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7:15 PM ET, January 9, 2011

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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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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 …
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 …
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 …
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.
Discussion: Hullabaloo
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.
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 …
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.
Erick Erickson / RedState:
The Media & The Shooter  —  “The tea party movement won in November.  Winners don't go on shooting sprees.”  —  This morning we pray for Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, her family, and the other victims of the heinous violence in Arizona.  —  It should not be, but the media …
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.
Howard Kurtz / Blogs and Stories:
Should We Blame Sarah Palin for Gabrielle Giffords' Shooting?
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
A 'SURVEYOR'S SYMBOL'?.... On March 22, the day before the …
New York Times:
Arizona Suspect's Recent Acts Offer Hints of Alienation
David Frum / FrumForum:
Did Pot Trigger Giffords Shooting?
Discussion: TBogg
HillBuzz.org:
IS DAILY KOS INVOLVED IN ARIZONA MURDERS? …
Bridget Johnson / The Hill:
Report: DHS says shooting suspect ‘possibly linked’ to anti-Semitic group
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Patrick O'Connor / Washington Wire:
House to Honor Giffords, Other Victims on Wednesday
Discussion: FrumForum
David M. Herszenhorn / New York Times:
After Attack, Focus in Washington on Civility and Security
Discussion: The Politico
Erika Lovley / The Politico:
2 pols say they'll be armed back home
Discussion: ABCNEWS and Outside the Beltway
Sean J. Miller / The Hill:
House Dem calls for ‘beefed up’ security, special treatment for members by TSA
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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HillBuzz.org:
BRACE YOURSELVES: Democrat Fred Phelps and Westboro Hate Group …
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  —  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.
Discussion: Power Line, ABCNEWS and Hot Air
Myglesias / Yglesias:
No More Security  —  I imagine in the wake of this Arizona shooting that there'll be a move to deliver more security around members of congress as they travel in-state.  I think that would be a real mistake.  As horrible as what happened this weekend is, the fact of the matter …
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.
Discussion: The Hill and Donklephant
 
 
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