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PolitiFact: Bachmann’s claims ‘false’ more often than any other politician
Minnesota Republican Rep. Michele Bachmann isn’t letting her lack of credibility get in the way of her presidential ambitions. Only a day before the congresswoman’s Friday visit to Iowa, the Pulitzer Prize-winning PolitiFact noted that she had made false statements more often than any public official. “We have checked her…
Police alarmed over graffiti claiming Calif. Gov. Brown to be killed on Valentine’s Day
Santa Ana police were notified Thursday of two different instances of graffiti threatening the life of California Governor Jerry Brown. At 7 a.m., police were called about graffiti at one Greenville Street north of Alton Avenue, according to Santa Ana police Cpl. Anthony Bertagna. “We gonna kill Gov. Brown 2…
‘Large amount’ of weapons seized from blogger who cheered Tucson shooting
A Boston-area blogger who declared “one down, 534 to go” after the shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords has had his gun license pulled and a “large amount” of weapons removed his home. Travis Corcoran, a comic book retailer in Arlington, Massachusetts, made the comment in a blog posting on January…
Alan Grayson claims Sarah Palin ‘instigated’ Tucson massacre
Progressive firebrand and former Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL) recently declared that he held Sarah Palin responsible for stoking a dangerous political climate that led to the tragic shootings of twenty people in Arizona. “There has been a stream of violence and threats of violence by the right wing against Democrats,”…
No shift for US gun control after Tucson shooting
WASHINGTON — There has been no major shift in US public opinion about the role of guns in America after the shooting of a US member of congress in Arizona, according to a poll out Wednesday. A Pew Research Center poll showed that 49 percent of people polled say it…
Loughner indicted in Tucson shooting
TUCSON, Arizona (Reuters) – A federal grand jury in Arizona indicted Jared Lee Loughner on Wednesday for attempting to assassinate Democratic Representative Gabrielle Giffords and attempted murder of two of her staff members. Loughner, 22, is accused of going on a shooting spree outside a grocery store in Tucson on…
In wake of Tucson shootings, Palin sees worst poll numbers of her career
Even as most Americans said they did not believe Fox News employee Sarah Palin was in any way responsible for the recent mass shooting in Tucson, Arizona, the former Alaska governor’s poll numbers have taken such a significant hit in recent months that they’ve finally reached the lowest point in…
FBI: Bomb placed at MLK Day parade was ‘domestic terrorism’
Device capable of inflicting ‘multiple casualties’ A bomb left in a backpack on the route of a Martin Luther King Day parade in Spokane, Washington, has been described as being in the “realm of domestic terrorism” by the FBI. The bomb was found on bench Monday morning at the northeast…
No intention to move Arizona shooting trial: Justice Dept
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – There are no plans to move from Arizona the trial venue of the suspect in the Tucson shooting that killed six and wounded 13 others including Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, the Department of Justice said on Tuesday. After saturation media coverage of the event and federal judges in…
‘Be more careful’ with your words, Gingrich warns Palin
Newt Gingrich wants fellow Fox News employee Sarah Palin to think before she speaks. A Washington Post/ABC News poll (.pdf) showed that Palin’s approval had plummeted following her use of the term “blood libel” in the wake of shootings in Tucson, Arizona that left six dead and Rep. Gabrielle Giffords…
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