memeorandum: Donald Trump Takes Conspiracy Turn After Orlando (NBC News)

6:30 PM ET, June 13, 2016

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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 …

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

NBC News:

Donald Trump Takes Conspiracy Turn After Orlando — Donald Trump waded into the fever swamps on Monday, suggesting in two interviews that President Obama may have a secret agenda that prevents him from combating Islamic terrorists. — The comments added to a long list of conspiracy theories …

Discussion: NBC News, Talking Points Memo, Outside the Beltway, Raw Story, Mediaite and CBS New York

David Wright / CNN:

Clinton: I'll say the words ‘radical Islamism’ — Mayor: 50 dead in Orlando nightclub shooting — (CNN)Hillary Clinton reacted to the Orlando nightclub massacre in an interview Monday, labeling the tragedy a “terrorist attack” that was “at a minimum...inspired” by ISIS.

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

Donald J Trump for President:

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 …

Discussion: Washington Post, ThinkProgress, Mother Jones, USA Today, Vox, The National Interest, Trump Lies, Politicus USA, Guardian and Complex

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” …

Tom Kludt / CNNMoney:

Donald Trump revokes Washington Post press credentials — Donald Trump said Monday that he is “revoking” the Washington Post's press access at his campaign events, calling the newspaper “phony and dishonest.” — The presumptive GOP nominee attributed the decision to the newspaper's “incredibly inaccurate coverage.”

Discussion: CBS San Francisco, more at Mediagazer »

Joe Pompeo / Politico:
Trump: I'm revoking ‘dishonest’ Washington Post's credentials

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, The Atlantic, Washington Post, Political Wire, Real Clear Politics and Media Matters for America

Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Clinton: I'm happy to say ‘radical Islamism’

Discussion: Politico, ABC News, Hot Air, TVNewser and Patterico's Pontifications

Matt Flegenheimer / New York Times:
Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton's Speeches: What You Missed

Discussion: Raw Story and Media Matters for America

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

Discussion: alan.com, New York Times, Vox, Guardian, Vocativ, Politifact.com Truth …, Telegraph, Breitbart and ThinkProgress

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

Danielle Kurtzleben / NPR:
In Wake Of Orlando Shooting, Clinton Suggests Broader Terrorist Watch Lists

Discussion: Mother Jones, Washington Post, RedState, FiveThirtyEight, Business Insider, NBC News, New York Times and The Federalist

Daily Mail:
'It's absolute war!' …

Discussion: The Hill, The Gateway Pundit and Independent Journal …

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

Discussion: ABC News

Veronica Stracqualursi / ABC News:
Hillary Clinton: Those Under FBI Scrutiny 'Shouldn't Be Able to Just Go Buy a Gun'

Discussion: Politico and Yahoo

David Remnick / New Yorker: Donald Trump's Exploitation of Orlando

Nick Gass / Politico:
Clinton breaks from Obama, calls Orlando attack ‘radical Islamism’

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

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.

Discussion: ABC News, WRBL-TV, Raw Story, CBS Los Angeles, The Jawa Report, alan.com, The Week, Hot Air, Heat Street, Politico, Washington Free Beacon and Friendly Atheist

The Daily Beast:

Drag Queen: Anti-Gay Terrorist Omar Mateen Was My Friend — Omar Mateen committed the most horrific act of anti-gay violence on U.S. soil. But there was a time when he had gay friends, a high school classmate says. — FORT PIERCE, Florida — Years before he shot up an Orlando gay club …

New York Times:

Orlando Gunman Was ‘Cool and Calm’ After Massacre, Police Say — ORLANDO, Fla. — The gunman who went on a shooting rampage in a popular gay nightclub here shot nearly all of his victims in the first stages of the assault, then was utterly “cool and calm” while he talked by phone …

Discussion: Politico, Business Insider, Guardian, The Atlantic, Wall Street Journal, Engadget, RedState, NPR, Orlando Sentinel, Daily Kos, Independent Journal …, Media Matters for America, Religion News Service, Above the Law, Hit & Run, Just Security, The Hill and Reuters

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, Pamela Geller and Fox News Insider

New York Daily News:

Omar Mateen bought guns used in Orlando gay club massacre from Florida store owned by retired NYPD officer — The terrorist who massacred 49 people at an Orlando gay nightclub bought the guns he used in the slaughter from a Florida store owned by a retired NYPD officer.

Discussion: Politico and Talking Points Memo

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, Althouse and The Week

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

Discussion: Mike Cernovich Presents …, ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES, NPR, Complex, Breitbart, CNN and The Truth About Guns

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

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

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

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

Fox News:
Former co-worker says Orlando gunman was ‘unhinged and unstable’, went on racist, misogynistic rants

Discussion: Breitbart, Guardian, Washington Post, The Daily Caller, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Towleroad, Independent Journal …, Infowars, New York Times, Shot in the Dark, Bearing Arms and BizPac Review

Gio Benitez / ABC News:
Inside the Orlando Nightclub Massacre, Breaking Down the Three Horrific Hours Inside

Discussion: The Daily Caller, mynews13.com and Business Insider

Jack Healy / New York Times:
Sitora Yusufiy, Ex-Wife of Orlando Suspect, Describes Abusive Marriage

Discussion: Salon, Religion News Service, New York Magazine and Althouse

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, Media Matters for America, Right Wing Watch, Shakesville and Booman Tribune

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

Discussion: New York Magazine, Washington Times and Talking Points Memo

Fusion:

Orlando played host to anti-gay Muslim speaker, just weeks ago — Pin It — On March 29, 2016, Farrokh Sekaleshfar — a British-born medical doctor and Shi'a Muslim scholar — was invited to speak at the Husseini Islamic Center just outside Orlando, Florida.

Discussion: Raw Story

Roy Edroso / Village Voice:
Thoughts and Prayers: After Orlando, Rightbloggers Defend Guns, Denounce Muslims

Discussion: Media Matters for America, ThinkProgress, Hullabaloo, alicublog and Washington Post

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, TPNN, Raw Story, Politicus USA 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.