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Robert A. George / NBC Chicago:
Obama's Frightening Insensitivity Following Shooting — A bad week for Democrats compounded by an awful moment for Barack Obama. — TWITTER — President Obama didn't wait long after Tuesday's devastating elections to give critics another reason to question his leadership …
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James Dao / New York Times:
Suspect Was ‘Mortified’ About Deployment to War — WASHINGTON — Born and reared in Virginia, the son of immigrant parents from a small Palestinian town near Jerusalem, he joined the Army right out of high school, against his parents' wishes. The Army, in turn, put him through college …
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Emily Friedman / ABCNEWS:
12 Soldiers Killed and 31 Wounded in Fort Hood Shooting — Suspected Gunman Is Identified by ABC News as Major Malik Nadal Hasan — Twelve people have been killed and 31 wounded in a shooting spree at a Texas military base by what officials believe was possibly carried out by an Army officer.
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Top GOP recruit says Ft. Hood shooting shows ‘enemy is infiltrating our military’ — A top Republican congressional recruit said on Friday that the shooting at Ft. Hood, Texas yesterday by a solider allegedly sympathetic to suicide bombers shows that the “enemy is infiltrating our military.”
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Linda Chavez / Commentary:
Obama's Pet-Goat Moment — We still don't know what was behind the killings at Fort Hood this afternoon, in which 11 soldiers and the killer died, but President Obama's rushed press conference was surprising in its flippancy nonetheless. Before he got to the issue on everyone's mind …
John Cook / Gawker:
Nidal Hasan: Ft. Hood Shooter Participated in Homeland Security Disaster Preparation — The gunman who killed 12 people today at Ft. Hood appears, based on current media reports, to be Army psychiatrist Nidal Hasan who was listed as a participant in a Homeland Security Policy Institute's presidential transition task force last year.
Brian Kates / NY Daily News:
Police Sgt. Kimberly Munley credited with ending Fort Hood gunman Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan's rampage — The hero cop who ended the bloody rampage at Fort Hood had been directing traffic moments before she confronted the gunman and pumped four bullets into him despite being shot herself.
Bruce Bawer / Pajamas Media:
Fort Hood Massacre: A Day of Courage and Cowardice
Fort Hood Massacre: A Day of Courage and Cowardice
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Michelle Malkin:
The massacre at Fort Hood and Muslim soldiers with attitude
The massacre at Fort Hood and Muslim soldiers with attitude
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Washington Post:
Suspect, devout Muslim from Va., wanted Army discharge, aunt said
Suspect, devout Muslim from Va., wanted Army discharge, aunt said
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Philip Sherwell / Telegraph:
Fort Hood shooting: Nidal Malik Hasan ‘said Muslims should rise up’
Fort Hood shooting: Nidal Malik Hasan ‘said Muslims should rise up’
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Robert D. McFadden / New York Times:
Suspect Was to Be Sent to Afghanistan
Suspect Was to Be Sent to Afghanistan
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Jeff Carlton / Associated Press:
Ft. Hood suspect reportedly shouted ‘Allahu Akbar’
Ft. Hood suspect reportedly shouted ‘Allahu Akbar’
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AP sources: Authorities had concerns about suspected Fort Hood …
AP sources: Authorities had concerns about suspected Fort Hood …
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John Nichols / The Nation:
Horror at Fort Hood Inspires Horribly Predictable Islamophobia
Horror at Fort Hood Inspires Horribly Predictable Islamophobia
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Associated Press:
Hoyer: House vote may be pushed back — Planned Saturday vote on health bill could be delayed until Sunday or later — WASHINGTON - A House leader says Democrats haven't yet lined up enough votes to pass their health care overhaul bill. — Majority Leader Steny Hoyer of Maryland …
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John McCormack / Weekly Standard:
Pelosi Breaks Pledge to Put Final Health Care Bill Online for 72 Hours Before Vote
Pelosi Breaks Pledge to Put Final Health Care Bill Online for 72 Hours Before Vote
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Abortion, immigration are factors in health-care reform vote
Abortion, immigration are factors in health-care reform vote
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Javier C. Hernandez / New York Times:
U.S. Unemployment Rate Hits 10.2%, Highest in 26 Years — For Americans who wake up each morning thinking about their job hunt, Friday's unemployment report offered little reassurance that their search would soon pay off, even as the broader economy showed signs of strengthening.
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Timothy R. Homan / Bloomberg:
Unemployment in U.S. Jumps to 10.2%, Payrolls Fall
Unemployment in U.S. Jumps to 10.2%, Payrolls Fall
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
No one said freedom was pretty — The call to arms went out last week. — Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.), who made her name suggesting that Barack Obama and other Democrats have “anti-American” views, appeared on Fox News on Friday night and urged Americans to come to Washington to protest …
Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
Charles Krauthammer on the realignment myth of 2008 — Sure, Election Day 2009 will scare moderate Democrats and make passage of Obamacare more difficult. Sure, it makes it easier for resurgent Republicans to raise money and recruit candidates for 2010. But the most important effect of Tuesday's elections is historical.
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Wall Street Journal:
Hello, Tipping Point — The Obama presidency was always a race against time. — Printer — Friendly — 'We don't look at either of these gubernatorial races . . . as something that portends a lot for our legislative efforts," insisted White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs on Tuesday …
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Democratic civil war update: MoveOn raises $3.6 million to attack party moderates — A few days ago, the left-wing activist group MoveOn.org began sending out emails seeking contributions to fund primary challenges against any Democratic senator who does not fully support “health care reform with a public option.”
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Wall Street Journal:
The Return of the Inflation Tax — The Pelosi tax surcharge applies to capital gains and dividends. — Printer — Friendly — All of those twentysomethings who voted for Barack Obama last year are about to experience the change they haven't been waiting for: the return of income tax bracket creep.
Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
Nelson: Bad Economy Means We Should Wreck Economy, Destroy Planet, Let Health Care Languish — I suspect we're going to be hearing a lot more of this sort of thing in the weeks to come: … This really makes no sense. If Nelson thinks the health care and climate legislation before congress …
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Obama Faces His Anzio — Remember those Republican boasts that they would turn health care into President Obama's Waterloo? Well, exit polls suggest that to the extent that health care was an issue in Tuesday's elections, it worked in Democrats' favor. But while health care …
John Aravosis / AMERICAblog Gay:
Leaked email proves DNC misled gay community. DNC Treasurer Andy Tobias admits DNC intentionally asked Mainers to help Corzine, after DNC denied it. — I think we just caught the DNC lying to the gay community about the election in Maine. And an email from DNC Treasurer Andy Tobias, which we quote below, proves it.
CNN:
Palin to keep low-profile on Wisconsin trip — (CNN) - Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is set to deliver remarks at a Wisconsin Right to Life event Friday evening, one of the few speeches the former Republican presidential nominee will have given since she resigned the governorship last summer.
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