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8:55 PM ET, June 18, 2015

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Shooting Suspect ‘Big Into Segregation,’ Roommate Says — Dylann Roof, the alleged gunman authorities say is responsible for killing nine people in a predominantly black Charleston, South Carolina, church Wednesday night, had been “planning something like that for six months,” according to his roommate.

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Ta-Nehisi Coates / The Atlantic:

Take Down the Confederate Flag—Now — Last night, Dylann Roof walked into a Charleston church, sat for an hour, and then killed nine people. Roof's crime cannot be divorced from the ideology of white supremacy which long animated his state nor from its potent symbol—the Confederate flag.

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, Big Think and Lawyers, Guns & Money

Katie Zavadski / The Daily Beast:

Everything Known About Charleston Shooting Suspect Dylann Roof — The man accused of killing nine inside a black church wore pro-apartheid flags, held ‘strong conservative beliefs,’ and made a ‘lot of racist jokes.’ — Police said they have arrested Dylann Storm Roof …

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David Weigel / Bloomberg Business:

Rand Paul on Charleston Shooting: 'There's A Sickness in Our Country' — Kentucky Senator Rand Paul told a crowd of social conservatives that a “sickness” in the country was responsible for the mass shootings in South Carolina, adding that the problem “isn't going to be fixed by your government.”

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Post and Courier:

Nine dead after ‘hate crime’ shooting at Emanuel AME — (Matthew Fortner/staff) Scene of church shooting at 9 p.m. at 110 Calhoun Street, site of Mother Emanuel AME Church. — The Post and Courier — A white gunman killed nine people during a prayer meeting at one of Charleston's oldest …

Matt Wilstein / Mediaite:

Lindsey Graham: Charleston Shooter May Have Been ‘Looking for Christians to Kill’ — Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) just happened to be scheduled to appear on The View Thursday morning. But because of the deadly mass shooting at a black church in his home state last night …

Discussion: The Huffington Post and Hullabaloo

Ashley Killough / CNN:

Charleston, South Carolina, church shooting 10 photos — Police close off a section of Calhoun Street near the scene of the shooting. — Hide Caption — 10 of 10 — Story highlights — Charleston, South Carolina (CNN)[Latest developments] — The suspect is in his early 20s, 5'9" in height. "

Brendan James / Talking Points Memo:

Santorum Calls Charleston Shooting ‘Assault On Religious Liberty’ — Presidential candidate and former Sen. Rick Santorum (R-PA) on Thursday called the attack by a white gunman on a historic black church in Charleston, S.C. part of a broader assault on “religious liberty” in America.

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New York Times:

Charleston Church Shooting Suspect, Dylann Storm Roof, Is Captured — CHARLESTON, S.C. — The man suspected of killing nine people at a prayer meeting at a historic black church in this city's downtown area was caught on Thursday some 200 miles away in North Carolina, local and federal officials said.

Carimah Townes / ThinkProgress:
Fox And Friends Say More Guns Would Have Stopped The Charleston Church Massacre

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CNN:
Who is the Charleston church shooting suspect?

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Avianne Tan / ABC News: Confederate Flag Flying on South Carolina Capitol Grounds Provokes Anger After Charleston Shooting

Jeffrey Collins / BuzzFeed:
These Are The Victims Of The Charleston Church Shooting

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KFDM-TV:
5-Year-Old Played Dead And Survived Church Shooting That Killed 9 In Charleston

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David French / National Review:
South Carolina Suspect Caught, and the Politicization Begins

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Emily Flitter / Reuters:
South Carolina church shooting suspect got gun for birthday, uncle says

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Washington Post:
Full text: Obama's remarks on fatal shooting in Charleston, S.C.

Discussion: The Moderate Voice

Ahiza Garcia / Talking Points Memo:
Gov. Haley Breaks Down: ‘The Heart And Soul Of South Carolina Was Broken’ (VIDEO)

Discussion: The Bob and Chez Show

Chauncey Devega / Salon:
Charleston church massacre: The violence white America must answer for

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Brendan James / Talking Points Memo: Republican State Sen. On Church Shooter: 'We've Got To Find This Jackass'

Harriet McLeod / Reuters:
Gunman at large after killing nine at black South Carolina church

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Yahoo Politics:
Obama on Charleston: It's too easy to get guns in America

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Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:

Supreme Court Says Texas Can Reject Confederate Flag License Plate — In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court ruled that Texas' speciality license plates are government speech, and the state can reject a proposal featuring the Confederate flag. — Mark Wilson / Getty Images

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Bloomberg Business:
Republican Plan to Continue Health Subsidies Would Gut Obamacare

Discussion: Daily Kos

Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court Says Texas Can Reject Confederate Flag License Plates

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Frank Newport / Gallup:

Democrats in the U.S. Shift to the Left — Story Highlights — PRINCETON, N.J. — Democratic candidates for the 2016 presidential nomination face a significantly more left-leaning party base than their predecessors did over the last 15 years. Forty-seven percent of Democrats …

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Ben Domenech / The Federalist:

Alexander Hamilton: Immigrant, Bastard, Patriot — Alexander Hamilton was a bastard. Indeed, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson never tired of calling him that - the ‘Bastard Brat of a Scots Pedlar’ who infuriated them time and again. They called him this for one reason above all …

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Carol E. Lee / Wall Street Journal:
Alexander Hamilton to Share Image on $10 Bill With a Woman

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Jackie Calmes / New York Times:
Woman's Portrait Will Appear on the $10 Bill

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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:

Brian Williams breaks silence in Matt Lauer interview — Suspended NBC news anchor Brian Williams has broken his silence in an interview with his colleague Matt Lauer. — The sit-down with Lauer, the co-host of the “Today” show, was taped earlier this week, according to two people at NBC.

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Lloyd Grove / The Daily Beast:
Why Is Brian Williams Good Enough for MSNBC, but Not NBC?

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Nature:

The ancestry and affiliations of Kennewick Man … Kennewick Man, referred to as the Ancient One by Native Americans, is a male human skeleton discovered in Washington state (USA) in 1996 and initially radiocarbon-dated to 8,340-9,200 calibrated years before present (BP)1.

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Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:

Apple Watch 2: Apple plans FaceTime camera, iPhone-free Wi-Fi, $1000+ models, similar battery — Two months after the initial launch of the Apple Watch, and only a day following the device's debut at Apple Stores, sources have revealed Apple's considerations for the 2016 release of a second-generation model.

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Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:

Senate Approves Defense Bill, but Then Votes to Block It — WASHINGTON — The Senate on Thursday passed a $600 billion defense policy bill that would rein in pension costs, ban the use of torture and authorize lethal offensive weapons for Ukraine. But it then immediately rejected a measure to pay for it …

Discussion: Politico