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As much as I dislike Trump, I hate to be in the position of defending him, but the FBI is notorious for leaks that are thinly based in reality. I wish the Post would do a better job characterizing it's anonymous sources on this.

 

Oh, the irony:

 

For comedy purposes:

http://deadspin.com/everests-most-iconic-pitch-the-hillary-step-is-gone-1796099719

From the comments:
"Whatever, she still won the popular slope."
"The Bernie step would still be there."

 

I feel a bit badly, generally speaking, for judges in these cases because their hands are often tied. Don't know if that's the deal here or not.

 

Like rain on your wedding day?

 

Hospital statement

Scalise Update

 

Looked like he was filming before the firing started, I thought. Also, it occurred to me watching the video that the phone was a valuable way to peek around the corner and see what was going on, where was the shooter, etc., without exposing himself from behind the trash can.

 

Holy crap does this NYT editorial re-write history.

Was this attack evidence of how vicious American politics has become? Probably. In 2011, when Jared Lee Loughner opened fire in a supermarket parking lot, grievously wounding Representative Gabby Giffords and killing six people, including a 9-year-old girl, the link to political incitement was clear. Before the shooting, Sarah Palin’s political action committee circulated a map of targeted electoral districts that put Ms. Giffords and 19 other Democrats under stylized cross hairs.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/14/opinion/steve-scalise-congress-shot-alexandria-virginia.html

 

Gabby Giffords' shooter was mentally ill. There's no evidence he ever saw the Sarah Palin map or listened to Rush Limbaugh.

Today's shooter was a political activist and volunteer, whose favorite TV show was the Rachel Maddow Show.

Though there’s no sign of incitement as direct as in the Giffords attack...

 

Aside from his liberal politics, what's the evidence that he was deranged?

Fucking New York Times.

Not all the details are known yet about what happened in Virginia, but a sickeningly familiar pattern is emerging in the assault: The sniper, James Hodgkinson, who was killed by Capitol Police officers, was surely deranged, and his derangement had found its fuel in politics. Mr. Hodgkinson was a Bernie Sanders supporter and campaign volunteer virulently opposed to President Trump. He posted many anti-Trump messages on social media, including one in March that said “Time to Destroy Trump & Co.”

 

Mentally ill people don't decide what to do from nothing. They pick it up from the zeitgeist. Republican gun rhetoric contributed to Loughner, lefty "revolution" rhetoric influenced this guy, and the media's breathless coverage of every incident without regard for expert-recommended guidelines definitely contributed.

 

This isn't a hypothetical. We know Palin had nothing to do with it, and so does the Times.