Beginning in December 2024, the United States has lately experienced a series of high-profile political assassinations and other acts of murderous violence. Of course, one could choose any of a number of earlier dates from which to account for the rash of political and ideological violence in the US. Earlier in 2024, for example, then candidate Donald Trump was the target of two known assassination attempts, one that was nearly successful. But starting with the 4 December 2024 assassination of the Chief Executive Officer of UnitedHealthCare, extending through the assassination of Charlie Kirk, and yet another school shooting (this time in Colorado) on 10 September 2025, we have seen a concentration of such violence. Between the 4 December and 10 September incidents, a Minnesota legislator and her husband were murdered, and two children were murdered while attending Mass at a Catholic primary school (after which the shooter killed himself). These recent murders and related assaults have been framed by a dramatic increase in violent political speech. Thus, the typical response has been that we need to cool our rhetoric and refrain from speech that advocates or at least implicitly incites violence.