Mark<p>4 reasons political violence in <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> is rising sharply</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> helped cultivate a culture of <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/impunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>impunity</span></a> </p><p>It’s not just that he's convicted <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/felon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>felon</span></a> whose 3 remaining <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</span></a> cases were dismissed/suspended after re-election. Long before that, he famously proclaimed, "I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/shoot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>shoot</span></a> somebody, and I wouldn’t lose any voters."</p><p>2nd factor is past acts of <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/political" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>political</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/violence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>violence</span></a> in US</p><p><a href="https://www.eurointegration.com.ua/eng/news/2025/07/11/7215735/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">eurointegration.com.ua/eng/new</span><span class="invisible">s/2025/07/11/7215735/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/DictatorTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DictatorTrump</span></a></p>