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Pierre Thomas / ABCNEWS:
Aurora ‘Dark Knight’ Shooting Suspect Identified: James Holmes — The young man who is in custody after allegedly gunning down 12 people in a mass shooting spree overnight in Aurora, Colorado has been identified as local resident James Holmes, according to federal authorities.
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Denver Post:
12 killed, 50 wounded at Aurora movie theater — AURORA — About 50 people were shot — 12 fatally — early Friday when shots rang out at an Aurora movie theater during a premiere showing of the new Batman movie. — A 24-year-old man in is custody and an apartment building in north Aurora connected …
CNN:
Gunman kills 12 in Colorado movie theater — (CNN) — A heavily armed gunman tossed tear gas into the darkness of an Aurora, Colorado movie theater Friday and then sprayed the audience with gunfire during an early morning screening of the new Batman movie, killing 12 and wounding 38 others, authorities said.
Joel B. Pollak / BREITBART.COM:
THE USUAL SUSPECTS: ABC'S ROSS, STEPHANOLPOULOS POINT TO TEA PARTY IN DARK KNIGHT SHOOTING — On Good Morning America, ABC News' Brian Ross and George Stephanolpoulos suggested that the Tea Party might be connected to the mass shootings early this morning in an Aurora, CO theater during …
Kevin Robillard / Politico:
Bloomberg: What will Obama, Mitt do? — New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who has emerged as one of the nation's highest-profile supporters of gun control, demanded on Friday that the presidential candidates “stand up and tell us what they're going to do about” mass shootings.
Associated Press:
Police: 14 dead in Colorado theater shooting — AURORA, Colo. (AP) — A gunman wearing a gas mask set off an unknown gas and fired into a crowded movie theater in suburban Denver theater at a midnight opening of the Batman movie “The Dark Knight Rises,” killing 14 people and injuring at least 50 others, authorities said.
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Clayton Sandell / ABCNEWS:
Aurora, Colorado Movie Theater Shooting: 12 Dead — A lone gunman dressed in riot gear burst into a movie theater in Aurora, Colo., at a midnight showing of the Batman film “The Dark Knight Rises” and methodically began shooting patrons, killing at least 12 people and injuring at least 50.
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New York Times:
12 Killed in Shooting at Colorado Theater — A gunman opened fire in a crowded movie theater in the Denver suburbs early Friday morning, killing at least 12 people and wounding 50 others, the local police and federal officials said. — The shooting erupted during midnight showings of …
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Jade Walker / The Huffington Post:
Aurora Shooting: Suspect Opens Fire At Colorado Movie Theater, Killing 14
Aurora Shooting: Suspect Opens Fire At Colorado Movie Theater, Killing 14
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Obama, Romney offer support to victims of Colorado shootings
Jim Davis / Boston Globe:
Romney kept reins, bargained hard on severance — Shortly after Mitt Romney took a leave of absence from Bain Capital to run the Olympics in February 1999, he made a trip to Palm Beach, Fla. The firm Romney founded was meeting to celebrate its 15th anniversary as well as the men he had helped make extraordinarily wealthy.
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First Read / msnbc.com:
First Thoughts: Politics takes a back seat — Politics takes a back seat to the tragic shooting in Colorado... With so much at stake in this election, the presidential contest has been so small as of late... Latest Romney TV ad hits Obama for “you didn't build that” remark …
Pat Sajak / Ricochet Conversations Feed:
Defining Moments — It's as if President Obama climbed into a tank, put on his helmet, talked about how his foray into Cambodia was seared in his memory, looked at his watch, misspelled “potato” and pardoned Richard Nixon all in the same day. It's fun to imagine the hand-wringing that must …
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Paul Mirengoff / Power Line:
The mother of all defining moments?
The mother of all defining moments?
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Taylor Marsh and The Right Coast
William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
Thank you Elizabeth Warren (for possibly costing Obama the election)
Thank you Elizabeth Warren (for possibly costing Obama the election)
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JOSHUAPUNDIT, Michelle Malkin, Weasel Zippers, Hot Air, Hit & Run, NO QUARTER and Washington Examiner
Wall Street Journal:
Noonan: A Remedial Communication Class — Lessons from three recent failures, at the Olympics and on the campaign trail. — Thoughts on three recent failures to communicate: — In the controversy surrounding the uniforms of the 2012 U.S. Olympic team, the problem isn't China.
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No More Mister Nice Blog
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Pathos of the Plutocrat — “Let me tell you about the very rich. They are different from you and me.” So wrote F. Scott Fitzgerald — and he didn't just mean that they have more money. What he meant instead, at least in part, was that many of the very rich expect a level of deference …
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David Weigel / Slate:
Say the Magic Word — How partisans gave special meaning to Obama's words, “you didn't build that.” — President Obama speaking in Roanoke, Va. on July 13. In the following days, conservatives jumped on his remarks. — Why did it take so long for Mitt Romney's campaign to realize …
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The Washington / Washington Times:
GHEI: Crop cronyism — Trillion-dollar farm bill is the latest example of what's wrong with our economy — Combine a Midwestern drought with pointless ethanol mandates, and the supplies of corn inevitably dwindle, driving prices sky high. Politicians like Sen. Claire McCaskill …
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Romney: Obama's 'you didn't build that' comment not a gaffe, it's his ideology — Mitt Romney made an impromptu swing by a Massachusetts body shop Thursday afternoon to again hammer President Obama over the president's suggestion last week that the success of private enterprises in the United States …
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Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Obama Ad Accuses Romney of ‘Launching a False Attack’ for Quoting Obama
Obama Ad Accuses Romney of ‘Launching a False Attack’ for Quoting Obama
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Ethan Bronner / New York Times:
Legal Battles Erupt Over Tough Voter ID Laws — PHILADELPHIA — Four years ago as Viviette Applewhite, now 93, was making her way through her local Acme supermarket, her pocketbook hanging from her shoulder, a thief sliced the bag from its straps. — A former hotel housekeeper, Ms. Applewhite …
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James Taranto / Wall Street Journal:
Explaining Obama's Ressentiment — Unearned success is the central theme of his life story. — The Romney campaign is out with a very effective new ad illuminating and responding to President Obama's disparagement of individual achievement. The ad constructs a dialogue between Obama and Jack Gilchrist …
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CNN:
Super PAC donors may keep opening wallets, but public may not see it — Washington (CNN) - When the super PAC backing Mitt Romney, Restore Our Future, files its June donation report on Friday with the Federal Election Commission, it is expected to show a six-figure contribution …
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Scott Keyes / ThinkProgress:
A Guide To Consumer Brands Helping Bankroll Right-Wing Attack Ads
A Guide To Consumer Brands Helping Bankroll Right-Wing Attack Ads
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Jay Cost / Weekly Standard:
Morning Jay: Are the Polls Skewed Toward Obama? — A topic that inevitably receives a lot of focus during election season is the partisan spread of the major media polls. Conservatives regularly complain that the polls are tilted against their side, and thus favor the Democrats. — They have a point.
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Matt Taylor / Salon:
Obama's pot problem — Will the president's tough stance on marijuana cost him the crucial swing state of Colorado? — A crowd of people all exhale marijuana simultaneously at the University of Colorado in Boulder on April 20, 2010. — President Barack Obama has disappointed drug-reform advocates across …
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