The Arizona massacre dominates the news, and most of it is repeated, with little new since I posted The Blood on Republican Hands yesterday. I hear that Gabriel Giffords’ condition is as good as can be expected. There had been little reporting on the other victims. Here are a few items that I did not cover yesterday.

…Sarah Palin has received renewed criticism for a map her PAC posted last year with gun cross-hairs over the districts of several Democrats who voted for health care reform — including Giffords’. Hours after the shooting, Fox News — which employs Palin — aired scenes from a vigil in Phoenix, but when one mourner appeared to began to call out Palin’s incendiary rhetoric, the Fox feed abruptly went to commercial…

Inserted from <Think Progress>

I understand this is one of Fox’s many attempts to hide the truth. One of her aides has claimed that they the gun sights were surveyors’ marks. How do you spell B-U-L-L-S-H-I-T?

RT @MMFlint: If a Detroit Muslim put a map on the web w/crosshairs on 20 pols, then 1 of them got shot, where would he b sitting right now? Just asking…

Inserted from <AMERICAblog>

Michael Moore cut right to the heart of the matter.

The Department of Homeland Security was reportedly investigating claims that Loughner, described as a cannabis-smoking loner, was linked to American Renaissance – an extremist anti-government, anti-immigration and anti-Semitic group…

Inserted from <The Daily Mail>

I think this should end Republican claims that being a pot smoker makes the perp a lefty.

Greg Segalini, an uncle of Christina, the 9-year-old victim, told the Arizona Republic that a neighbor was going to the event and invited her along because she had just been elected to the student council and was interested in government. Christina, who was born on Sept. 11, 2001, was involved in many activities, from ballet to baseball. She had just received her first Holy Communion at St. Odilia’s Catholic Church on in Tucson, Catholic Diocese of Tucson officials told The Arizona Daily Star…

Inserted from <Huffington Post>

This may be the biggest tragedy of all.

A senior Republican senator, speaking anonymously in order to freely discuss the tragedy , told POLITICO that the Giffords shooting should be taken as a “cautionary tale” by Republicans. “There is a need for some reflection here – what is too far now?” said the senator. “What was too far when Oklahoma City happened is accepted now. There’s been a desensitizing. These town halls and cable TV and talk radio, everybody’s trying to outdo each other.”… [emphasis added]

Inserted from <Politico>