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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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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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skippy the bush kangaroo, AMERICAblog News and New York Times
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.
David Frum / FrumForum:
Can We Tone Down the Political Rhetoric?
Can We Tone Down the Political Rhetoric?
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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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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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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
Jack Shafer / Slate:
The awesome stupidity of the calls to tamp down political speech …
The awesome stupidity of the calls to tamp down political speech …
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New York Times:
Bloodshed and Invective in Arizona
Bloodshed and Invective in Arizona
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AmSpecBlog, LewRockwell.com Blog, AMERICAblog News, Arizona Republic and Don Surber
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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Gates of Vienna, Don Surber, THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS and The Gateway Pundit
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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John Schwartz / New York Times:
Judge Who Did Not Shy From Controversy
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 and Prairie Weather
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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New York Times:
Suspect's Odd Behavior Caused Growing Alarm — TUCSON — In a community college classroom here last June, on the first day of the term, the instructor in Jared L. Loughner's basic algebra class, Ben McGahee, posed what he thought was a simple arithmetic question to his students.
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Wall Street Journal:
Suspect Fixated on Giffords — Accused Gunman Went to Congresswoman's Event in 2007; ‘I Planned Ahead’ — TUCSON, Ariz.—Accused gunman Jared Lee Loughner appeared to have been long obsessed with U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. — A safe at Mr. Loughner's home contained a form letter …
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CNN:
Arizona massacre suspect: ‘I planned ahead’
Arizona massacre suspect: ‘I planned ahead’
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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, This Just In, NewsBusters.org blogs, TPMMuckraker and Alan Colmes' Liberaland
Associated Press:
Shooting suspect's nihilism rose with isolation
Shooting suspect's nihilism rose with isolation
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Washington Post:
Gun used in Tucson was purchased legally; Arizona laws among most lax in nation
Gun used in Tucson was purchased legally; Arizona laws among most lax in nation
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Politics Daily, TPMDC, Yahoo! News, AOL News, USA Today, CNSNews and Right Wing News
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
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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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.
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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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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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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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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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Jared Taylor / American Renaissance News:
American Renaissance and Jared Loughner
American Renaissance and Jared Loughner
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The Other McCain and Five Feet of Fury
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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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.
Darren Samuelsohn / The Politico:
Right was unhappy with Gabrielle Giffords-Gen. David Petraeus exchange — Rep. Gabrielle Giffords drew the wrath of conservatives last June after questioning a top U.S. official over how green the country's military operations are in Afghanistan, with clips of the exchange prompting …
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Palin aide: ‘Never intended gun sights’ — An aide to Sarah Palin said images of cross-hairs were never meant to evoke violence, in the Palin camp's first extended comment on yesterday's attack. — “ We have nothing whatsoever to do with this,” Palin aide. Rebecca Mansour told the talk radio host Tammy Bruce in an interview.
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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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