Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The Pima County Bar Association has a link at the top of its Welcome page to a press release from the Pima County Attorney about the Tucson Tragedy Victim Fund. Donations_Tucson_Tragedy_Victim_Fund.pdf: Advertisement A local nonprofit victim services organization, Homicide Survivors, lnc., has set up a fund to help the victims, witnesses, and their families. … Read more

by David Safier George Packer has a short blog post on the New Yorker website about Jared Loughner and the escalating hostility in political discourse. He goes beyond talking about violence-laden language to all hostile rhetoric which doesn't simply argue with opponents. It delegitimizes them. He writes, the point isn't whether or not Loughner's motivations … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: From the Arizona Daily Star: The Roman Catholic Diocese of Tucson will hold a mass for the victims on Tuesday, January 11 at Saint Odilia Catholic Church, 7570 N. Paseo del Norte, at 7:00 p.m. A memorial event entitled "Together We Thrive: Tucson and America" will be held on Wednesday, January 12 at the McKale … Read more

by David Safier I just went through the Sunday, Monday and Tuesday paper editions of the Star. Sheriff Dupnik receives barely a mention, until today's paper. I've seen him on television everywhere — local stations, networks, even in an interview on Fox. The LA Times ran a story, After shootings, Clarence Dupnik is Arizona's new … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama will travel to Tucson to pay tribute to the victims of Saturday's mass shooting. The president will speak at a memorial event at the University of Arizona on Wednesday night. Obamas coming here for tribute: The event, titled "Together We Thrive: Tucson and America," starts … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Democrats in the Arizona Legislature will introduce a bill Tuesday to create a "funeral protection zone" to keep protesters from disrupting the funerals of those killed in the mass shooting near Tucson. Arizona shooting: Democrats' bill would protect funerals: The Rev. Fred Phelps of Westboro Baptist Church in Kansas responded to the shooting … Read more

by David Safier I am both astonished and dismayed by the passivity of the Arizona Democratic Party right now. I have kept my ear to the ground, I have read every Media Release and email I could find from the party and from politicians over the past few days, and I have found little that … Read more