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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 …
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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.
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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Cyra Master / The Hill:
Orlando shooter's classmate: He was gay
Orlando shooter's classmate: He was gay
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The Jawa Report, Orlando Sentinel, The Last Refuge and Complex
CBS News:
War veteran saves dozens during Orlando nightclub shooting
War veteran saves dozens during Orlando nightclub shooting
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Independent Journal …, Hot Air, CBS Boston and WRBL-TV
Omar Mateen / TMZ.com:
THREATENED TO SHOOT UP SCHOOL
THREATENED TO SHOOT UP SCHOOL
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New York Daily News, Raw Story, Mediaite and BizPac Review
The Daily Caller:
Did FBI Training Material Purge Cause Agency To Drop The Ball On Orlando Shooter?
Did FBI Training Material Purge Cause Agency To Drop The Ball On Orlando Shooter?
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Hot Air, Gothamist, Jihad Watch, Pamela Geller, The Daily Beast and Front Page Magazine
CNN:
Omar Mateen: Investigators say Orlando gunman made surveillance trips to Disney, Pulse
Omar Mateen: Investigators say Orlando gunman made surveillance trips to Disney, Pulse
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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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Nick Gass / Politico:
Russian government hackers broke into DNC servers, stole Trump oppo
Russian government hackers broke into DNC servers, stole Trump oppo
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Talking Points Memo and The Gateway Pundit
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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Katie Pavlich / Townhall.com:
Irony: Jeh Johnson Says Gun Control Now a Matter of Homeland Security...Orlando Terrorist Worked For DHS — The Islamic terrorist who carried out the horrific, atrocious attack on Pulse nightclub in Orlando Sunday morning was employed by G4S security company as a licensed …
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
How Trump Stands to Gain by Focusing on Gun Control
How Trump Stands to Gain by Focusing on Gun Control
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Slate, Washington Post, Associated Press, Vox Popoli, Althouse, Trump Lies and Hot Air
New York Times:
Compare These Gun Death Rates: The U.S. Is in a Different World
Compare These Gun Death Rates: The U.S. Is in a Different World
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The Daily Beast and Hullabaloo
Nick Gass / Politico:
Johnson: Gun control ‘part and parcel’ of homeland security
Johnson: Gun control ‘part and parcel’ of homeland security
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Joe.My.God. and Washington Free Beacon
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 …
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Michael Falcone / ABC News:
The Note: What Bernie Wants
The Note: What Bernie Wants
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Politico, New York Magazine and New Jersey Online
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Trump revokes Post press credentials, calling the paper ‘dishonest’ and ‘phony’
Trump revokes Post press credentials, calling the paper ‘dishonest’ and ‘phony’
Max Ehrenfreund / Washington Post:
The four cryptic words Donald Trump can't stop saying
The four cryptic words Donald Trump can't stop saying
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Los Angeles Times, Althouse and Mother Jones
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 …
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Daily Kos
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.”
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Joe.My.God.
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Kyle Buis / CBS Sacramento:
Sacramento Baptist Preacher Praises Orlando Gay Nightclub Attack
Sacramento Baptist Preacher Praises Orlando Gay Nightclub Attack
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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 …
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Political Wire
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NBC News:
Clinton Expands Lead Over Trump: Poll
Clinton Expands Lead Over Trump: Poll
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NBC News, Business Insider and Politicus USA
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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Christopher Ingraham / Washington Post:
The men who wrote the 2nd amendment would never recognize an AR-15
The men who wrote the 2nd amendment would never recognize an AR-15
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Vocativ, Mediaite, Shot in the Dark, Guardian, Quartz, Business Insider and Infowars
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 …
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ThinkProgress and The Verge, more at Mediagazer »
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 …
Polly Toynbee / Guardian:
Brexit supporters have unleashed furies even they can't control — A leave vote will not solve people's problems, and those feeling betrayed will lurch even further into racism and xenophobia — he clutch of England fans in Marseille were unequivocal. “F**k off Europe, we're all voting out,” they chanted.
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