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Gunman in Arizona Shooting Held Without Bail, Assigned Lawyer Who Defended McVeigh
PHOENIX -- The nation got its first look on Monday at the 22-year-old loner accused of trying to assassinate Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. Jared Loughner, head shaved, a cut above the right temple and his hands cuffed, scanned a packed courtroom and sat down. His attorney, who defended Oklahoma City bomber Timothy Mcveigh and "Unabomber" Ted Kaczynski, whispered to him. The judge asked Loughner if he understood that he could get life in Prison -- or the death penalty -- for killing Federal Judge John...

The right-wing narrative about Clinton, the Oklahoma bombing, and Obama
President Obama is heading to Arizona to commemorate the Victims of Saturday's events in Tucson, and Conservatives are already expressing concern about a replay of Bill Clinton's 1995 Speech denouncing "purveyors of hatred and division" on the airwaves in the aftermath of the Oklahoma City bombing. In a preemptive strike, Conservatives are already misrepresenting the history of that event, arguing that Clinton politicized the bombing for his own gain. At National Review, John J. Miller writes...

Jared Loghner: A Homegrown Terrorist?
The suspect behind a deadly shooting in Tuscon, Ariz., that killed six people and injured 19 others including Democratic Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was represented in court, Monday, by prominent attorney Judy Clarke. Clarke specializes in federal death penalty cases, and is the same lawyer who defended "Unabomber" Ted Kaczynski, Oklahoma City Bomber Timothy Mcveigh, and Olympics bomber Eric Rudolph. The Federal Bureau of Investigation agents are looking into 22-year-old Jared Loughner's motives. ...

Ariz. Shooting Suspect to Appear in Court
The man accused of shooting Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., and 19 others faces court Monday and the chance of the federal death penalty because federal workers like Judge John Roll were among his Victims. Rather than a politically-motivated vigilante, 22-year-old Jared Loughner seems to fit the profile of the crazed, obsessed lone gunman -- and in his case, an isolated, deluded, lonely gunman. "He was probably ostracized to a significant extent by other people and that means he's not going ...

Arizona Rampage Suspect Ordered Held Without Bail
What is this? Jared Loughner has made his first court appearance and has been ordered held without bail as the federal case against him in the killings of six people and wounding of 14 others in Tucson, Ariz., on Saturday gets underway. During a short appearance before federal Magistrate Judge Lawrence Anderson in Phoenix this hour, the 22-year-old Tucson man appeared to "understand everything the judge was telling him," CNN's Ted Rollins just reported. — Attempted Assassination of a membe...

Parallels to 1995
PARALLELS TO 1995.... President Obama will travel to Tucson tomorrow, attending a memorial service for the Victims of Saturday's massacre. He will also visit with families, and is expected to deliver some remarks about what transpired. As these developments unfold, we can expect to see one reference point repeated quite a bit: Oklahoma City. In general, I tend to roll my eyes when the media draws hackneyed historical parallels for presidential challenges. Last year, for example, the BP oil spi...

Accountability and Victimization
Accountability and Victimization by digby Adam Serwer has a good post up today about Clinton's Oklahoma City Speech (which I excerpted earlier, here.) I hadn't realized until this incident that it was an article of faith on the right that this Speech was considered a case of political opportunism which wrongly attributed the bombing to the Right Wing Extremism of the time. I should have known. If they don't feel any responsibility for Tim McVeigh, then they can say and do anything and will ne...

After Arizona shootings, Memphis Rep. Steve Cohen to apply for handgun permit
WASHINGTON - In the wake of the shootings in Tucson, Ariz., on Saturday, U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., plans to apply for a permit to carry a concealed Handgun, he said this morning. U.S. Rep. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., already has one, and has for some time, her spokesman, Claude H. Chafin, said this morning. Steve Cohen Data Center: Search handgun-carry permits Cohen said he was at the Midtown Schnucks Grocery Store Sunday when he was approached by a man asking him about his interview w...

Jared Loughner Appears In Court, Giffords 'Still Fighting' (LIVE UPDATES)
PHOENIX — The nation got its first look on Monday at the 22-year-old loner accused of trying to assassinate Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. Jared Loughner, head shaved, a cut above the right temple and his hands cuffed, scanned a packed courtroom and sat down. His attorney, who defended Oklahoma City bomber Timothy Mcveigh and "Unabomber" Ted Kaczynski, whispered to him. (SCROLL DOWN FOR LIVE UPDATES) The judge asked Loughner if he understood that he could get life in Prison - or the death pen...

Loughner Held without Bail in Tucson Rampage
Like this Story? Share it: President Barack Obama stepped led the nation in a moment of silence to honor Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and the six people killed and 14 wounded in a shooting outside a Tucson Supermarket. Erica Hill reports. Erica Hill has an exclusive interview with Debbie Scheidemantel, Adjunct Professor at Pima Community College, who called the cops after having a classroom confrontation with Jared Loughner, the alleged gunman in the Arizona shooting rampage. Erica Hill talks...

School Talk
President Obama will speak at the University of Arizona on Wednesday. As he should. I hope (and expect) that he’ll do a better job with this appearance than Bill Clinton did when he gave the commencement address at Michigan State University in 1995, in the wake of the Oklahoma City bombing. Clinton saw an opportunity to link his conservative political opponents to bomber Timothy Mcveigh. He seized it. Here are a few excerpts. A hectoring, nauseating performance-one of the real low li...

Ugly politics
Via Dino: 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 pin this on the tea partiers,” said the Democrat. “Just like the Clinton White House deftly pinned the Oklahoma City bombing on the Militia and anti-government people.” And politicans wonder why people do not respect them. ...

Video: AZ Sheriff that blamed talk radio, tea party for shooting called illegal immigration opponents 'racist'
Well this figures: "The same man who accused Talk Radio and Cable News shows of inciting violence by using vitriol had no hesitation in labeling proponents of Arizona's illegal Immigration law as "Racist". Ironically, he made the comment on a vitriolic Cable News show."Previously in that sheriff: 1995: Bill Clinton blames Talk Radio for Oklahoma City bombing. 2010: Tucson Sheriff blames Talk Radio for Arizona shooting. More here: Sheriff Dupnik: "I Have No Agenda" But Angering Americans "May Be...

Loughner Held Without Bail
TUCSON, AZ - The suspect in a deadly Tucson shooting is being held without bail and has been assigned a lawyer who defended Oklahoma City bombing conspirator Timothy Mcveigh. Jared Loughner entered the courtroom Monday handcuffed and wearing a tan inmate uniform. His head is shaved and he has a cut on his right temple. Loughner made his initial court appearance in Federal Court at 2 p.m. at the Sandra Day O’Connor U.S. Courthouse, while state charges have yet to be filed. The court s...

Jared Loughner held without bail
PHOENIX — The suspect in a deadly Arizona shooting is being held without bail and has been assigned a lawyer who defended Oklahoma City bombing conspirator Timothy Mcveigh. Jared Loughner entered a Phoenix courtroom Monday handcuffed and wearing a tan inmate uniform. His head is shaved and he has a cut on his right temple. The 22-year-old is accused of killing six people on Saturday and injuring 14 others, including U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. His expression was impassive as he walked in...

Shooting suspect denied bail in federal court
PHOENIX (AP) — The suspect in a deadly Arizona shooting is being held without bail and has been assigned a lawyer who defended Oklahoma City bombing conspirator Timothy Mcveigh. Jared Loughner entered a Phoenix courtroom Monday handcuffed and wearing a tan inmate uniform. His head is shaved and he has a cut on his right temple. The 22-year-old is accused of killing six people on Saturday and injuring 14 others, including U.S.Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. His expression was impassive as he walke...

How low can Wikileaks go? Julian Assanges sick attempt to exploit the Arizona shootings
In a Press Release late last night, Wikileaks made a sick attempt to link in the public mind the shooting of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords to widespread outrage in America over its recent leaking of hundreds of thousands of US government documents. Even for Julian Assange this is surely a low point IN Media manipulation, and here he is clearly mimicking the Far Left’s ludicrous attempts to blame the Right for the Arizona shootings. Here’s what the release, entitled “WikiLeak

The Arizona Shootings and Political Discourse
Sometimes, the English language is too small to convey appropriate thoughts. Such is the case with the Arizona shootings. Many writers and speakers have said many things. I have been intellectually and emotionally challenged in attempting to understand all points of view that have been offered thus far on the causes of the weekend shooting in a Grocery Store Parking Lot in Tucson. That Parking Lot was suppose to have been the site for one of the most pristine and direct examples of our democrati...

MARK HALPERIN IN TIME: Maybe a horrendous act of violence will kill hundreds, even thousands, of Am
Mark Halperin IN TIME: Maybe a horrendous act of violence will kill hundreds, even thousands, of Americans and thereby brighten Obama’s political future. “No one wants the country to suffer another catastrophe. But when a struggling Bill Clinton was faced with the Oklahoma City bombing and a floundering George W. Bush was confronted by 9/11, t...

Arizona Shooter To Get Unabomber's Lawyer
Looks like Jared Lee Loughner, the shooter in this weekend's horror in Tucson, has got himself a lawyer: The Federal Public Defender's Office has recommended Judy Clarke to work the case. Clarke, no stranger to such high-profile defense work, previously helped defend Timothy Mcveigh, the Unabomber, 9/11 conspira...

Arizona Rampage Suspect Ordered Held Without Bail
What is this? Jared Loughner has made his first court appearance and has been ordered held without bail as the federal case against him in the killings of six people and wounding of 14 others in Tucson, Ariz., on Saturday gets underway. During a short appearance before federal Magistrate Judge Lawrence Anderson in Phoenix this hour, the 22-year-old Tucson man appeared to "understand everything the judge was telling him," CNN's Ted Rollins just reported. — Attempted Assassination of a membe...

Moment of silence, 11 a.m. 800+ join Boehner conference call Chaffetz, Shuler to pack heat back home -- Ezra Klein: Don't over
Good Monday morning. THE NARRATIVE – WashPost A9, “Analysis: In caustic political atmosphere, a moment of pause,” by Dan Balz: “Republican House leaders … have announced that they will postpone Wednesday's scheduled vote to Repeal President Obama's health-care law … But the debates over Health Care and other issues that divide Republicans and Democrats will resume, as they must. … Politicians in both parties have said this is not a time for one side t...

Loughner Appears in Federal Court
PHOENIX - Jared Loughner appeared before a Federal magistrate judge at the Federal Courthouse in Phoenix Monday afternoon. Loughner made an initial appearance before Judge Lawrence Anderson. This is a procedural hearing and it should be brief. Just after 2 p.m., Jared Loughner entered the courtroom handcuffed and wearing an inmate uniform. His head is shaved and he has a cut on his right temple. As he walked in, he looked straight at the crowd. His lawyer, Judy Clarke, who defended Oklahoma City...

Jared Lee Loughner: Gaze Into The Face of Insanity
PHOENIX -- The nation got its first look on Monday at the 22-year-old loner accused of trying to assassinate Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. Jared Loughner, head shaved, a cut above the right temple and his hands cuffed, scanned a packed courtroom and sat down. His attorney, who defended Oklahoma City bomber Timothy Mcveigh and "Unabomber" Ted Kaczynski, whispered to him. The judge asked Loughner if he understood that he could get life in Prison -- or the death penalty -- for killing Federal Judge John...

Obama needs another Oklahoma say Mark Penn
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