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Neighbor turned on neighbor after Charlie Kirk's killing. Is the divide here to stay?

Sep 12, 2026 · Odette Yousef

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Neighbor turned on neighbor after Charlie Kirk's killing. Is the divide here to stay?
People walk in front of a memorial for slain conservative commentator Charlie Kirk, at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, on September 29, 2025.
People walk in front of a memorial for slain conservative commentator Charlie Kirk, at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, on September 29, 2025.

The assassination of far right activist Charlie Kirk opened the floodgates of neighbor-on-neighbor doxing. A year later, the damage to political discourse in the U.S. remains.

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