memeorandum: Orlando Police Detail Battle to End Massacre at Gay Nightclub (New York Times)

4:40 PM ET, June 13, 2016

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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.

Discussion: Telegraph, AOL, Fox News Insider and Pamela Geller

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 …

East Orlando Post:
Report: Orlando Nightclub Shooter Cased Other Gay Clubs

Discussion: Los Angeles Times, New York Times, FiveThirtyEight, The Week and Orlando Sentinel

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

Jim Hoft / Breitbart:
After the Pulse Club Massacre, It's Time for Gays to Come Home to Republican Party

Discussion: Little Green Footballs, CNN, Al Jazeera English, AOL, The Gateway Pundit, The Root, Complex, Mediaite, Media Matters for America and The Trace

Richard Kim / The Nation:
Please Don't Stop the Music

Discussion: Guardian, New York Times, Fusion, Daily Kos, www.wnyc.org, BillMoyers.com and The Stranger …

Milo / Breitbart:
The Left Chose Islam Over Gays. Now 100 People Are Dead Or Maimed In Orlando

Discussion: Vox Popoli and Instapundit

NBC News:
Why FBI Flags Didn't Block Gunman's Weapons Purchase

Discussion: Mike Cernovich Presents …, ThinkProgress, FiveThirtyEight, NPR, CNN, Breitbart and The Truth About Guns

Florida Today:
Co-worker: Omar Mateen homophobic, ‘unhinged’

G4S:
G4S statement in response to the shootings in Orlando, Florida

Discussion: Bloomberg, CBS Los Angeles and Infowars

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.

Discussion: ABC News, Talking Points Memo, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Media Matters for America, New York Magazine and The Hill

Louis Nelson / Politico:
Trump: Clinton, Obama protecting terrorists to be ‘politically correct’

Discussion: ABC News

David Wright / CNN:
Clinton: I'll say the words ‘radical Islamism’

Discussion: The Atlantic, New York Post, National Review, Business Insider, Yahoo, Common Dreams and BizPac Review

Ben Kamisar / The Hill: Trump pans ‘political correctness’ in post-Orlando address

Hugh Hewitt / The Hugh Hewitt Show:
Senator Marco Rubio On The Orlando Terrorist Attack And Radical Islam's Reach Into America

Discussion: The Atlantic, Talking Points Memo, Daily Kos, Washington Post, Hot Air, New York Magazine and Fox News Insider

William Saletan / Slate:
Trump's Response to Orlando Is Exactly What ISIS Wants

Discussion: The Atlantic, ThinkProgress, Telegraph, New York Times, Complex, Breitbart, Salon, Hullabaloo and Hit & Run

Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Donald Trump Suggests Obama May Be Sympathetic To Islamic Terrorism

Discussion: Wall Street Journal, ThinkProgress, Media Matters for America, Hot Air and Slate

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 …

Discussion: Mother Jones, Shakesville, Media Matters for America, Right Wing Watch and Booman Tribune

Roger Stone / Breitbart:
Chic gal pal? Mild mannered politician's wife? …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Washington Times

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.

Discussion: Guardian, Hit & Run, Daily Kos, New York Magazine, Sky Dancing, Townhall.com, NBC News, BizPac Review, Mother Jones, AOL, Bearing Arms and NPR

Wall Street Journal:
Hillary Clinton Calls for Reinstatement of Assault-Weapons Ban After Orlando Shooting

Discussion: Washington Free Beacon, Guardian and Balloon Juice

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 …

Discussion: Mother Jones, Raw Story, Politicus USA, TPNN and The Atlantic

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.

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Mediaite, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Political Insider blog, Heat Street, The Week, New York Magazine and Eschaton

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 …

Discussion: Washington Post, Human Rights Campaign, Real Clear Politics and Raw Story

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 …

Discussion: Washington Post, Mother Jones, USA Today, ThinkProgress and Common Dreams