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The Assassination of Charlie Kirk

Political Violence Doesn't Stay Contained. It Cascades - and Democracy Pays the Price

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Sep 11, 2025
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Charlie Kirk was assassinated in Utah yesterday afternoon.

The news started coming in as I was settling down for the evening, and it instantly felt surreal. Even typing this feels somewhat surreal. The BBC update that pinged on my phone felt like yet another line in an increasingly dystopian novel.

He was shot at a political event, in public and died f…

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