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5:25 PM ET, January 10, 2011

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Michelle Malkin:
The progressive “climate of hate:” An illustrated primer, 2000-2010  —  The Tucson massacre ghouls who are now trying to criminalize conservatism have forced our hand.  —  They need to be reminded.  You need to be reminded.  —  Confront them.  Don't be cowed into silence.
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Climate of Hate  —  When you heard the terrible news from Arizona, were you completely surprised?  Or were you, at some level, expecting something like this atrocity to happen?  —  Put me in the latter category.  I've had a sick feeling in the pit of my stomach ever since the final stages of the 2008campaign.
The Right Scoop:
Glenn Beck reads email from Sarah Palin  —  This is probably the closest thing we'll get to hear from Sarah Palin this soon on this weekend's unfortunate events.  Glenn Beck reads part of an email from Sarah Palin to him in light of the massive smear job the Left is perpetrating against her.
Discussion: Salon, Washington Post and Tammy Bruce
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.
Keach Hagey / The Politico:
Sarah Palin to Glenn Beck: “I hate violence”  —  Sarah Palin reached out to Glenn Beck over the weekend, and Beck read some of their email exchange on his radio show this morning.  —  “Sarah, as you know, peace is always the answer.  I know you are felling the same heat, if not much more on this,” Beck wrote.
David Frum / FrumForum:
What Palin Needed to Say After Giffords' Shooting  —  The shooting in Arizona shocked the nation into grief - and presented Sarah Palin with an immediate political problem: her now-notorious gunsight map.  —  Palin scrubbed the map from her Palin PAC website, and then issued the following statement on her Facebook page:
Glenn Harlan Reynolds / Wall Street Journal:
The Arizona Tragedy and the Politics of Blood Libel
NY Daily News:
Cupp: The left's sick Palin blame game
Discussion: Althouse
Glynnis MacNicol / The Wire:
Sarah Palin Responds To AZ Shootings Through Glenn Beck …
Nick Baumann / Mother Jones:
Exclusive: Loughner Friend Explains Alleged Gunman's Grudge Against Giffords  —  In a MoJo interview, the friend shares a message sent hours before the massacre.  —  Post Comment  —  At 2:00 a.m. on Saturday—about eight hours before he allegedly killed six people and wounded 14 …
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NY Daily News:
Gabrielle Giffords shooting: Frightening, twisted shrine in Arizona killer Jared Lee Loughner's yard  —  A sinister shrine reveals a chilling occult dimension in the mind of the deranged gunman accused of shooting a member of Congress and 19 others.  —  Hidden within a camouflage tent behind …
New York Times:
Suspect's Odd Behavior Caused Growing Alarm
Arizona Republic:
Family of suspect in Giffords shooting blocked access to house
The Cholla Jumps:
Jared Loughner is a product of Sheriff Dupnik's office
Discussion: RedState, Moonbattery and Pajamas Media
Laylan Copelin / Austin American-Statesman:
DeLay lawyers argue over punishment  —  UPDATED: Travis County prosecutors argued that Tom DeLay should go to prison today.  —  “He needs to go to prison, your Honor, and he needs to go today,” said prosecutor Steven Brand.  —  Brand said the judge could send a message that no one is above the law.
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Juan A. Lozano / Associated Press:
Judge sentences Tom DeLay to 3 years in prison  —  AUSTIN, Texas — A judge ordered former 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 …
Laylan Copelin / Austin American-Statesman:
DeLay sentenced to 3 years in prison  —  UPDATED: Judge Pat Priest sentenced Tom DeLay to three years in prison.  —  The three-year sentence was on the charge of conspiring to launder corporate money into political donations during the 2002 elections.  —  On the charge of money laundering …
Marissa Calhoun / CNN:
DeLay sentenced to three years
Discussion: The Politico
Houston Chronicle:
Tom DeLay sentenced to 3 years in prison
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Manchin comments on gun ad  —  Joe Manchin finds himself explaining that memorable ad in which he took a literal shot at the health care cap-and-trade legislation:  —  I've spent my whole career bringing people together, avoiding the rancor of partisan politics, and that will continue …
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The Note:
Post-Tucson Tragedy, Sen. Joe Manchin Defends Use of Gun Imagery in Campaign Ad
Discussion: Mediaite
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:   Manchin: ‘I have never targeted an individual’
Ryan Alessi / cn|2 Politics:
Giffords called for toning down ‘rhetoric and partisanship’ in email to Grayson on Friday  —  Democratic U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona said she wanted to promote ways to “tone our rhetoric and partisanship down” in a note she sent Friday to Kentucky Secretary of State Trey Grayson.
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Michael Falcone / ABCNEWS:
Giffords Expressed Concern with Rhetoric
The Politico:
Ashley Turton, ex-Congressional aide, found dead in burning car  —  A veteran Congressional aide who worked most recently as a lobbyist and was married to White House legislative affairs senior official was found dead in her car Monday behind the couple's Capitol Hill home following a low-speed car crash and subsequent fire.
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Government-created climate of fear  —  One of the more eye-opening events for me of 2010 occurred in March, when I first wrote about WikiLeaks and the war the Pentagon was waging on it (as evidenced by its classified 2008 report branding the website an enemy and planning how to destroy it).
 
 
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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Feds arrest person suspected of threatening Sen. Bennet's Denver office
George F. Will / Washington Post:
The charlatans' response to the Tucson tragedy
Mchapman / CNSNews:
Sheriff Who Suggested Talk Shows May Have Incited Attack Was Asked …
Discussion: Atlas Shrugs and Mediaite
Myglesias / Yglesias:
Polarization: Partisan and Real
Discussion: Eschaton
Ben Dimiero / Media Matters for America:
Shameless: Jim Hoft Falls For Fake Facebook Profile In Attempt …
City Journal:
The Hateful Left  —  Where incendiary political rhetoric truly resides in America
Discussion: Big Journalism
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
‘O’ author ‘has been in the room with Obama’
Discussion: Gawker
The Politico:
Barack Obama's Oklahoma City moment
 Earlier Items: 
Christopher Beam / Slate:
Jared Lee Loughner's philosophy professor reflects on the shooting in Arizona.
Discussion: Ben Smith's Blog
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Rubio rejects running as Republicans' VP nominee
Discussion: CNN, msnbc.com, GOP 12 and The Daily Caller
Jeb Bush / MiamiHerald.com:
Conservative movement must commit to a long-term outreach strategy
Discussion: CNN and Oliver Willis
Arizona Daily Star:
Giffords' husband releases first statement since shooting
Discussion: Guardian and Towleroad News #gay
Roll Call:
Bitter Blue Dogs Ready to Cut Deals
Discussion: Scared Monkeys
Monica Von Dobeneck / PennLive.com:
Dick Winters, of ‘Band of Brothers’ fame, dies
 

 
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