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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 …

Joe Pompeo / Politico:

Trump: I'm revoking ‘dishonest’ Washington Post's credentials — Donald Trump is rescinding the Washington Post's credentials to cover his campaign events, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee said Monday in his latest attack on the press. — “Based on the incredibly inaccurate coverage …

Discussion: Gawker, The Atlantic, Washington Post, Political Wire and Real Clear Politics

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: The Week and Political Wire

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, Washington Post, New York Post, Business Insider, Yahoo, National Review and Common Dreams

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

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 »

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, Politico, ThinkProgress, Mother Jones, USA Today, Politicus USA, Vox, Trump Lies, The National Interest, Guardian and Complex

Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Trump: People Can Figure Out What I Meant By My Comments On Obama And Radical Islam

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Howie Carr, Washington Post and Mediaite

Nick Gass / Politico:
Trump attacks Obama: 'He's got something else in mind'

Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Donald Trump's foreign policy speech revealed a dangerous mix of ignorance and arrogance

Discussion: alan.com and bradford-delong.com

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

Discussion: Politico, ABC News, Hot Air and Politicus USA

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

Discussion: Raw Story and Media Matters for America

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

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

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

Discussion: New York Times, Guardian, Vocativ, Politifact.com Truth …, Breitbart, Telegraph, Hullabaloo, The Atlantic and Complex

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

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, Media Matters for America, Talking Points Memo, Yahoo and New York Magazine

Daily Mail:
'It's absolute war!' …

Discussion: New Urban Legends, The Hill and The Gateway Pundit

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, New York Magazine, Washington Post, WRBL-TV, Raw Story, CBS Los Angeles, The Jawa Report, alan.com, The Week, Heat Street, Politico, Hot Air, Washington Free Beacon and Friendly Atheist

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

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 …

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

Discussion: Politico and Talking Points Memo

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

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

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

Discussion: Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Fox News, FiveThirtyEight and Orlando Sentinel

James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: Trump refuses to modulate after Orlando massacre, raising GOP concerns about his temperament

Discussion: New York Post, Guardian and Althouse

Sarah Parvini / Orlando Sentinel:
A stranger was bleeding in the parking lot. This man saved his life with a shirt and a bear hug

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

Orlando Sentinel:
Gunman Omar Mateen visited gay nightclub a dozen times before shooting, witness says

Discussion: Business Insider and The Week

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

Discussion: CNN, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Mediaite, Vocativ, Little Green Footballs, The Federalist, AOL, The Gateway Pundit, Complex, The Resurgent, Al Jazeera English, Media Matters for America and The Root

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

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

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

BBC:

Qatar convicts Dutch woman held ‘after being raped’ — A court in Qatar has convicted a Dutch woman of having sex outside marriage after she told police she was raped. — The 22-year-old was handed a suspended sentence and fined $824 (£580). She will also be deported.

Discussion: Al Jazeera English

CNN:
Dutch woman jailed in Qatar after reporting rape convicted of ‘illicit sex’

Discussion: AOL and Instapundit

Paul Singer / USA Today:

Trump was accused of destroying email evidence in lawsuit 10 years ago — In 2006, when a judge ordered Donald Trump's casino operation to hand over several years' worth of emails, the answer surprised him: The Trump Organization routinely erased emails and had no records from 1996 to 2001.

Discussion: Politicus USA and New York Magazine

Arthur Kane / The New York Observer:

Flying High on the Taxpayer Dime: These Three Senators Bust the Budget on Air Travel — Senators Chuck Schumer, Kristen Gillibrand and John Barasso spent more taxpayer money on private charter flights than their colleagues — Sen. Charles Schumer spent $292,000 in public money flying private airplanes last year.

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: Breitbart, Mother Jones, Washington Post, Media Matters for America, Right Wing Watch and Shakesville

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 and Balloon Juice

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

Discussion: ThinkProgress, Media Matters for America, 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 and Politicus USA

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.