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Daniel Carty / CBS News:
Poll: Most Americans Feel Rhetoric, Tucson Shooting Unrelated — Nearly six in 10 Americans say the country's heated political rhetoric is not to blame for the Tucson shooting rampage that left six dead and critically wounded U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, according to a CBS News poll.
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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 …
David Brooks / New York Times:
The Politicized Mind — Before he allegedly went off on his shooting rampage in Tucson, Jared Loughner listed some of his favorite books on his YouTube page. These included: “Animal Farm,” “Brave New World,” “Alice in Wonderland,” “One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest,” “Through the Looking Glass” and “The Communist Manifesto.”
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.
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Jennifer Epstein / The Politico:
Tim Pawlenty jabs Sarah Palin over ‘crosshairs’ — Possible Republican presidential hopeful Tim Pawlenty took a jab at Sarah Palin, saying he wouldn't have used gun crosshairs to target Rep Gabrielle Giffords and others. — “I wouldn't have done it,” the former Minnesota governor told …
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Charles Forelle / Wall Street Journal:
Father of Shooting Suspect May Issue Statement — TUCSON, Ariz.—The father of shooting suspect Jared Lee Loughner has prepared and may release a public statement, according to a neighbor who met with Mr. Loughner's parents Monday. — Randy and Amy Loughner disappeared from view shortly …
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truth-out.org:
The Wrath of Fools: An Open Letter to the Far Right — From: William Rivers Pitt Re: The blood on your hands — Rep. Gabrielle Giffords isn't much older than I am. She served in the Arizona State House of Representatives, and the Arizona State Senate, before being elected …
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Jim Lindgren / The Volokh Conspiracy:
Jared Loughner's Anti-War Views — Now that Caitie Parker has been confirmed as a friend of Jared Lee Loughner's, it seems relevant to ask whether Loughner was still a left wing radical, as he was when Caitie last saw him over two years ago. Among the clues are his apparent postings under the name Erad3 at Above Top Secret (ATS).
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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
Brett Coughlin / The Politico:
Patrick Kennedy points finger at Sarah Palin
Patrick Kennedy points finger at Sarah Palin
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RushLimbaugh.com:
An Embarrassment for the Media and Sick, Desperate American Left
An Embarrassment for the Media and Sick, Desperate American Left
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Power Line and Politics Daily
Garance Franke-Ruta / The Atlantic Online:
What About the Parents? — Permit me a moment of retro media angst …
What About the Parents? — Permit me a moment of retro media angst …
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Time, The Moderate Voice, Newsweek, American Spectator and Outside the Beltway
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Pawlenty jabs Palin over 2010 crosshairs map
Pawlenty jabs Palin over 2010 crosshairs map
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NewsReal Blog, American Prospect and Swampland
Wall Street Journal:
Suspect Bought Bullets Hours Before Rampage
Suspect Bought Bullets Hours Before Rampage
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The Cholla Jumps:
Jared Loughner is a product of Sheriff Dupnik's office
Jared Loughner is a product of Sheriff Dupnik's office
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Michael D. Shear / The Caucus:
Pawlenty Sees 2012 as Test of Fortitude
Pawlenty Sees 2012 as Test of Fortitude
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TwitLonger:
WikiLeaks — “WikiLeaks: treat incitement seriously or expect more Gabrielle Gifford killing sprees.” — Wikileaks today offered sympathy and condolences to the victims of the Tucson shooting together with best wishes for the recovery of U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords.
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Jana Winter / Fox News:
Friends, Critics Dispute Arizona Sheriff's Remarks on ‘Political Rhetoric’ in Wake of Rampage — Sunday: Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik speaks at a news conference in Tucson, Ariz., a day after a shooting injured or killed 20 people, including a federal judge.
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News Hounds, Top of the Ticket, Big Journalism and Pajamas Media
Jess Levin / Media Matters for America:
Brock to Murdoch: Your Network Must Take A Stand
Brock to Murdoch: Your Network Must Take A Stand
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Guardian and Weasel Zippers
Dylan Smith / TucsonSentinel.com:
Doc: Giffords ‘100 percent’ certain to survive — Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is “100 percent” certain to survive, said Dr. Peter Rhee, a surgeon treating her for a gunshot wound to the head. — “As a physician I'm going to get into a lot of trouble for this, but her prognosis for survival is 100 percent …
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The Hill, The Politico, TPMDC and New York Times
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Obama would dominate Christie, others in NJ — Barack Obama would easily win New Jersey again if he had to stand for reelection today, even if Republicans put forth Chris Christie as their candidate. Obama leads Christie by a 17 point margin in a hypothetical contest, the same amount Mike Huckabee and Newt Gingrich trail by.
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The Politico:
Missing from Arizona shooting debate: Guns — In the wake of the attempted assassination of a member of Congress, politicians on both sides of the aisle are passionately debating the role of incendiary rhetoric. — Very few of them are talking about guns.
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Ronald J. Hansen / Arizona Republic:
Arizona shooting: Blame, gun politics in aftermath
Arizona shooting: Blame, gun politics in aftermath
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Chris Moody / Yahoo! News:
Tea Party Express raising money in aftermath of Arizona shooting — Read more stories from The Daily Caller — Could Jon Huntsman really be the Republican presidential nominee in 2012? — Auburn wins it all: Sights from the BCS National Championship [SLIDESHOW]
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Sudeep Reddy / Wall Street Journal:
Downturn's Ugly Trademark: Steep, Lasting Drop in Wages — In California, former auto worker Maria Gregg was out of work five months last year before landing a new job—at a nearly 20% pay cut. — In Massachusetts, Kevin Cronan, who lost his $150,000-a-year job as a money manager in early 2009 …
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Ezra Klein, The Foundry and Calculated Risk
New York Times:
In Giffords's District, a Long History of Tension — TUCSON — Representative Gabrielle Giffords was distressed when the glass front door of her district office here was shattered by a kick or a pellet gun last March, an act of vandalism that took place hours after she joined Democrats in passing President Obama's health care bill.
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Mary Katharine Ham / The Daily Caller:
Mark Halperin: Conservatives should turn the other cheek when scapegoated for murder — During a discussion on MSNBC's “Morning Joe” Tuesday, the panel conceded that conservatives and Tea Party activists were unfairly scapegoated in the wake of Jared Lee Loughner's shooting spree in Tucson …
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National Review and Pajamas Media
Erik Wasson / The Hill:
Dems pass buck on debt ceiling hike — Relegated to the minority, Democrats are hinting they might vote against raising the ceiling to force the GOP's hand. — Democrats relegated to minority status in the House say Republicans are now the ones responsible for raising the federal debt ceiling …
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Prairie Weather
Mike Murphy / Ricochet.com:
The Inside Politics of the RNC Election — RNC elections are very hard to predict. They run under special rules of gravity based nearly as much on personal relationships as ideology. My handicapping — a partially informed guess at best — is as follows.
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John Schwartz / New York Times:
Judges Berate Bank Lawyers in Foreclosures — With judges looking ever more critically at home foreclosures, they are reaching beyond the bankers to heap some of their most scorching criticism on the lawyers. — In numerous opinions, judges have accused lawyers of processing shoddy …
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Wonk Room and The Big Picture
Warren Richey / Christian Science Monitor:
Supreme Court: Did it just hint at stance on a health-care law challenge? — The Supreme Court refused to take up a case examining Congress's authority under the commerce clause, a key issue in a legal challenge to Obama's health-care law. Two justices dissented.
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Ezra Klein, New York Times, SCOTUSblog, ACS Blog and Hit & Run
Laylan Copelin / Austin American-Statesman:
DeLay sentenced to 3 years in prison, freed on appeal bond — Tells judge “I can't be remorseful for something I think I didn't do.” — An unrepentant Tom DeLay was sentenced Monday to three years in prison, hustled from the courtroom by Travis County deputies but released on a $10,000 appeal bond before the end of the day.
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John Carney / CNBC:
Why It Could Be Very Hard for Banks to Avoid Ibanez Mortgage Catastrophes — Although it's only been a couple of days since the Massachusetts Supreme Court handed down its ruling in the “Ibanez” case, analysts are already announcing that it won't be as big of a deal as it might seem.
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Colby Hall / Mediaite:
Bill Maher: Jared Loughner's Chalkboard Likely Looks Like Glenn Beck's Chalkboard — Anderson Cooper took a very different tack last night in trying to make sense of the Arizona shooting tragedy from the weekend. While many on cable news were turning down the partisan rhetoric …
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