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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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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?
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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 …
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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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Stephanie Petit / People.com:
Orlando Nightclub Gunman Scouted Walt Disney World as Potential Target: Source
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Fox News:
Former co-worker says Orlando gunman was ‘unhinged and unstable’, went on racist, misogynistic rants
East Orlando Post:
Report: Orlando Nightclub Shooter Cased Other Gay Clubs
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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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Milo / Breitbart:
The Left Chose Islam Over Gays. Now 100 People Are Dead Or Maimed In Orlando
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Richard Kim / The Nation:
Please Don't Stop the Music
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Jim Hoft / Breitbart:
After the Pulse Club Massacre, It's Time for Gays to Come Home to Republican Party
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G4S:
G4S statement in response to the shootings in Orlando, Florida
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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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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” …
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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.
Danielle Kurtzleben / NPR:
In Wake Of Orlando Shooting, Clinton Suggests Broader Terror Watch Lists — In the wake of the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history, Hillary Clinton told NPR that in order to counter “self-radicalization” she wanted to create a team “exclusively dedicated to detecting and preventing lone wolf attacks” …
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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 …
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William Saletan / Slate:
Trump's Response to Orlando Is Exactly What ISIS Wants
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Daily Mail:
'It's absolute war!' …
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David Wright / CNN:
Clinton: I'll say the words ‘radical Islamism’
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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? …
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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 …
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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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Hugh Hewitt / The Hugh Hewitt Show:
Senator Marco Rubio On The Orlando Terrorist Attack And Radical Islam's Reach Into America … Florida Senator Marco Rubio joined me on the program this morning to discuss Sunday's terrorist attack on the gay nightclub in Orlando: — 06-13hhs-rubio — Transcript:
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Tom LoBianco / CNN:
Citing Orlando shootings, Rubio opens door to Senate run
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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.
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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 …
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