UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was assassinated in broad daylight in the middle of New York City. Rather than decry a cold-blooded killing, Americans seemed to be indifferent at minimum, with many publicly praising the murderer, Luigi Mangione. Meanwhile, Daniel Penny, a man acquitted of killing an unarmed homeless man acting crazy on a New York City subway, was invited to watch the Army-Navy football game with President-elect Donald Trump. Aside from the obvious question of "WTF is going on in NYC?" the other question to ask is "If or when is vigilante justice okay?" This week, the gang gets into a heated exchange as not everyone agrees that taking matters into your own hands is a good thing.

 

(0:00:00) - Intro (Chick-fil-A sucks - Chinese food good, Snowmageddon 2025)

(0:23:55) - Sounds of the Week:

• Facebook wants to be Twitter 
• Monkey palate cleanser

(0:39:38) - Vigilante justice

 

Songs:

"I Hope You Die" by Bloodhound Gang

"Everything About You" by Ugly Kid Joe

"Head Like a Hole" by Nine Inch Nails

 

Notes:

• Kansas City, Missouri sees fourth largest single-day snowfall on record (0:04:15) 
• Former Congressman Matt Gaetz considering governor run, he says (0:19:30) 
• A Pulitzer winner quits 'Washington Post' after a cartoon on Bezos is killed (0:27:45)
• Meta is ending its fact-checking program in favor of a 'community notes' system similar to X's (0:28:25)
• Meta’s new board includes UFC boss Dana White, a familiar figure in Trump’s orbit (0:28:50)
• 2024 broke a 120-year election record that is terrible news for Labor (0:29:33)
• Right-Wing Populism Is Set to Sweep the West in 2024 (0:29:33)
• The Reactionary Spirit: How America’s Most Insidious Political Tradition Swept the World (0:29:33)
• What the Rise of Far-Right Politics Says About the Economy in an Election Year (0:29:33)
• Canada’s Trudeau announces resignation after nearly a decade as prime minister (0:29:40)
• 1 in 4 Americans sympathize with Luigi Mangione; AI poll reveals why (0:40:45)
• 41% of young voters say UnitedHealthcare CEO killing "acceptable" (0:40:45)
• UnitedHealthcare CEO Killing Shooter's Possible Jacket Flying Off Shelves (0:41:35)
• Retailers Cash In on Luigi Mangione's Obsession as Sales Pick Up on Merch (0:41:53)
• Is CEO murder suspect Luigi Mangione a terrorist? Why charges may 'send a message.' (0:46:05) 
• Who is Daniel Penny? What we know about the Marine veteran acquitted in Jordan Neely's subway death (0:53:20)
• In Which States do I Have a Duty to Help? (0:59:17)
• Good Samaritan Law States 2024 (1:00:00)