Hey Everyone,
Abril and I have had quite the day! We spent the morning in federal court in downtown Manhattan, where Judge Margaret Garnett said she’d delay Luigi Mangione’s federal trial by a month to late October in order to ensure that there was a clean break between the state trial proceedings and jury selection in the federal case.
BUT shortly before 5pm we got an email from the state court. Judge Gregory Carro has pushed the state trial back three months to September 8.
Which means that there is now still the same problematic log jam and issue of potential jury tainting in the federal case.
The idea that Mangione is facing two trials for the murder of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson is already highly unusual; this scheduling conflict each only adds to the complications.
I am exhausted and we haven’t even started the first trial!
Abril is a staunch Mangione supporter, as I think most of you know.
So, in our conversation, we discuss why Gen Z is pretty much united behind him. And, also why they are so angry and disillusioned in general. I was stunned when Abril told me that her parents who are first-generation immigrants, like me, have apologized to her, for moving to Trump’s America.
When one hears about the challenges Abril and her peers face, it makes me question if we are sufficiently equipped, politically and culturally, to think outside of the box and make necessary systemic changes quickly enough.
In our conversation we touch on AI; jobs; social media; legacy media; academia; foreign policy; and much, much more.
Enjoy!
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