Think Progress (August 11, 2009): New Hampshire right-wing protestor suggests sending ‘illegals’ home with a ‘bullet in their head.’
Think Progress (August 12, 2009): Second Congressman gets the Joker Death-threat Fax.
TPM (August 12, 2009): Despite the kook who was packing heat on "Church" grounds, a man was arrested by Portsmouth Police for carrying weapons onto the grounds of the school where Obama held his Town Hall.
Police said a man arrested at the scene of President Barack Obama's visit to the city Tuesday was found to be in possession of an unlicensed loaded gun.
Richard Terry Young, 62, of 821 Ocean Blvd. in Hampton, was arrested around 9:40 a.m., hours before Obama's arrival, and charged with the misdemeanor crimes of criminal trespass and carrying a loaded pistol without a license.
TPM (August 12, 2009): Congressman Dennis Moore (D-KS) has gotten two death threats over the Health Care Bill.
Moore told the Fox affiliate in Kansas City that he has received two separate threats in the last ten days. Moore also said that because of the threats, and because of the examples he's seen from other members' town halls, he won't be hold any town halls himself.
The Hill (August 12, 2009): Congressman Gene Greene (D-TX) is going to require I.D. at all his Health Care Town Halls.
A Texas congressman, worried about disruptions at his town halls, wants to weed out people who want to attend but don't live in his district.
Rep. Gene Green (D-Texas) has announced on his website that he will require attendees to show photo identification to get into his town halls to prove that they're his constituents. He said that he's doing so in response to a "coordinated effort to disrupt our town hall meetings."
