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Most people would agree that the U.S. is experiencing a deep partisan divide. It’s fueling a particularly insidious form of extremism that has resulted in a growing number of violent acts against politicians, judges, and activists, plus their families. Charlie Kirk’s death this week is the latest example, and it prompts the question: Is America in its assassination era?

The question is a long time coming. Back in 2017, white supremacists marched through the University of Virginia for the Unite the Right rally that killed counterprotester Heather Heyer and injured 19 others. By 2020, the son of Obama-appointed Judge Esther Sales was killed by a self-described Do

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