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Sour Caroline, With Blood is the name of my new single

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I am sure I am not well-read enough to have found whoever already thought of this, but as I was riding my bike just now I was wondering if Capitalism has poisoned everything sort of like there's no untainted steel since nuclear testing started. Is it too late for our mushbrains to properly revolt?

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I feel bad for you.
I don't think
at all.

I feel bad for you. I don't think at all.

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This might be the greatest split-screen ever broadcast.

They’ll play this in museums in future.

(🎥 LCI 🇫🇷)

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Crab Just Happy To Be In Bucket With All His Friends

Crab Just Happy To Be In Bucket With All His Friends

Crab Just Happy To Be In Bucket With All His Friends theonion.com/crab-just-happy-to-be-in...

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Trump Says 'I Guess' Americans Should Worry About Iran Retaliating on U.S. Soil: 'Like I Said, Some People Will Die' In an interview with 'Time,' President Donald Trump acknowledged the possibility that Iran retaliates with attacks on U.S. soil, saying, 'We think about it all the time. We plan for it'

Trump Says 'I Guess' Americans Should Worry About Iran Retaliating on U.S. Soil: 'Like I Said, Some People Will Die'

people.com/trump-says-i...

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Israel Epstein - Wikipedia

They’re calling him “the least Googleable man of all time”

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Surprising/concerning fact of the day:

I don't stream anything.

10% of my music collection by storage use is Ween.

13.1GB out of 130GB.

I don't know how that happened or what it means, except that I. WILL. NOT. COMPRESS. MY. WEEN.

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Today should be your 38th birthday..
When you lose your son you lose more than a child you lose a piece of your heart and your joy. Life is forever altered, and nothing can ever fill that space. Yet in my soul, he remains, my precious boy, forever loved. His laughter, his smile, and his love are woven into who I am. My love for him will never fade. Yor are my pride and my joy - you've made a change that cannot be broken..

Today should be your 38th birthday.. When you lose your son you lose more than a child you lose a piece of your heart and your joy. Life is forever altered, and nothing can ever fill that space. Yet in my soul, he remains, my precious boy, forever loved. His laughter, his smile, and his love are woven into who I am. My love for him will never fade. Yor are my pride and my joy - you've made a change that cannot be broken..

Alex's mom on his 38th birthday.

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Spent the afternoon playing with gauze and tourniquets and a badly wounded fake limb so that I won't hesitate in the future when it's not play time. I recommend everyone do the same.

Maybe book some time at the range too...

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our government combines the impulse control of pete hegseth, the intellectual rigor of rfk jr, and the attention span of donald trump with elon musk’s signature sense of humor

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"I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just."--Thomas Jefferson

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Post from r/crochet that says "mods are gone. All hail Mr. Nipples" and its a picture of the most disgusting crocheted doll/creature thats pink and has a creepy smile and horns and big pink nipples. It's truly horrifying

Post from r/crochet that says "mods are gone. All hail Mr. Nipples" and its a picture of the most disgusting crocheted doll/creature thats pink and has a creepy smile and horns and big pink nipples. It's truly horrifying

I need everyone to know that on the crochet subreddit the mods made a big post about how they're taking a week off because there was too much fighting/political posts. so there's currently no mods on r/crochet and people are being absolutely insane

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ape. holding a bone
robot holding a man

ape. holding a bone robot holding a man

Ron Cobb, 1969

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Check this shit out motherfucker [I slide one foot out from under me and fall on my ass, the camera matrix-style swings 180 degrees making clear what kind of move I was trying to do]

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“my ‘we’re not out scouring the streets to disappear people or deny people their civil rights or due process’ shirt is raising a lot of questions that are answered by the shirt”

2 months ago 6223 1062 135 16

Notice how the popular media narrative has moved on, while people on the ground in Minneapolis are still struggling and crying out that things are as bad as ever. This is how fascist regimes operate — overreach, recalibration, normalization. Get louder, not quieter.

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Trump Using A ‘Softer Touch’ With ICE In Minnesota? Residents Say Don’t Be Fooled. Two weeks after Alex Pretti’s killing, federal agents have shown no signs of backing down. The resistance definitely hasn't.

NEW: The Trump admin certainly put on a show last week about changing tactics in Minnesota after ICE agents killed Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old VA nurse.

Trump even suggested it's time for "a softer touch."

Except residents say nothing has changed. At all. www.huffpost.com/entry/ice-mi...

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Palestinian Uncles doing freestyle poetry battles coming with some of the hardest lines I’ve heard in a long time.

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The March for Life is going to end up killing *actual babies* with measles in the name of non-existent, hypothetical babies.

which is the most perfect distillation of the American MAGA worldview that I think I’ve ever seen.

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Pro tip to House reporters: Print this out and have with you BEFORE you interview Mike Johnson later today.

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To:
Jeffrey Epstein[jeevacation@gmail.com]
From:
Sent:
Wed 7/15/2009 1:56:13 AM
Subject:
Re: florida visit?
good typing!
oh well, looks like it's a long flight anyhow... edmonton is so far away from EVERYTHING.
On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 7:49 PM, Jeffrey Epstein <jeevacation@gmail.com>
wrote:
i am tied up until aug
On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 9:41 PM,
wrote:
You planted a seed with your invite today. I have next Wed thru Sunday off (July 22-26), my last vacation for months.
I was going to take polo lessons in Calgary but I (DON'T) think my body can handle it! I pull a muscle every time, and I'm starting to realize my budding polo career might have to take a back seat to my actual job.
think
What are you doing next week?

To: Jeffrey Epstein[jeevacation@gmail.com] From: Sent: Wed 7/15/2009 1:56:13 AM Subject: Re: florida visit? good typing! oh well, looks like it's a long flight anyhow... edmonton is so far away from EVERYTHING. On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 7:49 PM, Jeffrey Epstein <jeevacation@gmail.com> wrote: i am tied up until aug On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 9:41 PM, wrote: You planted a seed with your invite today. I have next Wed thru Sunday off (July 22-26), my last vacation for months. I was going to take polo lessons in Calgary but I (DON'T) think my body can handle it! I pull a muscle every time, and I'm starting to realize my budding polo career might have to take a back seat to my actual job. think What are you doing next week?

The word don't is censored. Don't, or Don T. If you're looking for just some fun proof they're doing control+f censoring

2 months ago 10357 3073 113 173

There's doomscrolling and then there's doomscrolling in a hospital gown waiting to get jammed in a giant spinning machine that will tell you if the cancer is back.

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If you want to read the transcript of the February 3 hearing where Julie Le had her "this job sucks" meltdown, now you can:

drive.google.com/file/d/1FnY2...

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Abolish ICE is too confusing. What we meant to say is that "no masks should be deployed in an arbitrary and capricious fashion."

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every epstein commentary is these immensely rich/powerful/influential people raving about what a genius epstein was, and every one of his emails is just “helo, my name jomfrie”

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Union workers solved the trolley problem, you're welcome

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Case 1:25-cr-00176-MMG Document 103 Filed 01/30/26 Page 1 of 39
USDC SDNY
DOCUMENT
ELECTRONICALLY FILED
DOC #:
DATE FILED:
1/30/2026
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
-against-
LUIGI NICHOLAS MANGIONE,
Defendant.
25-CR-00176 (MMG)
OPINION & ORDER
MARGARET M. GARNETT, United States District Judge:
Defendant Luigi Nicholas Mangione is charged in a four-count indictment with interstate travel for the purpose of stalking Brian Thompson, causing his death, in violation of 18 U.S.C.
§§ 2261(1)(A) and 2261(b)(1) (Count One); use of electronic communication systems for the
purpose of stalking Brian Thompson, causing his death, in violation of 18 U.S.C.
§§ 2261A(2)(A) and 2261(b)(1) (Count Two); murder of Brian Thompson through use of a
firearm during and in relation to the stalking crimes charged in Counts One and Two, in violation
of 18 U.S.C. § 924) (Count Three); and use of a firearm, which was brandished, discharged,
and equipped with a silencer, during and in relation to the stalking crimes charged in Counts One and Two, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 924(c)(1)(A)(i), (ii), (iii) and (c)(1)(B)(ii) (Count Four).
Dkt. No. 21. The crimes charged in Counts Three and Four require that the stalking crimes in
Counts One and Two meet the federal statutory definition of a "crime of violence" as a matter of law. The Defendant has moved to dismiss Counts Three and Four on the ground that this
requirement is not satisfied. For the reasons set forth below, the motion is GRANTED.

Case 1:25-cr-00176-MMG Document 103 Filed 01/30/26 Page 1 of 39 USDC SDNY DOCUMENT ELECTRONICALLY FILED DOC #: DATE FILED: 1/30/2026 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, -against- LUIGI NICHOLAS MANGIONE, Defendant. 25-CR-00176 (MMG) OPINION & ORDER MARGARET M. GARNETT, United States District Judge: Defendant Luigi Nicholas Mangione is charged in a four-count indictment with interstate travel for the purpose of stalking Brian Thompson, causing his death, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 2261(1)(A) and 2261(b)(1) (Count One); use of electronic communication systems for the purpose of stalking Brian Thompson, causing his death, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 2261A(2)(A) and 2261(b)(1) (Count Two); murder of Brian Thompson through use of a firearm during and in relation to the stalking crimes charged in Counts One and Two, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 924) (Count Three); and use of a firearm, which was brandished, discharged, and equipped with a silencer, during and in relation to the stalking crimes charged in Counts One and Two, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 924(c)(1)(A)(i), (ii), (iii) and (c)(1)(B)(ii) (Count Four). Dkt. No. 21. The crimes charged in Counts Three and Four require that the stalking crimes in Counts One and Two meet the federal statutory definition of a "crime of violence" as a matter of law. The Defendant has moved to dismiss Counts Three and Four on the ground that this requirement is not satisfied. For the reasons set forth below, the motion is GRANTED.

This case will proceed to trial on Counts One and Two, which charge the Defendant with causing Brian Thompson's death under two federal stalking laws. The potential maximum
punishment for each of those offenses is life in prison without parole. Count Three is a capital-
Case 1:25-cr-00176-MMG Document 103 Filed 01/30/26 Page 2 of 39
eligible offense, on which the Government filed a notice of intent to seek the death penalty.
Consequently, the chief practical effect of the legal infirmities of Counts Three and Four, and
this Cout's decision that they must be dismissed, is solely to foreclose the death penalty as an
available punishment to be considered by the jury that will otherwise determine, at trial, whether
to convict the Defendant for causing Brian Thompson's death.

This case will proceed to trial on Counts One and Two, which charge the Defendant with causing Brian Thompson's death under two federal stalking laws. The potential maximum punishment for each of those offenses is life in prison without parole. Count Three is a capital- Case 1:25-cr-00176-MMG Document 103 Filed 01/30/26 Page 2 of 39 eligible offense, on which the Government filed a notice of intent to seek the death penalty. Consequently, the chief practical effect of the legal infirmities of Counts Three and Four, and this Cout's decision that they must be dismissed, is solely to foreclose the death penalty as an available punishment to be considered by the jury that will otherwise determine, at trial, whether to convict the Defendant for causing Brian Thompson's death.

over the course of the last two
decades or so, the Supreme Court has embarked upon a legal journey, explained herein, that now requires lower courts to engage in an analysis totally divorced from the conduct at issue and
centered on the hypothetically least serious conduct that the charged crime could possibly cover.
This is typically shorthanded as the "categorical approach."

over the course of the last two decades or so, the Supreme Court has embarked upon a legal journey, explained herein, that now requires lower courts to engage in an analysis totally divorced from the conduct at issue and centered on the hypothetically least serious conduct that the charged crime could possibly cover. This is typically shorthanded as the "categorical approach."

Each of these arguments is analyzed at length below, but, in sum, the Court finds i) that the stalking statute is divisible into four distinct crimes; (ii) that accordingly the "modified
categorical approach" must be used; iii) that neither of the charged stalking crimes necessarily
requires the Government to prove use of force as the Supreme Court has defined it, in large part
because the only element that could potentially satisfy that standard can be committed recklessly,
which does not meet the standard; (iv) the penalty element of "death resulting" does not change
the analysis because it likewise does not require the necessary mens rea, and, finally, (v) in the alternative, the pertinent element can be satisfied through threats of self-harm and thus the requirement that the "use of physical force" be "against the person of another" is not met. For all
of these reasons, the stalking offenses charged in Counts One and Two are not "crimes of
violence" as a matter of law, and Counts Three and Four must be dismissed.

Each of these arguments is analyzed at length below, but, in sum, the Court finds i) that the stalking statute is divisible into four distinct crimes; (ii) that accordingly the "modified categorical approach" must be used; iii) that neither of the charged stalking crimes necessarily requires the Government to prove use of force as the Supreme Court has defined it, in large part because the only element that could potentially satisfy that standard can be committed recklessly, which does not meet the standard; (iv) the penalty element of "death resulting" does not change the analysis because it likewise does not require the necessary mens rea, and, finally, (v) in the alternative, the pertinent element can be satisfied through threats of self-harm and thus the requirement that the "use of physical force" be "against the person of another" is not met. For all of these reasons, the stalking offenses charged in Counts One and Two are not "crimes of violence" as a matter of law, and Counts Three and Four must be dismissed.

BREAKING: Judge Margaret Garnett tosses out the murder count faced by Luigi Mangione in federal court, with the "practical effect" that he cannot face the death penalty.

This is, Garnett writes, a result of her application of the "categorical approach" employed by the Supreme Court to his case.

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Don Lemon is not the only reporter who was arrested by federal agents overnight — local independent journalist Georgia Fort just went live on FB to say federal agents were also at her door to take her into custody over her protest coverage in Minneapolis.

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