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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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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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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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Paul Davenport / Associated Press:
Lawmakers vote to ban picketing at Tucson funerals
Lawmakers vote to ban picketing at Tucson funerals
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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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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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The Reaction, American Power, TucsonSentinel.com and FrumForum
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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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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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
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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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 …
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Lee Fang / ThinkProgress:
Rep. Peter King Says Muslims Aren't ‘American’ When It Comes To War
Rep. Peter King Says Muslims Aren't ‘American’ When It Comes To War
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CAIR, Religion Dispatches, Salon and The Moderate Voice
Shira Toeplitz / The Politico:
Peter King's proposed bill would ban guns near lawmakers
Peter King's proposed bill would ban guns near lawmakers
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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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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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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 and Raw Story
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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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Power Line, Riehl World View, Conservatives4Palin, Daily Kos and Alan Colmes' Liberaland
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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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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Ben White / The Politico:
The state of American business is ‘fragile,’ Chamber will say - Durbin aide: Banks hate losing, so they want to play again - Meet the Fed traders - 39 steps: Goldman's plan for ‘self-improvement’ — FIRST LOOK: CHAMBER TO CALL RECOVERY “FRAGILE” - U.S. Chamber President and CEO Tom Donohue …
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Monica Davey / New York Times:
Illinois Legislators Approve 66 Percent Tax Hike — 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.
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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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Harry's Place
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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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.
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 …
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.