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4:40 PM ET, June 13, 2016

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CBS News:
Orlando gunman's father posts new video message  —  The Orland gay club gunman's father has well-known anti-American views and is an ideological supporter of the Afghan Taliban.  A new message posted by the father on Facebook early Monday morning also makes it clear he could have passed anti-homosexual views onto his son.
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New York Times:
Orlando Police Detail Battle to End Massacre at Gay Nightclub  —  ORLANDO, Fla. — More than 24 hours after a shooting rampage at a popular gay nightclub here, the police chief offered new details Monday about their confrontations with the gunman while other officials said that all but one of the 49 victims had been identified.
James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: Trump refuses to modulate after Orlando massacre, raising GOP concerns about his temperament  —  THE BIG IDEA: The wee hours of Sunday morning brought the biggest terrorist attack on U.S. soil since Sept. 11 and the deadliest mass shooting in this nation's history.  —  What happened?
Discussion: New York Post, Guardian and The Week
Stephanie Petit / People.com:
Orlando Nightclub Gunman Scouted Walt Disney World as Potential Target: Source  —  The gunman behind the Orlando nightclub shootings, the deadliest mass shooting in American history, recently scouted Walt Disney World as a potential target, a federal law enforcement source tells PEOPLE.
Washington Post:
Shooter Omar Mateen's father says he's saddened by massacre, calls gunman ‘a good son’  —  KABUL — The father of the Orlando nightclub gunman insists that his son was not motivated by Islamist radical ideology, describing the 29-year-old as a “a good son” who did not appear agitated or angry …
New York Daily News:
Omar Mateen bought guns used in Orlando gay club massacre from Florida store owned by retired NYPD officer
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Owen Jones / Guardian:
On Sky News last night, I realised how far some will go to ignore homophobia
Discussion: Advocate and TVNewser
Milo / Breitbart:
The Left Chose Islam Over Gays. Now 100 People Are Dead Or Maimed In Orlando
Discussion: Vox Popoli and Instapundit
Florida Today:
Co-worker: Omar Mateen homophobic, ‘unhinged’
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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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.”
Discussion: Political Wire and The Week
Nick Gass / Politico:
Trump attacks Obama: 'He's got something else in mind'  —  Donald Trump stepped up his criticism of President Barack Obama and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Monday, pointedly questioning Obama's lack of willingness to call the act “radical Islamic terrorism” …
Nick Gass / Politico:
Clinton breaks from Obama, calls Orlando attack ‘radical Islamism’  —  Hillary Clinton on Monday broke from President Barack Obama in referring to the terrorist attack as “radical Islamism,” countering Donald Trump's accusations that both she and Obama are weak on tackling terrorist threats.
Louis Nelson / Politico:
Trump: Clinton, Obama protecting terrorists to be ‘politically correct’
Discussion: ABC News
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:   Trump pans ‘political correctness’ in post-Orlando address
Fusion:
Orlando played host to anti-gay Muslim speaker, just weeks ago
Discussion: Raw Story
Nick Gass / Politico:
Trump ally: Clinton aide could be ‘terrorist agent’  —  In the wake of Sunday's deadly terrorist shooting in Orlando, Donald Trump's longtime friend and informal adviser wants the presumptive Republican nominee to hit Hillary Clinton even harder, suggesting the former secretary …
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Roger Stone / Breitbart:
Chic gal pal?  Mild mannered politician's wife? …
New York Daily News:
NRA's fight to stop assault weapons ban enables killers behind shootings at Orlando nightclub, Newtown, and San Bernardino to use AR-15 rifle  —  His killing machine of choice was a mass murderer's best friend — and his enabler a gun lobby that has long opposed efforts to keep assault weapons out of the hands of bloodthirsty maniacs.
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Wall Street Journal:
Hillary Clinton Calls for Reinstatement of Assault-Weapons Ban After Orlando Shooting
David Remnick / New Yorker:   Donald Trump's Exploitation of Orlando
Ben Smith / BuzzFeed:
Selling Trump In Park City  —  Scaramucci at the real Davos earlier this year.  —  The toughest guy in Park City this weekend was Anthony Scaramucci, a top Donald Trump fundraiser and his emissary to the anti-Trump resistance.  —  The compact hedge fund manager, well-cut blue suit …
Ryan Lizza / New Yorker:
Occupied Territory  —  The Republican élite struggles over whether to resist Trump or capitulate.  —  Last month, Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee for President, and Paul Ryan, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, met at the headquarters of the Republican National Committee, two blocks from the Capitol.
Sarah Parvini / Orlando Sentinel:
A stranger was bleeding in the parking lot.  This man saved his life with a shirt and a bear hug  —  Josh McGill helped a wounded man escape from the Pulse nightclub.  (Courtesy of Josh McGill)  —  Privacy Policy  —  It was last call early Sunday morning at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando …
Clinton Calls / Bloomberg:
Puerto Rico Debt Law Nixed by Court, Leaving Congress in Charge  —  U.S. Supreme Court rejects island's Recovery Act in 5-2 vote  —  Puerto Rican bonds gain but investors still see more defaults  —  The U.S. Supreme Court rejected Puerto Rico's bid to let its public utilities restructure bonds …
 
 
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Kristine Marsh / NewsBusters:
Anything But Islam: Media Attack Guns, Men, Christians, GOP Instead of Ideology in Terror Attack
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Associated Press:
Appeals court rejects $1.8M award to Jesse Ventura in ‘American Sniper’ case
Discussion: RedState and BizPac Review
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Trump: Romney A “Sad,” “Pathetic,” “Jealous” “Loser” Who Should Retire
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
 Earlier Items: 
Tom LoBianco / CNN:
Citing Orlando shootings, Rubio opens door to Senate run
Discussion: RedState and National Review
Media Matters for America:
NRA Breaks Silence After Worst Mass Shooting In U.S. History: Buy NRA Gear For Father's Day
Discussion: Mother Jones and Vocativ
New York Post:
The hate the president dares not name
Discussion: The Truth About Guns
Joel Gehrke / Washington Examiner:
ACLU lawyers blame ‘Christian right,’ GOP for Orlando terrorist attack
Discussion: Pamela Geller
 

 
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John Koblin / New York Times:
NBC names Craig Melvin as Hoda Kotb's successor on Today, teaming up with Savannah Guthrie, starting January 13; Melvin has been Today's news anchor since 2018

Mia Sato / The Verge:
Facebook makes Views its primary metric for content, bringing it in line with Instagram; each time a piece of content appears on a screen, it counts as a View

Katie Kilkenny / The Hollywood Reporter:
On Fox News, LA Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong discussed his new approach to publish “views from both sides”, and said the paper had conflated news and opinion
 
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