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12:45 PM 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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NBC News:
Omar Mateen's Wife Tried to Talk Him Out of Orlando Attack, Sources Say  —  The Orlando gunman's wife has told federal agents she tried to talk her husband out of carrying out the attack, NBC News has learned.  —  Omar Mateen's current wife, Noor, told the FBI she was with him when he bought ammunition …
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 …
Cyra Master / The Hill:
Orlando shooter's classmate: He was gay  —  A former classmate of Omar Mateen, the gunman who killed 49 people at a gay nightclub in Orlando, believed the 29-year-old killer was gay.  —  A man who was in the same 2006 police academy class told the Palm Beach Post that Mateen once asked him out romantically …
Los Angeles Times:
Orlando gunman had used gay dating app and visited LGBT nightclub on other occasions, witnesses say
CBS News:
War veteran saves dozens during Orlando nightclub shooting
Julian Hattem / The Hill:
FBI: Orlando shooter was on, then off watch list
Discussion: Hot Air
Awr Hawkins / Breitbart:
President Obama spoke to reporters Monday about the terrorist attack on the Pulse nightclub …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post:
Russian government hackers penetrated DNC, stole opposition research on Trump  —  Russian government hackers penetrated the computer network of the Democratic National Committee and gained access to the entire database of opposition research on GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump …
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Daniel Strauss / Politico:
Russian government hackers broke into DNC servers, stole Trump oppo
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
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
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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 …
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Trump revokes Post press credentials, calling the paper ‘dishonest’ and ‘phony’
Michael Falcone / ABC News:
The Note: What Bernie Wants
Max Ehrenfreund / Washington Post:
The four cryptic words Donald Trump can't stop saying
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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Jake Sherman / Politico:
Ryan breaks with Trump on Muslim immigrant ban  —  Speaker Paul Ryan is at odds with Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump again.  —  The Wisconsin Republican said Tuesday that Trump's proposed ban on Muslim immigrants runs counter to the nation's principles — a day after the …
Discussion: Daily Kos
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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Nick Gass / Politico:
Johnson: Gun control ‘part and parcel’ of homeland security
Bob Owens / Bearing Arms:
NARRATIVE FAIL: Orlando Islamic Terrorist Did NOT Use An AR-15  —  The anti-gun politimedia wasted no time at all demonizing the most common rifle in the United States as being the real villain of the Islamic terrorist attack on Pulse nightclub in Orlando.  —  Newsweek screamed, “ORLANDO SHOOTING PUTS SPOTLIGHT ON AR-15 RIFLE.”
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Katherine Krueger / Talking Points Memo:
Pastors Praise Orlando Killings Of ‘Vile, Perverted Predators’ (VIDEO)  —  After 49 people were gunned down in an Orlando gay nightclub in the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history, pastors in California and Arizona praised the gunman for massacring “perverted predators” and “pedophiles.”
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
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Kyle Buis / CBS Sacramento:
Sacramento Baptist Preacher Praises Orlando Gay Nightclub Attack
Discussion: Washington Post and KTLA
Nick Gass / Politico:
National poll: Clinton lead grows over Trump  —  Hillary Clinton's advantage over Donald Trump grew over the course of the last week, according to the results of the latest NBC News/SurveyMonkey poll released Tuesday.  —  In the same week that Clinton clinched the Democratic nomination …
Discussion: Political Wire
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NBC News:
Clinton Expands Lead Over Trump: Poll
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 …
Alex Byers / Politico:
Court upholds Obama-backed net neutrality rules  —  A federal appeals court Tuesday upheld a White House-supported effort to make internet service providers treat all web traffic equally, delivering a major defeat to cable and telephone companies.  —  The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals …
Associated Press:
Lawmaker Says He Will Protest “Moment of Silence” in House  —  A Democratic congressman frustrated with inaction on gun control said Monday he's done with the moments of silence typically held on the House floor after mass shootings, calling them “obnoxious expressions of smug incompetence.”
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Ted Barrett / CNN:
House Democrats protest lack of action on gun legislation
Discussion: Mother Jones and New York Magazine
 
 
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The Independent:
Fake Isis statement sparks false reports of leader's death
Discussion: Balloon Juice
James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: Hillary Clinton's hawkishness insulates her from Trump's post-Orlando attacks
Discussion: BuzzFeed
Adam Winkler / New York Times:
Time for a ‘No Buy’ List on Guns
Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
Study: Repealing ObamaCare would increase uninsured by 24M
Discussion: Politicus USA
Polly Toynbee / Guardian:
Brexit supporters have unleashed furies even they can't control
Discussion: Eschaton
Michael Melia / Associated Press:
Congregation Will Ask For No Prison Time For Man Who Shot At Mosque
 Earlier Items: 
Robert Kuttner / American Prospect:
Clinton, Warren, and the Vice Presidency
Discussion: Real Clear Politics
Lisa Hagen / The Hill:
Muslim rep. decries Trump's ‘villainous rampage against other Americans’
Discussion: Hot Air
New York Times:
Compare These Gun Death Rates: The U.S. Is in a Different World
Discussion: The Daily Beast and Hullabaloo
Tim Devaney / The Hill:
Former GOP senator endorses Clinton after Orlando shooting
 

 
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