PCSO Clears Second Suspect
Pima Sheriffs have been seeking a second suspect based on security footage of the area. Now they have cleared that suspect of any wrong-doing, though they still have not released the identity of the second man. We do know that he was a cab driver who dropped off Loughner and accompanied him into Safeway in … Read more
The Hypocrisy of the Right Wing on the CD8 Shootings
By Michael Bryan Behold the only honest rightwing hatemonger in America. Phelps is an evil, old, crazy, hateful bastard – but at least he takes responbility for his vitriolic and eliminationist rhetoric. He makes no bones about the fact that he wants his enemies dead and celebrates when they do die. He doesn't hide behind … Read more
Enough
by Craig McDermott, cross-posted from Random Musings Remember the names, because while Gabrielle Giffords was the highest-profile victim of yesterday's shooting, she wasn't the only one. John Roll, 63 Dorothy Morris, 76 Dorwin Stoddard, 76 Christina Greene, 9 Phyllis Scheck, 79 Gabe Zimmerman, 30 Yesterday in Tucson, six people were murdered, 14 more were injured, … Read more
Rep. Giffords’ medical condition remains ‘very precarious’
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The latest update following this morning's press conference. Giffords' medical condition called 'very precarious': Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was in surgery within 38 minutes of arriving at University Medical Center with a gunshot "devastating wound" to the head that required the removal of half her skull, doctors said at a news conference this … Read more
Rep. Giffords interview from March 25, 2010
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Josh Marshall of Talking Points Memo was interviewed by Keith Olbermann on Saturday night about previous threats of violence against Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, and the "eliminationist rhetoric" routinely employed by right-wing politicians and in the right-wing media noise machine. The news interview from March 25, 2010 is disturbingly prophetic. There is a "climate … Read more
Rage Against the (New) Media
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: When I was in the second or third grade, my teacher had our class engage in an exercise about rumors. She lined up the 32 students in our class and whispered a message in the ear of the first student, and said "pass it on." By the time the message got to … Read more
Daniel Hernandez, hero
by David Safier UA junior Daniel Hernandez's role in helping keep Giffords stable after the shooting, and possibly saving her life, is beginning to be written about and discussed on television. He had been interning with Giffords for five days. According to the Republic article, he ran to help Giffords before the shooting ended: When … Read more
