. "

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 05:35 PM (E4rtv)

37 Why so much hate for Chuck Mangione? I liked his song "Feels So Good" that he played with that funny trumpet.

What? Oh...

Never mind.

Posted by: Emily Litella at August 14, 2026 05:36 PM (XE5AP)

38 Praying for the family of the murdered dad

Posted by: vmom deport deport stab deport at August 14, 2026 05:36 PM (Ydd86)

39 25 A player for the Atlanta Falcons was suspended eight games because of domestic violence against his former girlfriend, a WNBA player. Nobody can stand WNBA players
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 14, 2026 05:32 PM (xCuiu)

Bailiff, whack both their peepees. "Hers" too

Posted by: 88C+u at August 14, 2026 05:36 PM (88C+u)

40 A player for the Atlanta Falcons was suspended eight games because of domestic violence against his former girlfriend, a WNBA player. Nobody can stand WNBA players

Posted by: Smell the Glove

They should sign him to the WNBA. Domestic violence is all it has going on during a game.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 14, 2026 05:36 PM (0U5gm)

41 To get him to plead, the feds either have other charges that would destroy Mangina's rep like sex tourism in Thailand sort of charges, or they threatened friends or family with accessory charges. Otherwise, why take the rap which precludes appealing anything other than the sentence.

Posted by: whig

===

That really was something I was thinking, but obviously "secrets" will eventually come out, so why would anyone fall for a routine like that?

Plead guilty or we'll tell people you looked at child p#rn?

Posted by: Leupold at August 14, 2026 05:37 PM (eIzlH)

42 >>You'll not be surprised that Candace did not rise to the occasion.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 14, 2026 05:34 PM

She is so demonstrably stupid that it makes me wonder about her followers and their ability to continue breathing in and out without instruction.

Posted by: huerfano at August 14, 2026 05:37 PM (2Xqig)

43 Is this guy a homo? He will be.

Posted by: toby928(c) at August 14, 2026 05:37 PM (4NO2D)

44 I think Luigi's fellow inmates are going to be having way too much fun to kill him."

/Now there's just one more thing I want from you...

Posted by: man at August 14, 2026 05:38 PM (XuXeR)

45 Just to put this out there, the guy is not good looking. And short.

Posted by: Leupold at August 14, 2026 05:38 PM (eIzlH)

46 “ 30 Obviously not a lawyer, but I always thought you could say be charged both federally and for state charges on all sorts of things. Like tax evasion.
Posted by: Leupold at August 14, 2026 05:33 PM (eIzlH)”

In past cases (Rodney King, etc)…cops would get put on trial for assault, etc. This would be a state trial. They would be found Not Guilty. The Fed’s would then take a shot at them. But not for assault. They would charge them with conspiring to violate their civil rights. They got a conviction. Different type of charge = no double jeopardy.

Posted by: EFG at August 14, 2026 05:39 PM (blyny)

47 Just to put this out there, the guy is not good looking. And short.
Posted by: Leupold at August 14, 2026

***
In pics taken around the time this happened, I thought he looked like Eminem.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 14, 2026 05:39 PM (wzUl9)

48 "I shot Mr. Thompson in Manhattan. I understood that my actions would place him in fear of death of bodily injury. I knew what I was doing was illegal," Mangione told the judge.

Just daring her to find him innocent.

Posted by: t-bird at August 14, 2026 05:39 PM (i+Wsn)

49 I assume that the plea deal was a life sentence.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 14, 2026 05:39 PM (n5tGW)

50 Plead guilty or we'll tell people you looked at child p#rn?"

They'll have a good time with him. OTOH, there'll be lots of crying women at his funeral...

Posted by: man at August 14, 2026 05:40 PM (XuXeR)

51 At least they had him allocute. They’re regretting that with the Idaho 4 killer.

Posted by: Unkaren at August 14, 2026 05:40 PM (ccX9M)

52 How many Democrats will raise their hands at the 2028 presidential debate when they are asked if they will pardon Luigi Mangione?

Posted by: Mark1971 at August 14, 2026 05:40 PM (CNl8/)

53 It would be hysterical to see Robinson, because of Luigi's plea, take a plea himself for killing Charlie Kirk. I can't even comprehend the Byzantine levels of stupid that would come from Cansace

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 14, 2026 05:40 PM (xCuiu)

54 52 How many Democrats will raise their hands at the 2028 presidential debate when they are asked if they will pardon Luigi Mangione?
Posted by: Mark1971 at August 14, 2026 05:40 PM (CNl8/)

If they think it will get them votes...

Posted by: It's me donna at August 14, 2026 05:40 PM (npoJh)

55 I shot Mr. Thompson in Manhattan. I understood that my actions would place him in fear of death of bodily injury. I knew what I was doing was illegal," << "I shot a man in Reno..."

Posted by: man at August 14, 2026 05:41 PM (XuXeR)

56 Trump just have a speech saying that the USA is going to annex the Strait of Hormuz and make it a Territory of the USA

He also said in his public speech that the White House was filled with beautiful young girls.he repeated that 3 times
Looking forward to Ace posting those clips

Posted by: Paul at August 14, 2026 05:41 PM (8QRXr)

57 Watched a vid of dude putting a burqa on in MN to pretend vote and they just totally told him to use someone else's name. He never took the ballot offered.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 14, 2026 05:41 PM (n5tGW)

58 If he gets life, at least he’ll get a lifetime of “free” medical treatment for his back pain. If he doesn’t get the treatment it would be cruel and unusual treatment.

So at he figured out a way to get out of paying for costly medical treatment even if he had a wealthy family.

Posted by: Brio at August 14, 2026 05:41 PM (s2rPQ)

59 45 Just to put this out there, the guy is not good looking. And short.
Posted by: Leupold at August 14, 2026 05:38 PM (eIzlH)

Not all women care about height (and thank G-d for them, as a not tall dude) and as for good looks, I dunno. He looks fine. Lots of women think he looks fine. But they're fairly forgiving on that unless the guy is a near-literal toad like Jerry Nadler.

Posted by: 88C+u at August 14, 2026 05:41 PM (88C+u)

60 The longest sentence in the world is 13,955 words long, found in Jonathan Coe's novel The Rotter's Club. Other notable long sentences include James Joyce's Ulysses with 4,391 words and William Faulkner's Absalom, Absalom! with 1,288 words.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 14, 2026

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Neither of which I've ever considered reading. Coe's novel is in good company.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 14, 2026 05:42 PM (wzUl9)

61 53 It would be hysterical to see Robinson, because of Luigi's plea, take a plea himself for killing Charlie Kirk. I can't even comprehend the Byzantine levels of stupid that would come from Cansace
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 14, 2026 05:40 PM (xCuiu)

Robinson's Lawyers admitted he shot Kirk and was a great aim so don't try to charge him with endangering others...

Posted by: It's me donna at August 14, 2026 05:42 PM (npoJh)

62 Shut up, Dunce.

Posted by: toby928(c) at August 14, 2026 05:42 PM (4NO2D)

63 So at he figured out a way to get out of paying for costly medical treatment even if he had a wealthy family.
Posted by: Brio
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Eh, for the most part, you don't want the med services offered in prison by the lowest cost bidder.

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 05:43 PM (E4rtv)

64 Luigi did what he had to do.

Posted by: Sid at August 14, 2026 05:43 PM (7s0pg)

65 She is so demonstrably stupid that it makes me wonder about her followers and their ability to continue breathing in and out without instruction.

Posted by: huerfano at August 14, 2026 05:37 PM (2Xqig)

Glancing at comments sections on YouTube and X seem to confirm that 75% of her followers, and fiercest defenders, are women who have watched way too much true crime documentaries and are convinced they're the best detectives that ever detected.

And they are almost all adept at throwing out insults in ALL CAPs with exclamation points to show they really really mean it!!!

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 14, 2026 05:44 PM (6ydKt)

66 This doesn't mean conjugal visits won't be allowed, does it?

Posted by: Karen, with septum piercing and hair color not found in nature at August 14, 2026 05:44 PM (0sNs1)

67 The Feds must have really put the fear of God into him, or he would have opted for NY State charges. I heard the prosecution didn't present a good case there.
Offered him less than life?
My guess.

Posted by: MkY at August 14, 2026 05:44 PM (q6tQZ)

68 I can't even comprehend the Byzantine levels of stupid that would come from Candace
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 14, 2026 05:40 PM (xCuiu)

This is about me isn't it.

Posted by: Alexius IV at August 14, 2026 05:44 PM (88C+u)

69
"I shot Mr. Thompson in Manhattan. I understood that my actions would place him in fear of death of bodily injury. I knew what I was doing was illegal," Mangione told the judge, the New York Times reported.

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Shot him with a shitty improvised handgun.Which he helpfully kept in his backpack as he fled, instead of throwing it into a river.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at August 14, 2026 05:45 PM (VWtfl)

70 Posted by: Sid at August 14, 2026 05:43 PM (7s0pg)

Recommend referral of this comment to the FBI

Posted by: eff this troll in particular at August 14, 2026 05:45 PM (88C+u)

71 53 It would be hysterical to see Robinson, because of Luigi's plea, take a plea himself for killing Charlie Kirk. I can't even comprehend the Byzantine levels of stupid that would come from Cansace
Posted by: Smell the Glove
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I think that may happen if the jury selection and pretrial rulings on excluding evidence goes poorly for the defense. Take the plea to save the life and if the state refuses, then try your best to not argue so much on guilt but save it for sentencing as the jury must impose a death sentence, not the judge.

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 05:45 PM (E4rtv)

72 He should have tried Relief Factor.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 14, 2026 05:46 PM (Cqx++)

73 Luigi did what he had to do.
Posted by: Sid at August 14, 2026 05:43 PM

I wonder if it stopped the night from screaming in his ears.

Posted by: toby928(c) at August 14, 2026 05:46 PM (4NO2D)

74 This is about me isn't it.
Posted by: Alexius IV"

Nah. It's a plague.

/Justinian

Posted by: man at August 14, 2026 05:46 PM (XuXeR)

75 I assume that the plea deal was a life sentence.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 14, 2026 05:39 PM

An article I read said both lawyer sides said there was no plea bargain.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 14, 2026 05:46 PM (0sNs1)

76 Is this Everything Is Our Fault Day?

It's also:

Today, August 14, 2026, features several fun and historic daily observances including National Creamsicle Day, National Navajo Code Talkers Day, National Financial Awareness Day, and World Lizard Day.

Posted by: beckster at August 14, 2026 05:46 PM (kX27y)

77 I NEVER objectified young women in the White House. Now, young guys? Dreamy! And a young, black chef..until he gets a little too talkative.

Posted by: Barack Imgay Obama at August 14, 2026 05:46 PM (avzFa)

78 Yup, and now some Very Large Queer is gonna do what he's gotta do right up Luigi's squeekhole.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 14, 2026 05:47 PM (AlNse)

79 Posted by: vmom deport deport stab deport at August 14, 2026 05:36 PM (Ydd86

Amen.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 14, 2026 05:48 PM (wmzkx)

80 To get him to plead, the feds either have other charges that would destroy Mangina's rep like sex tourism in Thailand sort of charges, or they threatened friends or family with accessory charges. Otherwise, why take the rap which precludes appealing anything other than the sentence.

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 05:34 PM

I suspect the feds were going to get a grand jury to indict him in Atlanta where he started his journey to kill the ceo. That is where he bought the gun and engraved the bullets he used to kill brian thompson. He would have been convicted there and faced life w/o parole.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 14, 2026 05:48 PM (cpFbA)

81 Regardless of his sentence, I don’t think this twink is ever getting out of prison. Bro was born with a toe tag.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at August 14, 2026 05:48 PM (XCctI)

82 What's the deal with the nutty mom who killed her 3 kids? It's like Andrea Yates all over again and somehow the dad's fault? No, anybody who kills their kids is at fault, entirely, completely. Women supporting her are total idiot loons.

Posted by: nckate at August 14, 2026 05:48 PM (enNUy)

83 This is all a distraction from the UAP files.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 14, 2026 05:48 PM (0sNs1)

84 Here's hoping for a perineal rupture of the bowel because he is asking for the anal probe.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 14, 2026 05:48 PM (skcH5)

85 79 Posted by: vmom deport deport stab deport at August 14, 2026 05:36 PM (Ydd86

Amen.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke
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and Amen.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 14, 2026 05:48 PM (VQ0bX)

86 Plead guilty or we'll tell people you looked at child p#rn?
Posted by: Leupold
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What if he did a kiddie in Thailand. There was a reason that he got into a physical fight with Lady Bois over there.

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 05:49 PM (E4rtv)

87
78 Yup, and now some Very Large Queer is gonna do what he's gotta do right up Luigi's squeekhole.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 14, 2026 05:47 PM

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Reportedly, Luigi's back injury precludes him from having sex. But not all sex, I guess.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at August 14, 2026 05:49 PM (VWtfl)

88 Speaking of capital offenses . . .

Western Lensman
@WesternLensman
Irate Jim Acosta wants people jailed should Trump's name go back up on the Kennedy Center building.

Very Serious journalisming going on here.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 14, 2026 05:50 PM (ndZc7)

89 Recent Precedent: In recent high-profile cases involving stalking resulting in death, prosecutors have recommended sentences ranging from 24 to 30 years or life imprisonment, depending on the severity and specific circumstances.

Were there recent cases where the victim was only mostly dead?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 14, 2026 05:50 PM (ExV1e)

90 Reap what you sow.

Posted by: Case at August 14, 2026 05:50 PM (UKrJG)

91 I suspect the feds were going to get a grand jury to indict him in Atlanta where he started his journey to kill the ceo. That is where he bought the gun and engraved the bullets he used to kill brian thompson. He would have been convicted there and faced life w/o parole.
Posted by: Mister Scott
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Possible. If he did as you said. Cross a bunch of state lines to do crime, the feds have a lot of law leverage to apply as the poor Jan 6ers found out.

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 05:50 PM (E4rtv)

92
Western Lensman
@WesternLensman
Irate Jim Acosta wants people jailed should Trump's name go back up on the Kennedy Center building.

Very Serious journalisming going on here.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 14, 2026 05:50 PM (ndZc7)

Sorry... They voted to put it back and shut down for 2 years for repairs...

Posted by: It's me donna at August 14, 2026 05:51 PM (npoJh)

93 82 What's the deal with the nutty mom who killed her 3 kids? It's like Andrea Yates all over again and somehow the dad's fault? No, anybody who kills their kids is at fault, entirely, completely. Women supporting her are total idiot loons.

Posted by: nckate at August 14, 2026 05:48 PM (enNUy)

I'm old enough to remember that Susan Smith did not get such a reaction in 1994(?).

There were a bunch of women who came wanting Smith to be executed and complained when she got life.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 14, 2026 05:51 PM (6ydKt)

94 It's also:

Today, August 14, 2026, features several fun and historic daily observances including National Creamsicle Day, National Navajo Code Talkers Day, National Financial Awareness Day, and World Lizard Day.
Posted by: beckster at August 14, 2026 05:46 PM

Why don't we establish some Blog Days?

Lamont Day, Blog Lock-Out Day, Duncanthrax's Empire of Bats Café Day, Boob Day, etc., etc.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 14, 2026 05:52 PM (0sNs1)

95 Were there recent cases where the victim was only mostly dead?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

Heh. Ask AI yourself. But the sentencing guidelines you can actually put in the specific guideline at some defense attorney websites and it will spit out the sentencing range. Pretty funny and sobering at the same time.

Useful though for frequent fliers for defense attorneys I suppose as that sort of lawyer specializes in contacts with the prosecution and court to get a plea deal on the best terms you might get.

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 05:53 PM (E4rtv)

96 And Susan smith just came up for parole and SC said no way.

Posted by: nckate at August 14, 2026 05:53 PM (enNUy)

97 There's clearly some legal strategy here where the fix is in.

Who has the better prisons NYS or FedGov?

Posted by: Community Notes at August 14, 2026 05:53 PM (PVBkQ)

98 This is all an attempt to distract from Sydney Sweeny's breasts.

It's not working.

Posted by: davidt at August 14, 2026 05:53 PM (Q+gd/)

99 Lamont Day, Blog Lock-Out Day, Duncanthrax's Empire of Bats Café Day, Boob Day, etc., etc.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 14, 2026 05:52 PM (0sNs1)

Centered Day
Gray Day
Same As In Town Day
Just Write It Off Day

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 14, 2026 05:54 PM (6ydKt)

100 Centered Day
Gray Day
Same As In Town Day
Just Write It Off Day
Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 14, 2026 05:54 PM (6ydKt)

Nothing will happen Day

Posted by: It's me donna at August 14, 2026 05:55 PM (npoJh)

101 93 82 What's the deal with the nutty mom who killed her 3 kids? It's like Andrea Yates all over again and somehow the dad's fault? No, anybody who kills their kids is at fault, entirely, completely. Women supporting her are total idiot loons.

Posted by: nckate at August 14, 2026 05:48 PM (enNUy)

I'm old enough to remember that Susan Smith did not get such a reaction in 1994(?).

There were a bunch of women who came wanting Smith to be executed and complained when she got life.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 14, 2026 05:51 PM (6ydKt)

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I no longer read of the abuse and murder of innocent children. I see the headlines and move on. It wounds my soul.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 14, 2026 05:55 PM (hzuYO)

102 The Blog Actually Works On iPhone Day. That would be celebrated once every five years.

Posted by: nckate at August 14, 2026 05:55 PM (enNUy)

103 Why don't we establish some Blog Days?

Lamont Day, Blog Lock-Out Day, Duncanthrax's Empire of Bats Café Day, Boob Day, etc., etc.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 14, 2026 05:52 PM (0sNs1)
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Good idea, had to look up the lizard day, who designates these things??

World Lizard Day is an unofficial international holiday celebrated every year on August 14th. It is dedicated to appreciating lizards, learning about their diverse species, and raising awareness of their important roles in nature and as proper pets.

Posted by: beckster at August 14, 2026 05:55 PM (kX27y)

104 82 What's the deal with the nutty mom who killed her 3 kids? It's like Andrea Yates all over again and somehow the dad's fault? No, anybody who kills their kids is at fault, entirely, completely. Women supporting her are total idiot loons.
Posted by: nckate
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Solipsism where the rest of the family or kids don't matter, only the main character in the drama. A certain type of woman considers kids as expendable if it hinders their pursuit of their dreams. This type certainly thinks that of husbands/boyfriends.

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 05:55 PM (E4rtv)

105 National Financial Awareness Day

I watch a lot of videos of people talking about how fucked they are financially so, apparently, not many people celebrate this day.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 14, 2026 05:56 PM (ExV1e)

106 Put a new sign on the DC wastewater treatment facility and call it the Jim Acosta Center.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 14, 2026 05:56 PM (Ot/FD)

107 Duncanthrax's Empire of Bats Café Day,

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um , no, but here is a better idea, start your own Empire of Bats blog and go wild!

Posted by: runner at August 14, 2026 05:57 PM (g47mK)

108 FedGov?
Posted by: Community Notes
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Supermaxx in Colorado is about the harshest prison perhaps in the federal system. State, it would likely be from disorder rather than order. But, sometimes, as part of the plea deal, you can stay out of being sent to particular ones.

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 05:57 PM (E4rtv)

109 This type certainly thinks that of husbands/boyfriends.
Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 05:55 PM (E4rtv)

It's a Brain in a Vat.

And the vat is full of Franzia.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 14, 2026 05:57 PM (Ot/FD)

110 Things may have changed since Susan Smith. But it could also just be that the internet now allows the crazy cat ladies to spout their bullshit about faraway events. Before, they would have had to go to the courthouse and hold up their looney signs in public.

But I'm also not totally dis.issing the possibility that man-blaming and hating have been made more fashionable by the always evil Left.

Posted by: Wally at August 14, 2026 05:57 PM (avzFa)

111 Hey man this dude man he is not me. Not me. Look at this man. Look at him!!! And see YOURSELF. You're the shooter. Shoot shoot shoot. See yourself. Don't see me.

Posted by: Charlie Manson at August 14, 2026 05:58 PM (wGerL)

112 CBD And The Art Thread Having A Bad Day Day

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 14, 2026 05:58 PM (6ydKt)

113 Justice? In NY? You mean from the most corrupt courts on the country?

Hahahahahahahaha.

*breaths*

Hahahahahahahaha.

Posted by: That Guy at August 14, 2026 05:58 PM (1YJqW)

114 there is also inside the prison justice...

Posted by: runner at August 14, 2026 05:59 PM (g47mK)

115 Supermaxxx sounds like a type of tampon

Posted by: H at August 14, 2026 05:59 PM (H1yGV)

116 And the vat is full of Franzia.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 14, 2026 05:57 PM (Ot/FD)
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Looking back, I realize that my mother was an OG boxed wine mom.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 14, 2026 05:59 PM (ZOv7s)

117 Why would anyone want to murder this guy in prison? IIRC, he's a rich kid. He should be able to pay for most things, at least if his parents are amenable. A few gangsters' ransoms can't be more expensive than him jetting around the globe to visit his Thai ladyboys.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 14, 2026 06:00 PM (BI5O2)

118
Mangione killed Thompson on December 4 2024, pleads guilty -- good lord, August 14, 2026? And gets sentenced December 18, 2026?

Does our justice system move rather slowly?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 14, 2026 06:00 PM (XJ22o)

119 Penguin Day?

Posted by: davidt at August 14, 2026 06:01 PM (Q+gd/)

120 The 182nd day of the year can be Centered Day

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 14, 2026 06:01 PM (Ot/FD)

121 I no longer read of the abuse and murder of innocent children. I see the headlines and move on. It wounds my soul.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 14, 2026 05:55 PM

My wife used to be an attorney for abused children (guardian ad litem). She would come home from work and tell me over dinner about the sh*t conditions some innocent child had to face.

It took a while, but the "husband" portion of my brain eventually processed that was her means of moving on.

I, on the other hand, have an over-developed sense of vengeance. I woke up absolutely enraged at 3AM on multiple occasions.

Fortunately (for me), I was smart enough to stay far away from that courthouse.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 14, 2026 06:01 PM (HlyYF)

122 Women supporting her are total idiot loons.

Matt Walsh tied it to these same women wanting the ability to "abort" their children at any time after the kid is born for the same reasons that they should be able to abort their child during gestation.

I think it is simpler than that. The problem moral people have is that they project their vocabulary of morality on to people who have none. The idea that "you take from me is wrong. I take from you is right" is how most of humanity sees morality. Even "From each according to his ability, to each according to his need" has underlying it the vocabulary of morality, that is why the pseudo-moral injection of "ability" and "need" to justify the theft.

Today's Leftist women do not know God and have reverted to the amoral state where:

I Benefit ≡ Good. You prevent my Benefit ≡ Bad

Posted by: Community Notes at August 14, 2026 06:01 PM (rgGn5)

123 Justice moves slowly if it moves at all

Posted by: nckate at August 14, 2026 06:01 PM (enNUy)

124 96 And Susan smith just came up for parole and SC said no way.
Posted by: nckate at August 14, 2026 05:53 PM (enNUy)

I hope SC made her put on clown makeup before presenting her case.

Posted by: 88C+u at August 14, 2026 06:01 PM (88C+u)

125 Supermaxxx sounds like a type of tampon
Posted by: H at August 14, 2026 05:59 PM (H1yGV)

Or a documentary about the life of John Holmes.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 14, 2026 06:02 PM (ExV1e)

126 World Lizard Day is an unofficial international holiday celebrated every year on August 14th. It is dedicated to appreciating lizards, learning about their diverse species, and raising awareness of their important roles in nature and as proper pets.
Posted by: beckster at August 14, 2026 05:55 PM (kX27y)

Finally! My day has come!

*unzips fake human skin*

Alright, where all the hot Komodo Dragons at?

Posted by: Tucker Carlson - Lizard Person at August 14, 2026 06:02 PM (iJfKG)

127 Mangione killed Thompson on December 4 2024, pleads guilty -- good lord, August 14, 2026? And gets sentenced December 18, 2026?

Does our justice system move rather slowly?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 14, 2026 06:00 PM (XJ22o)

The judge in the case doesn't want to sentence him until after they see how the midterms go.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 14, 2026 06:03 PM (ExV1e)

128 126 World Lizard Day is an unofficial international holiday celebrated every year on August 14th. It is dedicated to appreciating lizards, learning about their diverse species, and raising awareness of their important roles in nature and as proper pets.
Posted by: beckster at August 14, 2026 05:55 PM (kX27y)

Finally! My day has come!

*unzips fake human skin*

Alright, where all the hot Komodo Dragons at?
Posted by: Tucker Carlson - Lizard Person at August 14, 2026 06:02 PM (iJfKG)
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[Grins]

— Diana

Posted by: Elric the Blade at August 14, 2026 06:04 PM (XCctI)

129 91 I suspect the feds were going to get a grand jury to indict him in Atlanta where he started his journey to kill the ceo. That is where he bought the gun and engraved the bullets he used to kill brian thompson. He would have been convicted there and faced life w/o parole.
Posted by: Mister Scott

Since you brought up Atlanta, wonder if he was involved in some of the Cop City escapades by Antifa there which spurred the later assassination.

Most of the troublemakers were from out of town, not locals and that might have put him squarely into terrorism charges which do carry the death penalty. Guy could be antifa related.

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 06:04 PM (E4rtv)

130 Alright, where all the hot Komodo Dragons at?
Posted by: Tucker Carlson - Lizard Person at August 14, 2026 06:02 PM (iJfKG)

Lizards piss and shit out the same hole.

But he also talks out that hole.

So he's more like a Spirochete person than a Lizard person.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 14, 2026 06:04 PM (Ot/FD)

131 I don't think there anything making this guy a dreamboat, but then I'm not a young leftist idiot . I agree with Christy. His eyebrows are too close together for one thing.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 14, 2026 06:04 PM (y8wRt)

132 Today's Leftist women do not know God and have reverted to the amoral state where:

I Benefit ≡ Good. You prevent my Benefit ≡ Bad
Posted by: Community Notes at August 14, 2026 06:01 PM (rgGn5)
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People do not understand how unique Christianity is in terms of world religion. Exposing unwanted children or selling them into slavery is the human norm. Christians were looked on as weird when they raised foundlings as their own rather than enslave them.

As we re-paganize, we're getting all the same things the pagans did, like normalizing adultery, mainstreaming sodomy, infanticide and now the slave trade (via surrogate mothers).

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 14, 2026 06:05 PM (ZOv7s)

133 131 I don't think there anything making this guy a dreamboat, but then I'm not a young leftist idiot . I agree with Christy. His eyebrows are too close together for one thing.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 14, 2026 06:04 PM (y8wRt)

And that nose

Posted by: It's me donna at August 14, 2026 06:05 PM (npoJh)

134 new thread yo

Posted by: gnats local 678 at August 14, 2026 06:05 PM (CWTWj)

135 125 Supermaxxx sounds like a type of tampon
Posted by: H at August 14, 2026 05:59 PM (H1yGV)

Or a documentary about the life of John Holmes.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
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It is where we froze Judge Dredd and Wesley Snipes to be released later.

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 06:05 PM (E4rtv)

136 I don't think there anything making this guy a dreamboat,

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You are not a gay man, that's why!

Posted by: runner at August 14, 2026 06:05 PM (g47mK)

137 A jury in Atlanta is never a lock. Because, Atlanta

Posted by: nckate at August 14, 2026 06:06 PM (enNUy)

138 RIP, Soldiers

Army identified two soldiers who died when their Apache crashed outside Ft. Hood, TX

https://tinyurl.com/muw2emkp

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 14, 2026 06:06 PM (FdpeO)

139 By way of contrast, the longest sentence in À la recherche du temps perdu by Marcel Proust is a mere 958 words long, but it is in French.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 14, 2026 06:06 PM (uhqfn)

140
What's the deal with the nutty mom who killed her 3 kids? It's like Andrea Yates all over again and somehow the dad's fault? No, anybody who kills their kids is at fault, entirely, completely. Women supporting her are total idiot loons.

Posted by: nckate

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I don't know about this case specifically, but postpartum psychosis just might be a thing. Hippocrates observed it. Earliest potential observations go back 2400 years.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 14, 2026 06:06 PM (XJ22o)

141 Leave a zucchini on your neighbor’s front porch day.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 14, 2026 06:07 PM (yEz+x)

142 Mangione killed Thompson on December 4 2024, pleads guilty -- good lord, August 14, 2026? And gets sentenced December 18, 2026?

Does our justice system move rather slowly?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 14, 2026 06:00 PM (XJ22o)

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Better that a guilty man be allowed infinite appeals and the best defense that Communist China, Anarcho-Communist Democrats of America, and Anarcho-Commie Billionaires can buy -- than that an innocent & soon-to-be-broke-ass man with a public defender be allowed a speedy trial ... or something.

Posted by: ShainS at August 14, 2026 06:07 PM (+Of5k)

143 By his own account, he fought off 7 angry ladyboys.

I'm betting these failed pugilists weren't of legal age if a 7-1 advantage couldn't take down Luigi.

Jus' sayin'.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 14, 2026 06:07 PM (BI5O2)

144 38 Praying for the family of the murdered dad
Posted by: vmom deport deport stab deport at August 14, 2026 05:36 PM (Ydd86)

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Yes. Horrible to contemplate what they went through due to this deranged narcissist preening (ok. I will stop before I cuss and carry on).

It was premeditated. He planned it, crossing state lines. First degree murder of a man he did not know. Back pain as a reason my fat arse.

He was a poor little rich boy who went to a private HS. Valedictorian. At U Penn he graduated cum laude in engineering.

A gamer (! Maybe a furry?!) who developed a gaming development club (gag). Well paid AI guy who quit to spend more time "reading and doing yoga."

I guess he'll have more time for reading and yoga when he's not passed around in prison.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 14, 2026 06:08 PM (hzuYO)

145 Leave a zucchini on your neighbor’s front porch day.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 14, 2026 06:07 PM (yEz+x)

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Godfather IV: Hole Food

"Leave the gun ... take the zucchini."

Posted by: ShainS at August 14, 2026 06:09 PM (+Of5k)

146 Anything longer than 6 months to get everything wrapped up is probably bullshit

Posted by: Common Tater at August 14, 2026 06:11 PM (AlNse)

147 People don’t grasp how competitive NYC is. One aspect of that is the attitude “if you’re slowing me down, you’re holding me down”.

Posted by: Accomack at August 14, 2026 06:16 PM (8jVAy)

148
Supermaxxx sounds like a type of tampon
Posted by: H at August 14, 2026 05:59 PM (H1yGV)

Or a documentary about the life of John Holmes.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic
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It is where we froze Judge Dredd and Wesley Snipes to be released later.

Posted by: whig at August 14, 2026 06:05 PM (E4rtv)

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Thirty-six years later in 2062: the merged cities of Los Angeles, San Diego, and Santa Barbara have become the pacifist utopia San Angeles -- ruled by the also cryogenically-frozen, malevolent, and controlling narcissist Dr. Tony Fauci.

/Where's the movie "Pitch Guy" when you need him?

Posted by: ShainS at August 14, 2026 06:17 PM (+Of5k)

149 I have not watched it yet, but here's the full debate between Candace & Andrew Wilson:

Four hours? Thanks but no thanks. I can only tolerate crazy in small doses.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 14, 2026 06:29 PM (vTZFs)

150
37
I saw Chuck Mangione open for The New Charlie Manson Band at the Palladium in 1971.

Posted by: Vinnie Bugliosa at August 14, 2026 06:46 PM (70cb5)

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