This is edition 2025/169 of the Ten@10 newsletter.
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This is the Ten@10, where I collate and summarise ten news items you generally won't see in the mainstream media.
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1. When the Left decides violence is justified
Ani O'Brien
- 🕊️ Charlie Kirk’s assassination should have united defenders of democracy and free speech, but the polarized reaction instead highlights deep societal animosity.
🔪 The killer is described as having hunted Kirk for his politics — the text argues this was ideologically motivated, not accidental.
🔥 The author claims long-standing left-wing rhetoric that labels conservatives as existential threats made violence easier to justify.
🧠 Examples cited: attempted assassination of Trump, murder of UnitedHealthcare’s former CEO, and other politically motivated attacks.
📣 The piece condemns left-of-centre online celebrations of the killing as evidence of a cultural sickness.
📰 It accuses major media of misreporting the suspect’s motives — alleging they falsely painted him as far-right despite signs of far-left radicalisation.
👥 Antifa and militant trans activism are portrayed as overlapping, violent movements that recruit and radicalise individuals.
🏛️ Government and security agencies are accused of disproportionately focusing on the “far right” while downplaying left-wing violence.
⚠️ The conclusion warns that demonising political opponents normalises violence and urges confronting left-wing extremism before it escalates further.
