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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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protein wisdom, Booman Tribune, Little Green Footballs, The Gateway Pundit, The Politico, Doug Ross, Bookworm Room and Althouse
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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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skippy the bush kangaroo, ECHIDNE of the snakes and Gawker
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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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.
Howard Kurtz / The Daily Beast:
Should We Blame Sarah Palin for Gabrielle Giffords' Shooting?
Should We Blame Sarah Palin for Gabrielle Giffords' Shooting?
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AMERICAblog News and The Daily Beast
David Frum / FrumForum:
Can We Tone Down the Political Rhetoric?
Can We Tone Down the Political Rhetoric?
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Alas, a blog and The BRAD BLOG
Erick Erickson / RedState:
The Media & The Shooter — “The tea party movement won in November.
The Media & The Shooter — “The tea party movement won in November.
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The Daily Beast, Pajamas Media, The Huffington Post, REPUBLICAN REDEFINED, Swampland, USA Today, theblogprof, Weasel Zippers and The Note
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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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.
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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BLACKFIVE, New York Times and Weasel Zippers
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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Ben Smith's Blog, Tammy Bruce, Conservatives4Palin, American Power and Atlas Shrugs
Jack Shafer / Slate:
The awesome stupidity of the calls to tamp down political speech in the wake of the Giffords shooting. — The attempted assassination of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., and the killing of six innocents outside a Tucson Safeway has bolstered the ongoing argument that when speaking of things political …
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CNN:
Arizona massacre suspect: ‘I planned ahead’ — Follow the latest developments on CNN's “This Just In” blog. Share your accounts, images from the shooting with CNN iReport. For more information visit CNN affiliates KGUN, KOLD, KVOA, KPHO and KMSB. — (CNN) — The suspect in the weekend massacre …
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John Schwartz / New York Times:
Judge Who Did Not Shy From Controversy
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, Weasel Zippers, BLACKFIVE, The Gateway Pundit, USA Today, JammieWearingFool, Mediaite, AmSpecBlog and Boing Boing
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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Politics Daily, Tucson Weekly, The Huffington Post, Feministe, AOL News, The Other McCain and TBogg
New York Times:
Bloodshed and Invective in Arizona
Bloodshed and Invective in Arizona
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AmSpecBlog, LewRockwell.com Blog, AMERICAblog News and Don Surber
Digby / Hullabaloo:
Rhetorical Excess — I couldn't help but notice Arizona …
Rhetorical Excess — I couldn't help but notice Arizona …
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Crooks and Liars, msnbc.com, Making Light, Prairie Weather and New York Times
Laurie Merrill / Arizona Republic:
Murder charges filed against suspect in Arizona shooting of …
Murder charges filed against suspect in Arizona shooting of …
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Arizona Daily Star, The Maddow Blog and Outside the Beltway
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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The New Republic, Associated Press and Box Turtle Bulletin
Washington Post:
Gun used in Tucson was purchased legally; Arizona laws among most lax in nation
Gun used in Tucson was purchased legally; Arizona laws among most lax in nation
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Politics Daily, TPMDC, Yahoo! News, USA Today, AOL News, CNSNews and Right Wing News
David A. Fahrenthold / Washington Post:
Jared Loughner's college instructor: I was worried he might have a gun in class
Jared Loughner's college instructor: I was worried he might have a gun in class
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ABCNEWS, Hot Air, Power Line, Tucson Weekly and Politics Daily
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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Jared Taylor / American Renaissance News:
American Renaissance and Jared Loughner
American Renaissance and Jared Loughner
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The Other McCain, REPUBLICAN REDEFINED and Five Feet of Fury
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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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, RedState and Weasel Zippers
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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, Don Surber, 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 rants about grammar and mind control track closely to the writings of a conspiracy theorist who believes that is how the government controls the populace, one leading group says - and the man tells POLITICO he agrees with some of Loughner's statements.
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George Packer / News Desk:
It Doesn't Matter Why He Did It — Judging from his Internet …
It Doesn't Matter Why He Did It — Judging from his Internet …
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Washington Post, National Review, Neptunus Lex, Commentary, Verum Serum, Washington Monthly, Political Byline and Spectator
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
“On Extreme Right And Left”
“On Extreme Right And Left”
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A Chequer-Board of Nights … and The Volokh Conspiracy
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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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
A 'SURVEYOR'S SYMBOL'?.... On March 22, the day before the …
A 'SURVEYOR'S SYMBOL'?.... On March 22, the day before the …
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Alaska Dispatch, The Reality-Based Community, Balloon Juice, Donklephant, FrumForum and Corrente
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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The Moderate Voice and National Review