memeorandum: Rep. McCarthy says colleagues lack spine to take on the NRA (Alexander Bolton/The Hill)

2:50 PM ET, July 22, 2012

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Christina Ng / ABCNEWS:

ABC News Exclusive: First Video of Colorado Shooting Suspect James Holmes Emerges — ABC News has obtained exclusive video and photos of Colorado shooting suspect James Holmes. The video was recorded six years ago when Holmes was 18. — Federal authorities and local police today …

Discussion: New York Magazine, L.A. NOW, American Power, Mashable!, The Lede and TMZ.com

KDVR.com:

Police interview associate of movie theater suspect — AURORA, Colo. — Aurora Police said they interviewed an associate of the suspect in the shooting spree Friday at the Century 16 Movie Theaters. — Sources tell FOX31 Denver reporter Justin Joseph that a second man is now a person …

Discussion: Twitchy, Mediaite, The PJ Tatler and The Hinterland Gazette

NY Daily News:

Aurora shooting suspect James Holmes jailed in solitary: ‘All the inmates were talking about killing him’ — ‘He was spitting at the door and spitting at the guards,’ a just-released inmate told the Daily News. 'He's spitting at everything. Dude was acting crazy.'

Discussion: The PJ Tatler, CANNONFIRE, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Scared Monkeys, TMZ.com and New York Magazine

Sam Quinones / L.A. NOW:
Colorado shooting suspect worked for a summer as camp counselor in L.A. County

Discussion: Los Angeles Times, newsfeed.time.com and TMZ.com

Washington Post:
Explosives removed from James Holmes's apartment, officials say

Discussion: Crooks and Liars and Wake up America

NY Daily News:
Blood on hands of Obama, Mitt and NRA!

Discussion: Pirate's Cove, The Hinterland Gazette, Doug Ross, Althouse, The Moderate Voice, American Power, Joe. My. God., The Huffington Post and New York Times

CBS News:

NCAA source: “Unprecedented” penalties against Penn State — (CBS News) CBS News has learned that the NCAA will announce what a high-ranking association source called “unprecedented” penalties against both the Penn State University football team and the school.

Discussion: CollegeFootballTalk, RedState, Sporting News Feed RSS, Outside the Beltway, The Raw Story, Deadspin, TMZ.com and New York Magazine

Associated Press:

Statue of Hall of Fame Penn State coach Joe Paterno taken down from outside football stadium — STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — The famed statue of Joe Paterno was taken down from outside the Penn State football stadium Sunday, eliminating a key piece of the iconography surrounding …

Discussion: Outside the Beltway, Scared Monkeys and Sense of Events

Jason Riley / Courier-Journal:

Sexual assault victim's tweets about attackers prompt contempt case against Louisville's Savannah Dietrich — Frustrated by what she felt was a lenient plea bargain for two teens who pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting her and circulating pictures of the incident, a Louisville 17-year-old lashed out on Twitter.

Discussion: The Volokh Conspiracy and Outside the Beltway

Aviva Shen / ThinkProgress:

Tea Party Senator: Keeping Guns From ‘Demented Individuals’ Will ‘Restrict Our Freedoms’ — Responding to the tragic shooting in Colorado during an appearance on Fox News Sunday, Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) said he would oppose gun control efforts that could be used to “restrict our freedoms” …

Justin Sink / The Hill:
Feinstein urges assault weapons ban renewal after Colo. shootings

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Justin Sink / The Hill:

McCain adviser: Romney's tax returns ‘do not look anything like the average American’ — A top McCain campaign official who worked to select the former Republican nominee's running mate said Sunday that Mitt Romney's tax returns “do not look anything like the average American.”

Discussion: Politico

Alexander Bolton / The Hill:

Rep. McCarthy says colleagues lack spine to take on the NRA — Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-N.Y.), one of Congress's most outspoken advocates for gun control, criticized her colleagues Sunday for not standing up to the National Rifle Association to “save lives.”

Discussion: Politico

New York Post:

THE VICTIMS: Real movie heroes saved their sweethearts during Colo. ambush — By CAITLIN GIBBONS in Aurora, Colo., and SUSAN EDELMAN and MICHAEL GARTLAND in NY — JON BLUNK, 26, with girlfriend, Jansen Young — They took bullets for their beloveds. — Three young men are being hailed …

Discussion: Althouse

Alexander Bolton / The Hill:

Hickenlooper: Stricter gun laws would likely not have stopped killer — Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper (D) said Sunday he doubted tougher gun control laws would have averted the movie-house killings in Aurora, Colo., speculating the attacker could have found various ways to perpetrate a massacre.

Discussion: CNN and The Hinterland Gazette

Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:

Rupert Murdoch Tweets Support for Gun Control — Conservative media baron Rupert Murdoch has Tweeted his support for gun control: … I guess this makes him a short-sighted, liberal, tree hugger. — Or are some things too important to remain in the septic tank of American political polemics?

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Los Angeles Times:

Obama's campaign attack on Romney was costly — President Obama's campaign spent $58 million in June, chiefly in TV advertising assailing his GOP rival's business record and personal finances. Romney spent less, but raised more than Obama. — Casino mogul Sheldon Adelson and his wife …

Discussion: The Other McCain, Hot Air and Politico