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4:00 PM ET, June 19, 2015

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Daniel Arkin / NBC News:
Shooter Almost Backed Out Because ‘Everyone Was So Nice’  —  Dylann Roof, the man accused of gunning down nine parishioners at a historically black church in Charleston, South Carolina, has been charged with nine counts of murder and illegal weapons possession, police said.
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Ed Payne / CNN:
Story highlights  —  (CNN)[Breaking news update at 7:27 a.m. ET]  —  Dylann Roof has confessed to authorities to shooting and killing nine people this week at a historically black church in Charleston, South Carolina, two law enforcement officials said Friday.
Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
Jeb Bush: 'I Don't Know' If Charleston Shooting Was Racially Motivated  —  As more becomes clear about the motives of the man believed to be behind the Charleston church shooting, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush was hesitant to connect Dylann Storm Roof's alleged actions to any racial prejudice.
Liz Kreutz / ABC News:
Hillary Clinton Suggests Donald Trump-Like Comments Can ‘Trigger’ Events Like Charleston … Hillary Clinton didn't call The Donald out by name, but she suggested in an interview Thursday that comments like ones the real estate tycoon-turned-Republican presidential candidate made during …
Justin Wm / Washington Post:
Why South Carolina's Confederate flag isn't at half-mast after church shooting  —  After Dylann Storm Roof allegedly shot up an AME church in Charleston, S.C., killing nine people, two flags were lowered more than 100 miles away in Columbia, the state's capital.
Post and Courier:
Despite mourning, statehouse Confederate battle flag remains at full staff  —  The Confederate flag flying at the Statehouse in Columbia became part of the Charleston church shooting story Thursday after the U.S. and South Carolina flags were lowered in mourning but the rebel banner was left flying at its full height.
Wall Street Journal:
The Charleston Shooting  —  An echo of 52 years ago, but also a crucial difference.  —  It is inevitable that when nine black men and women are shot to death inside their church by a 21-year-old white man in Charleston, S.C., the issue of race in America will be raised.
David Remnick / New Yorker:
Charleston and the Age of Obama  —  Between 1882 and 1968, the year Martin Luther King, Jr., was assassinated, three thousand four hundred and forty-six black men, women, and children were lynched in this country—a practice so vicious and frequent that Mark Twain was moved, in 1901 …
The Huffington Post:
Jeb Bush: 'I Don't Know What Was On The Mind' Of Charleston Shooter
Erick Erickson / RedState:
The Conversation We Won't Have  —  Dylann Roof appears more evil than disturbed.
Discussion: Advocate
Anthea Butler / Washington Post:
Shooters of color are called ‘terrorists’ and ‘thugs.’ Why are white shooters called ‘mentally ill’?
Beth Reinhard / Wall Street Journal:
Jeb Bush Makes Surprise Pick for Political Director  —  For the second time in less than two weeks, Jeb Bush is shuffling the top tier of his 2016 campaign staff.  —  The job of political director - expected to go to Kentucky-based consultant Scott Jennings - will instead be filled by David James …
Discussion: Political Wire
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Voodoo, Jeb! Style
Discussion: Vox Popoli
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Operation Replace Jeb Bush
Katie Glueck / Politico:
Insiders: Marco Rubio has an Obama problem  —  Six out of 10 early-state insiders say the first-term Florida senator's lack of national experience too closely parallels the president's background when he was first elected in 2008.  —  A majority of early-state insiders say that Marco Rubio's lack …
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Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
Ballot Access Problem For Bernie Sanders?
Discussion: Democratic Strategist
Charles F. Bass / Washington Post:   Bernie Sanders's primary problem
Annie Karni / Politico:
Clintons cover both sides on trade deals  —  Hillary cites problems, Bill the benefits, while labor leaders complain about mixed signals.  —  Getty  —  The ears of labor bosses and progressives perked up Sunday when Hillary Clinton sounded a sharply skeptical note about President Barack Obama's trade agenda.
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Adam B. Lerner / Politico:
Hillary Clinton: Donald Trump's racial rhetoric ‘not acceptable’
Discussion: Hit & Run, Shakesville and NBC News
David Nakamura / Washington Post:
In L.A., Obama addresses Washington's dysfunction: ‘I did not say I would fix it’  —  BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — President Obama wrapped up a day he began with an angry and frustrated reaction to the mass killings in Charleston, S.C., by acknowledging that he has been unable to change the culture …
Carl Icahn / Shareholders Square Table:
My comments re Donald Trump running for President & wanting to nominate me for the Secretary of Treasury  —  I was extremely surprised to learn that Donald was running for President and even more surprised that he stated he would make me Secretary of Treasury.
Todd Starnes / Fox News:
Huckabee: If Somebody in That Prayer Meeting Had a Conceal Carry...  President Obama had a moment to bring healing to the nation, but he chose to play politics instead, using the terrible massacre in Charleston to call for a crackdown on guns.  —  Everything with this administration is about politics.
Discussion: Joe. My. God.
Rosie Gray / BuzzFeed:
Here's The Video A Tea Party Group Made That Implies Oral Sex Between A Panda And Hillary Clinton  —  WASHINGTON — BuzzFeed News has obtained parts of the video produced by Tea Party group FreedomWorks several years ago that features two female interns dressed up as a panda bear and Hillary Clinton …
 
 
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