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Jenna Johnson / Washington Post:
Donald Trump seems to connect President Obama to Orlando shooting — Donald Trump seemed to repeatedly accuse President Obama on Monday of identifying with radicalized Muslims who have carried out terrorist attacks in the United States and being complicit in the mass shooting at a gay nightclub …
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Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Donald Trump's foreign policy speech revealed a dangerous mix of ignorance and arrogance — The point of a “major foreign policy address” is for a presidential candidate, who typically lacks foreign policy experience, to show that he or she is in the process of learning and capable of learning more in the future.
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Joe Pompeo / Politico:
Trump: I'm revoking ‘dishonest’ Washington Post's credentials — Donald Trump is rescinding the Washington Post's credentials to cover his campaign events, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee said Monday in his latest attack on the press. — “Based on the incredibly inaccurate coverage …
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Trump: People Can Figure Out What I Meant By My Comments On Obama And Radical Islam — “I'll let people figure that out for themselves.” — w.soundcloud.com — Donald Trump said people can figure out for themselves what he meant when he said Monday morning that “there's something going on” …
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Max Ehrenfreund / Washington Post:
The four cryptic words Donald Trump can't stop saying — A day after 49 people were killed in the worst mass shooting in U.S. history, Donald Trump seemed to imply that President Obama might have been connected, in some way, with the attack. — “Look, we're led by a man that either is not tough …
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DONALD J. TRUMP ADDRESSES TERRORISM, IMMIGRATION, AND NATIONAL SECURITY — Thank you for joining me today. — This was going to be a speech on Hillary Clinton and how bad a President, especially in these times of Radical Islamic Terrorism, she would be. — Even her former Secret Service Agent …
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Sara Jerde / Talking Points Memo:
Trump: Orlando Shooter Was Only Here Because Of Our Immigration System — Presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump said Monday that the man suspected of opening fire on an LGBT nightclub Sunday in Orlando, Florida and killing 49 people was only able to do so because of the nation's “immigration system.”
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NBC News:
Donald Trump Takes Conspiracy Turn After Orlando
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New York Times:
Blaming Muslims After Attack, Donald Trump Tosses Pluralism Aside
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David Ignatius / Washington Post:
Trump's Islamophobia helps to motivate the Islamic State
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David Martosko / Daily Mail:
Trump tears into Clinton over Orlando as he says attacks prove HE'S the man to protect Americans …
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David French / National Review:
The Great Gun-Control Distraction
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Tom Kludt / CNNMoney:
Donald Trump revokes Washington Post press credentials
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Orlando Sentinel:
Gunman Omar Mateen visited gay nightclub a dozen times before shooting, witness says … FORT PIERCE - At least four regular customers at the gay Orlando nightclub where a gunman killed 49 people Sunday morning said today that they believe they had seen the killer, Omar Mateen, there before.
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Los Angeles Times:
Orlando gunman had used gay dating app and visited LGBT nightclub on other occasions, witnesses say — FBI investigators gather on the morning of June 13 outside the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times) — The gunman who attacked a Florida LGBT nightclub …
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Palm Beach Post:
Orlando shooter Omar Mateen was gay, former classmate says — A former classmate of Omar Mateen's 2006 police academy class said he believed Mateen was gay, saying Mateen once asked him out. — Officials say Mateen shot and killed 49 people and injured 53 others at an Orlando nightclub early Sunday morning.
Alexander Panetta / CJAD 800:
Homicidal homophobe used to hang at Orlando gay hotspot, some regulars recall — ORLANDO, United States — Omar Mateen was more than just a homicidal, jihadist-inspired homophobe when he shot his way through an Orlando nightclub early Sunday morning, according to a couple of the establishment regulars.
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New York Times:
Orlando Gunman Was ‘Cool and Calm’ After Massacre, Police Say
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Stephanie Petit / People.com:
Orlando Nightclub Gunman Scouted Walt Disney World as Potential Target: Source
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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Witness: Orlando shooter a regular at gay club
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The Daily Beast:
Drag Queen: Anti-Gay Terrorist Omar Mateen Was My Friend
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NBC News:
Why FBI Flags Didn't Block Gunman's Weapons Purchase
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New York Daily News:
Omar Mateen bought guns used in Orlando gay club massacre from Florida store owned by retired NYPD officer
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Gio Benitez / ABC News:
Inside the Orlando Nightclub Massacre, Breaking Down the Three Horrific Hours Inside
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Tim Devaney / The Hill:
Former GOP senator endorses Clinton after Orlando shooting — A former Republican senator is endorsing Hillary Clinton — for president after the mass shooting in Orlando, citing her support for gun control. — Former Sen. Larry Pressler (R-S.D.) called for universal background checks …
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Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
WOW! #Pulse Club Patron Admits He Blocked Exit From Club Condemning Gays to Certain Death — OMG! — This patron at the Pulse nightclub told reporters he fled the building then blocked the only free exit from the club preventing others from escaping. — Patron: We just started pushing …
Paul Singer / USA Today:
Trump was accused of destroying email evidence in lawsuit 10 years ago — In 2006, when a judge ordered Donald Trump's casino operation to hand over several years' worth of emails, the answer surprised him: The Trump Organization routinely erased emails and had no records from 1996 to 2001.
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Kristin Salaky / Talking Points Memo:
GOPer Defends Decision To Give Away Same Rifle Used In Orlando At Fundraiser — A Republican lawmaker from Tennessee is unwavering in his plan to give away AR-15 rifles, the same firearm used in Sunday's deadly attack in Orlando, Florida, as prizes at a fundraiser later this month.
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Andy Holt and Nashville Post
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
A Party Agrift — This is not a column about Donald Trump. — It's not about the fraudulent scheme that was Trump University. It's not about his history of failing to pay contractors, leading to hundreds of legal actions. It's not about how he personally profited while running his casinos into the ground.
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BBC:
Qatar convicts Dutch woman held ‘after being raped’ — A court in Qatar has convicted a Dutch woman of having sex outside marriage after she told police she was raped. — The 22-year-old was handed a suspended sentence and fined $824 (£580). She will also be deported.
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Arthur Kane / The New York Observer:
Flying High on the Taxpayer Dime: These Three Senators Bust the Budget on Air Travel — Senators Chuck Schumer, Kristen Gillibrand and John Barasso spent more taxpayer money on private charter flights than their colleagues — Sen. Charles Schumer spent $292,000 in public money flying private airplanes last year.
Leinz Vales / CNN:
Anderson Cooper's emotional tribute to victims — (CNN)On Monday evening, less than 48 hours after the deadliest terror attack on American soil since 9/11, Anderson Cooper began his prime time program with a tribute to the 49 lives lost in the Orlando, Florida, nightclub shooting.
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