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WESH-TV:
Assistant state attorney suspended over Facebook comments on Pulse shooting — Assistant State Attorney Kenneth Lewis was suspended Friday for violating the State Attorney's Office's social media policy, according to Angela Starke, public information officer for the State Attorney's Office, Ninth Judicial Circuit.
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Talking Points Memo, Daily Mail, LGBTQ Nation, Fox News, BizPac Review, Raw Story, Associated Press and The Last Tradition
Shane Harris / The Daily Beast:
The Unhinged Home that Raised Orlando Killer Omar Mateen — Long before his rampage in the Pulse nightclub, there was deep trouble in the home of Omar Mateen. — A mother accused of domestic abuse and described as “paranoid.” A father became a supporter of the Taliban.
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Kevin Sullivan / Washington Post:
Troubled. Quiet. Macho. Angry. The volatile life of the Orlando shooter. — After a lifetime of angst and embarrassment, Omar Mateen was on the verge of realizing a longtime dream in the spring of 2007. — He was about to graduate from a Florida training academy that would put him on a path to being a police officer.
Paul Sperry / Counter Jihad:
Exclusive: Orlando Terrorist Signed Over Home To Brother-in-Law Just Before Attacks
Exclusive: Orlando Terrorist Signed Over Home To Brother-in-Law Just Before Attacks
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Daily Wire, Breitbart, Fox News and The Gateway Pundit
Associated Press:
Trump battleground plan relies on skeptical GOP leaders — DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — His campaign riled by infighting and Republican revolt, Donald Trump is working to address a battleground state staffing shortage that highlights his reliance on a skeptical GOP establishment.
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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
November is fast becoming what the GOP fears: A referendum on Trump — The hole that Donald Trump has dug for himself keeps getting deeper. On nearly every front, his position continues to deteriorate. Unless he reverses course, Republicans are heading toward a wrenching week at their convention …
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The Ringer and Joe.My.God.
Sara Murray / CNN:
First on CNN: Priebus probes state GOP leaders over anti-Trump push
First on CNN: Priebus probes state GOP leaders over anti-Trump push
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Washington Post, NBC News, CANNONFIRE, Booman Tribune, RedState, Hot Air, Daily Kos and WWAY-TV
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Several GOP delegates working to block Trump's nomination: report
Several GOP delegates working to block Trump's nomination: report
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New York Daily News, Politico, Talking Points Memo, Washington Monthly, AOL and The Gateway Pundit
Philly.com:
Police: Parents admit ‘gifting’ teen to Bucks man; all 3 arrested — A 51-year-old Bucks County man was arrested after he was found living with 12 girls, including a teenager he considered his wife, and a baby and a toddler he fathered with her, authorities said Friday.
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Scared Monkeys
Suzanne Nossel / Los Angeles Times:
Op-Ed How Hillary Clinton went from loser to winner — Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks at a rally at the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Circuit Center in Pittsburgh on June 14. (Andrew Harnik / Associated Press) — Before she won this year's Democratic primary, Hillary Clinton was a loser.
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Marisa Schultz / New York Post:
Leaked document shows the DNC wanted Clinton from start
Leaked document shows the DNC wanted Clinton from start
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Althouse and Washington Free Beacon
Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Egyptian court sentences two journalists to death — Six people, including two Al-Jazeera employees, were sentenced to death by an Egyptian court on Saturday after being found guilty of leaking national security documents under ousted President Mohammed Morsi's regime, according to the Associated Press.
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Hamza Hendawi / Associated Press:
Egyptian court sentences 2 Al-Jazeera employees to death
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
A rational reading of Trump's Muslim proposals — Noise and controversy aside, Donald Trump is making two arguments about immigration. The first is that the U.S. admits too many immigrants. The second is that, given nearly two decades of Islamic terrorism, the government should take special measures …
Megan McArdle / Bloomberg:
Britain's Elites Can't Ignore the Masses — This past weekend, I found myself in the British borough of Luton, pondering a British exit from the European Union. “How did you find yourself in Luton?” you will ask, and I will reply, “That is a long story, and alas, a very dull one …
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Vox Popoli
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Neal Ascherson / New York Times:
From Great Britain to Little England
From Great Britain to Little England
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Guardian, Al Jazeera English and Washington Post
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
The Trump effect: Could Arizona go blue for the first time in 20 years? — PHOENIX — If there is one place where the dramas and subplots of Campaign 2016 collide, it is across the sprawling and scorching desert state of Arizona. — Here lives Donald Trump's restive base of white voters unsettled …
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Political Wire
Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
Iraqi forces driving ISIS further out of Fallujah — Iraqi forces backed by U.S.-led coalition airstrikes have seized significant portions of Fallujah, according to Saturday reports, with the prime minister declaring the city “has returned to the nation.” — Fallujah fell to Islamic State …
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Washington Post
James Queally / Los Angeles Times:
Oakland loses third police chief in nine days, will operate under civilian control — Acting Oakland Police Chief Paul Figueroa, talking to reporters earlier in the week, has left the post. His departure marks the third time in eight days the city has seen its top police official depart.
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ThinkProgress, CBS News, Mercury News, SFist, USA Today, The Root, Fox News and Hit & Run
Ian Wishart / Bloomberg:
Belgium Arrests 12 Amid Reports of Plot to Attack Soccer Fans — Prosecutor to decide Saturday whether to detain them further — Country on alert three months after suicide bombings killed 32 — Belgian authorities arrested 12 people after conducting anti-terror raids in Brussels …
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Jihad Watch
Tampa Bay Times:
LGBT pride flag raised after Orlando shooting ‘unbearable’ for Christian employee, Hillsborough commissioner says — TAMPA — A pride flag waving outside the Hillsborough County center was meant to be a sign of respect and remembrance for the victims of the shooting at an LGBT nightclub in Orlando.
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Evelyn Rupert / The Hill:
Trump: It would've been ‘beautiful’ for Fla. clubgoer to kill shooter — argued again that the mass shooting in Orlando, Fla., could have been less deadly had people in the gay nightclub been able to shoot back. — At a rally in The Woodlands, Texas, Friday night, Trump theatrically …