Pat Dollard

The Hill: An increased police presence at district events, stepped-up airport security for members and even a bomb-proof shield around the House gallery are under discussion in the wake of a recent assassination attempt on a lawmaker. The shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) on Saturday has shaken staff and members and left them pushing [...]

Fox News: Just hours after Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, an Arizona Democrat, was shot in the head by a crazed gunman, Pima County Sheriff Clarence W. Dupnik — addressing the media for the first time — made headlines for saying that “vitriolic political rhetoric” heard on the radio and TV caused Jared Loughner to go on [...]

Fox 411: Maxim, the bawdy men’s magazine, isn’t exactly known for the modesty of its cover subjects. But at least one observer says that the February issue featuring “Perfect Couples” star Olivia Munn wearing little more than a pair of verrrry transparent lace panties is going a bit too far. “It’s disgusting,” Dan Gainor, Vice [...]

By Susan Ann Hiller in Hot Air’s Green Room: With all of the talk of vitriolic rhetoric and images, the Left conveniently ignores so many vicious attacks–verbal and physical–on conservatives, Republicans, and anyone else who disagrees with them. They attempt to bully their political opponents into submission and silence–with the MSM in lock step with [...]

LOS ANGELES (AP) – Dozens of anti-gang police officers across the city are quitting their assignments over a requirement to reveal personal financial information under strict anti-corruption rules, The Associated Press has learned. Gang units in some of the city’s most violent neighborhoods are being left with multiple vacancies, with officers choosing instead to work [...]

Dupnik at first press conference, kicking off his entire response to the massacre first with his Leftist propaganda He can say it’s all about the tone all he wants, but that’s bull. It’s about the fact that Conservatives are appropriately responding to the Leftist revolution that threatens our republic, and he wants their message silenced. [...]

I have been contacted by organizers of a counter-force to the Westboro Baptists.

Psycho Killer Jared Loughton’s mug shot

“Reflect” means “Debate” means “Advance hate speech legislation and gun control and who knows what else”. And keep in mind, a clampdown is a power grab.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A judge ordered former U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay to serve three years in prison Monday for his role in a scheme to illegally funnel corporate money to Texas candidates in 2002. The sentence comes after a jury in November convicted DeLay on charges of money laundering and conspiracy to [...]

The Hill: Rep. Robert Brady (D-Pa.) reportedly plans to introduce legislation that would make it a federal crime to use language or symbols that could be perceived as threatening or inciting violence against a federal official or member of Congress. Brady told CNN that he wants federal lawmakers and officials to have the same protections [...]

The Arizona Republic: While her doctors sounded an optimistic tone on U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords’ recovery, the political discourse is growing harsher. State Rep. Jack Harper, R-Surprise, blamed the shooting on Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik, who has himself blamed caustic political rhetoric and lax gun-control as contributing to the massacre. “If he would have [...]