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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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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Clyburn: Palin intellectually unable '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 incapable of understanding why she's faced criticism related to the shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.).
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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.”
Jonah Goldberg / National Review:
“Blood Libel” — I should have said this a few days ago, when my friend Glenn Reynolds introduced the term to this debate. But I think that the use of this particular term in this context isn't ideal. Historically, the term is almost invariably used to describe anti-Semitic myths …
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Fact Checker, AOL News and Washington Post
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
The origins of ‘blood libel’ — As I noted earlier, I was curious how “blood libel” — historically the specific term for the anti-semitic slur and incitement that Jews prepared ritual food with the blood of Christian children — has made its way into the American political debate …
Alex Seitz-Wald / ThinkProgress:
Jewish Groups: ‘We Are Deeply Disturbed’ By Palin's Use Of Anti-Semitic Term ‘Blood Libel,’ She Should Apologize — On a day when the president and the nation are mourning the victims of the tragic shooting in Tucson, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) is trying to seize the spotlight to mourn her tarnished reputation.
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Shakesville and Joe. My. God.
Jonathan Chait / The New Republic:
Lord Help Me, I'm Defending Palin — Okay, it's a little over the top for Sarah Palin to accuse her critics of “blood libel.” But she does have a basic point. She had nothing to do with Jared Loughner. He was not an extremist who embraced some radical version of her ideas.
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Publius / Big Government:
Exclusive: Alan Dershowitz Defends Sarah Palin's Use of Term ‘Blood Libel’ — In an exclusive statement, famed attorney and Harvard Law Professor Alan Dershowitz defended Sarah Palin's use of the term “blood libel” from multiple detractors. As the Media Matters/MSM/Democrat narrative …
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Los Angeles Times
Mj Lee / The Politico:
Franks takes defense of Palin to a new level — A number of Republicans have come to the defense of Sarah Palin for her use of revolutionary imagery since the shooting in Tucson on Saturday, but Rep. Trent Franks (R-Ariz.) took it an extra step on Tuesday. — “If every person in the world …
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Tucson Weekly
Michael D. Shear / The Caucus:
Palin Calls Criticism ‘Blood Libel’ — Sarah Palin: “America's Enduring Strength” from Sarah Palin on Vimeo. — Updated Sarah Palin, who had been silent for days, issued a forceful denunciation of her critics on Wednesday in a video statement that accused pundits and journalists of …
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
HALF-TERM GOVERNOR BREAKS HER SILENCE.... As tempted as I am to simply ignore former half-term Gov. Sarah Palin's (R) latest statement, I suppose there's no point in pretending it's not of some interest to the political world this morning. — Palin has been unusually quiet since Saturday's massacre …
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The Moderate Voice and The Daily Dish
Jim Geraghty / National Review:
The Term ‘Blood Libel’: More Common Than You Might Think
The Term ‘Blood Libel’: More Common Than You Might Think
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Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic Online:
Why Sarah Palin's Use of ‘Blood Libel’ Is a Great Thing
Why Sarah Palin's Use of ‘Blood Libel’ Is a Great Thing
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Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Palin's Test — Sarah Palin: “America's Enduring Strength” from Sarah Palin on Vimeo.
Palin's Test — Sarah Palin: “America's Enduring Strength” from Sarah Palin on Vimeo.
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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Palin accuses media of ‘blood libel’ in Giffords shooting aftermath
Palin accuses media of ‘blood libel’ in Giffords shooting aftermath
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Howard Kurtz / The Daily Beast:
Palin Goes Nuclear With ‘Blood Libel’ Speech
Palin Goes Nuclear With ‘Blood Libel’ Speech
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Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Breaking: ADL condemns Sarah Palin's “blood libel”
Breaking: ADL condemns Sarah Palin's “blood libel”
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Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
Sarah Palin's ‘blood libel’ comment overshadows a calibrated message
Sarah Palin's ‘blood libel’ comment overshadows a calibrated message
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Chris Ariens / mediabistro.com:
Jared Loughner's friend says suspect ‘Did not watch TV ... disliked the news’ — This morning on “Good Morning America,” ABC's Ashleigh Banfield sat down with Zach Osler, a high school friend of Jared Loughner, the suspect in the Tucson massacre. — Osler says his friend wasn't shooting at people, “he was shooting at the world.”
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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 …
Michelle Malkin:
The worst sheriff in America; Update: Dupnik covers up — Update...Friend says Loughner “did not watch TV. He disliked the news. He didn't listen to political radio. He didn't take sides. He wasn't on the left. He wasn't on the right.” Over to you, Sheriff Dupnik...Update …
Wall Street Journal:
Postings of a Troubled Mind
Postings of a Troubled Mind
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Robert Anglen / Arizona Republic:
Arizona shooting: Pima County Sheriff's Department, college …
Arizona shooting: Pima County Sheriff's Department, college …
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Edythe Jensen / Arizona Republic:
Gabrielle Giffords' Arizona shooting prompts resignations — A nasty battle between factions of Legislative District 20 Republicans and fears that it could turn violent in the wake of what happened in Tucson on Saturday prompted District Chairman Anthony Miller and several others to resign.
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Ben Armbruster / ThinkProgress:
AZ Republicans Resign After Giffords Shooting, Citing Threats …
AZ Republicans Resign After Giffords Shooting, Citing Threats …
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Jennifer Epstein / The Politico:
Sharron Angle defends herself, tea party
Sharron Angle defends herself, tea party
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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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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Did Democrats Give Up in the Gun Control Debate?
Did Democrats Give Up in the Gun Control Debate?
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Megan McArdle / The Atlantic Online:
What's a ‘Libertarian Solution’ to the Foreclosure Mess? — There's a sort of fair question highlighted at Balloon Juice—why aren't libertarians proposing solutions for the foreclosure crisis? There are serious paperwork issues, which banks seem to have tried to solve by throwing together some highly suspect legal documents.
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Adam Levitin / Foreclosureblues:
Ibanez and Securitization Fail
Ibanez and Securitization Fail
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The Atlantic Online and The Volokh Conspiracy
Marc Ambinder / NationalJournal.com:
How to Protect Members of Congress — It doesn't have to break the budget to provide the security they need. — Capitol Police K-9 officers conduct a security sweep of the Senate. — On Wednesday, the FBI and the U.S. Capitol Police will brief members of Congress on basic security precautions …
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Cindy Perman / Pony in Here Somewhere Blog:
Housing Market Slips Into Depression Territory — As the economy revs back to life, with signs of hiring on the horizon, the housing market is being left behind like Macaulay Culkin in “Home Alone.” — In the past few years, we've all been careful to choose our words carefully …
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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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