Sanders was the compromise choice
Luigi 2028
Eat the rich
Wait … how is that link working?? kbin.social has been offline for months.
Edit: Ohhhh … the name of the community at LW is “eattherich@kbin.social” - now I see.
No, you’re right the 1st time. It’s eattherich, hosted at kbin. It’s a weird side effect of federating. The original instance hosting the comm is gone, but all posts and comments go into the local instance first (in this case, Ozma’s posts to .world) to be federated back to the main instance (kbin). Since kbin is gone, that federation ain’t happening, and nobody from any other instance can view the content from their home instance. But you can directly view .world’s local copy of what it thinks the instance should look like, which contains all of Ozma’s contributions.
This is super cool
I don’t think we’ve yet witnessed the full benefits of the distributed nature/federation.
Ah, I wondered why nobody else was posting there! Thanks for the explanation.
Is it just me or is the sub empty
It’s not just you. See my other comment for technical explanation.
It’s you.
Given the way federating works, just because you’re seeing something doesn’t mean everybody else is seeing the same thing you do.
And? I can see content there. Parent commenter can’t.
There’s a difference between “works for me”, and “it’s you”.
https://www.givesendgo.com/legalfund-ceo-shooting-suspect
Wanna help get those numbers up?
Best donation I’ve ever made.
Donated, thanks
he comes from like one of the richest families in the country…
I’m sure his ultra right wing family is just throwing money at his defense.
If someone is trying to help; I don’t care what family they come from.
They probably are. As long as they aren’t gay rich white families will pay for most anything for their kid…
I know it’s exited the news cycle, but I still remember this was a big thing for the left and right to both agree on supporting. I’d very much like to prompt Trump for his opinion on the man to force him to take a side.
prompt Trump for his opinion on
the mananything to force him to take a side.That’s how you get banned from the press pool.
Best to not remind Trump that Luigi exsist. Don’t need him falling out a window with the cameras off and the guards napping.
Haha you think trump is deciding anything still. Didn’t you see how they had to walk back his Israel comment?
Is it possible to make a tax deductable donation to hit Trump or Musk?
No, but you might be able to set up a betting pool. If you just happen to win, make sure you have an alibi.
But seriously, don’t do that. The person who originally thought up that, who I wont name because his name and the name for this thing are probably weighted heavy in the spider bots, was a student who landed in jail twice for tax evasion. Like, the second time happened immediately after the first.
I hear Luigi is starting Luigi coin, where 80% of the coin is held at first by himself and the other 20% available. Slowly he will introduce more into the market
If he does that I’m buying!
Yeah I’ve spent a ton of money on much dumber memes, this one is tempting…
I mean all I did was switch the name Trump out for Luigi, as everyone already knew the Trump coin was just an easy way give Trump money. Wasn’t that the original setup, he held 80% of the coins, and started selling off 20% to artificially create value for the 80% he already owned without regulation or any practices set up to monitor who was directly “giving” money to him.
Then as people start buying he just sells off his coins to make money off that artificially inflated coin.
idk if a Mario brother is the right person for that.
donate to BJ Blazkowicz instead.
Mushroom kingdom banks are a bit slow.
I mean nobody can carry 100 coins at the same time there because they turn into an extra life, so large transactions are labor intensive.
Pray for Saint Luigi
Anyone smarter than me in law know if there is even a remote chance he walks?
I’m not good at law but I have heard from people smarter than me that there are chances for at least a hung jury (I think could be retried) and there’s also another option called jury nullification, where the jury essentially says, “yeah we know he is guilty but we don’t agree with the law in this case” and acquits.
Every jury I’ve ever been on has been hung, just by averaging alone
Aside from the nullification and hung jurys, there’s a good chance for a mistrial from them parading him around and letting everyone in the US know he fought for them.
No. He’s going to die in prison. I’m not happy about that fact. I’m just telling the truth. Just like there’s zero chance Charles Manson ever gets out. There’s zero chance Luigi gets out.
Might happen. Then when a sensible government gets in, somewhere down the line, we pardon him and make him secretary of HHS
I’m not smarter in the law, but I remember the OJ trial. Just because all the evidence points to the obvious conclusion doesn’t mean that the result will be as you expect. Did the police do everything by the book, or is some of the evidence they’re relying on tainted? Did a cop worry the evidence wasn’t going to be enough and plant some more? Was he caught? Did they forget to read him his rights before interrogating him?
The trick with legal cases is that the prosecution basically has to avoid making mistakes, and it’s up to the defense to find a mistake they made. One major difference between a public defender and an extremely expensive legal team is the number of flaws they can find in the prosecution’s case before they run out of time.
There is absolutely no way. That jury is going to be tampered with more than any you’ve ever seen in history.
If he doesn’t walk, bust him out by force.
How is he going to defend against suicide with a bullet to the back of his head?
Then slowed… then surged… then slowed… then surged… then slowed… then they had some orange juice and a muffin… and now they’re surging again.
Then it fell into the swamp
The court should examine how many people were murdered by UHC.
Hit the invisible ? Block and get a Super Star!
Donations flatline then skyrocket? Classic propaganda machine narrative. First they paint Mangione as a martyr—convenient—then “anonymous benefactors” magically revive the coffers.
Wake up, sheeple: this isn’t organic support. It’s either bots laundering oligarch cash or the deep state stress-testing narrative elasticity.
”Legal defense funds” = Patreon for white-collar theatrics. Mangione’s either a pawn in their chess game or the sacrificial lamb. Either way, grab popcorn.
Democracy’s a rigged carnival, and we’re all just clowns paying to watch.
Man, I don’t think I’ve EVER seen sheeple used unironically in the wild. (2nd person perspective)
Go back to sleep, sheeple!
None of that is real. Health care companies have been abusing the population pretty hard for a very long time. They kept rolling dice until they crapped out.
People hate them enough that a lot of people actually support or at least approve of what he did. Its not much more complicated than that.
Why would you be able to launder money by donating it to a random dudes death penalty defence fund?
Actually, my money laundering theory holds water. Ever heard of shell companies and dark money? The sudden surge pattern matches known laundering schemes. Do your research beyond mainstream propaganda.
Money laundering has an input and output both are controlled in order to move money from a dirty source for instance money earned on selling drugs and other criminal enterprises to a legal one so you can spend it freely without drawing the wrong kind of legal attention. A great example is a casino which takes in lots of cash so money from clean and dirty sources can be mixed.
Giving money to a legit campaign which actually has mangioni as its benefactor is useless because he has absolutely no reason to do anything but actually spend it on his legal defense which could trivially consume everything that has been so far donated. Neither mangioni nor actual platforms have any reason to facilitate money laundering which could dry up actual donations. There are about a million easier ways to move far more money.
Of course I’ve heard of shell companies and dark money. Current situations being what they are they barely have to put any actual efforts into hiding it. Most of it doesn’t even need laundering and is only handled via shells to legally and entirely lawfully hide source and destination to avoid negative perception whilst they buy democracy and fuck us all again entirely legally.
DO yOuR oWN rEAsrch is a cartoonishly boring response. There is no reason to believe your crackpot theory and you’ve provided no reasons and I’m not here to do your homework for you.
Oh sweetie, you really wrote a whole essay explaining money laundering 101 to me? That’s adorable. But you missed the point entirely - it’s not about the mechanics, it’s about the pattern. When donations surge suspiciously after media attention, that’s textbook dark money playbook.
And yes, I know how shell companies work. I also know how “perfectly legal” money movements can hide in plain sight. Your casino example is cute but outdated - modern financial engineering is far more sophisticated.
But please, write another wall of text explaining how donations work. I’m sure your Wikipedia-level understanding will enlighten us all.
Donations surging after millions of people become aware of something is … what happens when millions of people become aware of something. I’m aware things are more complicated. I tried to keep it simple enough that you could understand it. Let me ask you a question in small words.
What evidence of any kind do you have that the donations are money laundering?
Ah, so now we’re pivoting to “Mangione has no reason to launder money” and “a million easier ways exist.” Cute deflection, but it doesn’t address the actual point: the pattern of suspicious surges in donations post-media attention. That’s the hallmark of laundering—using a legitimate front to obscure questionable sources.
Your casino analogy? Outdated and irrelevant here. Laundering today thrives on exploiting public-facing campaigns precisely because they appear “too obvious” to question. And your claim that platforms wouldn’t facilitate this? Laughable. Platforms are tools, not moral arbiters.
But sure, keep dismissing this as a “crackpot theory.” If you’re so confident, feel free to provide your sources proving why this pattern is beyond suspicion. I’ll wait.
Let’s get back on track. YOU made a claim that requires proof. You stated that donations to Luigi are actually money laundering. When pressed about your lack of any evidence you make a lot of noise signifying nothing. I say again. Where is your proof?
You have a natural way of writing and I appreciate it.
