Send us Fan Mail America doesn’t “snap” into political violence, we rehearse it. We talk through why assassination attempts and public shootings land like a shock while still feeling tragically predictable, and we name the patterns that make it so: dehumanizing rhetoric, tribal media, conspiracy culture, and a public life that turns dead children and grieving families into usable content. If violence feels like it’s everywhere, we argue that it’s because it’s been cultivated long before the t...