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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.
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The Hill, JammieWearingFool, CNN, Ballot Box and RedState
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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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New York Times, The Politico, Fox Nation, Hotline On Call, Taylor Marsh and National Review
Brett Coughlin / The Politico:
Patrick Kennedy points finger at Sarah Palin — Patrick Kennedy, who lost two uncles to assassins' bullets, says there's an obvious connection between the violent rhetoric of today's politics and the massacre in Tucson. — “When Sarah Palin puts targets on people's districts?
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USA Today and Weasel Zippers
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 …
truth-out.org:
The Wrath of Fools: An Open Letter to the Far Right
The Wrath of Fools: An Open Letter to the Far Right
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NewsBusters.org, Washington Post, LewRockwell.com Blog, TPMDC, Guardian and Colorlines
Marc A. Thiessen / Washington Post:
Stop blaming the Tea Party for the Arizona tragedy
Stop blaming the Tea Party for the Arizona tragedy
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Firedoglake, AOL News, Hot Air, American Spectator, Instapundit, Fact Checker, American Thinker, Guardian and Mediaite
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 …
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Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Jared Lee Loughner was a registered independent, didn't vote in 2010 election … THE FIX NEWSLETTERS … THE LIVE FIX … POLITICS & PINTS
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The Jawa Report, Mediaite, Hot Air, iOwnTheWorld.com, Pharyngula, Scared Monkeys, Power Line, Atlas Shrugs, The Other McCain, theblogprof and Guardian
The Cholla Jumps:
Jared Loughner is a product of Sheriff Dupnik's office — This is the report that Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik has been dreading since the tragic event on Saturday January 8. — The sheriff has been editorializing and politicizing the event since he took the podium to report on the incident.
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Patterico's Pontifications, RealClearPolitics Video Log, CBS News, RedState, Washington Post, JammieWearingFool, NPR, Not Your Sweetie, Right Wing News, Doug Ross, Fox Nation, Wizbang, The Right Scoop, Sky Dancing, Hot Air, Weasel Zippers, The Gateway Pundit, Moonbattery and Pajamas Media
Mchapman / CNSNews:
Sheriff Who Suggested Talk Shows Incited Attack Was Asked by Dems …
Sheriff Who Suggested Talk Shows Incited Attack Was Asked by Dems …
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Atlas Shrugs
Katherine Benton-Cohen / The Politico:
Even Tombstone had gun laws
Even Tombstone had gun laws
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Daily Kos and Above the Law
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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The Mahablog, A Chequer-Board of Nights …, Johnson, Tim Blair, AOL News, Weasel Zippers and The Other McCain
Associated Press:
Judge Sentences Tom DeLay to 3 Years in Prison — AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A judge ordered U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay to serve three years in prison Monday for his role in a scheme to illegally funnel corporate money to Texas candidates in 2002. — The sentence comes after a jury …
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The Talking Dog, Pajamas Media, Weasel Zippers, Veterans Today, Indecision Forever, Opposing Views, TalkLeft and Hit & Run
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TwitLonger:
WikiLeaks — “WikiLeaks: treat incitement seriously or expect more Gabrielle Gifford killing sprees.” — Wikileaks today offered sympathy and condolences to the victims of the Tucson shooting together with best wishes for the recovery of U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords.
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Threat Level, Raw Story, msnbc.com, Guardian, The BRAD BLOG, Mashable!, CNET News and The Nation, more at Techmeme »
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Jess Levin / Media Matters for America:
Brock to Murdoch: Your Network Must Take A Stand
Brock to Murdoch: Your Network Must Take A Stand
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Weasel Zippers
Sam Youngman / The Hill:
Biden: Security gains in Afghanistan ‘fragile’ — Vice President Biden, standing with Afghan President Hamid Karzai in Kabul on Tuesday, said that U.S. and NATO forces are on the right path to leaving Afghanistan by 2014 but that security gains are tenuous.
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The Politico and CNN
Mike Murphy / Ricochet.com:
The Inside Politics of the RNC Election — RNC elections are very hard to predict. They run under special rules of gravity based nearly as much on personal relationships as ideology. My handicapping — a partially informed guess at best — is as follows.
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Hotline On Call and Taegan Goddard's …
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Sean J. Miller / Ballot Box:
Steele in striking distance of second RNC term
Steele in striking distance of second RNC term
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Outside the Beltway and The Daily Caller
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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Ezra Klein and Calculated Risk
David Dayen / Firedoglake:
Crushing State Budget Cuts Wiping Out Stimulative Effects of Tax Deal — California Governor Jerry Brown (D). — Today, Jerry Brown announced his fiscal plan for the next 18 months, and it's not pretty at all. He'll make an effort to save current tax increases which are set to expire …
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dl5.activatedirect.com, Hullabaloo and New York Times
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Erik Wasson / The Hill:
Dems pass buck on debt ceiling hike — Relegated to the minority, Democrats are hinting they might vote against raising the ceiling to force the GOP's hand. — Democrats relegated to minority status in the House say Republicans are now the ones responsible for raising the federal debt ceiling …
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Prairie Weather
The Politico:
Missing from Arizona shooting debate: Guns — In the wake of the attempted assassination of a member of Congress, politicians on both sides of the aisle are passionately debating the role of incendiary rhetoric. — Very few of them are talking about guns.
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New York Times, Congress.org and Facing South
RushLimbaugh.com:
An Embarrassment for the Media and Sick, Desperate American Left — BEGIN TRANSCRIPT — RUSH: What an embarrassing weekend it has been for the media. I mean, utterly, childishly, silly embarrassing. I knew it was going to happen the minute I heard about the shooting.
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Power Line and Politics Daily
Yahoo! News:
Steve Jobs to join Murdoch on stage to unveil iPad paper — Rupert Murdoch will unveil News Corp.'s much-anticipated iPad newspaper onstage this month with Apple chief executive Steve Jobs, The Cutline has learned. — The two media moguls will appear together at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art …
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