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Palm Beach Post:
Orlando shooter Omar Mateen was gay, former classmate says — A former classmate of Omar Mateen's 2006 police academy class said he believed Mateen was gay, saying Mateen once asked him out. — Officials say Mateen shot and killed 49 people and injured 53 others at an Orlando nightclub early Sunday morning.
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Orlando Sentinel:
Witness: Omar Mateen drank alone at Pulse before attack … FORT PIERCE — At least four regular customers at the Orlando gay nightclub where a gunman killed 49 people said Monday that they had seen Omar Mateen there before. — “Sometimes he would go over in the corner and sit and drink by himself …
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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 …
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New York Daily News:
Orlando shooter was regular at Pulse gay club; former classmate says Omar Mateen was homosexual — Omar Mateen lived a double life. — The homophobic maniac who murdered 49 people inside Orlando's gay-friendly nightclub Pulse Sunday morning had been hanging out there for three years …
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The Last Refuge
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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Chris W. Cox / USA Today:
Gun laws don't deter terrorists: Opposing view — Destroy radical Islam, not the right of law-abiding Americans to protect themselves. — Americans were shocked and disgusted to learn of another act of terrorism on our soil, this time in Orlando. In the aftermath of this terrorist attack …
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Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Why the Gun Debate Probably Gives Donald Trump an Edge — The gun-control debate could hit a sweet spot for Donald Trump. His position has appeal to a group that he needs to gain the White House — less educated white Democrats — without doing much to alienate traditionally Republican voters.
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Associated Press, Althouse and Politicus USA
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 …
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Trump says he's revoking press credentials for The Washington Post — on Monday said he is revoking the press credentials of The Washington Post, one of the nation's largest newspapers, over its “dishonest reporting.” — The presumptive Republican presidential nominee made the announcement …
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Max Ehrenfreund / Washington Post:
The four cryptic words Donald Trump can't stop saying
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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John Bresnahan / Politico:
Trump's terror response has Republicans fretting anew
Trump's terror response has Republicans fretting anew
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Raw Story
New York Times:
Blaming Muslims After Attack, Donald Trump Tosses Pluralism Aside
Blaming Muslims After Attack, Donald Trump Tosses Pluralism Aside
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Raw Story and Media Matters for America
Roger Cohen / New York Times:
Orlando and Trump's America
Alissa J. Rubin / New York Times:
ISIS Claims Responsibility for Killing of French Police Officer — PARIS — A police captain and his companion were fatally stabbed at their home in a small town northwest of Paris on Monday evening, and within hours the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the murders.
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France 24:
Man ‘claiming allegiance to IS group’ stabs French policeman to death
Man ‘claiming allegiance to IS group’ stabs French policeman to death
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BBC, Scared Monkeys and The Atlantic
David Chazan / Telegraph:
Paris police killer ‘pledged allegiance to Islamic State’
Paris police killer ‘pledged allegiance to Islamic State’
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Associated Press, Fox News, The Gateway Pundit, RedState and RT
Tim Devaney / The Hill:
Former GOP senator endorses Clinton after Orlando shooting — A former Republican senator is endorsing Hillary Clinton — for president after the mass shooting in Orlando, citing her support for gun control. — Former Sen. Larry Pressler (R-S.D.) called for universal background checks …
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
WOW! #Pulse Club Patron Admits He Blocked Exit From Club Condemning Gays to Certain Death — OMG! — This patron at the Pulse nightclub told reporters he fled the building then blocked the only free exit from the club preventing others from escaping. — Patron: We just started pushing …
London Evening Standard:
Sadiq Khan: There will be no more ‘body shaming’ adverts on the Tube — Adverts which put Londoners under pressure over body image are to be banned from the Tube and bus network. Sadiq Khan announced that Transport for London would no longer run ads which could cause body confidence issues, particularly among young people.
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Tyler Durden / Zero Hedge:
Saudi Arabia Has Funded 20% Of Hillary's Presidential Campaign, Saudi Crown Prince Claims — In what may be the pinnacle of hypocrisy, moments ago Hillary Clinton, while speaking live on national security and addressing the Orlando shooting took some time from her constant bashing …
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Wall Street Journal, The Last Tradition and John Hawkins' Right Wing News
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Rori Donaghy / Middle East Eye:
Jordan says ‘hack’ led to posting of ‘false news’ that Saudi funds Clinton campaign
Jordan says ‘hack’ led to posting of ‘false news’ that Saudi funds Clinton campaign
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Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Sad! — These three campaign gurus for Jeb Bush, Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio — have had some time to reflect on their loss to The Donald. — And do they ever have stories to tell. … It's been roughly 40 days since Donald Trump became the presumptive presidential nominee of the Republican Party …
Lisa Hagen / The Hill:
Muslim rep. decries Trump's ‘villainous rampage against other Americans’ — Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) on Monday night called Donald Trump — “a narcissistic fascist” for shifting the focus to himself in the wake of the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history.
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Hot Air
Leinz Vales / CNN:
Anderson Cooper's emotional tribute to victims — (CNN)On Monday evening, less than 48 hours after the deadliest terror attack on American soil since 9/11, Anderson Cooper began his prime time program with a tribute to the 49 lives lost in the Orlando, Florida, nightclub shooting.
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New York Times:
Compare These Gun Death Rates: The U.S. Is in a Different World — are about as common as deaths from — in the United States. — deaths per million people — The mass shooting in Orlando on Sunday was appalling in scale: 49 killed in a single attack.
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The Daily Beast and Hullabaloo