memeorandum: Now Do You Understand? — Breaking news! At least 22 Virginia … (Larry Johnson/NO QUARTER)

7:25 PM ET, April 16, 2007

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Massacre at Virginia Tech: 29 Confirmed Dead — Fatalities Expected to Rise; Suspected Gunman Among the Dead — Apr. 16, 2007— At least 29 people are dead in what may be the biggest mass killing on a college campus in American history — and the death toll may rise.

Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit.com:

THIS IS AWFUL: "At least 20 people were killed this morning at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and University after a shooting spree at two buildings on the campus." Nobody seems to know much yet on what happened. These things do seem to take place in locations where it's not legal for people …

Discussion: Winds of Change.NET, Sister Toldjah, ABCNEWS, Op For, The Volokh Conspiracy, Firedoglake, No More Mister Nice Blog, Volunteer Voters, TBogg, TalkLeft and Classical Values

Allahpundit / Hot Air:

Report: At least 20 29 32 dead, 28 wounded in shooting at Virginia Tech; Update: Students weren't told after first shooting? — Good lord. I've been peeking at this story for hours and until a few minutes ago there was one reported dead and the gunman was in custody.

Discussion: Riehl World View, Ace of Spades HQ, CANNONFIRE, protein wisdom, Done With Mirrors, Gates of Vienna and Macsmind

Washington Post:

At Least 20 Killed in Virginia Tech Shooting — At least 20 people were killed this morning at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University after a shooting spree at two buildings on the campus. — The unidentified shooter was among the dead, according to officials …

Discussion: Obsidian Wings, Transterrestrial Musings, Neptunus Lex, Power Line and State of the Day

Associated Press:

Suspect reported held in fatal Va. Tech shooting — One person dead; 2nd assailant may be at large; 7-8 others may be victims — BLACKSBURG, Va. - A shooting at a Virginia Tech dormitory on Monday left at least one person dead, a state government official with knowledge of the case told The Associated Press.

Discussion: Cliff Schecter, Counterterrorism Blog, QandO, Right Wing News, On Deadline, The Democratic Daily and PoliBlog (TM)

Michelle Malkin:

Carnage at Virginia Tech; Readers point to campus ban on self-defense; More video, plus student e-mail — Scroll for updates... All the latest. (Update: Cell-phone video added, Bush video, more eyewitness reports, and questions about campus management of the crisis) — Virginia bloggers tracking the story here.

Discussion: The Newshoggers, Winds of Change.NET, Right Wing Nut House, Classical Values, TIME: Swampland and Ace of Spades HQ

Larry Johnson / NO QUARTER:

Now Do You Understand? — Breaking news! At least 22 Virginia Tech students gunned down. Cable news channels are wild with activity as they pump up the coverage a focus on the latest "crisis". The media is commenting that this shooting is overwhelming the local medical facilities.

Discussion: David Corn, Booman Tribune and At-Largely

Liza Porteus / Fox News:

Virginia Tech Campus Reels From Shooting That Leaves at Least 32 Dead — Students and faculty at Virginia Tech University were in shock Monday after a gunman shot and killed at least 32 people and injured 21 during the most deadly shooting spree in U.S. history.

Discussion: shotinthedark.info/wp … and Patterico's Pontifications

The Blotter:

Lapse of Federal Law Allows Sale of Large Ammo Clips — Brian Ross and Dana Hughes Report: — High capacity ammo clips became widely available for sale when Congress failed to renew a law that banned assault weapons. — Web sites now advertise overnight UPS delivery of the clips …

Discussion: Outside The Beltway, Confederate Yankee, Blue Crab Boulevard and NewsBusters.org

Pajamas Media:

MASSACRE: SHOOTING RAMPAGE AT VIRGINIA TECH — 32 PEOPLE CONFIRMED DEAD — LATER: Police said there was only one shooter and he is now dead. They are unsure if the shooter was a student. (FNC) — LATER: Gun bill got shot down by panel in January last year; campus was kept a gun-free zone.

Discussion: The Belmont Club and Riehl World View

The Roanoke Times:
At least 22 killed in shootings at Virginia Tech

Discussion: On Deadline, The Strata-Sphere, The Moderate Voice, Think Progress and Nashville is Talking

Brian Hollar / Thinking on the Margin:
Virginia Tech Shootings - At Least 20 Fatalities

Discussion: Clayton Cramer's BLOG, SayUncle, The Volokh Conspiracy and Ali Eteraz

White House: President Bush Shocked, Saddened by Shootings at Virginia Tech

Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
Breaking: Mass Murder At Virginia Tech (Bumped - Update: 33 Dead)

Discussion: Planet Blacksburg, shotinthedark.info/wp …, Making Ripples and Fausta's blog

Shaun Mullen / The Moderate Voice:
Another Tragically Predictable Tragedy?

Discussion: Kiko's House and Blogcritics Section

Adam Zagorin / Time:

Conservatives to Bush: Fire Gonzales — In what could prove an embarrassing new setback for embattled Attorney General Alberto Gonzales on the eve of his testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee, a group of influential conservatives and longtime Bush supporters has written a letter to the White House to call for his resignation.

Discussion: Dick Polman's American Debate, The Volokh Conspiracy, The Strata-Sphere, The Carpetbagger Report, TIME: Swampland, First Draft, Michael P.F. van der Galiën and State of the Day

Jesse Lee / The Gavel:

DOJ Fails to Comply with House Judiciary Subpoena — From the Judiciary Committee: … This entry was posted on Monday, April 16th, 2007 at 3:33 pm by Jesse Lee and is filed under Oversight, Draining the Swamp. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.

Discussion: Daily Kos, TPMmuckraker and The Next Hurrah

Nico / Think Progress:

VIDEO COMPILATION: Bush Fear-Mongering Reaches Fevered Pitch In Iraq Speech — In a speech this morning, President Bush again condemned Congress for failing to give him a blank check for the war in Iraq. — Increasingly desperate, and facing broad public opposition, Bush tried his best …

Discussion: The Carpetbagger Report, AMERICAblog, DownWithTyranny! and Danger Room

White House:
President Bush Discusses the Iraq War Supplemental

Discussion: Redstate

Matt Stoller / MyDD:

Paying for America — I just paid my taxes, and I have to say, I always take pride when I do so. I don't like having less money to spend, of course, and the complexity of the process is really upsetting. But I am proud to pay for democracy, and I feel when I do send money to the DC Treasurer …

Discussion: Washington Post, Right Wing Nut House, Outside The Beltway, Left in the West and shotinthedark.info/wp …

Deacon / Power Line: ABSURD THOUGHTS FROM A PROGRESSIVE THOUGHT LEADER

Pew Research Center:

Public Knowledge of Current Affairs Little Changed by News and Information Revolutions — What Americans Know: 1989-2007 — Summary of Findings — Since the late 1980s, the emergence of 24-hour cable news as a dominant news source and the explosive growth of the internet have led …

Discussion: Ezra Klein, Outside The Beltway, The Carpetbagger Report, Think Progress, Brendan Nyhan, Hot Air, The Galloping Beaver, Eunomia, The Swamp, Pam's House Blend, MotherJones.com, Wonkette, theGarance.com, The Impolitic and The American Street

Little Green Footballs:

The Protocols of the Daily Kos — Now featured in a diary at Daily Kos, a video clip from the neo-Nazi site Vanguard News Network (vnnforum.com): Daily Kos: Portrait of a Great Taboo: The Power of the Israel Lobby in the United States. (Hat tip: Killgore Trout.)

Discussion: Ace of Spades HQ and Hot Air