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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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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.
The Daily Caller:
Nightclub Witness: Orlando Terrorist Spared Black Clubgoers [VIDEO]
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New York Daily News:
Orlando shooter was regular at Pulse gay club; former classmate says Omar Mateen was homosexual
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Alexander Panetta / CJAD 800:
Homicidal homophobe used to hang at Orlando gay hotspot, some regulars recall
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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 …
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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 …
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Los Angeles Times
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
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Trump revokes Post press credentials, calling the paper ‘dishonest’ and ‘phony’
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Trump: People Can Figure Out What I Meant By My Comments On Obama And Radical Islam
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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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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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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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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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Raw Story and Media Matters for America
Donald J Trump for President:
DONALD J. TRUMP ADDRESSES TERRORISM, IMMIGRATION, AND NATIONAL SECURITY
Roger Cohen / New York Times:
Orlando and Trump's America
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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.
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CNN:
Killer of French police officer, partner, broadcast incident live on Facebook, source says
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Hot Air
France 24:
Man ‘claiming allegiance to IS group’ stabs French policeman to death
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Scared Monkeys
Angelique Chrisafis / Guardian:
Paris policeman and wife killed in possible Isis-linked terror attack
Alissa J. Rubin / New York Times:
ISIS Claims Responsibility for Killing of French Police Officer
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RedState, Mediaite and New York Magazine
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 …
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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Rori Donaghy / Middle East Eye:
Jordan says ‘hack’ led to posting of ‘false news’ that Saudi funds Clinton campaign
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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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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 …
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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