Rep. Gabrielle Giffords responsive but critical

Meet Your Arizona Superhero: Gabrielle Giffords Gay Latino Intern
Most modern-day interns spend a lot of time listening to hip-hop music on their iPods and refusing to perform any tasks that require actual intellectual or (gasp!) physical effort. How startling, then, that during Saturday’s awful massacre in Tuscon, one of these entitled Mileybots conclusively proved himself to be the Awesomest Intern In The History Of Ever. And in addition to being a brown, he is a gay. This University of Arizona junior, Daniel Hernandez, was only five days into his in...

Giffords shooting leads nation to introspection and political finger wagging
In the wake of the shooting in Arizona this weekend that critically injured Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and that killed and injured more than 20 people, many pundits and politicians are pointing fingers. Others are hoping the incident will serve to ratchet down rancor. Yet emerging details make it clear the shooter wasn’t primarily motivated by politics, right or left. Jared Lee Loughner seems mainly to have been struggling with Mental Illness and was angry at being thrown out of Pima Communi...

On the tragedy in Arizona, political rhetoric and fingerpointing
Since Saturday’s shooting in Arizona, my comments on the tragedy have been limited because there are a lot of things being said from all sides and I felt that I should wait until more information was discovered before making any comments. Unfortunately, others have felt the need to be reactionary, rush to judgment and blame the most convenient figure(s) or movement to take advantage of the situation in hopes to score cheap political points. Jared Loughner is mentally disturbed, it’s ...

Moment of Silence Observed Across the Country for Tucson Shootings
(Credit: AP) President Obama led the nation in a moment of silence today at 11 a.m. ET to honor those injured and killed in Saturday's Mass Shooting, which has left Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in critical condition. The moment was marked across the country at the White House, the U.S. Capitol, the Arizona State Capitol, and elsewhere. Giffords' brother-in-law, Astronaut Scott Kelly, led a moment of silence from aboard the International Space Station. Six people were killed on Saturday af...

Obama: Arizona Shooting Has America Shocked & Grieving
(AP) WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama said the nation is still shocked and grieving after Saturday's deadly shooting rampage in Arizona that killed six people and left a congresswoman in critical condition after being shot point-blank in the head. Speaking in the Oval Office Monday, Obama said Democratic Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is "still fighting". In total, 19 people were shot in the attack; among the six people killed were Arizona's chief Federal Judge, a 9-year-old girl interested in gov...

Remembering Arizona's Victims
The US Capitol dome is shown in the background as flags fly at half staff in honor of the Victims of the shooting in Arizona that injured US Representative Gabrielle Giffords, at the Washington Monument in Washington January 9, 2011. You must login to comment. The Fox Nation is for those opposed to intolerance, excessive government control of our lives, and attempts to monopolize opinion or suppress freedom of thought, expression, and worship. Read more... We invite all Americans who share these...

Arizona's Eighth Congressional District Epitomized Over-The-Top Demonization Of Liberals
While it is critical to understand that Jared Loughner's Terrorist Attack on Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and dozens of her constituents over the weekend was not directly caused by the words of her political opponents, the tragedy in Arizona presents an opportunity to examine the nature of our political discourse. Giffords' district, the Arizona Eighth, is a prime example of overheated Rhetoric. Her 2010 campaign was plagued by Vandalism and death threats from anonymous citizens, as well as hyperbol...

Russ Belville: Arizona Shooter Loughner Used Marijuana... So What?
As you may know by now, in a tragic act of insane violence, Arizona Rep. Gabby Giffords was targeted for Assassination, but survived the point-blank gunshot allegedly fired by Jared Lee Loughner, a 22-year-old man whose rambling Internet paranoia calls his sanity into question.  Loughner also allegedly fired into the crowd, killing a 9-year-old girl (born on 9/11/2001, incidentally), a federal Circuit Court judge, a Giffords Staffer, and three others, and wounding several more.  All of us at...

When politics stops (and how it never really does)
The attempted Assassination of Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords on Saturday has effectively ground partisan politics in Washington to a halt. The planned vote on the Repeal of the Health Care bill, which was scheduled for later this week, has been postponed. President Obama led the nation in a moment of silence this morning. And politicians from both sides have been filling the airwaves with calls to honor Giffords and the other Victims by toning down the political Rhetoric. And yet, for all of t...

Doctor: No change in Giffords' condition
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 (UPI) -- The condition of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, shot in an attack at a Tucson political event, was unchanged Monday, and a doctor said that was positive news. "We're not out of the woods yet," said Dr. G. Michael Lemole, section chief of Neurosurgery at University Medical Center in Tucson. "At this phase in the game, no change is good and we have no change," Lemole said at a briefing on the condition of Giffords and others wounded in the Saturday shooting rampage outside o...

Obama calls victims' families in Arizona
President Obama is calling the families of Victims from Saturday's Mass Shooting in Arizona, and will continue to do so throughout the week, the White House said. "The President is assuring them that all is being done to try and get to the bottom of this," said a White House statement. "He is offering his full support and thoughts and prayers on behalf of himself, Michelle and the entire nation." Obama is also speaking with lawmakers, and receiving updates on the shooting that left six people d...

Clyburn Calls for Reinstatement of Fairness Doctrine
Clyburn said he thinks vitriol in public discourse led to a 22-year-old suspect opening fire Saturday at an event Democratic U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords held for her constituents in Tucson, Ariz. Six people were killed and 14 others were injured, including Giffords. The shooting is cause for the country to rethink parameters on free Speech, Clyburn said from his office, just blocks from the South Carolina Statehouse. He wants standards put in place to guarantee balanced media coverage with a re...

Dem leader: Alleged shooter sought 'Second Amendment remedy'
Rep. James Clyburn said it is impossible not to connect fiery campaign Rhetoric to the shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.).  The number three-ranking House Democrat invoked the Rhetoric of a Tea Party Senate Candidate in describing the actions of the man accused of shooting Giffords (D-Ariz.).  "He saw a Second Amendment remedy and that's what occurred here and there is no way not to make that connection," Clyburn said during an interview with the Charleston Post and Courier. 

Giffords environmental advocacy
By now you know the basic story: Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was shot in the head on Saturday while appearing at a "Congress on Your Corner" event in Tucson. The shooting killed six, among them a federal judge and a nine-year-old girl. Giffords herself seems to be responding to stimuli despite being gravely injured. The suspect, Jared Lee Loughner, is in custody, and while we don't know anything definitive about his motives, many Democrats are pointing out that Giffords -- a Blue Dog in a re...

Jared Lee Loughner and media 'madness' | SE Smith
Within minutes of learning Saturday's breaking news about the shooting of Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords along with staff and bystanders at a public event in Tucson, I, along with many other people with Mental Illness and Mental Health advocates, knew exactly what to expect: a torrent of speculation about the Mental Health status of the shooter. Real time reactions on the Internet did not disappoint, whether talking about "crazed gunmen", "lunatics", "psycho killers", or "mentally dis...

Giffords Intern Talks Tucson Tragedy
College junior Daniel Hernandez was just days on the job when the shooting took place. He rushed in to help Victims including Democratic Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. See photos of the Gabrielle Giffords Shooting in Arizona. Take the poll: Is Political Rhetoric to Blame for Arizona Shooting? Follow the money in Congress. ...

New calls for gun control following Staurday's rampage
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 targeting the high-capacity ammunition clip the gunman used. 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 an...

Shooting revives gun control proposals in Congress
The shooting in Arizona that killed six people and injured 14 others — including Democratic Rep. Gabrielle Giffords — is reviving Legislation to impose tighter controls on guns and ammunition. Rep. Carolyn McCarthy, D-N.Y., is drafting Legislation in response to the shooting that would revive a now-expired ban on high-capacity ammunition clips, like the one reportedly used by the 22-year-old suspect to gun down a Federal Judge, a 9-year-old girl and others at Giffords’ “...

Loughner's Politics: Chaos. Pure Chaos
The past 36 hours have been a constant circle of finger-pointing, denial, finger-pointing, and more denial with a heavy dose of false equivalence thrown in. Conservatives say Loughner's liberal; liberals say he's conservative. Neither one is true. At best, Jared Lee Loughner was an Anarchist in how he viewed his impact on the external world. And he was a man with a grudge. Mother Jones has an exclusive interview with a friend that confirms the hunch I've had all day. His politics had nothing to ...

Lawyers For 'Unabomber,' White Supremacist To Represent Jared Lee Loughner
The Federal Public Defender's Office on Monday requested that the court appoint Judy Clarke and Mark Fleming to represent Jared Lee Loughner, the suspect allegedly behind the Mass Shooting on Saturday that killed a Federal Judge and gravely injured Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ). Clarke previously represented "Unabomber" Ted Kaczynski and assisted in the case of confessed al Qaeda operative Zacarias Moussaoui. Fleming represented Aryan Brotherhood defendant Travis Dally in a federal capital mu...

What Riverdaughter said
There seem to be two major camps regarding this tragedy: Sarah Palin is a monster and the Tea Partiers must be blamed. Or, Sarah Palin is the scapegoat and her picture had nothing to do with this tragic incident. I prefer the third way. .... In the past 18 years, starting with the advent of Rush Limbaugh, we saw a ratcheting up of Right Wing Extremism. ... And it is into this environment that Sarah Palin steps as the champion of a new set of people. A group that even the Right Wing Republicans ...

Hinojosa voices support for bill that curbs threatening speech against lawmakers
Chris Moody is a political reporter for the Daily Caller from San Diego, California. Before joining the Daily Caller, Moody was the Manager of New Media at a think tank in Washington DC, a freelance writer and a commercial Fisherman in Alaska. He is currently a graduate Student at Johns Hopkins University and lives in downtown Washington DC. Texas Democrat Rep. Rubén Hinojosa said Monday that he is open to joining Pennsylvania Democrat Rep. Robert Brady in support of a bill to curb Speech t...

Arizona shooting: Barack Obama leads a minute's silence
President Barack Obama has led a minute of silence across the United States for Gabrielle Giffords, the critically-injured Congresswoman, and the other Victims of the Tucson shooting....

Man slain on Acapulco highway; 31 dead in 4 days
Police say a man has been slain on a main highway leading into Acapulco, bringing to 31 the number of people killed in the Pacific coast resort city over four days. Guerrero state Investigative Police Director Fernando Monreal Leyva says the unidentified man was shot several times in the head and found on the road with his shirt pulled over his face. Leyva said Monday that federal, state and local police are meeting with the Military to consider ways to beef up security in Acapulco, where 27 peo...

BRYAN PRESTON: Clicking through images of Jared Lee Loughners backyard skull shrine, linked fro
BRYAN PRESTON: “Clicking through images of Jared Lee Loughner’s backyard skull shrine, linked from Drudge. I’m not seeing a Gadsden flag.” ...