memeorandum: House Passes Fast-Track Trade Bill, but Senate Outcome Uncertain (Siobhan Hughes/Wall Street Journal)

2:44 AM ET, June 19, 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.

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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 …

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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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Avianne Tan / ABC News:

Confederate Flag Flying on South Carolina Capitol Grounds Provokes Anger After Charleston Shooting … Commentators on social media are calling for the Confederate flag that remained flying outside South Carolina's state house this afternoon after nine people were shot dead at the Emanuel AME Church …

Brendan James / Talking Points Memo:
Santorum Calls Charleston Shooting ‘Assault On Religious Liberty’

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

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

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CNN:
Who is the Charleston church shooting suspect?

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Ashley Killough / CNN:
Charleston, South Carolina, church shooting 10 photos

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

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

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Jeffrey Collins / BuzzFeed:

These Are The Victims Of The Charleston Church Shooting — Nine people were killed Wednesday night when a shooter opened fire at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina during a prayer meeting. — Facebook Post. — Facebook: permalink.php — A 45-year-old mother of three …

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Dylan Stableford / Yahoo! News:
Charleston church shooting: 9 killed; suspect in custody

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

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The White House: President Obama Delivers a Statement on the Shooting in South Carolina

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

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Matthew Weaver / Guardian:
Charleston shooting: state senator Clementa Pinckney among victims

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The Hill:

House approves fast-track 218-208, sending bill to Senate — The House on Thursday took the first step toward resuscitating the White House's trade agenda by passing legislation granting President Obama fast-track authority. — The bill now goes to the Senate, where the White House …

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Siobhan Hughes / Wall Street Journal:

House Passes Fast-Track Trade Bill, but Senate Outcome Uncertain — Revised bill to expand Obama's trade-negotiating authority moves back to Senate — WASHINGTON—The House passed legislation Thursday to ease trade pacts through Congress, as Republicans and some Democrats revived hopes …

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Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:

Senate Passes, Then Blocks, Military Bill — 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 …

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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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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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Bloomberg Business:

Republican Plan to Continue Health Subsidies Would Gut Obamacare — House Republicans say they are prepared to act swiftly on legislation to ensure Americans don't lose health-insurance subsidies if the Supreme Court rules that the funds are no longer available in more than half the U.S.

Discussion: Daily Kos

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

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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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Carol E. Lee / Wall Street Journal:

Alexander Hamilton to Share Image on $10 Bill With a Woman — The identity of the female will be announced later this year, says Treasury Secretary Jack Lew — For the first time in more than a century, a woman's face will appear on an American bill. — The Treasury Department announced Wednesday …

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Ben Domenech / The Federalist:
Alexander Hamilton: Immigrant, Bastard, Patriot

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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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Bloomberg Business:

IMF Warns No Leeway on Payment as Merkel Urges Greece to Bow — (Bloomberg) — With Greece's fate in the balance, European finance ministers converge on Luxembourg with little hope for a deal as German Chancellor Angela Merkel seeks to restore calm to increasingly rancorous exchanges. (Source: Bloomberg)

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