memeorandum: FBI Director Says Charleston Shooting Not Terrorism (Andrew Husband/Mediaite)

10:50 AM ET, June 21, 2015

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A Bow to Charleston — A Northerner bows, deeply, to the South: — I have never seen anything like what I saw on television this afternoon. Did you hear the statements made at the bond hearing of the alleged Charleston, S.C., shooter? — Nine beautiful people slaughtered Wednesday …

Jonathon M. Seidl / TheBlaze.com:

The Moment an MSNBC Anchor Broke Down On-Air as Glenn Beck Showed Up at the Charleston Church — MSNBC anchor Thomas Roberts broke down on-air Friday while reporting live from Charleston, South Carolina, and the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church where nine people were massacred earlier this week.

Discussion: Mashable, The Huffington Post, Towleroad, John Hawkins' Right Wing News and Hot Air

Andrew Husband / Mediaite:

FBI Director Says Charleston Shooting Not Terrorism — In the wake of the Charleston church shooting in South Carolina, two particular phrases have been used in the media to describe the attack — “hate crime” and “terrorist act.” Soon after the initial reports of the tragedy …

Discussion: Infowars, Guardian and PoliticusUSA

Andrew Husband / Mediaite:

Hillary Clinton on Charleston: 'We Can't Hide' From Truth of White Privilege — Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton addressed the 83rd annual U.S. Conference of Mayors in San Francisco on Saturday morning. Among other things, she addressed Wednesday night's shooting …

Discussion: Infowars and Liberaland

Erin Dooley / ABC News:
Hillary Clinton Calls for ‘Common Sense’ Gun Control After Charleston Shooting

Discussion: Politico, Bloomberg Business, Hinterland Gazette and The Democratic Daily

Kevin Cirilli / The Hill:

After ‘no’ vote on trade, Meadows loses subcommittee chair — House Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) has removed Rep. Mark Meadows (R-N.C.) from his post as a subcommittee chairman, according to a Chaffetz spokesperson. — The removal comes …

Discussion: Booman Tribune

Politico:

Jason Chaffetz strips Meadows of subcommittee chairmanship — The House Republican crackdown on bucking the leadership reaches new levels of severity. — The House Republican crackdown has reached a new level of severity. — House Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Jason Chaffetz …

Joe Lapointe / Detroit Free Press:

Fight racist fire with literal fire: Burn Confederate flags — The Confederate flag was important to Dylann Storm Roof, the 21-year-old charged in the racist mass murderof nine African Americans in a historic black Charleston church this week. — His license plate displayed the rebel flag of the Civil War.

Discussion: CANNONFIRE, Raw Story, Mediaite and The Hill

Frances Robles / New York Times:
Dylann Roof Photos and a Manifesto Are Posted on Website

Discussion: Washington Post, Hot Air, Politico, alicublog, NPR, Washington Monthly, Hinterland Gazette, Liberal Values, PoliticusUSA, Talking Points Memo, Althouse and Daily Kos

Talking Points Memo:
Full Text Of Charleston Suspect Dylann Roof's Apparent Manifesto

Discussion: Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Fusion and The Daily Beast

Kieran Corcoran For / Daily Mail:
Charleston shooter Dylann Roof's ‘manifesto’ revealed on ‘Last Rhodesian’ website

Discussion: Power Line

Jesse Walker / Hit & Run:
Charleston Shooter Dylann Roof's Racist Manifesto

Discussion: Slantpoint, Corrente, fox8.com, Business Insider, The Week and The Daily Caller

Brendan O'Connor / Gawker:
Here Is What Appears to Be Dylann Roof's Racist Manifesto

Discussion: The Daily Beast, Guardian, Daily Kos, Liberaland, Hatewatch, Slate, Washington Post, Raw Story, Telegraph, Slantpoint, FOX31 Denver, theGrio, The Huffington Post, Infowars, Mashable, BizPac Review and Mediaite

USA Today:

Arizona sheriff sending armed posse into black churches — Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio will send armed posses of volunteers to 60 black churches around Phoenix, following the deadly attack on a historically black church in Charleston. Arpaio's office has previously been accused of racial profiling.

Discussion: Liberaland and Mediaite

Kevin Cirilli / The Hill:
Arizona's Sheriff Joe Arpaio to send armed volunteers to protect churches

Discussion: Raw Story, Instapundit and Infowars

Michael Eric Dyson / New York Times:

Love and Terror in the Black Church — AT the sprawling Friendship-West Baptist Church in Dallas one day last spring, I was met by five men with earpieces who escorted me to the pastor's office. As I prepared to preach that morning, a rolling phalanx of bodyguards shadowed my every move …

Discussion: Daily Kos

Marc Caputo / Politico:

Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio's backyard battle royal — Florida's Miami-Dade GOP, which Jeb Bush built into a powerhouse, may not be big enough to fit two presidential candidates. — MIAMI — Jeb Bush built the Miami-Dade Republican Party. And now Marco Rubio wants to take possession.

Neetzan Zimmerman / The Hill:

Rick Perry calls Charleston shooting an ‘accident’ — An aide to Rick Perry claims the GOP presidential candidate misspoke when he referred to the mass shooting at a historic black church in Charleston, S.C., as “an accident.” — Speaking with Steve Malzberg of Newsmax …

Discussion: Hot Air, BizPac Review and Guardian

Patrick O'Connor / Wall Street Journal:

Influence of Money in Politics a Top Concern for Voters — Americans express far more alarm about the influence of money in politics than the fact that another Bush and Clinton are running for the White House, a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll finds. — Asked to rank their top concerns …

Discussion: Political Wire

Frank Bruni / New York Times:

Gay Marriage's Moment — REMEMBER the AIDS crisis? If you lived in a big American city during its spread, you were witness to constant sorrow and countless examples of gay people treated as second-class citizens. — One was almost certainly this: the steadfast, heartbroken man being shut …