memeorandum: Barack Obama's Oklahoma City moment (The Politico)

1:40 AM ET, January 11, 2011

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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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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 …

Discussion: JammieWearingFool, Pat Dollard, The Politico, Liberal Values and Right Wing News

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.

Brett Coughlin / The Politico:

Patrick Kennedy rebuffs Sarah Palin's words — 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?

Discussion: Weasel Zippers

ABCNEWS:

Accused Tucson Shooter Jared Loughner Smirks in Court, Smiles for Mug Shot — Jared Loughner, the man accused of the Tucson massacre that left six dead and injured 14 others, appeared in a packed courtroom today shackled and in khaki prison garb, appearing to smirk as he stood before the judge.

Discussion: Hot Air, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Pat Dollard, Mother Jones and Gothamist

Washington Post:

Carnage in Arizona — THE SHOOTING in Arizona, which left six people dead and gravely injured Democratic Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, is a horrifying tragedy. The temptation will be, as Arizona and the nation mourn the dead and hope for the recovery of the wounded, to infuse the terrible attack …

Discussion: Power Line and NewsBusters.org blogs

City Journal:

The Hateful Left — Where incendiary political rhetoric truly resides in America — Judging from his website, I would guess that Jared Lee Loughner suffers from schizophrenia. The man who opened fire with a nine-millimeter Glock in Tucson, Arizona, on Saturday was obsessed with mind control and bizarre …

Discussion: Wall Street Journal and The Other McCain

Arizona Republic:

Suspect in Giffords shooting smirks in court appearance — Jared Loughner, the Tucson man accused of shooting Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and 19 others Saturday, appeared in federal court Monday afternoon with a smirk on his lips and a red strawberry bruise on the right side of his forehead.

Discussion: The Hill

Nick Baumann / Mother Jones:
Exclusive: Loughner Friend Explains Alleged Gunman's Grudge Against Giffords

Ben Dimiero / Media Matters for America:
Shameless: Jim Hoft Falls For Fake Facebook Profile In Attempt …

Discussion: Little Green Footballs

The Hill: Suspect in Rep. Giffords shooting is held without bail

Nathan Thornburgh / Time:
After Tucson: Why Are the Mentally Ill Still Bearing Arms?

Discussion: Swampland, pandagon.net, Reuters, newsfeed.time.com, Wonk Room, Guardian, ourfuture.org/blogs_chrono/*, ThinkProgress and THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS

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.

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:

Discussion: The Daily Dish, Outside the Beltway, No More Mister Nice Blog, The Moderate Voice, The Atlantic Online, A plain blog about politics, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Taylor Marsh and Marbury

Arizona Republic:

Family of suspect in Giffords shooting blocked access to house — FBI agents working on the Gabrielle Giffords shooing encountered trouble gaining entry to the suspect's family home Monday morning. — Family members of Jared Loughner apparently had put on 4-by-4 double-thick plywood …

Discussion: USA Today and Washington Post

The Right Scoop:
Glenn Beck reads email from Sarah Palin

Discussion: Salon, Left Coast Rebel, The Wire, Wonkette, The Caucus, alicublog, Washington Post, Mediaite, The Daily Caller, Tammy Bruce, Outside the Beltway and No More Mister Nice Blog

Keach Hagey / The Politico:
Sarah Palin to Glenn Beck: “I hate violence”

Discussion: The Reaction, Towleroad News #gay, The Huffington Post, Daily Kos, Guardian, FrumForum and Obama London

Alex Pareene / Salon:
Watering the tree of liberty

Discussion: National Review, NewsBusters.org blogs, NewsReal Blog, Lean Left, Little Green Footballs, Wizbang, Big Government and The Plum Line

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 …

Discussion: Veterans Today, Weasel Zippers, Greg's Opinion, Indecision Forever, The Moderate Voice, TalkLeft, Hit & Run, Opposing Views, Joe. My. God. and HotAirPundit

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.

Discussion: USA Today, Houston Chronicle, Firedoglake, Off the Kuff, The Page, Outside the Beltway, The Moderate Voice, The Hill, The BRAD BLOG, Pam's House Blend and FrumForum

Laylan Copelin / Austin American-Statesman:
DeLay sentenced to 3 years in prison

Discussion: TPMMuckraker, Raw Story, REPUBLICAN REDEFINED and Sunlight Foundation Blog

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.

Discussion: Politics Daily

The Politico:
Barack Obama's Oklahoma City moment

Discussion: Politics Daily, New York Times, Bookworm Room, Hot Air, Questions and Observations, The Daily Caller and msnbc.com

Mchapman / CNSNews:

Sheriff Who Suggested Talk Shows Incited Attack Was Asked by Dems to Apologize for ‘Inflammatory’ Immigration Remarks — (CNSNews.com) - Arizona's Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik, who on Saturday suggested radio and television talk shows were somehow responsible for inciting a man …

Discussion: Atlas Shrugs

Katherine Benton-Cohen / The Politico:
Even Tombstone had gun laws

Discussion: Above the Law and Daily Kos

Ezra Klein:

The deficit doesn't care what you say, only what you do — The occasion of Rep. Paul Ryan winning an award for fiscal responsibility has left a lot of people wondering where the Paul Ryan who seemed to care so much for fiscal responsibility has gone. In recent months, Ryan has refused …

Discussion: AmSpecBlog, Paul Krugman and DownWithTyranny!

David Dayen / Firedoglake:
Crushing State Budget Cuts Wiping Out Stimulative Effects of Tax Deal

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Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System:

For immediate release — The Federal Reserve Board on Monday announced preliminary unaudited results indicating that the Reserve Banks provided for payments of approximately $78.4 billion of their estimated 2010 net income of $80.9 billion to the U.S. Treasury.

Discussion: Fortune, The Atlantic Online, Money & Company and FT Alphaville

Felix Salmon: Fed profitability datapoint of the day

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.

Discussion: Raw Story, The Hill, ABCNEWS, AOL News, CNN, News Desk, The Note, New York Times, TPMDC and The Huffington Post

Michael O'Brien / The Hill:

Feds arrest person suspected of threatening Sen. Bennet's Denver office — Authorities responded Monday to a threat against Sen. Michael Bennet's (D-Colo.) Denver office, Bennet's spokesman said. — The FBI and U.S. Capitol Police arrested an individual suspected of making a threat …

James Pethokoukis:

Is America growing politically unstable? — Is America becoming less politically stable? A glance at some foreign newspapers would certainly give that impression. This is an important economic question. The global primacy of Treasury bonds and the dollar stems mostly from the nation's massive economic might.

Discussion: Pat Dollard, Sweetness & Light, Founding Bloggers and protein wisdom

Los Angeles Times:

Soldier's inhumane imprisonment — For five months, Pfc. Bradley Manning is confined to his cell for 23 hours a day, with no sheets and without exercise, while he awaits trial on charges of providing documents to WikiLeaks. — Pfc. Bradley Manning, the 23-year-old Army intelligence analyst suspected …

Discussion: Salon, Balkinization, Boing Boing and Guardian