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Jana Winter / Fox News:
EXCLUSIVE: Fear of being committed may have caused Connecticut gunman to snap — NEWTOWN, CONN. - The gunman who slaughtered 20 children and six adults at a Connecticut elementary school may have snapped because his mother was planning to commit him to a psychiatric facility …
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Adam Lanza's weapons — Has technology rendered the 2nd Amendment to the US Constitution obsolete? — That is, has the application of modern military design to civilian firearms produced a class of weapons too dangerous to be in general circulation? — We say: Yes.
Jake Tapper / ABCNEWS:
White House Gets More Specific on Gun Control Measures the President Might Back — President Barack Obama walks off stage after delivering a speech at an interfaith vigil for the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting on Sunday, Dec. 16, 2012 at Newtown High School in Newtown …
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Kevin Cirilli / Politico:
Bob McDonnell: Consider guns for school officials — Gov. Bob McDonnell (R-Va.) said on Tuesday that it's “time to have a discussion” about arming school officials, in wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, Conn. — “If someone had been armed, there would have been a possibility …
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CNN, msnbc.com and Shakesville
Scott Keyes / ThinkProgress:
BREAKING: Michigan Gov. Snyder To Veto Bill Allowing Guns In Schools — One day before the tragedy in Newtown, Connecticut, the Michigan Legislature passed a bill to specifically allow guns into schools and other “gun-free zones.” This bill joined a so-called “right-to-work” …
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Talking Points Memo, Crooks and Liars and rubber hose
Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Michigan Gov. Snyder vetoes concealed gun bill
Michigan Gov. Snyder vetoes concealed gun bill
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The Moderate Voice
Gov. Rick Snyder / Detroit Free Press:
Snyder vetoes concealed weapons bill
Snyder vetoes concealed weapons bill
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Post Politics, Weasel Zippers and Washington Examiner
Sheldon Alberts / The Hill:
Boehner calls for GOP ‘discussion’ on guns
Boehner calls for GOP ‘discussion’ on guns
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Hot Air, Mediaite and The Caucus
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Sandy Hook: The Corrections Begin
Sandy Hook: The Corrections Begin
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New York Times, Washington Post, No More Mister Nice Blog and American Prospect
Amy Hunter / WTOP.com:
McDonnell: It's time to discuss arming school officials
McDonnell: It's time to discuss arming school officials
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Washington Post and CNN
Chad Livengood / detroitnews.com:
Snyder vetoes Michigan concealed weapons bill
Snyder vetoes Michigan concealed weapons bill
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msnbc.com and Post Politics
David Wells / FOX13Now.com:
Elementary school student brings handgun to school
Elementary school student brings handgun to school
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Mediaite, Gawker, The Raw Story and Alan Colmes'Alan Colmes'
Zeke Miller / BuzzFeed:
Pelosi Backed Boehner's Tax Cut Proposal — A new tax on millionaires, if talks fail. — Image by Jason Reed / Reuters — WASHINGTON — Speaker of the House John Boehner's “Plan B” to avert the fiscal cliff would cut taxes for incomes under $1 million — a higher threshold than the White House demands …
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Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Dick Durbin: No cut in Social Security benefits
Dick Durbin: No cut in Social Security benefits
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Paul Krugman:
The Deal Dilemma — First things first: cutting Social Security …
The Deal Dilemma — First things first: cutting Social Security …
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The Atlantic Online, Mother Jones, msnbc.com, Washington Free Beacon, American Prospect and Wonkblog
Ryan Grim / The Huffington Post:
Obama Hits Social Security In Fiscal Cliff Offer Friendlier To The Wealthy
Obama Hits Social Security In Fiscal Cliff Offer Friendlier To The Wealthy
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CNN, Firedoglake, The Hill, Daily Kos, AMERICAblog and New York Magazine
Jennifer Epstein / Politico:
White House: Obama would support new gun laws
White House: Obama would support new gun laws
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Weasel Zippers, The Hill, UrbanGrounds and Gawker
BuzzFeed:
NRA Promises “Meaningful” Contributions — The gun group breaks its silence. “We were shocked, saddened, and heartbroken.” — National Rifle Association spokesman Andrew Arulanandam emails the first statement from the organization since Friday's massacre in Newtown.
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Dylan Byers / Politico:
NRA News has already addressed Newtown
NRA News has already addressed Newtown
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Business Insider, Taylor Marsh, Talking Points Memo and Roger Ailes
USA Today:
NRA releases statement on Conn. shooting
NRA releases statement on Conn. shooting
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New York Times, WTVR-TV, msnbc.com, CNN and Talking Points Memo
James Rosen / Fox News:
NRA to ‘push back’ soon, schedules news conference
NRA to ‘push back’ soon, schedules news conference
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Addicting Info, Guardian, Daily Kos and United States Senator …
New York Times:
Inquiry Into Libya Attack Is Sharply Critical of State Dept. — WASHINGTON — An independent inquiry into the attack on the United States diplomatic mission in Libya that killed four Americans on Sept. 11 sharply criticizes the State Department for a lack of seasoned security personnel …
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New York Post:
Hillary Clinton's head fake — Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was set to face a grilling from Congress this week over the terrorist attacks in Benghazi when she started channeling the late poet Shel Silverstein. — “I have the measles and the mumps / A gash, a rash and purple bumps …
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Michael Warren / Weekly Standard:
Senate Republicans May Oppose Hagel SecDef Nomination — Senate Republicans signaled Tuesday afternoon that they may put up a fight if Barack Obama nominates former Nebraska Republican senator Chuck Hagel for secretary of defense. — Asked about Hagel's 2008 statement that the …
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Israel Matzav and The Daily Caller
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John Hinderaker / Power Line:
The Times Embarrasses Itself on Guns-Again! — It's too bad the members of the New York Times editorial board don't sign their editorials. If they did, we could ridicule them by name. The Times, as an institution, has chosen to place ideology above accuracy.
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Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
More Fun With Numbers At The Times
More Fun With Numbers At The Times
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New York Times, The Volokh Conspiracy and Kieran Healy
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Party Identity in a Gun Cabinet — An American child grows up in a married household in the suburbs. What are the chances that his family keeps a gun in their home? — The probability is considerably higher than residents of New York and other big cities might expect …
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Truthdig, Spectator, Business Insider, Althouse and Guardian
Laura Bassett / The Huffington Post:
Family Research Council Sued For Sexual Harassment, Discrimination … REACT: — FOLLOW: — Video, Family Research Council, William Saunders, Family Research Council Gender Discrimination, Family Research Council Lawsuit, Family Research Council Sexual Harassment, Moira Gaul, Politics News
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Ruby Cramer / BuzzFeed:
Michigan's Republican Governor Vetoes Concealed Gun Bill, Cites Sandy Hook Shooting — Sandy Hook was a factor, said Snyder in a statement. “This type of violence often leaves society with more questions than answers.” — Republican Michigan Governor Rick Synder vetoed a concealed gun bill Tuesday afternoon.
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Matt Higgins / CBS DC:
CBS News: ‘Fast and Furious’ Gun Found At Site Where Mexican Beauty Queen Killed — WASHINGTON (CBSDC) - A gun found at the scene of a shootout between a Mexican drug cartel and soldiers where a beauty queen died was part of the botched “Fast and Furious” operation, CBS News reports.
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Sharyl Attkisson / CBS News:
Fast and Furious gun found at Mexican crime scene
Fast and Furious gun found at Mexican crime scene
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The Daily Caller, Weasel Zippers and The Lonely Conservative
Thisistwitchy / Twitchy:
University of Rhode Island professor's retweet: Murder anyone who thinks teachers should be armed; Update: Police met with prof — Four days ago, Erik Loomis, an assistant professor of American history at the University of Rhode Island, retweeted the above tweet.
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Lawyers, Guns & Money, Campus Reform and The Daily Caller
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Aaron Hicklin / Out Magazine:
Nate Silver: Person of the Year — His forecasts for the 2012 election became the talk of the chattering classes. Now that he's vanquished his critics, what's next for the brainiac? — Photography by Mike McGregor — Nate Silver wants to know if I've seen Jiro Dreams of Sushi …
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Cass R. Sunstein / Bloomberg:
Gun Debate Must Avoid Crazy 2nd Amendment Claims — The rise of the Second Amendment as a serious obstacle to U.S. gun control legislation is astonishingly recent. — Its rise is a tribute less to the vision of the Founding Fathers than to the skill, money and power of the contemporary gun-rights movement …
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National Review, Weasel Zippers, Instapundit and Law Blog
Declan McCullagh / CNET:
Instagram says it now has the right to sell your photos — In its first big policy shift since Facebook bought the photo-sharing site, Instagram claims the right to sell users' photos without payment or notification. Oh, and there's no way to opt out. — Instagram said today …
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Snyder's popularity plummets — Just last month when we took a first look at the 2014 landscape we talked about how much Rick Snyder had improved his popularity during his second year in office and how he led a generic Democrat for reelection by 6 points, even as Barack Obama won the state comfortably.
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