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

8:35 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 …

Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:

Trump: People Can Figure Out What I Meant By My Comments On Obama And Radical Islam — “I'll let people figure that out for themselves.” — w.soundcloud.com — Donald Trump said people can figure out for themselves what he meant when he said Monday morning that “there's something going on” …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Howie Carr, Donald J. Trump, Washington Post and Mediaite

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, Real Clear Politics, Business Insider, Political Wire and Media Matters for America

Matthew Yglesias / Vox:

Donald Trump's foreign policy speech revealed a dangerous mix of ignorance and arrogance — The point of a “major foreign policy address” is for a presidential candidate, who typically lacks foreign policy experience, to show that he or she is in the process of learning and capable of learning more in the future.

Discussion: alan.com and bradford-delong.com

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

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

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

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

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

David Martosko / Daily Mail:
Trump tears into Clinton over Orlando as he says attacks prove HE'S the man to protect Americans …

Discussion: The Last Tradition

Tom Kludt / CNNMoney:
Donald Trump revokes Washington Post press credentials

Discussion: Hot Air and CBS San Francisco, more at Mediagazer »

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

Discussion: Raw Story, Media Matters for America and Hit & Run

David Ignatius / Washington Post:
Trump's Islamophobia helps to motivate the Islamic State

Discussion: Bloomberg, Talking Points Memo, Telegraph and Complex

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

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

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

Discussion: Politico, Sky Dancing, Talking Points Memo, Media Matters for America, Yahoo and New York Magazine

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

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

Daily Mail:
'It's absolute war!' …

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

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

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

Discussion: Washington Post, New York Times, Vocativ, Guardian, Breitbart, Hullabaloo, ThinkProgress, Politifact.com Truth … and The Atlantic

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: Politico, ABC News, New York Magazine, WRBL-TV, Raw Story, Washington Post, CBS Los Angeles, The Jawa Report, alan.com, The Week, Heat Street and Hot Air

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 …

Orlando Sentinel:

Gunman Omar Mateen visited gay nightclub a dozen times before shooting, witness says … FORT PIERCE - At least four regular customers at the gay Orlando nightclub where a gunman killed 49 people Sunday morning said today that they believe they had seen the killer, Omar Mateen, there before.

Discussion: The Hill, Business Insider, The Last Refuge, Towleroad 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, Pamela Geller and Fox News Insider

The Daily Beast:
Drag Queen: Anti-Gay Terrorist Omar Mateen Was My Friend

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

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

Discussion: Newsweek, Mike Cernovich Presents …, Breitbart, Raw Story, KTLA, ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES, AOL and The Truth About Guns

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

Discussion: Los Angeles Times, New York Times and Fox News

Los Angeles Times:
Orlando gunman had used gay dating app and visited LGBT nightclub on other occasions, witnesses say

Discussion: Washington Post and National Review

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, AOL, The Gateway Pundit, Little Green Footballs, Complex, The Federalist, The Resurgent, BizPac Review, Al Jazeera English, Media Matters for America and The Root

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: alan.com, Politicus USA and New York Magazine

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

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: Addicting Info, Hullabaloo, Mediaite, Business Insider, Talking Points Memo, Political Insider blog, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Heat Street, CBS New York and The Week

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

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.