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2:32 AM ET, January 10, 2011

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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!”
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 …
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?
Discussion: Alas, a blog and The BRAD BLOG
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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 …
Jack Shafer / Slate:
The awesome stupidity of the calls to tamp down political speech …
John Schwartz / New York Times:   Judge Who Did Not Shy From Controversy
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.
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 …
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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Jared Taylor / American Renaissance News:
American Renaissance and Jared Loughner
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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Sam Dolnick / New York Times:
At Giffords's Synagogue, Prayers for Recovery
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Mark Finkelstein / NewsBusters.org blogs:
Dem Leader Clyburn Ties AZ Shooting To Sharron Angle Statement
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Reuters:
History of Murder and Assassination Attempts on U.S. Congressmen
Myglesias / Yglesias:
No More Security  —  I imagine in the wake of this Arizona shooting …
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