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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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The Daily Caller:
Nightclub Witness: Orlando Terrorist Spared Black Clubgoers [VIDEO]
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Business Insider, Power LinePower Line, BizPac Review and ABC News
Gabrielle Bluestone / Gawker:
Orlando Shooter Was Reportedly a Regular at Pulse and Had a Profile on Gay Dating App
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PRI, Orlando Sentinel, Complex, Towleroad and Guardian
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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Talking Points Memo and Raw Story
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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, Politicus USA and FiveThirtyEight
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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Nick Gass / Politico:
Johnson: Gun control ‘part and parcel’ of homeland security
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Washington Free Beacon
New York Times:
Blaming Muslims After Attack, Donald Trump Tosses Pluralism Aside
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TIME, Raw Story and Media Matters for America
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
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Los Angeles Times, Daily Kos and Fox News
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Trump: People Can Figure Out What I Meant By My Comments On Obama And Radical Islam
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Outside the Beltway, Talking Points Memo, Hot Air, Mediaite, CNNMoney, Hullabaloo, National Review, Washington Post and Infowars, more at Mediagazer »
France 24:
Man ‘claiming allegiance to IS group’ stabs French policeman to death — A man who claimed allegiance to the Islamic State (IS) group stabbed a senior French police officer to death on Monday night before he was killed in a dramatic police operation, officials have said.
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BBC, Scared Monkeys and The Atlantic
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Alissa J. Rubin / New York Times:
ISIS Claims Responsibility for Killing of French Police Officer
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Guardian, RedState, Mediaite and New York Magazine
David Chazan / Telegraph:
Paris police killer ‘pledged allegiance to Islamic State’
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Associated Press, Fox News, The Gateway Pundit, RedState and RT
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
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TruthFeed
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 …
John Bresnahan / Politico:
Trump's terror response has Republicans fretting anew — Donald Trump's combative anti-terrorism speech Monday flouted the typical post-tragedy script and left Republican insiders fretting that the business mogul is unprepared to play a crucial presidential role: national healer.
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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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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
Dustin Volz / Reuters:
Clinton calls for U.S. ‘intelligence surge’ in wake of Orlando attack — Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton said on Monday that if elected, she would pressure U.S. technology companies to help intelligence agencies disrupt violent plots after a gunman inspired …
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