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Yesterday was a HORRIBLE day. We’ve seen an obviously unstable and deranged individual, Jared Loughner, shoot and kill innocents; we’ve seen a US Congresswoman declared dead, then not-dead, and we vets have been accused of being the shooter by none other than a state Congresswoman from Arizona. While listening and watching all of the activity and coverage of this horrific event, one thing has become even more clear- the MFM has come unglued on the Right, on Veterans, and on grass roots organizations. This vitriol has GOT to stop, in both directions. But blaming Veterans just because it involved a...

Video: Democrat Linda Lopez accuses Tea Party of stirring up people like Giffords shooter. Hardly a few hours went by after the shooting of Gabrielle Giffords yesterday when her fellow Democrats began to pounce on sketchy details for what they thought was political gain. Almost instantly after the shooting, Democrats (aided and abetted by the liberal media) began to politicize the crime by inventing the slanderous narrative that Tea Party members (read: patriots) were somehow to blame for Jared Loughner’s murder spree. The woman who may have started it all was Democrat State Senator Linda Lopez, a friend of Giffords....

Interviewed via phone on FOX NEWS with Shepard Smith, Linda Lopez said the TEA PARTY attacked Giffords, and had terrible words to say about her...essentially blaming the TEA PARTY for her shooting.

Eatery, bar smoking could end. Rep. Lopez to introduce state bill in Jan. PHOENIX - Smokers are expected to face an assault on two of the last public places where they can freely light up: restaurants and bars. A Tucson lawmaker wants to get rid of cigarettes in all workplaces, and that includes currently exempt restaurants and bars. Rep. Linda Lopez, D-Tucson, said she expects to introduce legislation in January like that in California and New York (Maine), which instituted smoking bans. "It's a workplace issue," Lopez said Tuesday. "People have to work in bars, and they have to have...