memeorandum: ‘Islamists slogans’ reported as man kills police officer & takes his family hostage near Paris (Harry Fear/RT)

10:25 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 …

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 …

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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.

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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” …

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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 …

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Max Ehrenfreund / Washington Post:

The four cryptic words Donald Trump can't stop saying — A day after 49 people were killed in the worst mass shooting in U.S. history, Donald Trump seemed to imply that President Obama might have been connected, in some way, with the attack. — “Look, we're led by a man that either is not tough …

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

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Sara Jerde / Talking Points Memo:
Trump: Orlando Shooter Was Only Here Because Of Our Immigration System

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

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

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

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New York Times:
Blaming Muslims After Attack, Donald Trump Tosses Pluralism Aside

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Dustin Volz / Reuters:
Clinton calls for U.S. ‘intelligence surge’ in wake of Orlando attack

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

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

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

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: RedState, Complex, PinkNews, The Last Refuge, news9.com KWTV, Fox News, Business Insider, Towleroad, Mediaite and The Week

Los Angeles Times:

Orlando gunman had used gay dating app and visited LGBT nightclub on other occasions, witnesses say — FBI investigators gather on the morning of June 13 outside the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times) — The gunman who attacked a Florida LGBT nightclub …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Washington Post, The Week, The Last Refuge and National Review

Alexander Panetta / CJAD 800:

Homicidal homophobe used to hang at Orlando gay hotspot, some regulars recall — ORLANDO, United States — Omar Mateen was more than just a homicidal, jihadist-inspired homophobe when he shot his way through an Orlando nightclub early Sunday morning, according to a couple of the establishment regulars.

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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 …

Mark Hensch / The Hill:

Witness: Orlando shooter a regular at gay club — The gunman who attacked a gay nightclub in Orlando on Sunday was a frequent visitor to the establishment, according to one regular visitor. — “Sometimes he would go over in the corner and sit and drink by himself, and other times …

Discussion: news9.com KWTV, Orlando Sentinel and Politicus USA

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.

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Stephanie Petit / People.com:
Orlando Nightclub Gunman Scouted Walt Disney World as Potential Target: Source

Discussion: Telegraph, AOL, Pamela Geller and Fox News Insider

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

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

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

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Roger Cohen / New York Times: Orlando and Trump's America

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

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

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Harry Fear / RT:

‘Islamists slogans’ reported as man kills police officer & takes his family hostage near Paris … A police raid in the Paris suburb commune of Magnanville has ended with the death of a hostage taker, who fatally stabbed a police officer near his house and then killed his wife.

Discussion: Walid Shoebat and Pamela Geller

David Chazan / Telegraph:
Paris police killer ‘pledged allegiance to Islamic State’

Discussion: Associated Press, RedState and The Gateway Pundit

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.

Paul Krugman / New York Times:

A Party Agrift — This is not a column about Donald Trump. — It's not about the fraudulent scheme that was Trump University. It's not about his history of failing to pay contractors, leading to hundreds of legal actions. It's not about how he personally profited while running his casinos into the ground.

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