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ASTROLOGER JESSICA MURRAY joined me on the WOODRUFF cast yesterday to do more forensics on the United States horoscope and the vigilante act of Luigi Mangione, which has quickly evolved into an era-defining crime.
As the journalist noted, the joyful cheering for Mangione on social media is “just a taste of what is boiling in the hearts of countless Americans ground down by the cost of healthcare and the rejection of their claims. (An ER nurse posted on TikTok, ‘The things I’ve seen dying patients get denied for by insurance makes me physically sick.’)