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TUCSON– Prosecutors accused Jared Lee Loughner, a troubled 22-year-old college dropout, of five serious federal charges on Sunday, including the attempted assassination of a member of Congress, for his role in a shootout that left 20 people wounded, six of them fatally, on Saturday morning. Court documents filed in the U.S. District Court in Phoenix […]
Since President Obama was elected in 2008, the gun rhetoric we’ve seen pop up online in videos from Tea Party rallies and politicians revving up their base have been unmatched on an historical level. Yesterday, the comments of many Republican candidates at their rallies may have inspired Jared Loughner to nearly assassinate Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, […]
TUCSON, Ariz.—In high school, Jared Lee Loughner was a scrawny kid with a bushy mop of curly hair under the hood of a gray sweatshirt, a saxophone player at football games who jammed with a friend’s garage band.
Arizona — A Department of Homeland Security memo reveals that suspected Tucson shooter, Jared Loughner, is “possibly linked” to a white supremacist group. On Jan. 9, 2010, Fox News reported on a memo prepared by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) about 22-year-old Jared Loughner, the suspect in custody for the Tucson shootings. According to […]
Arizona — Jared Lee Loughner, the alleged shooter of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and others on Saturday, may have ties to anti-Semitic, anti-immigration hate group American Renaissance, according to a leaked memo from the Department of Homeland Security. It’s unclear whether Loughner maintains a direct connection to the group, however, “strong suspicion is being directed” at […]
WASHINGTON — Rep. James Clyburn (D-S.C.), a lawmaker who faced several threats during the heated health care debate, is calling on the country to ratchet down its heated political rhetoric and calling on lawmakers to speak out forcefully and condemn such comments.
Arizona– Even as they unite in grief, Democrats and Republicans are splintering over the role that violent political rhetoric – exemplified by Sarah Palin’s “crosshairs” list – played in Saturday’s shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.).
Tucson — Doctors treating Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords said Sunday that she is able to respond to simple commands. “We are very encouraged by that,” said Dr. Michael Lemole, Jr., chief of neurosurgery at the University Medical Center in Tuscon, Arizona. “I am cautiously optimistic.” Giffords, who was shot in the head at point blank […]
Arizona — Pima County Sheriff Clarence W. Dupnik, who is overseeing the investigation of Saturday’s mass shooting that critically wounded Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D), became an overnight sensation with his remarks that the “vitriol” in today’s political discourse contributed to the incident and that Arizona has become “a mecca for prejudice and bigotry.” Dupnik’s name […]
Washington D.C– The Root today is reporting that the political commenter dived into yet another race conversation on his Friday show. In the audio snippet, Limbaugh talks about how he believes President Barack Obama isn’t qualified to be president.
Arizona– Last night Keith Olbermann gave a ‘special comment’ on yesterday’s shooting in Arizona, connecting the violence in Arizona to the “ever-escalating, borderline-ecstatic invocation of violence in fact or in fantasy in our political discourse.”
Arizona — Jared Laughner, the person reportedly being held under suspicion of shooting Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.), was described by eyewitnesses as a young white man who looked like a “fringe character.” Laughner apparently shot Giffords and 12 others at a public event at a Safeway grocery store in Tucscon. He reportedly shot the congresswoman […]