Lorena O’Neil
@lorenaoneil.com
NOLA freelancer reporting on repro health, politics, culture, tech
Contributing writer at Rolling Stone & nonprofit newsroom @lailluminator.bsky.social
Bylines: The GuardianUS, Elle, The LA Times, Marie Claire, Jezebel
https://www.lorenaoneil.com
Contributing writer at Rolling Stone & nonprofit newsroom @lailluminator.bsky.social
Bylines: The GuardianUS, Elle, The LA Times, Marie Claire, Jezebel
https://www.lorenaoneil.com
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NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny held a press conference a week after...[his] arrest in which he said Kathleen Mangione told law enforcement the crime “might be something that she could see him doing.”
However, there hasn’t been any evidence Mangione’s mother ever said this to law enforcement.
However, there hasn’t been any evidence Mangione’s mother ever said this to law enforcement.
Exclusive: I spoke with the SFPD officer who identified Luigi Mangione about whether his mother made those incriminating comments about him www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult... @rollingstone.com
San Francisco Cop Corrects the Record on Shocking Comments Allegedly from Luigi Mangione's Mom
The police officer who identified Mangione from a missing person’s report clears up misconceptions a year after the United Healthcare shooting
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December 22, 2025 at 7:15 PM
NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny held a press conference a week after...[his] arrest in which he said Kathleen Mangione told law enforcement the crime “might be something that she could see him doing.”
However, there hasn’t been any evidence Mangione’s mother ever said this to law enforcement.
However, there hasn’t been any evidence Mangione’s mother ever said this to law enforcement.
Exclusive: I spoke with the SFPD officer who identified Luigi Mangione about whether his mother made those incriminating comments about him www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult... @rollingstone.com
San Francisco Cop Corrects the Record on Shocking Comments Allegedly from Luigi Mangione's Mom
The police officer who identified Mangione from a missing person’s report clears up misconceptions a year after the United Healthcare shooting
www.rollingstone.com
December 22, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Exclusive: I spoke with the SFPD officer who identified Luigi Mangione about whether his mother made those incriminating comments about him www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult... @rollingstone.com
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Trump's appointment of Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry as special envoy to Greenland has sparked controversy.
Read @lorenaoneil.com's 2024 deepdive inside Landry's crusade to tear down the wall between church and state.
Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Read @lorenaoneil.com's 2024 deepdive inside Landry's crusade to tear down the wall between church and state.
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December 22, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Trump's appointment of Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry as special envoy to Greenland has sparked controversy.
Read @lorenaoneil.com's 2024 deepdive inside Landry's crusade to tear down the wall between church and state.
Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Read @lorenaoneil.com's 2024 deepdive inside Landry's crusade to tear down the wall between church and state.
Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
I spoke with three legal experts about what they think the chances are evidence from Luigi Mangione's arrest in McDonald's gets thrown out in his NY state case www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult... @rollingstone.com
Will Evidence in Luigi Mangione's Murder Trial Be Thrown Out?
Legal experts explain this month's hearings and what might happen in the case against the accused United Healthcare CEO shooter
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December 21, 2025 at 5:29 PM
I spoke with three legal experts about what they think the chances are evidence from Luigi Mangione's arrest in McDonald's gets thrown out in his NY state case www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult... @rollingstone.com
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On day two of the hearing, prosecutors entered into evidence never-before-seen body camera footage from multiple police officers as Luigi Mangione was questioned, identified, detained, and searched in a McDonald’s in Pa.
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December 3, 2025 at 1:34 PM
On day two of the hearing, prosecutors entered into evidence never-before-seen body camera footage from multiple police officers as Luigi Mangione was questioned, identified, detained, and searched in a McDonald’s in Pa.
Read @lorenaoneil.com's dispatch: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
Read @lorenaoneil.com's dispatch: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
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Day 4 of Luigi Mangione's suppression hearings should begin shortly.
Read @lorenaoneil.com's day 3 dispatch: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
Read @lorenaoneil.com's day 3 dispatch: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
December 5, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Day 4 of Luigi Mangione's suppression hearings should begin shortly.
Read @lorenaoneil.com's day 3 dispatch: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
Read @lorenaoneil.com's day 3 dispatch: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
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“It’s fucking him, one hundred percent. It’s fucking him," a cop said after finding bullets in Luigi Mangione’s backpack.
Read @lorenaoneil.com's dispatch from today's suppression hearing: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
Read @lorenaoneil.com's dispatch from today's suppression hearing: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
December 9, 2025 at 8:51 PM
“It’s fucking him, one hundred percent. It’s fucking him," a cop said after finding bullets in Luigi Mangione’s backpack.
Read @lorenaoneil.com's dispatch from today's suppression hearing: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
Read @lorenaoneil.com's dispatch from today's suppression hearing: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
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Luigi Mangione is facing second degree murder charges in New York. Pre-trial hearings began yesterday.
Read @lorenaoneil.com's dispatch: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
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December 2, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Luigi Mangione is facing second degree murder charges in New York. Pre-trial hearings began yesterday.
Read @lorenaoneil.com's dispatch: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
Read @lorenaoneil.com's dispatch: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
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One witness, Tomas Rivers, a correctional officer, testified that Mangione was upset that he was being compared to Unabomber Ted Kaczynski.
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December 1, 2025 at 11:04 PM
One witness, Tomas Rivers, a correctional officer, testified that Mangione was upset that he was being compared to Unabomber Ted Kaczynski.
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Read: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
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New information made public includes a conversation Mangione allegedly had with a corrections officer, the contents of the 911 call from a McDonald’s manager, and video of Mangione’s arrest in Altoona, Pennsylvania.
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More: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
December 1, 2025 at 10:54 PM
New information made public includes a conversation Mangione allegedly had with a corrections officer, the contents of the 911 call from a McDonald’s manager, and video of Mangione’s arrest in Altoona, Pennsylvania.
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More: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
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Luigi Mangione’s suppression hearings began at New York State Supreme Court in Manhattan this morning.
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Read @lorenaoneil.com's coverage: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
December 1, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Luigi Mangione’s suppression hearings began at New York State Supreme Court in Manhattan this morning.
Read @lorenaoneil.com's coverage: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
Read @lorenaoneil.com's coverage: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
Luigi Mangione's suppression hearings start today. Both legal teams and the press are currently in the courtroom. Mangione's defense team (including Karen Friedman Agnifilo and Tom Dickey) will argue against admission of evidence from his Altoona arrest.
December 1, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Luigi Mangione's suppression hearings start today. Both legal teams and the press are currently in the courtroom. Mangione's defense team (including Karen Friedman Agnifilo and Tom Dickey) will argue against admission of evidence from his Altoona arrest.
The supporters who have been sleeping outside of the courthouse for Luigi Mangione’s pre-trial hearing today made wristbands and bracelets for each other to mark their place in line
December 1, 2025 at 12:17 PM
The supporters who have been sleeping outside of the courthouse for Luigi Mangione’s pre-trial hearing today made wristbands and bracelets for each other to mark their place in line
Here are some of the handouts supporters are giving people in front of the courthouse: Luigi holiday bookmarks
December 1, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Here are some of the handouts supporters are giving people in front of the courthouse: Luigi holiday bookmarks
Also, I’ll be in the courtroom covering this week’s Mangione news for @rollingstone.com
It’s been in the 30s and raining in NYC but Luigi Mangione’s supporters have been camped out in tents w/heaters since Saturday in preparation for his pre-trial hearings which start tomorrow. Learn more about his most fervent supporters: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult... @rollingstone.com
Inside the World of Luigi Mangione's Most Fervent Supporters
As Mangione faces the death penalty for the murder of UnitedHealthcare's CEO, his supporters are being used against him in court.
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November 30, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Also, I’ll be in the courtroom covering this week’s Mangione news for @rollingstone.com
It’s been in the 30s and raining in NYC but Luigi Mangione’s supporters have been camped out in tents w/heaters since Saturday in preparation for his pre-trial hearings which start tomorrow. Learn more about his most fervent supporters: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult... @rollingstone.com
Inside the World of Luigi Mangione's Most Fervent Supporters
As Mangione faces the death penalty for the murder of UnitedHealthcare's CEO, his supporters are being used against him in court.
www.rollingstone.com
November 30, 2025 at 11:19 PM
It’s been in the 30s and raining in NYC but Luigi Mangione’s supporters have been camped out in tents w/heaters since Saturday in preparation for his pre-trial hearings which start tomorrow. Learn more about his most fervent supporters: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult... @rollingstone.com
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Fascinating. A large number of fandoms and support groups have appeared around Luigi Mangione.
@lorenaoneil.com handles what could have been a crass and exploitative article deftly, neither mocking nor glorifying.
@lorenaoneil.com handles what could have been a crass and exploitative article deftly, neither mocking nor glorifying.
Almost a year after Luigi Mangione’s arrest, there continues to be a robust ecosystem of supporters dissecting the crime and each shred of communication from him. I took a deep dive into the different communities built around Luigi www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult... @rollingstone.com
Inside the World of Luigi Mangione's Most Fervent Supporters
As Mangione faces the death penalty for the murder of UnitedHealthcare's CEO, his supporters are being used against him in court.
www.rollingstone.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Fascinating. A large number of fandoms and support groups have appeared around Luigi Mangione.
@lorenaoneil.com handles what could have been a crass and exploitative article deftly, neither mocking nor glorifying.
@lorenaoneil.com handles what could have been a crass and exploitative article deftly, neither mocking nor glorifying.
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“People create their own churches, their own saviors, and I think that’s what we’re seeing with Luigi."
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Read: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
November 24, 2025 at 3:52 PM
“People create their own churches, their own saviors, and I think that’s what we’re seeing with Luigi."
Read: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
Read: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
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On forums more focused on activism, his supporters cringe at how this phenomenon fuels the characterization of anybody who supports anything to do with Mangione as a fangirl.
Story: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
Story: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
November 24, 2025 at 3:46 PM
On forums more focused on activism, his supporters cringe at how this phenomenon fuels the characterization of anybody who supports anything to do with Mangione as a fangirl.
Story: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
Story: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
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“There's been a lot of media frenzy,” says activist and whistleblower Chelsea Manning, who drew press attention when she showed up at protests outside of Mangione’s New York City court appearances.
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Read: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
November 24, 2025 at 3:39 PM
“There's been a lot of media frenzy,” says activist and whistleblower Chelsea Manning, who drew press attention when she showed up at protests outside of Mangione’s New York City court appearances.
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Read: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
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There are pros and cons to using a murder suspect as the face of a health-care organization.
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More: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
November 24, 2025 at 3:28 PM
There are pros and cons to using a murder suspect as the face of a health-care organization.
More: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
More: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
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In many cases, using Mangione as an archetype has been successful in drawing attention to causes like health care and social justice reform.
But what happens when you make the face of your cause one of the most divisive murder suspects of the decade?
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But what happens when you make the face of your cause one of the most divisive murder suspects of the decade?
More: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
November 24, 2025 at 3:19 PM
In many cases, using Mangione as an archetype has been successful in drawing attention to causes like health care and social justice reform.
But what happens when you make the face of your cause one of the most divisive murder suspects of the decade?
More: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
But what happens when you make the face of your cause one of the most divisive murder suspects of the decade?
More: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
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Inside the World of Luigi Mangione’s Most Fervent Supporters
As the murder suspect's legal battle continues, some fans swoon online while activist groups make him the face of health care and social justice reform.
Rolling Stone reports: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
As the murder suspect's legal battle continues, some fans swoon online while activist groups make him the face of health care and social justice reform.
Rolling Stone reports: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
November 24, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Inside the World of Luigi Mangione’s Most Fervent Supporters
As the murder suspect's legal battle continues, some fans swoon online while activist groups make him the face of health care and social justice reform.
Rolling Stone reports: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
As the murder suspect's legal battle continues, some fans swoon online while activist groups make him the face of health care and social justice reform.
Rolling Stone reports: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
Almost a year after Luigi Mangione’s arrest, there continues to be a robust ecosystem of supporters dissecting the crime and each shred of communication from him. I took a deep dive into the different communities built around Luigi www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult... @rollingstone.com
Inside the World of Luigi Mangione's Most Fervent Supporters
As Mangione faces the death penalty for the murder of UnitedHealthcare's CEO, his supporters are being used against him in court.
www.rollingstone.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Almost a year after Luigi Mangione’s arrest, there continues to be a robust ecosystem of supporters dissecting the crime and each shred of communication from him. I took a deep dive into the different communities built around Luigi www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult... @rollingstone.com
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For the first time in my career, I can’t tell people to trust what the CDC website says. And that is an incredibly sad and devastating place for this country to be.
CDC has overhauled its website to assert that “the claim ‘vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based claim”
November 20, 2025 at 4:22 AM
For the first time in my career, I can’t tell people to trust what the CDC website says. And that is an incredibly sad and devastating place for this country to be.