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Keep in mind this report’s data does not even include the Charlie Kirk assassination or the sniper attack on the Dallas ICE facility.

The number of right-wing terror attacks in the U.S. plunged dramatically in the first half of 2025, while the amount of political violence from the left creeped up, a new study found.

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From the NBC article . . .
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 "2025 marks the first time in more than 30 years that left-wing terrorist attacks outnumber those from the violent far right."
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From 2011 through 2024, an average of 20 right-wing terror incidents took place each year, compared to an average of nearly three left-wing incidents annually during that same period.
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In the past decade, left-wing attacks killed 13 victims, the report found, compared to 112 by right-wing attacks in the same time period.
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"Although it is impossible to definitively prove the link between the policies of and positions championed in Trump’s second term and the decline in right-wing terrorism incidents in the United States, it is probable that at least some extremists do not feel the need to act violently if their concerns are being addressed," the report says, citing the administration's "aggressive" actions on immigration, targeting of the "deep state" and crackdown on diversity initiatives.
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Left-wing attacks have typically been less lethal than the right-wing ones, with two fatalities since 2020.  
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"I don’t think it’s wrong to say left-wing attacks have seemed to occur at a more frequent pace, but the previous pace was extremely minimal," he [Jared Holt] said, adding that right-wing violence is still a threat.
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