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Jennifer Bendery / The Huffington Post:
Louie Gohmert: Aurora Shootings Result Of ‘Ongoing Attacks On Judeo-Christian Beliefs’ … FOLLOW: — Denver News, Aurora Shooting, Colorado Shooting, Dark Knight Shooting, James Holmes, Louie Gohmert, Aurora, Aurora News, Aurora Shooting 2012, Aurora Shootings, Aurora Theater Shooting …
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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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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 …
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Michael Grunwald / Swampland:
The Aurora Shooting: Sometimes There's Nothing Wrong with Politicizing a Tragedy — Aurora Police respond to the Century 16 movie theatre early Friday morning, July 20, 2012. A 24-year-old man was arrested in a car park nearby in possession of a rifle and handgun and reportedly told police that explosives were at his home.
Dylan Byers / Politico:
ABC News apologizes for ‘incorrect’ Tea party report — ABC News and Brian Ross are apologizing for an “incorrect” report that James Holmes, the suspect in the Colorado theater shooting, may have had connections to the Tea Party. — “An earlier ABC News broadcast report suggested …
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Joel B. Pollak / BREITBART.COM:
EXCLUSIVE: CONTRA ABC NEWS, DARK KNIGHT AURORA, CO SHOOTING SUSPECT JAMES HOLMES COULD BE REGISTERED DEMOCRAT — James Holmes, the suspect arrested in connection with the mass shootings at a screening of the new Batman movie early this morning in Aurora, CO, could be a registered Democrat …
Zack Beauchamp / ThinkProgress:
Expired Assault Weapons Ban Would Have Covered Rifle Used In Colorado Shooting
Expired Assault Weapons Ban Would Have Covered Rifle Used In Colorado Shooting
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Adam Gopnik / News Desk:
One More Massacre — The murders—it dignifies them to call them a …
One More Massacre — The murders—it dignifies them to call them a …
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Skschust / CBS New York:
Colorado Theater Massacre Suspect Remains Jailed; Officials Vexed On How To Enter Gunman's Apartment
Colorado Theater Massacre Suspect Remains Jailed; Officials Vexed On How To Enter Gunman's Apartment
Alex Pappas / The Daily Caller:
Colorado tea partier describes ‘surreal’ day of wrongly being linked to theater massacre
Colorado tea partier describes ‘surreal’ day of wrongly being linked to theater massacre
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Jessica Fender / Denver Post:
Aurora shooting suspect left apartment “booby trapped,” music blaring
Aurora shooting suspect left apartment “booby trapped,” music blaring
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David Weigel / Slate:
Could A Brave Citizen With a Concealed Weapon Have Prevented the Aurora Shootings?
Could A Brave Citizen With a Concealed Weapon Have Prevented the Aurora Shootings?
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Roger Ebert / New York Times:
We've Seen This Movie Before — JAMES HOLMES, who opened fire …
We've Seen This Movie Before — JAMES HOLMES, who opened fire …
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Matt Welch / Hit & Run:
Half-Assed Media Speculation About the Batman Shooter
Half-Assed Media Speculation About the Batman Shooter
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John Cook / Gawker:
America's Wrongest Reporter, ABC News' Brian Ross, Demonstrates Yet Again How He Earned the Title [UPDATED]
America's Wrongest Reporter, ABC News' Brian Ross, Demonstrates Yet Again How He Earned the Title [UPDATED]
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Joel B. Pollak / BREITBART.COM:
EXCLUSIVE: INTERVIEW WITH JAMES MICHAEL HOLMES, HISPANIC TEA PARTY MEMBER FALSELY ACCUSED BY ABC
EXCLUSIVE: INTERVIEW WITH JAMES MICHAEL HOLMES, HISPANIC TEA PARTY MEMBER FALSELY ACCUSED BY ABC
Dennis de Groot / Twitchy:
Left blames Aurora shooting on Rush Limbaugh
Left blames Aurora shooting on Rush Limbaugh
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The White House:
Remarks by the President on the Shootings in Aurora, Colorado
Remarks by the President on the Shootings in Aurora, Colorado
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Denver Post:
AURORA — A gunman burst through the emergency exit door …
AURORA — A gunman burst through the emergency exit door …
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Gary Silverman / Financial Times:
America, I'm so in love with you — I think it's fair to say that Mitt Romney is one of the best-preserved 65-year-old men in the history of US politics. His full head of mostly dark hair and trim physique make him look much younger. — However, Mr Romney is a bona fide senior citizen …
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Paul Krugman:
Al Green, Threat to the American Way of Life — Gary Silverman makes a remarkable catch. He asks why the Romney counter-attack on the “America the Beautiful” ad featured Obama singing Al Green, and pretty well too. Well, it turns out that this is how the other .01% think: … How “other” is Al Green?
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Obama out-raises Romney in direct contributions for month of June — President Obama out-raised Mitt Romney in direct donations in June, bringing in $46 million for the month compared to $33 million for his Republican challenger. — Obama won more direct donations even as the Romney …
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New York Times:
Obama Spends the Most, but Romney Raises More — President Obama outspent Mitt Romney 2 to 1 in June even as Mr. Romney far outraised him, according to campaign reports filed on Friday with the Federal Election Commission, leaving Mr. Obama and the Democratic Party with significantly less cash …
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Caitlin McDevitt / Reuters:
Cher criticizes Mitt's response to shooting — Both President Obama and Republican White House hopeful Mitt Romney addressed the tragic Colorado movie theater shooting on Friday. Comparing their responses, Cher - who has already made her feelings about Romney quite clear - implied that Obama's speech was more sincere.
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Jonathan Martin / Politico:
George W. Bush skipping Republican National Convention — Former President George W. Bush will not attend the Republican convention next month in Tampa, POLITICO has learned. — “President Bush was grateful for the invitation to the Republican National Convention,” Bush spokesman Freddy Ford wrote in an e-mail.
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Adam Peck / ThinkProgress:
NRA Magazine Sends Insensitive Tweet Hours After Colorado Shooting, Then Deletes Social Media Accounts — The theater where the shooting took place — Just after 9:00 am EST, as most of the country was just learning about the tragic shooting in Aurora, Colorado, the National Rifle …
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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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Aurora Shooting / The Huffington Post:
Mitt Romney Avoided Major Tax Hit By Shifting Stock Of Offshoring Firm
Mitt Romney Avoided Major Tax Hit By Shifting Stock Of Offshoring Firm
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Christopher S. Rugaber / Associated Press:
Unemployment rates rise in 27 states as more look for work — WASHINGTON - Unemployment rates rose in 27 states last month, the most in almost a year. — The Labor Department said Friday that unemployment rates fell in 11 states and Washington, D.C. — the fewest declines since August.
Stephen C. Webster / The Raw Story:
Top tea partier demands Obama prove he doesn't smoke crack and have gay sex — The president of Tea Party Nation declared on Thursday that if Mitt Romney is to release his tax returns, President Barack Obama should release medical records to prove he's not a drug addict who smoked crack and had gay sex with a lifelong con-man.
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Daily Mail:
Teenager shouts ‘Allah is great’ in Arabic as he tries to grab the Olympic flame from hands of terrified torch bearer — Boy runs from crowd and attempts to wrestle flame from torch bearer shouting Arabic for ‘God is Great’ — Kent police say the relay continued ‘without disruption’ as Ms Skora passes torch on to next bearer
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Washington Post:
Michele Bachmann's baseless attack on Huma Abedin — TO CONSPIRACY theorists like Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.), the Obama administration's approach to the Arab world is the product not of considered diplomacy but of wicked “influence operations,” traceable to the Muslim Brotherhood and its agents.
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Jennifer Bendery / The Huffington Post:
Keith Ellison: Michele Bachmann Thinks Muslims ‘Are Evil’
Keith Ellison: Michele Bachmann Thinks Muslims ‘Are Evil’
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