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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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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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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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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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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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Associated Press:
Shooting suspect's nihilism rose with isolation — TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — At an event roughly three years ago, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords took a question from Jared Loughner, the man accused of trying to assassinate her and killing six other people. According to two of his high school friends …
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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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Jana Winter / Fox News:
Suspected Arizona Gunman Reportedly Planned Shooting in Advance — This March 2010 photo shows a man identified as Jared L. Loughner at the 2010 Tucson Festival of Books in Tucson, Ariz. — Jared Lee Loughner, the suspected gunman in a shooting rampage at a Safeway supermarket in Arizona …
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New York Times:
Bloodshed and Invective in Arizona
Bloodshed and Invective in Arizona
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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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CNN:
Arizona massacre suspect: ‘I planned ahead’
Arizona massacre suspect: ‘I planned ahead’
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Fox News:
Pima County Sheriff Sets Off Debate on Price of Free Speech
Pima County Sheriff Sets Off Debate on Price of Free Speech
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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, THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS and The Gateway Pundit
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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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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Guardian, The Other McCain, BLACKFIVE, Weasel Zippers, The Gateway Pundit, JammieWearingFool, Mediaite and USA Today
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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Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
Shooting prompts legislation to protect lawmakers, officials
Shooting prompts legislation to protect lawmakers, officials
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John Schwartz / New York Times:
A Judge Who Did Not Shy From Controversy
Bruce Drake / Politics Daily:
Arizona Rampage Could Have Been ‘Catastrophe’ if Gunman Had Been Able to Reload
Arizona Rampage Could Have Been ‘Catastrophe’ if Gunman Had Been Able to Reload
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Digby / Hullabaloo:
Rhetorical Excess — I couldn't help but notice Arizona …
Rhetorical Excess — I couldn't help but notice Arizona …
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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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Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
Tragedy marks turning point for Palin — With a long list of enemies, a taste for incendiary rhetoric and responsibility for a campaign website graphic that placed gunsight logos on a map of targeted congressional districts, it didn't take long for Sarah Palin to get pulled into the orbit of Saturday's massacre in Tucson.
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Marc Lacey / New York Times:
Federal Charges Cite Assassination Plan
Federal Charges Cite Assassination Plan
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David Frum / FrumForum:
Can We Tone Down the Political Rhetoric?
Can We Tone Down the Political Rhetoric?
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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.
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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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Holly Bailey / Yahoo! News:
Meet Daniel Hernandez, the intern who likely saved Gabrielle Giffords' life
Meet Daniel Hernandez, the intern who likely saved Gabrielle Giffords' life
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Reuters:
History of Murder and Assassination Attempts on U.S. Congressmen — When a single gunshot to the head wounded Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in Tucson on Saturday, Jan. 8, it marked only the fifth assassination attempt on a politician serving in Congress. Giffords was one of nine members …
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Erika Lovley / The Politico:
2 pols say they'll be armed back home
2 pols say they'll be armed back home
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Sean J. Miller / The Hill:
House Dem calls for ‘beefed up’ security, special treatment for members by TSA
House Dem calls for ‘beefed up’ security, special treatment for members by TSA
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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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Keith Koffler / The Politico:
President Obama must rise above politics — The shootings in Tucson Saturday are a tragedy. But that vicious attack also threatens to plunge the nation into a new round of bilious political warfare, as Democrats line up to suggest the right's rhetoric has finally spurred a man to mass murder.
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