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Sarah Palin / Facebook:
America's Enduring Strength — Please click here to view the video of this statement. — Like millions of Americans I learned of the tragic events in Arizona on Saturday, and my heart broke for the innocent victims. No words can fill the hole left by the death of an innocent …
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland, CNN, TPMDC, The Moderate Voice, The Daily Caller, Yglesias, Taegan Goddard's …, Tammy Bruce and GOP 12
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Jennifer Epstein / The Politico:
Sarah Palin charges critics with ‘blood libel’ — Sarah Palin: “America's Enduring Strength” from Sarah Palin on Vimeo. — Sarah Palin released a video statement Wednesday calling the rush to pin blame on conservatives for the Tucson shooting “reprehensible” and a “blood libel.”
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Sean J. Miller / Ballot Box:
Angle: Media ‘inappropriately attributing blame’ for Tucson shooting — Former Nevada Senate candidate Sharron Angle denied her campaign rhetoric helped motivate the Tucson gunman and accused the media of “finger-pointing towards political figures” to boost ratings.
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Ben Smith's Blog, The Politico, The Impolitic and The Hill
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Palin accuses media of ‘blood libel’ in Giffords shooting aftermath — Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) on Wednesday accused the media of “blood libel” by looking to assign blame for the shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.). — Palin offered a pointed defense of herself …
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ThinkProgress, Politics Daily, AMERICAblog News, Clusterstock, The Maddow Blog and Washington Post
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Clyburn: Palin intellectually 'not to be able to understand what's going on here' — A House Democratic leader on Wednesday lashed out at Sarah Palin, accusing the former Alaska governor of being intellectually unable of understanding why she's faced criticism related to the shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.).
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Alexander Mooney / CNN:
Angle beats back criticism in Arizona shooting aftermath — Washington (CNN) - In the aftermath of the Arizona shootings, some critics have accused Republican Sharron Angle of spewing potentially dangerous political rhetoric in her recent bid for Nevada's Senate seat.
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Taegan Goddard's …
Michael D. Shear / The Caucus:
Palin Calls Criticism ‘Blood Libel’
Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
Massacre, followed by libel
Massacre, followed by libel
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Power Line, Hit & Run, The Politico, NewsBusters.org, Commentary, New York Times and Conservatives4Palin
The Hill:
Tribute to affirm First Amendment as democratic ‘bedrock’
Tribute to affirm First Amendment as democratic ‘bedrock’
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The Politico and American Power
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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Sky Dancing, Firedoglake and Washington Post
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 …
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Boehner opposes new gun-control bill — 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 Politico, New York Times, The Page, The Note, Prairie Weather, FrumForum and The Moderate Voice
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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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Hot Air, Weasel Zippers, Taylor Marsh, Pajamas Media and Althouse
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Andrew Malcolm / Top of the Ticket:
Gabrielle Giffords first photos from her hospital room
Gabrielle Giffords first photos from her hospital room
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Elizabeth Scalia and Hot Air
Jennifer Medina / New York Times:
Doctors Say Giffords's Condition Points to Survival
Doctors Say Giffords's Condition Points to Survival
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The Reaction, American Power and FrumForum
The Caucus:
Obama Speech to Focus on Serving Country
Obama Speech to Focus on Serving Country
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Right Turn, American Power, Hot Air, Washington Post and NPR
Monica Davey / New York Times:
Illinois Legislators Approve 66% Tax Increase — CHICAGO — With only hours left before new state lawmakers were to take over, Illinois's State Legislature narrowly approved early on Wednesday an increase of about 66 percent in the state's income tax rate. — The vast size of the increase …
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Sweetness & Light, Outside the Beltway and The Page
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Clout St:
Quinn congratulates Democrats on income tax increase — A triumphant Gov. Pat Quinn congratulated fellow Democrats early today after the Illinois Senate and House sent him a major income tax increase without a single Republican vote in favor. — Quinn smiled and shook hands on the floor …
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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Firedoglake, TPMMuckraker and Balloon Juice
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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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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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No More Mister Nice Blog, The Moderate Voice, The Huffington Post, Salon, Balloon Juice and National Review
Arizona Republic:
Arizona shootings: ‘Funeral protection zone’ bill signed by Brewer — Gov. Jan Brewer on Tuesday signed a bill to create a “funeral protection zone” to keep protesters from disrupting the funerals of those killed in the mass shooting near Tucson. — The bill was a bipartisan show of support …
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The Foundry and TPMDC
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Los Angeles Times:
Tucson rallies to protect girl's family from protesters
Tucson rallies to protect girl's family from protesters
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The Confluence, Dean's World and FrumForum
Paul Davenport / Associated Press:
Lawmakers vote to ban picketing at Tucson funerals
Lawmakers vote to ban picketing at Tucson funerals
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Weasel Zippers and Patterico's Pontifications
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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Pajamas Media
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James Taranto / Wall Street Journal:
The Authoritarian Media — The New York Times has crossed a moral line.
The Authoritarian Media — The New York Times has crossed a moral line.
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Commentary, blogs.telegraph.co.uk and Lean Left
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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Lou Chibbaro Jr / Washington Blade:
Supreme Court nears decision on D.C. gay marriage case — The U.S. Supreme Court could decide as soon as Tuesday whether or not to hear a case seeking to force the District of Columbia to allow voters to decide whether to repeal the city's same-sex marriage law.
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The Daily Caller, AMERICAblog Gay and Joe. My. God.
Karen Travers / ABCNEWS:
How Presidents Have Dealt with Disaster — After Columbine, Challenger, 9/11 and Virginia Tech, Presidents Sought to Heal — In times of crisis and tragedy, Americans have turned to their president for leadership and words of reassurance. At a memorial service tonight in Tucson …
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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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Michelle Malkin, Politics Daily, Weasel Zippers, AMERICAblog News and Raw Story
Associated Press:
AP-GfK Poll: Obama, GOP improve their standing — WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans give higher marks to President Barack Obama and congressional Republicans after a holiday season of compromise paid dividends for both, according to the latest Associated Press-GfK poll.
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Taegan Goddard's …
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 …