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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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Daniel Strauss / 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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Heat Street
Dmitri Alperovitch / crowdstrike.com/blog:
Bears in the Midst: Intrusion into the Democratic National Committee
Bears in the Midst: Intrusion into the Democratic National Committee
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Talking Points Memo and The Gateway Pundit
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.
CBS News:
War veteran saves dozens during Orlando nightclub shooting
War veteran saves dozens during Orlando nightclub shooting
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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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Gothamist, Jihad Watch, Pamela Geller, Hot Air, The Daily Beast and Front Page Magazine
Cyra Master / The Hill:
Orlando shooter's classmate: He was gay
Orlando shooter's classmate: He was gay
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Orlando Sentinel:
Witness: Omar Mateen drank alone at Pulse before attack
Witness: Omar Mateen drank alone at Pulse before attack
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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.
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Bloomberg:
Obama Assails Trump in Dispute Over Use of ‘Radical Islam’ Label — President says U.S. would ‘validate’ terrorists with label — Obama cites progress reducing ranks of Islamic State fighters — President Barack Obama angrily rejected Republicans' insistence that the U.S …
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Little Green Footballs, Politico, Media Matters for America and Raw Story
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 …
U.S. ELECTIONS:
The Latest: Trump says Obama puts enemies ahead of allies — WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on campaign 2016 (all times Eastern): — Presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump is responding to criticism by President Barack Obama, saying the president puts U.S. enemies ahead of its allies and the American people.
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Los Angeles Times:
Editorial Trump smearing Obama with innuendo over Muslims and Orlando is a new low — even for him
Editorial Trump smearing Obama with innuendo over Muslims and Orlando is a new low — even for him
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Media Matters for America, Jihad Watch, Liberal Values, Washington Post, TIME, Daily Kos and Raw Story
Katie Pavlich / Townhall.com:
Irony: Jeh Johnson Says Gun Control Now a Matter of Homeland Security...Orlando Terrorist Worked For DHS
Irony: Jeh Johnson Says Gun Control Now a Matter of Homeland Security...Orlando Terrorist Worked For DHS
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KFDA-TV/DT:
Police respond to possible hostage situation at Amarillo Walmart on Canyon Drive — AMARILLO, TX (KFDA) - The Amarillo Police Department is reporting an active situation at the Amarillo Walmart at 4215 Canyon Drive. Early reports indicate an armed man is inside the store.
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Jeannie Nguyen / KVII:
Active shooter at Walmart on I-27 and Georgia — The Amarillo Police Department have confirmed an active shooter situation at the Walmart on I-27 and Georgia. — Police said they have not confirmed any gunshot victims at this time. They said this appears to be a workplace-type incident.
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Katherine Krueger / Talking Points Memo:
Police: Suspect Shot Dead, Hostages Safe After Standoff In Texas Walmart — Local police confirmed a suspect who took at least one person hostage inside an Amarillo, Texas Walmart on Tuesday was shot dead by SWAT officers. — The hostages inside the store are safe, police said.
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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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Eli Yokley / Morning Consult:
Poll: Most Voters Don't View Clinton's Nomination as Historic
Poll: Most Voters Don't View Clinton's Nomination as Historic
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Vox, Red Alert Politics and Washington Free Beacon
NBC News:
Clinton Expands Lead Over Trump: Poll
Clinton Expands Lead Over Trump: Poll
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NBC News, Business Insider, Politicus USA and Guardian
Brian Fung / Washington Post:
Cable and telecom companies just lost a huge court battle on net neutrality — A federal appeals court has voted to uphold a series of strict new rules for Internet providers, handing a major victory to regulators in the fight over net neutrality and ensuring that one of the most sweeping changes …
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Alex Byers / Politico:
Court upholds Obama-backed net neutrality rules
Court upholds Obama-backed net neutrality rules
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ThinkProgress and The Verge
Cecilia Kang / New York Times:
Court Backs Rules Treating Internet as Utility, Not Luxury
Court Backs Rules Treating Internet as Utility, Not Luxury
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Mother Jones
TIME:
Read President Obama's Speech Criticizing the Muslim Ban — President Obama spoke about the fight against the Islamic State, the Orlando shooting and Donald Trump's proposed ban on Muslims coming to the United States in a forceful speech after his National Security Council meeting Tuesday.
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Obama laces into Trump for whipping up terrorism fears
Obama laces into Trump for whipping up terrorism fears
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New York Magazine and CNN
James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: Hillary Clinton's hawkishness insulates her from Trump's post-Orlando attacks
The Daily 202: Hillary Clinton's hawkishness insulates her from Trump's post-Orlando attacks
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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.”
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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
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 …
Michael Falcone / ABC News:
The Note: What Bernie Wants — NOTABLES —MEETING OF THE MINDS: After more than 12 months of competing against each other for the Democratic presidential nomination — and on the very last day of the primary season — Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders will, for the first time all year …
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Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Trump says he's revoking press credentials for The Washington Post
Trump says he's revoking press credentials for The Washington Post
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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.”
Megan McArdle / Bloomberg:
Orlando Shows Us Our Very Scary Future — “I will say one thing,” Kevin Drum writes about the tragedy in Orlando. “There is a big difference between an attack coordinated and carried out by a foe (Pearl Harbor, Pan Am 103, 9/11, Paris, etc.) and an attack by a lunatic who was inspired by something or other …
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