By Dalia Faheid
Excerpts: "In August 2024, roughly four months before he allegedly shot and killed Thompson in midtown Manhattan, Mangione wrote in his diary: 'I finally feel confident about what I will do. The details are coming together. And I don’t feel any doubt about whether it’s right/justified. I’m glad-in a way-that I’ve procrastinated bc it allowed me to learn more about [#UnitedHealthcare].'
" 'The target is insurance. It checks every box,' he continued in the August 15 entry.
"That summer, Mangione – who had an active social media presence for years – appeared to stop posting online, prompting worried messages from some of his friends.
"In October, another diary entry reads, '1.5 months. The investor conference is a true windfall. It embodies everything wrong with our health system, and-most importantly-the message becomes self-evident. The problem with most revolutionary acts is that the message is lost on normies.' He then goes on to explain his reasoning for not targeting the health care industry through a bombing, writing that 'innocent' lives would be unaffected by his attack.
"At the time of that writing, Mangione – the privileged scion of a well-to-do family, high school valedictorian and Ivy League graduate – had reportedly vanished from view of his loved ones."
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" In the months since the fatal shooting of Thompson, Mangione has become a cult-like figure. There has been a massive outpouring of support on social media and at his court appearances from people with deep frustration and anger at the American for-profit health care system. They see the American health insurance industry as broken, overly expensive and quick to deny coverage.
"The majority of insured US adults had at least one issue with their health insurance within the span of a year, including denial of claims, according to a survey released in June 2023 by nonprofit health policy research group KFF. A legal defense fund in support of Mangione has raised more than $1 million as of Wednesday."
https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/04/us/luigi-mangione-diary-entries-murder-case
