Full video and summary of medical update on Gabrielle Giffords

Jared Loughner Fixated on Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, Attended 'Congress On Your Corner" Event in 2007
I've been checking the Twitter feeds for some of the Media Matters goons. They're despicable. There's no sense of reality among progressive leftists, although some of those who've fanned the allegations of Sarah Palin's complicity have started to walk back the charges. So now that there's evidence that Jared Laughner was obsessed with Congresswoman Giffords as far back as 2007 --- a year before Sarah Palin became a major national political figure --- will Progressives recant and apologize? Don'...

Congresswoman's intern stanched blood from gunshot
(01-09) 17:51 PST Tucson, Ariz. (AP) -- A 20-year-old intern to U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords said Sunday he used his hands to apply pressure to a gunshot wound to her head while holding her in his lap. A 61-year-old Tucson woman grabbed the magazine from the gunman, and two men tackled him. All four are being hailed as heroes in the shooting that killed six and gravely injured the lawmaker during an event at a Tucson Grocery Store. The sheriff said the woman, Patricia Maisch, likely saved doze...

911 tape of Arizona shooting released
The audio tape of the 911 emergency call placed moments after the Arizona shooting has been released. On the tape the caller can be heard saying Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and several others had been shot, and describing the gunman's appearance. Six people were killed when he opened fire at an event hosted by Ms Giffords in Tucson. She was shot in the head but is expected to recover. The suspect, identified as Jared Loughner, is facing five counts of Murder and Attempted Murder. ...

A demonstration of disturbing trends in American political culture
The shooting of Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, in an attack that left six others dead, was nothing less than an Assassination attempt. And while we don't yet know what noxious idea inspired the alleged assailant to kill, we can see in the assault a manifest demonstration of several disturbing trends in American political culture. Start with guns: Legally, they are sacrosanct. And not just any guns. In Arizona, any “law-abiding” person over 21 is allowed to carry a conceale...

A disturbing story about American political culture
Last updated Sunday, Jan. 09, 2011 9:08PM EST The shooting of Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, in an attack that left six others dead, was nothing less than an Assassination attempt. And while we don't yet know what noxious idea inspired the alleged assailant to kill, we can see in the assault a manifest demonstration of several disturbing trends in American political culture. Start with guns: Legally, they are sacrosanct. And not just any guns. In Arizona, any “law-abiding”...

Weekend rampage brings calls to cool rhetoric, add security for lawmakers
The Assassination attempt on Rep. Gabrielle Giffords over the weekend prompted lawmakers on Sunday to blame, in part, the nation's political Rhetoric as overheated and also push such issues as congressional security and gun-control laws. "We need to stop, pause and reflect," Sen. Lamar Alexander, Tennessee Republican, said just hours after leaders of the Republican-controlled House announced there will be no votes this week in the chamber, including one scheduled to Repeal the Health Care law. T...

Get down! Get down! as gunfire erupts in Arizona
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — She arrived right on time — smiling, as Gabrielle “Gabby” Giffords so often did, as she made her way through the small crowd that had assembled for her first “Congress on Your Corner” gathering of the new year. The meetings had become one of her hallmarks as a congresswoman, a way to get face-to-face with the people she served and hear them out, from those who cheered her close re-election to those who opposed her positions on Health Care ...

Moderate Giffords an unlikely target for hate crime
With her warm brown eyes, friendly manner, Astronaut husband and moderate political views, Arizona Democratic Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was an unlikely target for what investigators indicate was a hate-fueled shooting rampage in her Tucson district. A Blue Dog Democrat and fiscal conservative, Giffords has taken a tough line on Immigration Reform -- her district shares a 100-mile border with Mexico -- and in support of Gun Rights. Her more Controversial recent votes in Congress include supporting...

Authorities charge man, 22, with assassination try
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities on Sunday charged a 22-year-old man described as a pot-smoking loner with trying to assassinate Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and killing others at a political event, revealing that he had scrawled on an envelope the words “my Assassination” and “Giffords.” The discoveries at his home in southern Arizona, however, provided few answers to a shocked nation, from the Victims of Saturday’s shooting rampage to lawmakers worried about thei...

Rep. Gabrielle Giffords And Gwyneth Paltrow Cousins: Report
Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, shot Saturday, allegedly by 22-year old Jared Lee Loughner, is related to actress Gwyneth Paltrow, Entertainment Tonight reports. The show's website reports that Paltrow and Giffords are cousins, but have not met. Paltrow released a statement on Sunday, saying, "Although I have never had the pleasure of meeting congresswoman Giffords, my thoughts and prayers are with her and her family as well as the other Victims of this horrible act of senseless violence." Giffords i...

The Tucson Shooter and Arizona Politics
Perhaps the stupidest and least surprising comment about the shooting of Representative Gabrielle Giffords in Tucson came from New York Times columnist Matt Bai. Bai, the author of an interesting book about Democratic politics, analyzed the political environment—the universe of discourse that framed the alleged attempt at Assassination by Arizonan Jared Lee Loughner. Here is what he wrote: Within minutes of the first reports Saturday that Representative Gabrielle Giffords, an Arizona Demo...

'My assassination' message found as charges laid over mall rampage
Provide feedback to the multimedia producers. Thank you. Your feedback was successfully sent. Video will begin in 5 seconds. What type of connection do you have? Your video format settings have been saved. An Arizona sheriff and a former classmate describe the alleged gunman involved in the shooting of a US lawmaker at the weekend. Federal Prosecutors in the US have brought charges against the gunman accused of attempting to assassinate congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and killing six people at ...

Thumbnail sketches of victims in Tucson shooting
(01-09) 18:03 PST (AP) -- John Roll, 63: Named Arizona's chief federal judge in 2006, U.S. District Judge John M. Roll won acclaim for a career as a respected jurist and leader who had pushed to beef up the court's strained bench to handle a growing number of border crime-related cases. Roll was appointed to the federal bench in 1991 by President George H.W. Bush. He previously served as a state trial judge and as a judge on the midlevel Arizona Court of appeals, and as a county and state pros...

Thumbnail sketches of victims in Tucson shooting
Named Arizona's chief Federal Judge in 2006, U.S. District Judge John M. Roll won acclaim for a career as a respected jurist and leader who had pushed to beef up the court's strained bench to handle a growing number of border crime-related cases. Roll was appointed to the federal bench in 1991 by President George H.W. Bush. He previously served as a state trial judge and as a judge on the midlevel Arizona Court of appeals, and as a county and state prosecutor. Bishop Gerald Kicanas of the Roman ...

Congressthingy Carolyn McCarthy (D-imwit) To Push Gun Control Bill
(Politico) - One of the fiercest gun-control advocates in Congress, Rep. Carolyn Mccarthy (D-N.Y.), pounced on the shooting massacre in Tucson Sunday, promising to introduce Legislation as soon as Monday. McCarthy ran for Congress after her husband was gunned down and her son seriously injured in a shooting in 1993 on a Long Island commuter train. “My staff is working on looking at the different Legislation fixes that we might be able to do and we might be able to introduce as early...

Suspect will also face local charges
Pima County Attorney Barbara LaWall vowed Sunday to pursue charges against 22-year-old Tucson gunman Jared Lee Loughner for his attacks on citizens whose cases fall outside the jurisdiction of the Federal Courts. The U.S. Attorney’s Office on Sunday filed five counts against Loughner. He is accused of killing two federal employees, U.S. District Judge John M. Roll and a Staffer to Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, of trying to assassinate Giffords (D-Ariz.), a member of Congress, and of attempti...

Tucson Victims in Wrong Place at Wrong Time
A Janitor, A Judge, and An Aide Were Victims in Saturday's Shooting in Tucson, Ariz, Targeting Rep. Gabrielle Giffords Like this Story? Share it: As the investigation continues into 22-year-old Jared Lee Loughner, the main suspect in the Tucson shooting of Congresswoman Giffords, Dean Reynolds reports on the other victims. (CBS) From a judge to a janitor, the victims in Saturday's shooting in Tucson, Ariz., targeting Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords were all caught in the wrong place at the wron...

Jared Lee Loughner targeted Gabrielle Giffords since 2007?
Jared Lee Loughner targeted Gabrielle Giffords since 2007? Damn those violent tea baggers! Damn you Sarah Palin! Oh wait, there was no Tea Party around in 2007, and Sarah Palin was just some unknown Governor in Alaska that no one had heard of at that time. Back in 2007 “dissent was patriotic” according to then Senator Hillary Clinton, and the “Kill Bush” Propaganda, images, and signs were getting positive publicity in the lame stream media. It seems like so long ago doe...

Internet Trail Of Liberal Jared Loughner
From the UK’s Telegraph: Gabrielle Giffords shooting: strange Internet trail of ‘loner’ Jared Lee Loughner, the alleged Tucson gunman By Jon Swaine, New York, 09 Jan 2011 Loughner, a 22-year-old local man, was named by police as the man arrested for the killings of six people and shootings of 10 others, including Gabrielle Giffords. Witnesses said the shooter "came out of nowhere" and sprayed bullets at the congresswoman and the crowd. Arizona Court Records show ...

Gabrielle Giffords: Tragic Prophet
Emergency personnel attend to a Shooting Victim outside a shopping center in Tucson, Ariz. on Saturday, Jan. 8, 2011 where U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., and others were shot as the congresswoman was meeting with constituents. Editor’s note: This is a special E.J. Dionne column written after the deadly shooting Saturday in Arizona. To read a 2009 column by the same author about the threat of such violence in our politics, click here. There is one commentator whose words should enl...

Dallas Greens Grandchild Killed In Ariz. Shooting
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The 9-year-old girl killed by a gunman who opened fire at an Arizona congresswoman’s event was the granddaughter of former major league manager, executive and pitcher Dallas Green. Green managed the Philadelphia Phillies to their first World Series championship in 1980. He currently is an executive adviser with the team. Green managed the New York Yankees for most of the 1989 season. He took over the New York Mets during the 1993 season and managed them through mo...

Dallas Green's grandchild killed in Ariz shooting
(01-09) 17:14 PST Philadelphia, CA (AP) -- The 9-year-old girl killed by a gunman who opened fire at an Arizona congresswoman's event was the granddaughter of former major league manager, executive and pitcher Dallas Green. Green managed the Philadelphia Phillies to their first World Series championship in 1980. He currently is an executive adviser with the team. Christina Taylor Green was shot Saturday outside a Tucson grocery story when she went to see Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who was meetin...

Just Nuts
Six people are dead in Tucson, and a sitting US congresswoman is in critical care after having survived an Assassination attempt. This is both a personal tragedy for the families of the Victims involved, and a national stain - we’re not long on political assassinations, over here. Getting rid of politicians is what the Ballot Box is for. I watched enough of Jared Lee Loughner’s YouTube channel to realize that the kid was just plain nuts. Delusional. Possibly paranoid. Waiting t...

Palin Staffer Insists Crosshair Graphic Wasn't About Guns
A Sarah Palin Staffer insisted in a Radio Interview that their use of a crosshair graphic on a Midterm Election "target list" -- that included the district of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) -- was not intended to allude to guns, Alaska Dispatch reports. Said Rebecca Mansour: "We never ever, ever intended it to be gun sights," explaining "It's surveyor's symbols." However, Palin's own tweet just after the election was unambiguous: "Remember months ago 'bullseye' icon used 2 target the 20 Obamac...

"The Arizona Tragedy and the Politics of Blood Libel"
Posted by John at 8:17 PM In the Wall Street Journal, Glenn Reynolds stands up to liberal bullies who are trying to silence Conservatives, wholly irrationally, on the basis of Jared Loughner's Killing Spree: Shortly after November's electoral defeat for the Democrats, pollster Mark Penn appeared on Chris Matthews's TV show and remarked that what President Obama needed to reconnect with the American People was another Oklahoma City bombing. To judge from the reaction to Saturday's tragic shootin...