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Glenn Harlan Reynolds / Wall Street Journal:
The Arizona Tragedy and the Politics of Blood Libel — Those who purport to care about the tenor of political discourse don't help civil debate when they seize on any pretext to call their political opponents accomplices to murder. — Shortly after November's electoral defeat for the Democrats …
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Obama London:
Inexplicable Edits on Sarah Palin's Facebook Page — Sarah Palin has a reputation for being an agressive editor of comments on her Facebook page - a reputation that has always seemed likely accurate to me, given the tedious consistency with which all comments on the page are along the lines of “I love you SARAH!”
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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.
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Mr Kurtz, He Dead Wrong — If one were to try and muster the most pious response to the attempted Giffords assassination - and actual assassination of a federal judge - it would be hard to beat this: … I have yet to read or hear anyone who has both decried the violent rhetoric …
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Howard Kurtz / The Daily Beast:
Should We Blame Sarah Palin for Gabrielle Giffords' Shooting?
Should We Blame Sarah Palin for Gabrielle Giffords' Shooting?
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AMERICAblog News and The Daily Beast
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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The Daily Beast, The Huffington Post, REPUBLICAN REDEFINED, Swampland, USA Today, theblogprof, New York Times, AmSpecBlog, WRTV-TV and The Note
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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Guardian, Weasel Zippers, BLACKFIVE, USA Today, JammieWearingFool, AmSpecBlog and Boing Boing
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
A 'SURVEYOR'S SYMBOL'?.... On March 22, the day before the …
A 'SURVEYOR'S SYMBOL'?.... On March 22, the day before the …
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The Reality-Based Community, Balloon Juice and Donklephant
Amanda Coyne / Alaska Dispatch:
Palin staffer calls using tragedy to score political points ‘obscene’
Palin staffer calls using tragedy to score political points ‘obscene’
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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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The Caucus:
Live Blog: Latest Developments on Arizona Shooting — The flag flew at half-staff at the Capitol on Sunday. — Representative Gabrielle Giffords remains in critical condition after being shot in the head at a meet-and-greet in her Tucson area neighborhood Saturday.
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Marc Lacey / New York Times:
Federal Charges Cite Assassination Plan — TUCSON — Prosecutors charged Jared L. Loughner, a troubled 22-year-old college dropout, of five federal counts on Sunday, including the attempted assassination of a member of Congress, for his role in a shooting rampage that left 20 people wounded, six of them fatally, on Saturday morning.
Shira Toeplitz / The Politico:
Carolyn McCarthy readies gun control bill — One of the fiercest gun-control advocates in Congress, Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-N.Y.), pounced on the shooting massacre in Tucson Sunday, promising to introduce legislation as soon as Monday. — McCarthy ran for Congress after her husband …
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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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CNN:
Arizona massacre suspect: ‘I planned ahead’ — Follow the latest developments on CNN's “This Just In” blog. Share your accounts, images from the shooting with CNN iReport. For more information visit CNN affiliates KGUN, KOLD, KVOA, KPHO and KMSB. — (CNN) — The suspect in the weekend massacre …
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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, The Huffington Post, AOL News, The Other McCain, Feministe and TBogg
Wall Street Journal:
Suspect Fixated on Giffords
Suspect Fixated on Giffords
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New York Times, Ben Smith's Blog, Tammy Bruce, Associated Press, Conservatives4Palin, American Power and Atlas Shrugs
Digby / Hullabaloo:
Rhetorical Excess — I couldn't help but notice Arizona …
Rhetorical Excess — I couldn't help but notice Arizona …
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Crooks and Liars, msnbc.com, Making Light, Prairie Weather and New York Times
Laurie Merrill / Arizona Republic:
Murder charges filed against suspect in Arizona shooting of …
Murder charges filed against suspect in Arizona shooting of …
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The Maddow Blog and Outside the Beltway
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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Jared Taylor / American Renaissance News:
American Renaissance and Jared Loughner
American Renaissance and Jared Loughner
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The Other McCain, REPUBLICAN REDEFINED and Five Feet of Fury
David A. Fahrenthold / Washington Post:
Jared Loughner's behavior recorded by college classmate in e-mails — In early June, Lynda Sorenson, 52, had gone back to community college in Tucson in hopes of getting back on the job market. One of her classes was a basic algebra class—and one of her classmates was Jared Loughner …
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David A. Fahrenthold / Washington Post:
Jared Loughner's college instructor: I was worried he might have a gun in class
Jared Loughner's college instructor: I was worried he might have a gun in class
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ABCNEWS, Hot Air, Power Line, Tucson Weekly and Politics Daily
Carrie Budoff Brown / The Politico:
Jared Lee Loughner's statements tied to conspiracy theory — Jared Lee Loughner's rants about grammar and mind control track closely to the writings of a conspiracy theorist who believes that is how the government controls the populace, one leading group says - and the man tells POLITICO he agrees with some of Loughner's statements.
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George Packer / News Desk:
It Doesn't Matter Why He Did It — Judging from his Internet …
It Doesn't Matter Why He Did It — Judging from his Internet …
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Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
“On Extreme Right And Left”
“On Extreme Right And Left”
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A Chequer-Board of Nights …, The Volokh Conspiracy and Ben Smith's Blog
Matt Schneider / Mediaite:
Megyn Kelly Takes On Sheriff Dupnik Over His “Political Spin” On Shooting — On Fox News, Megyn Kelly interviewed the man in charge of the Arizona shooting investigation, Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik. Kelly introduced the interview saying, “it is always a difficult task to try …
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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, RedState and Weasel Zippers
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Robert P. George / National Review:
The Dishonorable Sheriff — Evidently, some people just can't help themselves.
The Dishonorable Sheriff — Evidently, some people just can't help themselves.
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The Gateway Pundit and THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS
Kevin Tripp / KTAR.com:
Aide's quick thinking helps to save Giffords' life — TUCSON, Ariz. - It's an incredible story of quick thinking and courage under fire. That's what people are saying about Daniel Hernandez. — Hernandez is an aide who started working with Giffords a week ago.
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Joseph Berger / New York Times:
Born on Sept. 11, Claimed by a New Horror — 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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