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Michael Riley / Bloomberg:
Glock Pistol Sales Surge in Aftermath of Arizona Shootings — After a Glock-wielding gunman killed six people at a Tucson shopping center on Jan. 8, Greg Wolff, the owner of two Arizona gun shops, told his manager to get ready for a stampede of new customers. — Wolff was right.
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Arizona Republic:
Pima County sheriff should remember duty — On Saturday afternoon, with his friend Gabby Giffords in surgery fighting for her life, Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik railed against the tense partisan politics - “the anger, the hatred, the bigotry” - that prompted the mass murders outside Tucson, in his view.
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Larry McMurtry / New York Review of Books:
American Tragedy — Murderous rampages of the sort …
American Tragedy — Murderous rampages of the sort …
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Firedoglake and Washington Post
Kenneth P. Vogel / The Politico:
Jared Loughner's supremacists tie debunked
Jared Loughner's supremacists tie debunked
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Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Speaker Boehner says no to new restrictions on firearms — Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) is rejecting gun-control legislation offered by the chairman of the Homeland Security Committee in response to the weekend shootings of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) and 19 others in Arizona.
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The Huffington Post:
Peter King, Leading Republican, To Introduce Strict Gun-Control Legislation — WHAT'S YOUR REACTION? … Rep. Peter King, a Republican from New York, is planning to introduce legislation that would make it illegal to bring a gun within 1,000 feet of a government official …
Newsweek:
The Missed Warning Signs — A 2009 study warned that the rise of right-wing extremism could spur violent attacks. But the report was attacked by Republicans, including now-Speaker John Boehner. — The modest home in Tucson, Arizona, where Jared Loughner (left) lived with his parents.
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Shira Toeplitz / The Politico:
King bill would ban guns near lawmakers
King bill would ban guns near lawmakers
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BBC:
Bill Clinton: Politics must change after Arizona attack — Mr Clinton said there was a need for care in political discourse — Former President Bill Clinton has told the BBC the US political climate must change after the shooting of a US Congresswoman and others in Arizona.
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Jennifer Medina / New York Times:
Doctors Say Giffords's Condition Points to Survival — TUCSON — Just three days after a bullet passed through Representative Gabrielle Giffords's brain, and one day before the president was scheduled to come here to address the shooting rampage in which she was wounded …
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New York Times:
Police Say They Visited Tucson Suspect's Home Even Before Rampage — TUCSON — The police were sent to the home where Jared L. Loughner lived with his family on more than one occasion before the attack here on Saturday that left a congresswoman fighting for her life and six others dead …
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Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
The Poison Of Limbaugh — Very very very few people have contributed more poison and hatred and extremism to the culture than Rush Limbaugh. As every single conservative commentator joins ranks in calling the Tucson assassination a completely apolitical act, and as the right discovers …
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Keach Hagey / The Politico:
Limbaugh: Loughner has Democrats' “full support” — Rush Limbaugh continued to push back against Democrats' criticism of violent rhetoric in connection with the Tucson shootings, suggesting that the suspected shooter, Jared Loughner, was smirking in his latest photo for a reason.
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Brian Montopoli / CBS News:
GOP Rep. Wants to Enclose Congress in Plexiglas — An aide to Rep. Dan Burton (R-Ind.) tells CBS News that the Indiana Republican plans to introduce legislation next week that would encase the House Gallery in “a transparent and substantial material” such as Plexiglas that would keep members …
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Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
And Speaking Of Krugman And Double Standards At The Times...
And Speaking Of Krugman And Double Standards At The Times...
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John / Power Line:
Paul Krugman, Buffoon — Within hours after Jared Loughner's killing spree, New York Times columnist Paul Krugman went straight for the gutter, proclaiming, with no evidence whatsoever, that Loughner's act was in all likelihood “political,” and going on to blame Republicans for the murders.
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Free Times:
THIS JUST IN — A South Carolina gun and accessories company is selling semi-automatic rifle components inscribed with “You lie” - a tribute to the infamous words of 2nd District Republican Congressman Joe Wilson when he shouted at President Barack Obama during a congressional speech …
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Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit:
TIM PAWLENTY DEMONSTRATES THAT HE'S NOT MAN ENOUGH TO BE PRESIDENT. Well, that was quick. These are the times that try men's souls. Sometimes, they're found wanting. — UPDATE: So Politico has updated its story and here's the key bit: … And here's my problem. “It would not have been my style.”
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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Exclusive: Pawlenty addresses Palin-attack story
Exclusive: Pawlenty addresses Palin-attack story
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Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:
Quote of the Day: No, Both Sides Aren't Equally Guilty — From George Packer, who notes (correctly) that he called out the left for its ugly rhetoric in the runup to the Iraq War, on where today's ugly rhetoric mostly comes from: … This is too obviously true to need much defense.
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Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
“On Extreme Right And Left” Ctd
“On Extreme Right And Left” Ctd
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Balloon Juice and Phronesisaical
Brian Montopoli / CBS News:
Poll: 45% Say Politics Motivated Jared Loughner — Updated 6:50 p.m. Eastern Time — Forty-five percent of Americans believe that Jared Loughner's political views were “probably” a factor in the shootings in Tucson Saturday, a new CBS News poll shows. One in three say they probably …
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Jamison Foser / Media Matters for America:
CNN's Erickson: In Wake Of Attempted Murder Of Jewish Politician, It's Important To Stress “A Saving Faith In Jesus Christ” — CNN's Erick Erickson is upset with what people aren't saying about the attempted assassination of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords: … For the record: Rep. Giffords is Jewish …
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Stephen F. Hayes / Weekly Standard:
Sanders Fundraises Off Arizona Murders — There has been no shortage of individuals and institutions that have sought to capitalize on the shootings in Tucson. Add Vermont senator Bernie Sanders to that list. — This afternoon Sanders sent out a fundraising appeal …
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T. Rees Shapiro / Washington Post:
Obituary: Richard ‘Dick’ Winters, courageous WWII officer portrayed in ‘Band of Brothers’ — Richard “Dick” Winters, 92, a decorated Army officer whose courageous leadership through some of the fiercest combat of World War II was featured in the best-selling book and HBO miniseries “Band of Brothers,” died Jan. 2.
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The Note:
Chafee to Issue Talk Radio Ban — ABC News' Steven Portnoy reports: — State officials in Rhode Island will soon be ordered to stay off the airways, provided the interviewer happens to be a talk show host. — A spokesman for Gov. Lincoln Chafee tells the Providence Journal that talk radio …
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Michael Barbaro / City Room:
Blizzard Mystery Solved? Air Bloomberg Was Seen in Bermuda — On the day after Christmas, a request came into the Bermuda airport: a private plane needed to be pulled out of its hangar and readied for takeoff. — The pilots seemed a bit anxious to depart.
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Daily Mail:
FROM ‘SPECIAL’ TO FRACTIOUS, HOW THE ROOTS OF FRICTION BETWEEN BRITAIN, FRANCE AND THE U.S. GO BACK TO THE WAR OF INDEPENDENCE — While the apparent froideur of Barack Obama towards the British may stem from his Kenyan family's history during colonial rule it could be argued …
The Hill:
Tribute to Rep. Giffords will affirm the First Amendment as ‘bedrock’ — The House on Wednesday will offer a bipartisan tribute to Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.), with leaders of both parties planning to praise her service, pray for her recovery and remember the slain victims of Saturday's mass shooting in Tucson, Ariz.
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr / The Huffington Post:
Tucson: Time for Another Examination of Conscience — What's Your Reaction: — On November 22, 1963, Mummy picked me up early from Sidwell Friends School in Washington, D.C. Driving home to Hickory Hill in northern Virginia, I noticed that all the District flags were at half staff.