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8:10 AM ET, June 19, 2015

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ABC News:
Shooting Suspect ‘Big Into Segregation,’ Roommate Says  —  Dylann Roof, the alleged gunman authorities say is responsible for killing nine people in a predominantly black Charleston, South Carolina, church Wednesday night, had been “planning something like that for six months,” according to his roommate.
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Ta-Nehisi Coates / The Atlantic:
Take Down the Confederate Flag—Now  —  Last night, Dylann Roof walked into a Charleston church, sat for an hour, and then killed nine people.  Roof's crime cannot be divorced from the ideology of white supremacy which long animated his state nor from its potent symbol—the Confederate flag.
Matt Wilstein / Mediaite:
Lindsey Graham: Charleston Shooter May Have Been ‘Looking for Christians to Kill’  —  Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) just happened to be scheduled to appear on The View Thursday morning.  But because of the deadly mass shooting at a black church in his home state last night …
Henry Louis Gates Jr / New York Times:
Henry Louis Gates: If Clementa Pinckney Had Lived  —  I have no doubt that had the Rev. Clementa C. Pinckney lived, he would have become known — and celebrated — across our country for his leadership, rather than sealed immortally in tragedy, one more black martyr in a line stretching …
Washington Post:
For accused killer Dylann Roof, a life that had quietly drifted off track  —  GASTON, S.C. — Dylann Roof grew up in this rural town on the distant fringe of South Carolina's state capital, a quiet, shy boy who mostly kept to himself.  He didn't get into trouble.  He didn't especially stand out.
Avianne Tan / ABC News:   Confederate Flag Flying on South Carolina Capitol Grounds Provokes Anger After Charleston Shooting
Katie Zavadski / The Daily Beast:
Everything Known About Charleston Shooting Suspect Dylann Roof
The White House:   President Obama Delivers a Statement on the Shooting in South Carolina
Ahiza Garcia / Talking Points Memo:
Gov. Haley Breaks Down: ‘The Heart And Soul Of South Carolina Was Broken’ (VIDEO)
Discussion: The Bob and Chez Show
The Hill:
House approves fast-track 218-208, sending bill to Senate  —  The House on Thursday took the first step toward resuscitating the White House's trade agenda by passing legislation granting President Obama fast-track authority.  —  The bill now goes to the Senate, where the White House …
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Siobhan Hughes / Wall Street Journal:
House Passes Fast-Track Trade Bill, but Senate Outcome Uncertain  —  Revised bill to expand Obama's trade-negotiating authority moves back to Senate  —  WASHINGTON—The House passed legislation Thursday to ease trade pacts through Congress, as Republicans and some Democrats revived hopes …
Discussion: NPR and Hot Air
Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:
Senate Passes, Then Blocks, Military Bill
Discussion: Politico
Jeffrey Collins / BuzzFeed:
These Are The Victims Of The Charleston Church Shooting  —  Nine people were killed Wednesday night when a shooter opened fire at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina during a prayer meeting.  —  Facebook Post.  —  Facebook: permalink.php  —  A 45-year-old mother of three …
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Dylan Stableford / Yahoo! News:
Charleston church shooting: 9 killed; suspect in custody
Discussion: TalkLeft
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Benghazi investigators ponder: Is State Dept lying, or is Hillary?  —  House Select Committee on BenghaziChairman Trey Gowdy, R-S.C. speaks to reporters before a closed door meeting in the House Visitors Center at the U.S. Capitol June 16, 2015 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Discussion: Betsy's Page
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Ari Rabin-Havt / The New York Observer:
Benghazi Investigation Spends Fortune to Harass Hillary Clinton
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Operation Replace Jeb Bush  —  John Kasich is on a last-ditch mission to prove he can be the Republican establishment's dream candidate in 2016.  —  Getty  —  Sensing the window of opportunity is closing, John Kasich is on a last-minute dash across the country to convince party donors …
Discussion: Political Wire
Frank Newport / Gallup:
Democrats in the U.S. Shift to the Left  —  Story Highlights  —  PRINCETON, N.J. — Democratic candidates for the 2016 presidential nomination face a significantly more left-leaning party base than their predecessors did over the last 15 years.  Forty-seven percent of Democrats …
Katie Glueck / Politico:
Insiders: Marco Rubio has an Obama problem  —  Six out of 10 early-state insiders say the first-term Florida senator's lack of national experience too closely parallels the president's background when he was first elected in 2008.  —  A majority of early-state insiders say that Marco Rubio's lack …
Discussion: Political Wire
Bloomberg Business:
Republican Plan to Continue Health Subsidies Would Gut Obamacare  —  House Republicans say they are prepared to act swiftly on legislation to ensure Americans don't lose health-insurance subsidies if the Supreme Court rules that the funds are no longer available in more than half the U.S.
Discussion: Daily Kos
David Weigel / Bloomberg Business:
Rand Paul on Charleston Shooting: 'There's A Sickness in Our Country'  —  Kentucky Senator Rand Paul told a crowd of social conservatives that a “sickness” in the country was responsible for the mass shootings in South Carolina, adding that the problem “isn't going to be fixed by your government.”
Mat Honan / BuzzFeed:
This Is Twitter's Top Secret Project Lightning  —  The new tool will give the company a way to show the best of Twitter to both logged-in and logged-out users on a variety of platforms.  It will have instantly loading videos and rich images, and will occupy a front-and-center location in an upcoming version of the Twitter app.
Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Supreme Court Says Texas Can Reject Confederate Flag License Plate  —  In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court ruled that Texas' speciality license plates are government speech, and the state can reject a proposal featuring the Confederate flag.  —  Mark Wilson / Getty Images
Discussion: Liberaland
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