Luigis Mangionistas should be stamped and certified insane, not welcomed as press

Recently, a friend in media asked how he could acquire a New York City press pass.I sent him the form to fill out, but I told him it was a longshot without a legitimate body of work.How foolish of me.Apparently, all you need is a Substack and a lust for political violence.Perhaps it helps if you give yourself a cutsie name like the “Mangionistas.”On Monday morning, Luigi Mangione appeared for a hearing in Manhattan, and the aforementioned “Mangionistas,” aka his murder cheer squad, showed up to support him.And these extremists have been granted full legitimacy by mayor Zohran Mamdani’s Executive Director of the Press Credentials Office, Samer Nasser.Although she’s mostly behind the scenes, the official city biography for Nasser describes her as a “native New Yorker and first-generation Arab American,” who previously worked for CBS news, Al Jazeera America and Fox Business.Standing outside of court, the gruesome trio — Abril Rios, Ashley Rojas and Lena Weissbrot — proudly showed off their press credentials like fan girls finally getting backstage passes to meet their favorite K-pop group.They obviously weren’t there to report on the hearing.

They were there to endorse and justify the cold-blooded Midtown murder of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson.“I’m standing on business, f—k Brian Thompson.I don’t give a flying f—k he died,” Rojas told reporters.Her fellow terror groupie, Weissbrot added more vitriol.“He’s responsible for more deaths than Osama bin Laden, and I remember Americans celebrating when Osama bin Laden was killed,” she said.

“It’s not like we don’t understand heroic violence, or, like, when violence is good.” They both accused him of committing “mass social murder.”These dangerous dimwits should be given a ride to Bellevue for a mental check up.Not the credential reserved for working journalists.When Mangione allegedly murdered Thompson in December of 2024, he was immediately elevated to heartthro...