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9:55 AM ET, June 14, 2016

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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 …
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 …
Julian Hattem / The Hill:
FBI: Orlando shooter was on, then off watch list  —  The man who police say killed 49 people in a brutal rampage in Orlando, Fla., early on Sunday morning was on a federal watch list for roughly 10 months in 2013 and 2014, while he was the subject of an FBI probe.
Cyra Master / The Hill:
Orlando shooter's classmate: He was gay
Discussion: Orlando Sentinel
New York Daily News:
Orlando shooter was regular at Pulse gay club; former classmate says Omar Mateen was homosexual
Discussion: The Last Refuge
Gabrielle Bluestone / Gawker:
Orlando Shooter Was Reportedly a Regular at Pulse and Had a Profile on Gay Dating App
Discussion: PRI, Towleroad, Complex and Guardian
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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Los Angeles Times:
Editorial Trump smearing Obama with innuendo over Muslims and Orlando is a new low — even for him  —  Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump addresses supporters and the media in the lobby of Trump Tower in New York on May 31.  (Jason Szenes / EPA)  —  The Times Editorial Board
Discussion: Raw Story, Daily Kos and Fox News
Max Ehrenfreund / Washington Post:
The four cryptic words Donald Trump can't stop saying
Discussion: Los Angeles Times
TIME:
Read Donald Trump's Speech on the Orlando Shooting
Discussion: Politico, The Verge and Hit & Run
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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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.
Discussion: Raw Story
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.
Donald J Trump for President:
DONALD J. TRUMP ADDRESSES TERRORISM, IMMIGRATION, AND NATIONAL SECURITY
BBC:
French jihadist murders police couple at Magnanville  —  The murder of two French police officials by a man claiming allegiance to so-called Islamic State (IS) is “unquestionably a terrorist act”, President Francois Hollande says.  —  A police commander and his partner were stabbed to death at their home west of Paris.
Discussion: The Verge and The Atlantic
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CNN:
Killer of French police officer, partner, broadcast incident live on Facebook, source says
Discussion: Hot Air
France 24:
Man ‘claiming allegiance to IS group’ stabs French policeman to death
Discussion: Scared Monkeys
Angelique Chrisafis / Guardian:
Paris policeman and wife killed in possible Isis-linked terror attack
Discussion: Vocativ and Mashable
Alissa J. Rubin / New York Times:
ISIS Claims Responsibility for Killing of French Police Officer
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 …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Raw Story
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Johnson: Gun control ‘part and parcel’ of homeland security
David French / National Review:
The Great Gun-Control Distraction
Discussion: The Atlantic
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 …
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.
Discussion: The Daily Beast and Hullabaloo
The Daily Caller:
London's Muslim Mayor Bans Sexy Women In Advertisements  —  Sadiq Khan, London's first Muslim mayor, announced Monday that “body shaming” advertisements will no longer be allowed in London's public transport.  —  “As the father of two teenage girls, I am extremely concerned about this kind …
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London Evening Standard:
Sadiq Khan: There will be no more ‘body shaming’ adverts on the Tube
Discussion: RedState, Infowars and Complex
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 …
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 …
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 …
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.
Discussion: Hot Air
 
 
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Robert Kuttner / American Prospect:
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Discussion: Real Clear Politics
Nick Gass / Politico:
National poll: Clinton lead grows over Trump
Discussion: Political Wire
Kristin Salaky / Talking Points Memo:
GOPer Defends Decision To Give Away Same Rifle Used In Orlando At Fundraiser
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