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5:45 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.
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 …
Erick Erickson / RedState:
The Conversation We Won't Have  —  Dylann Roof appears more evil than disturbed.  Perhaps he had mental health issues.  But at some point we just need to call him evil.  White supremacy and segregation are evils.  He appears to have believed in both.  People who believe in white supremacy …
Discussion: Advocate
Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Lindsey Graham defends Confederate flag: ‘It works here’  —  Sen. Lindsey Graham, a Republican presidential candidate, on Friday said the Confederate flag is part of the heritage of his home state of South Carolina, rebuffing calls for it to be taken down after a mass shooting in the state.
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 …
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.
The Huffington Post:
Jeb Bush: 'I Don't Know What Was On The Mind' Of Charleston Shooter
Erik Ortiz / NBC News:
South Carolina's Confederate Flag Not Lowered to Half-Staff After Massacre
Anthea Butler / Washington Post:
Shooters of color are called ‘terrorists’ and ‘thugs.’ Why are white shooters called ‘mentally ill’?
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Operation Replace Jeb Bush  —  John Kasich is on a last-ditch mission to prove he can be the Republican establishment's dream candidate in 2016.  —  Getty  —  Sensing the window of opportunity is closing, John Kasich is on a last-minute dash across the country to convince party donors …
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Beth Reinhard / Wall Street Journal:
Jeb Bush Makes Surprise Pick for Political Director
Discussion: Political Wire
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Voodoo, Jeb! Style
Discussion: Vox Popoli
Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
Ballot Access Problem For Bernie Sanders?  —  In what I assume is a moment of mischief, former NH Republican congressman Charlie Bass has penned a WaPo op-ed suggesting that Bernie Sanders' robust poll numbers in NH may not matter because he will not be elgible to run for president in the Granite State as a Democrat.
Discussion: Democratic Strategist
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Charles F. Bass / Washington Post:   Bernie Sanders's primary problem
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 …
Allison Sherry / Star Tribune:
Michele Bachmann is still in a race - for money  —  Fundraising goes on, and so does her spending.  —  U.S. Rep.Michele Bachmann spoke to family, friends and supporters during a tribute at Monticello High Friday, April 11, 2014, in Monticello, MN.  —  TEXT SIZE
Discussion: Washington Monthly and Daily Kos
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 …
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.
 
 
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