memeorandum: Obama thinks Confederate flag ‘belongs in a museum’ (Jordan Fabian/The Hill)

11:05 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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Brian Tashman / Right Wing Watch:

Rick Perry: Charleston Shooting An ‘Accident’ Due To Drug Use, Manipulated By Obama To Ban Guns — In an interview today with Steve Malzberg of Newsmax, former Texas Gov. Rick Perry described the mass shooting at an African American church in Charleston earlier this week as an “accident” …

Discussion: Raw Story, Guardian, Daily Kos, KXAN-TV, The Huffington Post, The Bob and Chez Show and Business Insider

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: Talking Points Memo, Advocate and Mediaite

Colin Campbell / Business Insider:

Rick Perry's campaign says he misspoke about Charleston shooting — Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry's (R) presidential campaign told Business Insider on Friday that he misspoke when he referred to the recent mass killing in Charleston, South Carolina, as an “accident.”

Discussion: Mediaite and Salon

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.

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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 …

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David Remnick / New Yorker:
Charleston and the Age of Obama

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ABC News:
Dylann Roof's Uncle Would ‘Push Button’ Himself If Nephew Receives Death Penalty

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New York Times:
In Charleston, Raw Emotion at Hearing for Suspect in Church Shooting

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Christopher Ingraham / Washington Post:
An NRA board member blamed the pastor killed in Charleston for the deaths of his members

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

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Jeff Guo / Washington Post:
The legal loophole that allowed Dylann Roof to get a gun

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Ali Dukakis / ABC News:
Lindsey Graham Says SC Church Shooting Suspect Dylann Roof Was His Niece's Classmate

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The Huffington Post:
Jeb Bush: 'I Don't Know What Was On The Mind' Of Charleston Shooter

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Scott Eric Kaufman / Salon:

Lindsey Graham: The Confederate flag is “part of who we are” in South Carolina — even if “it's a racist symbol” — He didn't say why only the American and state — but not the Confederate — flag were at half-staff today — South Carolina senator and Republican presidential candidate Lindsey Graham …

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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Obama thinks Confederate flag ‘belongs in a museum’

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Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Lindsey Graham defends Confederate flag: ‘It works here’

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Justin Wm / Washington Post:
Why South Carolina's Confederate flag isn't at half-mast after church shooting

Google Public Policy Blog:

“Revenge porn” and Search — We've heard many troubling stories of “revenge porn”: an ex-partner seeking to publicly humiliate a person by posting private images of them, or hackers stealing and distributing images from victims' accounts. Some images even end up on “sextortion” …

Discussion: The Hill, The Verge, Consumerist, Fusion and NBC News

Paul Lewis / Guardian:

Inside the mind of Bernie Sanders: unbowed, unchanged, and unafraid of a good fight — He is the rising star of the battle to be the Democratic nominee for president. But who is the real Bernie Sanders? His close friends and family shed new light on what is motivating the 73-year-old senator …

Discussion: The Hill, Common Dreams and The Daily Signal

Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
Ballot Access Problem For Bernie Sanders?

Discussion: Washington Post and Democratic Strategist

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 …

Discussion: Bloomberg Business, Politico, Hullabaloo and Wall Street Journal

Zac Anderson / Local News from Sarasota Herald-Tribune:

Rubio fundraiser canceled in Sarasota — SARASOTA - A fundraiser planned for Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio tonight in Sarasota has been canceled, with backers saying they want to reschedule the event in the fall when more seasonal residents are in town.

Discussion: Naked Politics

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

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Rebecca Traister / The New Republic:

Our Racist History Isn't Back to Haunt Us. It Never Left Us. — When, on Wednesday night, a 21-year-old white man named Dylann Roof entered the Charleston church founded by former slave Denmark Vesey on the anniversary of Vesey's planned 1822 slave rebellion and shot and killed nine people …

Discussion: American Spectator

The Columbus Dispatch:

City Council President Andy Ginther caught up in red-light camera bribe case — A former chief executive officer of the red-light camera company Redflex has pleaded guilty to bribing Columbus elected officials - including Council President Andrew Ginther - through the Ohio Democratic Party …

Discussion: Hot Air and RedState

Greg Stohr / Bloomberg Business:

Turmoil Only Sure Thing If Supreme Court Rejects Gay Marriage — A victory at the U.S. Supreme Court on same-sex marriage would be a historic moment for gay rights. Defeat would bring legal pandemonium. — The high court will decide by the end of the month whether the Constitution gives gays the right to marry.

Discussion: The Hill, ABC News and Wall Street Journal