memeorandum: My comments re Donald Trump running for President & wanting to nominate me for the Secretary of Treasury (Carl Icahn/Shareholders Square Table)

1:45 PM ET, June 19, 2015

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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.

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.

Discussion: TODAY.com, Bloomberg Business, Talking Points Memo, KFOR-TV, FOX31 Denver, Liberaland, Mashable, Guardian, NPR, Daily Mail and Mediaite

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 …

Discussion: John Hawkins' Right Wing News, BizPac Review, Mediaite and Bloomberg Business

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.

Discussion: Washington Monthly, Salon, Taylor Marsh, PoliticusUSA, Political Insider blog, NBC News and Reuters

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.

Discussion: Yahoo Politics, Daily Kos, No More Mister Nice Blog, Fox News, The Huffington Post and Washington Post

The Huffington Post:

Jeb Bush: 'I Don't Know What Was On The Mind' Of Charleston Shooter — Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush said Friday that he has no idea what motivated a young white man to walk into a historically black church in Charleston, South Carolina, Wednesday night and kill nine people.

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Guardian, Raw Story, Mediaite, Florida Today, Reuters, WESH-TV, Slantpoint and Daily Kos

ABC News:

Dylann Roof's Uncle Would ‘Push Button’ Himself If Nephew Receives Death Penalty … The uncle of a 21-year-old man accused of opening fire inside a Charleston church — killing nine people — says he will “push the button myself” if his nephew receives the death penalty, which is legal in South Carolina.

Discussion: KXAN-TV, Daily Mail, Mashable, The Huffington Post and Mediaite

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.

Discussion: 6abc.com, Associated Press, Outside the Beltway, Political Wire, TheBlaze.com, Guardian, ABC News, msnbc.com, The New Republic and myfox8.com

The Huffington Post:
The Confederate Flag Isn't Budging From South Carolina's Capitol — Because It's Protected Under State Law

Discussion: Slantpoint, Daily Kos, Jezebel, Booman Tribune, WIS-TV and Washington Post

Wall Street Journal:
The Charleston Shooting — An echo of 52 years ago, but also a crucial difference.

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Daily Kos and Balloon Juice

Washington Post:
For accused killer Dylann Roof, a life that had quietly drifted off track

Discussion: The Other McCain, Wall Street Journal, CBS Atlanta, Shakesville, Talking Points Memo and Daily Mail

Tim Murphy / Mother Jones:
Dylann Roof Had Confederate Plates. Here's Why the Rebel Flag Still Flies in South Carolina.

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Rachel E. Gross / Slate:
Why South Carolina's Confederate Flag Is Still Flying at Full Staff

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, New York Times, NBC News, CBS Atlanta, The Daily Caller and Business Insider

New York Times:
Dylann Roof, Suspect in Charleston Shooting, Flew the Flags of White Power

Discussion: Washington Post, New Yorker, Talking Points Memo, Hit & Run, The Gateway Pundit, Hot Air, National Review and Slate

Brian Ries / Mashable:
Charleston shooting victim posted Snapchat from Bible study moments before attack

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Raw Story and Guardian

Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
South Carolina's Confederate flag is still flying. It's an insult to Charleston's victims.

Discussion: ThinkProgress, Newsweek, The Stranger …, Lawyers, Guns & Money, The State, Daily Kos, BBC, Facing South, National Review, Bloomberg View, Guardian, Washington Post and New York Times

Jose A. DelReal / Washington Post:
Rick Santorum, reacting to Charleston shooting, denounces ‘assaults on our religious liberty’

Discussion: Hit & Run, TIME, Hinterland Gazette, The Reaction, Mediaite and PoliticusUSA

Henry Louis Gates Jr / New York Times:
Henry Louis Gates: If Clementa Pinckney Had Lived

Discussion: Democratic Strategist, The Stranger …, The Nation, Daily Kos, Slantpoint and Esquire

Ta-Nehisi Coates / The Atlantic:
Take Down the Confederate Flag—Now

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Gabe Whisnant / The Shelby Star:
BREAKING: Tip from Kings Mountain florists led to Charleston shooting suspect's arrest

Discussion: Fox News Insider and The Week

Jennifer Epstein / Bloomberg Business: Hillary Clinton Slams Trump for Saying ‘Some Very Inflammatory Things About Mexicans’

ABC News:
Shooting Suspect ‘Big Into Segregation,’ Roommate Says

Paul Krugman / New York Times:

Voodoo, Jeb! Style — On Monday Jeb Bush — or I guess that's Jeb!, since he seems to have decided to replace his family name with a punctuation mark — finally made his campaign for the White House official, and gave us a first view of his policy goals. First, he says that if elected …

Discussion: Vox Popoli

Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Operation Replace Jeb Bush

Discussion: Washington Monthly, Political Wire and New York Times

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.

Discussion: Bloomberg Business and Business Insider

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 …

Discussion: Hot Air, Political Insider blog, The Daily Caller and Moe Lane

Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:

NRA Board Member Blames Charleston Victim For His Own Death — NRA board member Charles Cotton blamed Clementa Pinckney, a victim of the shooting at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, for his own death. He also blamed Pinckney, the pastor of Emanuel AME and a state senator, for the deaths of the other eight people killed.

Discussion: Mashable, Raw Story and Daily Kos

John R. Lott / Fox News:
Gun-free zones an easy target for killers

Discussion: The Huffington Post, Shot in the Dark, Washington Times and Slantpoint

Nadia Khomami / Guardian:

Stowaway fell to death from plane on to London office after 8,000-mile flight — Body of man discovered on office below Heathrow flight path in Richmond, while another is in hospital in serious condition after surviving flight from South Africa — A suspected stowaway has been found …

Discussion: Fox News Insider and Mashable

Zahira Torres / Los Angeles Times:

Nationally recognized teacher removed from class after allegations of misconduct — Attorneys for a nationally recognized Los Angeles Unified teacher, who was removed from his classroom after allegations of misconduct, are issuing an ultimatum to district administrators: publicly apologize and let him return to work, or get sued.

Discussion: Hit & Run