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6:20 AM ET, January 14, 2011

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Shmuley Boteach / Wall Street Journal:
Sarah Palin Is Right About ‘Blood Libel’  —  Judaism rejects the idea of collective responsibility for murder.  —  The term “blood libel”—which Sarah Palin invoked this week to describe the suggestions by journalists and politicians that conservative figures like herself are responsible …
Discussion: Sheya, GayPatriot and Power Line
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Jennifer Epstein / The Politico:
Some say ‘blood libel’ signaled base  —  Sarah Palin's use of the charged term “blood libel” may not have been an accidental blunder, but a deliberate “'dog whistle” appeal to her evangelical Christian supporters for whom the expression has meaning, commentators and others are saying.
Jonah Goldberg / National Review:
‘Blood Libel’ and Beyond
Ben Dimiero / Media Matters for America:
Conservatives Accuse Obama Of Lying About Giffords Opening Eyes; Her Doctors Disagree  —  In one of the most cynical displays in recent memory, following the lead of Gateway Pundit Jim Hoft, several conservative websites - including Fox Nation and MRC arm CNS News - suggested that President Obama lied …
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Arizona Republic:
Black bag found may be tied to Giffords shooting, authorities say
Mike Lillis / The Hill:   Defiant members continue district meet-and-greets after shooting
First Lady Michelle Obama / White House.gov Blog:
An Open Letter to Parents Following the Tragedy in Tucson  —  Like so many Americans all across the country, Barack and I were shocked and heartbroken by the horrific act of violence committed in Arizona this past weekend.  Yesterday, we had the chance to attend a memorial service and meet …
The Huffington Post:
Rep. Keith Ellison: Sarah Palin May Have Hit ‘The End Of Her Political Ride’  —  WHAT'S YOUR REACTION? … WASHINGTON — Sarah Palin took a lot of heat on Wednesday for her seven-minute-long statement on the shootings in Arizona, in which she mourned the tragedy and accused her critics of “blood libel.”
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Jim Rutenberg / The Caucus:
Palin to Do TV Interview Monday  —  Sarah Palin is scheduled to sit for her first extended interview since the Tucson shooting rampage on Monday night, on the Fox News Channel.  —  An executive at Fox News Channel said that Ms. Palin would appear on the program of the conservative host Sean Hannity …
Gromer Jeffers Jr / Dallas Morning News:
U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison won't seek re-election in 2012  —  gjeffers@dallasnews.com  —  Kay Bailey Hutchison will not run for re-election to the U.S. Senate.  —  In a letter to supporters, Hutchison said she enjoyed serving Texas.  —  “I am announcing today that I will not be a candidate …
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Chris Geidner / Poliglot:
DOJ Files DOMA Defense in First Circuit Cases  —  Today, the Department of Justice filed its defense of the Defense of Marriage Act in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in a single filing for both Gill v. Office of Personnel Management and Massachusetts v. United States.
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Gay groups criticize Justice Department brief
Discussion: FrumForum
Amy Rutledge / MyFOX8.com:
Charity worker fired over Facebook comments  —  Director of Chicago chapter of Coats for Kids fired after commenting about Arizona shootings  —  Glen Busch has been a director of the Chicago chapter of Coats for Kids since he and his wife began their charter in 2005.
Discussion: Hot Air and RedState
Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Dems settle on branding for GOP repeal effort: “The Patient's Rights Repeal Act”  —  “The Patient's Rights Repeal Act.”  —  At a House Dem leadership meeting last week, Dem leaders decided that this is the phrase they will officially use to brand the House GOP's push to repeal health reform, aides tell me.
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Pete Kasperowicz / The Hill:
House GOP to move quickly on healthcare 1099 tax repeal
Tom Whipple / FCNP:
The Peak Oil Crisis: Civil Unrest  —  Buried in the millions of words that were written about the shootings in Arizona last week was a recent poll showing that only 13 percent of the American people think favorably of the U.S. Congress.  The implication, of course, is that as 87 percent …
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Todd Starnes / Fox News:
CAIR Says Poster Warning Against Helping FBI is Misinterpreted  —  Image from the CAIR website that uses a poster encouraging people not the talk to the FBI to promote an upcoming conference.  —  The Council on American-Islamic Relations said it will remove a poster from the group's website promoting …
Ta-Nehisi Coates / The Atlantic Online:
Tears and Rain  —  I've been thinking about the president's speech all night and this morning, how something about it left me feeling left out.  Obama's presence—physical, moral, emotional—was palpable.  It carried the charge of authority, of mastering a moment.
Joyce Wadler / New York Times:
Don't Try This at Home: Adultery in the Marital Bed  —  THE woman who came to see Ken Altshuler, a divorce lawyer, had reason to be enraged: her husband was not only having an affair, he was also having an extravagant, money's-no-concern, fabled-and-faraway-beaches affair.
Keach Hagey / The Politico:
Limbaugh: Obama's speech was poll-driven “pep rally”  —  Glenn Beck and his colleagues on Fox News may have been complimentary of President Obama's speech last night, but Rush Limbaugh sure wasn't.  —  He criticized the timing of the memorial service on Wednesday, four days after the Tucson shootings …
Discussion: The Daily Caller, Hot Air and GOP 12
Daisy Hernandez / NPR:
Across America, Latino Community Sighs With Relief … Daisy Hernandez (no relation to Daniel Hernandez) is the co-editor of Colonize This!  Young Women on Today's Feminism.  —  I wasn't the only person on Saturday who rushed to her Android when news came of the Tucson shooting.
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Josh Gerstein / The Politico:
Obama speech undercuts federal charge for judge's murder
David Dayen / Firedoglake:
Banks, Allies Circling Wagons After Ibanez Ruling  —  According to the Treasury Department's schedule, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner and HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan met with “leaders of unions, civil rights and minority advocacy groups to discuss the Administration's foreclosure prevention efforts.”
KVIA-TV:
Sheriff: Gunmen In Mexico Shoot At Road Crew In Hudspeth County, Texas  —  EL PASO, Texas — Hudspeth County, Texas Sheriff Arvin West confirmed a Hudspeth County road crew came under fire Thursday morning from gunmen in Mexico.  —  Sheriff West told ABC-7 that around 10:30 a.m …
Discussion: The Jawa Report
Susanne Craig / DealBook:
Gorman Shakes Up Morgan Stanley's Leadership  —  Updated  —  James P. Gorman's Morgan Stanley is starting to take shape.  —  On Thursday, Mr. Gorman, a 52-year-old native of Australia, made his biggest moves since taking the reins of the company a year ago, as he promoted executives to run two powerful units.
Discussion: Clusterstock
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
A Tale of Two Moralities  —  On Wednesday, President Obama called on Americans to “expand our moral imaginations, to listen to each other more carefully, to sharpen our instincts for empathy, and remind ourselves of all the ways our hopes and dreams are bound together.”
Jeffrey Lord / AmSpecBlog:
Mark Levin's $100,000 Challenge to Chris Matthews  —  Conservative radio talk show host Mark Levin has put out a stunning challenge to those left-wing media personalities accusing conservative talk radio stars and Sarah Palin of encouraging murder.  —  First, he offered $100,000 to Chris Matthews …
New York Times:
Tucson Pauses in Grief for the Youngest Victim  —  TUCSON — The first funeral in the aftermath of Saturday's shooting rampage might turn out to be the most heart-wrenching.  —  Christina-Taylor Green, age 9, was wheeled from church in a child-size coffin to the mournful strain of bagpipes on Thursday …
Discussion: BAGnewsNotes and New York Magazine
Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit:
NICK GILLESPIE: Palin's Not Complicit in Loughner Shooting, but She Sure Ain't Presidential, Either.  Has any other public figure ever had to try to act “Presidential,” though, while being accused of complicity in mass murder?  —  On the other hand, if (as isn't clear to me) …
 
 
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Congressman's wife gets 30 days in jail for tax conviction
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Brian Beutler / TPMDC:
Boehner Didn't Really Snub Obama, Tucson Memorial
Josiah Ryan / The Hill:
GOP's Gohmert plans to introduce bill to allow firearms on House floor
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