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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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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? — When George Tiller was murdered at a Kansas church in 2009, liberal critics savaged Bill O'Reilly for having attacked the abortion doctor more than two dozen times, labeling him “Tiller the Baby Killer.”
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Amanda Coyne / Alaska Dispatch:
Palin staffer calls using tragedy to score political points ‘obscene’
Erick Erickson / RedState:
The Media & The Shooter — “The tea party movement won in November.
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Warner Todd Huston / Big Government:
Unbelievable: Democrat Group Using Gifford's Shooting For Fundraiser!
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Palin aide: ‘Never intended gun sights’
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
A 'SURVEYOR'S SYMBOL'?.... On March 22, the day before the …
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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.
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 …
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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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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Digby / Hullabaloo:
Rhetorical Excess — I couldn't help but notice Arizona …
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Sandhya Somashekhar / Washington Post:
Sheriff Dupnik's criticism of political ‘vitriol’ resonates with public
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Laurie Merrill / Arizona Republic:
Murder charges filed against suspect in Arizona shooting of …
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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 …
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Scott / Power Line:
A disgrace to nuts everwhere
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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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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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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
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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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BLACKFIVE, Weasel Zippers, New York Times and Taegan Goddard's …
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Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
Shooting prompts legislation to protect lawmakers, officials
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Sean J. Miller / The Hill:
House Dem calls for ‘beefed up’ security, special treatment for members by TSA — A top House Democrat said the attack on Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) should change how members of Congress are screened at airports. — “I really believe that that is the place where we feel the most ill at ease …
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