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Police: 2nd “suspect” in shooting cleared; Update: New details on Loughner’s...
The unpaid cabbie. As John Hinderaker notes, today’s development in the murderous shooting spree in Arizona today tend to argue against the notion of a conspiracy. The second person of interest in the...
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Quotes of the day
Blame. “One veteran Democratic operative, who blames overheated rhetoric for the shooting, said President Barack Obama should carefully but forcefully do what his predecessor did. “‘They need to deftly...
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Obamateurism of the Day
Modesty. We know that the Obama administration has an odd idea of who the rich are. For more than two years, the White House and Democrats in Congress have tried to hike taxes on all those who make...
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More Loughner details: 9/11 Truther, perhaps an occultist?
Why we wait. Among the tragedies of mass murders is the bitter truth that the murderer will often for a time become more famous than the victims. Perhaps that is especially true with true lunatics, as...
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Reid: Tea Party will disappear when economy improves
Keep the hope alive, Harry. David Gregory looks delighted with Harry Reid’s prediction, probably because he knows just how much attention his interview with the otherwise uninspiring Senate Majority...
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The shame and hypocrisy of the New York Times
Despicable. We noted yesterday the fingerwagging at CNN over the Fort Hood shootings and the urge to link it to radical Islam, and the rush at the network to blame another mass murder on Republicans...
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Video: Slain girl’s father says attack the price of “a free society”
"I prefer this to the alternative.” If you want to see heartbreaking grace and tremendous courage in the face of unspeakable tragedy, you don’t want to miss this segment from the Today show this...
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Obama administration pushing development of Internet ID
Not required. A number of readers sent e-mails about a new initiative by the White House on the Internet, but it may be less than imagined in terms of government control. Both CBS and Fox report on...
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DHS denies evidence of Tucson shooter connection to fringe group
The fog of news. Greg Sargent gets DHS on the record in denying a report yesterday that supposedly tied Jared Loughner to an anti-semitic fringe group. The initial report from Fox provided the basis...
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Video: Palin responds, “I hate violence”
Chilling. Sarah Palin responded publicly to the accusations that she contributed to an atmosphere of violence with an e-mail to Glenn Beck, which he read aloud on his radio/video show this morning....
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The Ed Morrissey Show: Jazz Shaw
3 pm ET! Today, on the Ed Morrissey Show (3 pm ET), Kevin McCullough joins us again to discuss the intersection of faith and politics. Kevin and I will talk about the terrible tragedy in Tucson, the...
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The Arizona Shootings and Personal Responsibility
You do what you do. There has, I’m sure, already been far, far more than enough coverage of and opining upon the high profile shootings in Arizona yesterday. And for the most part I’ve tried to stay...
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Huckabee, Romney lead in early Iowa caucus poll
Huckabee also scores highest in Gallup favorability poll. With most of the nation distracted by the tragedy in Tucson and the political attacks over it, news on the GOP presidential campaign front from...
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Clyburn: Reading the Constitution provoked murder spree in Tucson, or...
Plus, Bob Kerrey blames shooting on ObamaCare repeal. In the race to see which politico makes the biggest ass out of himself over the shooting spree in Tucson, Arizona, we can report that so far the...
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Pawlenty: The post-shooting politicization reminds me of 2007 bridge tragedy
First tragedy, then farce. Funny, because I wanted to make that same point earlier. In August 2007, the St. Anthony Bridge collapsed in Minneapolis, killing 13 people and touching off a firestorm of...
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Don’t think of an elephant: Giffords, ghouls and gimmicks
Narratives. On Saturday, Jared Loughner attempted to assassinate Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ). He killed a federal judge, a nine-year-old girl and four others, and injured many more. Their fates were...
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Bob Kerrey: The health-care bill was one of the reasons Loughner was angry
"I wouldn't make too much of whatever his political views are." I know Ed mentioned it earlier but I think it deserves its own post. So random and haphazard is this that I can’t even tell if Kerrey...
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Did Clarence Dupnik miss the red flags on Loughner?
Supercop. Any cop can tell you whodunnit but it takes a supercop to tell you What It All Means about our political culture. A nagging question: Should supercop maybe have figured out that Loughner was...
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Video: Hey, let’s pass a bill banning crosshair symbols or something
Stupid. This moronic story was making the rounds last night on Twitter, with some people tweeting nervously, “Is that legal?” Why, er, no. Even given the limitation suggested by Brady — he wants to...
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WaPo: Loughner was a registered independent, didn’t vote this year
Surprise. For what it’s worth. A commenter in Headlines jokes, “Hey, isn’t Sarah Palin’s husband an independent?” Loughner registered to vote on Sept. 29, 2006, identifying himself as an independent....
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