In March we reported that Gabrielle Giffords was talking in full sentences, although it wasn’t easy. Looks like that’s still the case, but now she can use the left side of her body as if nothing had happened. “Her left side is perfect,” (Giffords’ Chief of Staff Pia) Carusone says. “She can do whatever you [...]

Fantastic news from Arizona. From ABC: Doctors at TIRR Memorial Hermann Rehabilitation Hospital in Houston provided more information on the Arizona congresswoman who was critically injured during an alleged assassination attempt Jan. 8 at a news conference this morning. Giffords’ breathing tube will be removed next week and her ability to walk with assistance has [...]

The Congresswoman’s miraculous recovery continues. The plan now is to move her to Houston. Politico has more: Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is expected to be released from a Tucson, Ariz., hospital Friday just less than two weeks after she suffered a gunshot wound to her head, her office said today. She will be moved from the [...]

Yes, this man has the right to be furious with what happened, but directing that anger towards the worst possible scenario is irresponsible. From Politico: James Eric Fuller, 63, was detained on misdemeanor disorderly conduct and threat charges Saturday during the event taped for a special edition of ABC’s “This Week,” Pima County sheriff’s spokesman [...]

LA Times has the news: Surgeons at Tucson’s University Medical Center removed Rep. Gabrielle Giffords from a ventilator Saturday and inserted a tracheotomy tube into her neck to assist her breathing, according to the center. Removing her from the ventilator, which means she is now breathing on her own, allows the medical team to assess [...]

It’s poignant and exactly what we needed right now to help unify and overcome. Please watch. The quote that stood out to me the most? “I want us to live up to her expectations. I want our democracy to be as good as she imagined it. All of us — we should do everything we [...]

I bet you never thought you’d see those two in the same headline. I’m a bit surprised myself. Bernie should know better. From The Weekly Standard comes the text of the email from Sanders… Given the recent tragedy in Arizona, as well as the start of the new Congress, I wanted to take this opportunity [...]

When you consider the circumstances the following is truly amazing… And just in case you can’t watch the video, TPM has a partial transcript… “Well, I would say — you know, as a physician I am going to get in a lot of trouble for this — but her prognosis for survival is 100 percent, [...]

Mother Jones got an exclusive with an acquaintance of Loughner’s, Bryce Tierney, who described him as sober, obsessed with lucid dreaming and not necessarily political. However, he did have problems with the government in general and was possibly motivated to kill Giffords because she didn’t answer a nonsensical question he asked her back in 2007. [...]

With each passing day, Gabrielle Giffords’ chances for making a recovery get better and better. National Journal shares the details… Rep. Gabrielle Giffords has been “holding her own” as she fights to recover from being shot through the head on Saturday, said Michael Lemole, chief of neurosurgery at University Medical Center in Tucson, Ariz. Lemole [...]

I don’t think there’s any doubt that Loughner is mentally unhinged, but I maintain that politics of some sort is behind this. And an internal DHS memo obtained by Fox News sheds light on his motivations… According to a law enforcement memo based on information provided by DHS and obtained by Fox News, Jared Loughner, [...]

Looks like she’s able to communicate non-verbally, and that’s actually pretty incredible considering the circumstances. From NY Times: TUCSON — Representative Gabrielle Giffords, the Arizona Democrat who was gravely wounded in a shooting rampage, remained in critical condition on Sunday but has been able to respond to simple commands, and her doctors described themselves as [...]

Wash Post with the update… Tucson – The surgeon who operated on Arizona Democratic Rep. Gabrielle Giffords said he was “optimistic” she would recover from being shot in the head by a man with a semi-automatic weapon outside a grocery store. Reports are that 6 people have died, including a 9 year old girl.

TPM has the details… WNBC reporter Jonathan Dienst confirmed Roll was killed. A statement from Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said in a statement that Roll had been attacked. And looks like he had received numerous death threats after allowing a civil rights case to move forward. When Roll ruled the case could go forward, [...]

I think it’s pretty clear that the shooting of Dem Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords earlier today by Jared Lee Loughner was politically motivated. Watch the videos he made. The first deals with his twisted, nearly incomprehensible thoughts on currency and government control… The second reveals a lot more. Apparently he is (or was) a military recruit [...]

The motives of the coward who shot a bunch of people (including Dem Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords) down in Arizona earlier today are not known, but I think we can all agree that campaign literature like this certainly doesn’t help… Yes, I’m talking about Sarah Palin. This was the tweet announcing the ridiculous image above… This [...]

Last week, Arizona Senator and Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl came together with other members of the GOP and passed a non-binding resolution that called a sweeping moratorium on earmarks. And this week…

The Arizona Governor is taking some heat for her strange performance in last night’s debate against the state’s Attorney General Terry Goddard. First, there’s this painful opening… Errrr…. Listen, being on air is tough and nerves can get to you, but did she really not prepare? Did she not have notes? Then, yeah, she’s called [...]

Really Arizona legislature? Really Governor Jan Brewer? This is the time when you decide to make this switch? And, from Politico, the text of the bill reads like some of the craziest satire… “Public school pupils should be taught to treat and value each other as individuals and not be taught to resent or hate [...]

Barack Obama is now turning Wednesdays into his own upscale version of Chamber of Commerce/Rotary Club mixers, serving up cocktails, Maryland crab, Wagyu beef, Nantucket scallops and citrus salad — according to a recent Associated Press review of 2009 White House parties. I confess to not knowing what Wagyu beef is, but I do know [...]