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Arizona Republic:
Daniel Hernandez, intern, stays by Gabrielle Giffords' side — UA student pulls her into lap, holds head to stop bleeding — Daniel Hernandez had been U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' intern for five days when she was shot Saturday outside Tucson. — The junior at the University of Arizona …
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Jack Shafer / Slate:
The awesome stupidity of the calls to tamp down political speech in the wake of the Giffords shooting. — The attempted assassination of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., and the killing of six innocents outside a Tucson Safeway has bolstered the ongoing argument that when speaking of things political …
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NY Daily News:
Daly: Gifford's blood is on Palin's hands — Sarah Palin should've known what she was doing when she put a target on Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (below). Palin might as well have said, ‘Fire!’ — Here is what Sarah Palin said on the Facebook page where she depicted Gabrielle Giffords …
Amanda Coyne / Alaska Dispatch:
Palin staffer calls using tragedy to score political points ‘obscene’ — The news was barely out today when social networks were erupting, blaming Sarah Palin and the tea party for inciting the 22-year-old alleged gunman who shot U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, a Democrat from Arizona …
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
A 'SURVEYOR'S SYMBOL'?.... On March 22, the day before the Affordable Care Act became law, former half-term Gov. Sarah Palin (R) published a list of House Democrats with crosshairs, like that of a rifle scope, over their districts. A day later, she sent a message to “commonsense conservatives” …
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The Reality-Based Community and Balloon Juice
Howard Kurtz / Blogs and Stories:
Should We Blame Sarah Palin for Gabrielle Giffords' Shooting? — Already, people are pointing fingers at Sarah Palin and her “target map” for fostering the tragedy in Arizona—but Howard Kurtz says military terminology has been part of politics for ages. — I hate to say this, but the blame game is already under way.
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
The shame — and hypocrisy — of CNN — Yesterday's horrific and senseless shooting of more than a dozen people in Tucson, including Representative Gabrielle Giffords, provided a look into the biases of much of the American media — and it was not just an ugly sight, but a shamefully hypocritical peek as well, as Byron York points out.
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Erick Erickson / RedState:
The Media & The Shooter — “The tea party movement won in November.
The Media & The Shooter — “The tea party movement won in November.
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Palin aide: ‘Never intended gun sights’
Palin aide: ‘Never intended gun sights’
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Mediaite, Washington Post and GOOD
Pat Garofalo / ThinkProgress:
Alexander Refuses To Condemn Palin's Cross-Hairs Map, Urges Media …
Alexander Refuses To Condemn Palin's Cross-Hairs Map, Urges Media …
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Washington Monthly, The Times-Tribune and Ben Smith's Blog
Keith Olbermann / msnbc.com:
Violence and threats have no place in democracy
Violence and threats have no place in democracy
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American Power, Mediaite, The Wire and Washington Post
Tammy Bruce:
Special Public Podcast: Intv w Rebecca Mansour
Special Public Podcast: Intv w Rebecca Mansour
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Warner Todd Huston / Big Government:
Unbelievable: Democrat Group Using Gifford's Shooting For Fundraiser!
Unbelievable: Democrat Group Using Gifford's Shooting For Fundraiser!
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Catalina Camia / USA Today:
Palin aide defends imagery targeting Giffords
Palin aide defends imagery targeting Giffords
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Fox Nation, GOOD and ImmigrationProf Blog
Matt Bai / New York Times:
A Turning Point in the Discourse, but in Which Direction?
A Turning Point in the Discourse, but in Which Direction?
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New York Times:
Bloodshed Puts New Focus on Vitriol in Politics
Bloodshed Puts New Focus on Vitriol in Politics
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Maggie Haberman / The Politico:
DHS probing shooter's ties to fanatical group — The feds are reportedly probing whether shooting suspect Jared Lee Loughner has ties to an anti-Semitic, anti-government hate group that has ads for tea party organizations on its website. — A Department of Homeland Security memo quoted …
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New York Times:
U.S. Cites Evidence of Assassination Plot — TUCSON— Prosecutors accused Jared Lee Loughner, a troubled 22-year-old college dropout, of five serious federal charges on Sunday, including the attempted assassination of a member of Congress, for his role in a shootout that left 20 people wounded, six of them fatally, on Saturday morning.
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George Packer / News Desk:
It Doesn't Matter Why He Did It — Judging from his Internet postings, Jared Lee Loughner is a delusional young man whose inner political landscape is a swamp of dystopian novels, left- and right-wing tracts, conspiracy theories, and contempt for his fellow human beings.
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New York Times:
Arizona Suspect's Recent Acts Offer Hints of Alienation — WASHINGTON — Jared Lee Loughner had become increasingly erratic in recent months, so much so that others around him began to worry. — He had posted on his Myspace page at some point a photograph of a United States history textbook, on top of which he had placed a handgun.
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Jennifer Griffin / Fox News:
DHS Memo Suggests Shooter May Be Linked To Racist Organization — According to a law enforcement memo based on information provided by DHS and obtained by Fox News, Jared Loughner, the alleged shooter of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, may have been influenced by a pro-white racist organization …
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Bridget Johnson / The Hill:
Report: DHS says shooting suspect ‘possibly linked’ to anti-Semitic group
Report: DHS says shooting suspect ‘possibly linked’ to anti-Semitic group
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CBS News and The Daily Caller
Carrie Budoff Brown / The Politico:
Jared Lee Loughner's statements tied to conspiracy theory
Jared Lee Loughner's statements tied to conspiracy theory
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Hullabaloo
HillBuzz.org:
IS DAILY KOS INVOLVED IN ARIZONA MURDERS? …
IS DAILY KOS INVOLVED IN ARIZONA MURDERS? …
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Dan Gibson / Tucson Weekly:
The Crazed Internet Rantings of Jared Loughner
The Crazed Internet Rantings of Jared Loughner
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Sipsey Street Irregulars, The Other McCain and Outside the Beltway
Joseph Berger / New York Times:
9-Year-Old Victim Was a 9/11 Baby, a ‘Face of Hope’ — Christina Green was on the student council of her elementary school, so on Saturday her mother's friend thought she might enjoy seeing government in action — the local congresswoman meeting with constituents outside a supermarket near Christina's home.
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National Review
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Stephanie Innes / Arizona Daily Star:
Born, died between 2 tragedies
Born, died between 2 tragedies
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David A. Fahrenthold / Washington Post:
Jared Loughner's college instructor: I was worried he might have a gun in class — A community college instructor who taught Tucson shooting suspect Jared Loughner was so disturbed by the student's outbursts in class that he requested Loughner's removal from the course, he told the Washington Post in an interview Sunday.
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Andrea Stone / AOL News:
Until Saturday's rampage against Rep. Gabrielle Giffords left …
Until Saturday's rampage against Rep. Gabrielle Giffords left …
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Politics Daily and Guardian
Sandhya Somashekhar / Washington Post:
Sheriff Dupnik's criticism of political ‘vitriol’ resonates with public
Sheriff Dupnik's criticism of political ‘vitriol’ resonates with public
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Politics Daily, Tucson Weekly, Feministe and TBogg
Los Angeles Times:
Jared Loughner to be charged in Arizona shootings targeting Gabrielle Giffords
Jared Loughner to be charged in Arizona shootings targeting Gabrielle Giffords
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Tim Steller / Arizona Daily Star:
Dupnik: Suspect is mentally unstable
Dupnik: Suspect is mentally unstable
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Doug Ross, Politics Daily, Hit & Run, Opposing Views and iOwnTheWorld.com
Greta Van Susteren / Gretawire:
Latest on shooting of Congresswoman Giffords...motivation: anti Semitic and she was the target — Below is a note from my FNC colleague Jennifer Griffin: (by the way, the fact that my blogs focus on Congresswoman Giffords in no way is meant to take away from the other victims and their families.
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Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
Shooting prompts legislation to protect lawmakers, officials — Washington (CNN) - Rep. Robert Brady, D-Pennsylvania, said he will introduce legislation making it a federal crime for a person to use language or symbols that could be perceived as threatening or inciting violence against a Member of Congress or federal official.
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The Hill