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1:30 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.
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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.
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 …
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.
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.
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.
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.
Ta-Nehisi Coates / The Atlantic:
Take Down the Confederate Flag—Now
Tim Murphy / Mother Jones:
Dylann Roof Had Confederate Plates. Here's Why the Rebel Flag Still Flies in South Carolina.
Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
South Carolina's Confederate flag is still flying. It's an insult to Charleston's victims.
Gabe Whisnant / The Shelby Star:
BREAKING: Tip from Kings Mountain florists led to Charleston shooting suspect's arrest
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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
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Operation Replace Jeb Bush
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 …
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
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
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Rand Paul's First Two Books Are Full Of Fake Founding Fathers Quotes  —  “We currently have no evidence to confirm that Thomas Jefferson ever said or wrote” this.  —  Many of the quotes attributed to the Founding Fathers in two of Rand Paul's books are either fake, misquoted, or taken entirely out of context, BuzzFeed News has found.
Discussion: The Week, Raw Story and Roger Ailes
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
 
 
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