memeorandum: 'It's absolute war!' … (Daily Mail)

2:10 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.

Discussion: ABC News, WRBL-TV, The Jawa Report, Politico, alan.com, Raw Story, CBS Los Angeles, Hot Air, The Week, CBS San Francisco and CBS Baltimore

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, The Week and Vocativ

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.

Discussion: ABC News, Business Insider, Daily Kos, Guardian, Religion News Service, Mediaite, Media Matters for America, The Hill, Just Security, Hit & Run, AOL and Gothamist

Fox News:

Former co-worker says Orlando gunman was ‘unhinged and unstable’, went on racist, misogynistic rants — The gunman who killed at least 50 people at an Orlando nightclub early Sunday was described by a former colleague as an “unhinged and unstable” person who repeatedly made racist, misogynist and homophobic remarks.

Discussion: Florida Today, Bearing Arms, New York Times and BizPac Review

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 …

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

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

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

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

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

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

Discussion: Instapundit

Daily Mail:
We've had a no-fly list for suspected terrorists for years, so why not a no-buy list?

Discussion: Mediaite

John Podhoretz / New York Post:
Obama: ‘We’ are to blame, not Islamic terrorism, for massacre

Discussion: Media Matters for America, The Hill, Fox News, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Hot Air, Betsy's Page, CNN, The Last Tradition, Truth Revolt and Instapundit

New York Post:
The hate the president dares not name

Discussion: The Truth About Guns

William Wan / Washington Post:
On 9/11, the Orlando shooter's classmates mourned. Some say he celebrated.

Discussion: The Jawa Report, Newsday, BizPac Review, FOX31 Denver, The Last Refuge, The Federalist, Hit & Run, Instapundit and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion

Bruce Golding / New York Post:
Nightclub shooter's dad hosted anti-American talk show

Discussion: RedState, Washington Free Beacon, Truth Revolt, alan.com, Hot Air, Independent Journal Review, Washington Post, Mediaite, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, BuzzFeed and Pamela Geller

Jane Onyanga-Omara / USA Today:
Orlando shooter's employer G4S found nothing of concern

Discussion: Los Angeles Times, Fox News Insider, New York Times, The Root and Washington Post

New York Times:
Omar Mateen: From Early Promise to F.B.I. Surveillance

Discussion: Guardian, The Resurgent, Business Insider, Althouse, Politico, City of Orlando and The Atlantic

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 …

Discussion: The Atlantic, Infowars, Hullabaloo, Hit & Run, Political Wire, CBS News and Politico

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” …

Daily Mail:

'It's absolute war!' Trump demands tougher domestic surveillance of mosques as he says Hillary Clinton is ‘almost like a maniac’ for avoiding mention of Islamic terrorism in the wake of Orlando massacre — Donald Trump said Monday that Islamic terrorists have declared 'absolute war …

Discussion: The Hill, alan.com, The Gateway Pundit, TVNewser, The Week and Independent Journal …

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: Talking Points Memo, Media Matters for America, New York Magazine, The Hill and Media Matters for America

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

Discussion: Hot Air, Media Matters for America and Slate

Neil W. McCabe / Breitbart:
Exclusive — Sarah Palin: Speaker Ryan Proves He Is Out of Touch When He Jumps to Condemn Trump on Islamic Threat

Discussion: BizPac Review, The Gateway Pundit and Business Insider

Nick Gass / Politico:
Obama: No evidence Orlando shooter part of larger plot

Discussion: ABC News and Washington Post

Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
The new norm: When tragedy hits, Americans stand divided

Discussion: ABC News, Orlando Sentinel, Townhall.com, The Atlantic, TheBlaze.com, The Verge, FOX31 Denver, Guardian, Vocativ, Business Insider, BizPac Review, Rewire and Mediaite, more at Mediagazer »

Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Donald Trump Seizes on Orlando Shooting and Repeats Call for Temporary Ban on Muslim Migration

Discussion: Hit & Run, NPR, Donald J Trump for President, NBC News, ImmigrationProf Blog and The Last Tradition

Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:

Clinton: I'm happy to say ‘radical Islamism’ … after he called for her to get out of the race for the White House because she did not use the words “radical Islam” in the wake of the Orlando, Fla. nightclub attack. — “I am not going to demonize and demagogue and declare war on an entire religion …

Discussion: Hot Air, Politico and Guardian

ABC News:
Analysis: Trump and Clinton Contrasts in Orlando Response

Discussion: Politico and Associated Press

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

Discussion: Washington Post, Talking Points Memo, Political Wire, Hot Air, New York Magazine and Fox News Insider

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

Discussion: New York Post, National Review and Business Insider

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: ThinkProgress, Media Matters for America, Political Wire, Right Wing Watch and Booman Tribune

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

Discussion: Talking Points Memo

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

Charlie Spiering / Breitbart:
Hillary Clinton: Reinstate Assault Weapons Ban

Discussion: Infowars and John Hawkins' Right Wing News

Thomas Gibbons-Neff / Washington Post:
The history of the AR-15, the weapon that had a hand in the United States' worst mass shooting

Discussion: ThinkProgress and Business Insider

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, The Week, Political Insider blog, New York Magazine, Heat Street and Eschaton

Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:

Trump: Romney A “Sad,” “Pathetic,” “Jealous” “Loser” Who Should Retire — “He's a jealous guy. He's got a lot of problems.” — Stan Honda / AFP / Getty Images — w.soundcloud.com — Donald Trump on Monday called Mitt Romney a sad, pathetic loser who should go into retirement.

Discussion: Talking Points Memo