memeorandum: Ariz. Sheriff Tours Crime Scene, Blasts Limbaugh (Sarah Netter/ABCNEWS)

1:15 PM ET, January 11, 2011

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Daniel Carty / CBS News:

Poll: Most Americans Feel Rhetoric, Tucson Shooting Unrelated — Nearly six in 10 Americans say the country's heated political rhetoric is not to blame for the Tucson shooting rampage that left six dead and critically wounded U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, according to a CBS News poll.

Sarah Netter / ABCNEWS:

Ariz. Sheriff Tours Crime Scene, Blasts Limbaugh — Sheriff Clarence Dupnik tell ABC News' Diane Sawyer Gunman Fired ‘As Fast As He Was Capable’ — The Arizona sheriff investigating the Tucson shooting that left U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords critically wounded had harsh words today …

David Brooks / New York Times:

The Politicized Mind — Before he allegedly went off on his shooting rampage in Tucson, Jared Loughner listed some of his favorite books on his YouTube page. These included: “Animal Farm,” “Brave New World,” “Alice in Wonderland,” “One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest,” “Through the Looking Glass” and “The Communist Manifesto.”

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New York Times:

Palin, Amid Criticism, Stays in Electronic Comfort Zone — Under criticism that her political rhetoric had helped create a climate for political violence, Sarah Palin addressed the issue in trademark fashion: via e-mail to the conservative commentator Glenn Beck.

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Charles Forelle / Wall Street Journal:

Father of Shooting Suspect May Issue Statement — TUCSON, Ariz.—The father of shooting suspect Jared Lee Loughner has prepared and may release a public statement, according to a neighbor who met with Mr. Loughner's parents Monday. — Randy and Amy Loughner disappeared from view shortly …

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Jim Lindgren / The Volokh Conspiracy:

Jared Loughner's Anti-War Views — Now that Caitie Parker has been confirmed as a friend of Jared Lee Loughner's, it seems relevant to ask whether Loughner was still a left wing radical, as he was when Caitie last saw him over two years ago. Among the clues are his apparent postings under the name Erad3 at Above Top Secret (ATS).

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Jennifer Epstein / The Politico:

Tim Pawlenty jabs Sarah Palin over ‘crosshairs’ — Possible Republican presidential hopeful Tim Pawlenty took a jab at Sarah Palin, saying he wouldn't have used gun crosshairs to target Rep Gabrielle Giffords and others. — “I wouldn't have done it,” the former Minnesota governor told …

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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:

Poll: 57% of Americans don't buy media spin on Tucson massacre — CBS polled almost 700 adults in the wake of the mass murder in Tucson committed by Jared Lee Loughner to determine whether the media spin that the shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and the murders of six others was a political act had resonated with the public.

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Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
The “Politicized Mind” Of Gabrielle Giffords

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Jacob Weisberg / Slate:
The Tea Party and the Tucson Tragedy

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Chris Moody / Yahoo! News:
Tea Party Express raising money in aftermath of Arizona shooting

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New York Times:
In Giffords's District, a Long History of Tension

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Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Jared Lee Loughner was a registered independent, didn't vote in 2010 election

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Dylan Smith / TucsonSentinel.com:

Doc: Giffords ‘100 percent’ certain to survive — Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is “100 percent” certain to survive, said Dr. Peter Rhee, a surgeon treating her for a gunshot wound to the head. — “As a physician I'm going to get into a lot of trouble for this, but her prognosis for survival is 100 percent …

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Eric Lach / TPMDC:
Giffords Doctor: ‘Prognosis For Survival Is 100 Percent’ (VIDEO)

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Jordan Fabian / The Hill: Doctor: Giffords's condition unchanged

Arizona Republic:

Pima County sheriff should remember duty — On Saturday afternoon, with his friend Gabby Giffords in surgery fighting for her life, Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik railed against the tense partisan politics - “the anger, the hatred, the bigotry” - that prompted the mass murders outside Tucson, in his view.

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TwitLonger:
WikiLeaks — “WikiLeaks: treat incitement seriously or expect …

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Jana Winter / Fox News:
Friends, Critics Dispute Arizona Sheriff's Remarks on 'Political …

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The Huffington Post:

Peter King, Leading Republican, To Introduce Strict Gun-Control Legislation — WHAT'S YOUR REACTION? … Rep. Peter King, a Republican from New York, is planning to introduce legislation that would make it illegal to bring a gun within 1,000 feet of a government official …

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David Catanese / The Politico:

Talent no longer a sure bet for Senate race — The once likely candidacy of Jim Talent for U.S. Senate in Missouri is no longer a safe bet. — In fact, Republican insiders are now hedging against it. — While close advisers initially signaled Talent would settle on a decision by the end of 2010 …

St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Talent joining with Mitt Romney on Middle East trip

Barry Rubin / RubinReports:
If One Extremist Gunmen Can Do So Much Damage in America …

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Glenn Beck:

Glenn's letter to the American people, politicians, and media — While Americans are grappling to understand the Arizona tragedy, the absolute vacuum of leadership on both sides is staggering. — We live in a country that has been struck by John Hinckley Jr. and Sirhan Sirhan, Lee Harvey Oswald and Mark David Chapman.

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Colby Hall / Mediaite:
Bill Maher: Jared Loughner's Chalkboard Likely Looks Like Glenn Beck's Chalkboard

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Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
Glenn Beck: We Must Stand Together Against All Violence (With A Gun In Our Hands)

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truth-out.org:

The Wrath of Fools: An Open Letter to the Far Right — From: William Rivers Pitt Re: The blood on your hands — Rep. Gabrielle Giffords isn't much older than I am. She served in the Arizona State House of Representatives, and the Arizona State Senate, before being elected …

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Brett Coughlin / The Politico:
Patrick Kennedy points finger at Sarah Palin

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Matt Taibbi / Rolling Stone:
The Giffords Tragedy: Is the Media Partly at Fault?

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Bob Herbert / New York Times:

A Flood Tide of Murder — By all means, condemn the hateful rhetoric that has poured so much poison into our political discourse. The crazies don't kill in a vacuum, and the vilest of our political leaders and commentators deserve to be called to account for their demagoguery and the danger that comes with it.

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Washington Post:
Gun control: It's not a political impossibility

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The Politico:
Missing from Arizona shooting debate: Guns

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Mary Katharine Ham / The Daily Caller:

Mark Halperin: Conservatives should turn the other cheek when scapegoated for murder — During a discussion on MSNBC's “Morning Joe” Tuesday, the panel conceded that conservatives and Tea Party activists were unfairly scapegoated in the wake of Jared Lee Loughner's shooting spree in Tucson …

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Sudeep Reddy / Wall Street Journal:

Downturn's Ugly Trademark: Steep, Lasting Drop in Wages — In California, former auto worker Maria Gregg was out of work five months last year before landing a new job—at a nearly 20% pay cut. — In Massachusetts, Kevin Cronan, who lost his $150,000-a-year job as a money manager in early 2009 …

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Warren Richey / Christian Science Monitor:

Supreme Court: Did it just hint at stance on a health-care law challenge? — The Supreme Court refused to take up a case examining Congress's authority under the commerce clause, a key issue in a legal challenge to Obama's health-care law. Two justices dissented.

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Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:

And Speaking Of Krugman And Double Standards At The Times... OK, I am back in Arizona. Pejman has a great piece on inflamed rhetoric which reminds me of this jaw-dropper - a Democratic Congressman who last fall said a Republican candidate for Governor should be shot has a guest piece in today's NY Times talking about civility.

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Michael Barbaro / City Room:

Blizzard Mystery Solved? Air Bloomberg Was Seen in Bermuda — On the day after Christmas, a request came into the Bermuda airport: a private plane needed to be pulled out of its hangar and readied for takeoff. — The pilots seemed a bit anxious to depart.

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