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"It had to be done," says document found on person of interest
From CNN's John Miller
Among the lines in the two-page document found on "strong person of interest" Luigi Mangione are the following two quotes: "These parasites had it coming" and "I do apologize for any strife and trauma, but it had to be done," a police official who has seen the document told CNN.
In the note, Mangione says he acted alone and that he was self-funded.
The document railed against the health care industry and suggested violence is the answer, according to the official.
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According to usveteransmagazine.com this is the sixth such hooraw Foxfest but Trump's "award" is of the "inaugural " - i.e., brand spanking new - type. Of course.
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I'm reading Max Hastings Abyss: The Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962 (www.amazon.com) and the rot that still lies at the heart of Russia's military often comes into play in that saga. A system lying to itself is a recipe for effups. Paraphrasing, one Russian explained at the time. "We're a planned society, not a planning society."
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