memeorandum: Team Hillary's final e-mail defense: mass amnesia (New York Post)

10:35 AM ET, June 12, 2016

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CNN:

Several people injured in shooting at Florida gay club, police say — Several injured in Florida nightclub shooting — Orlando, Florida (CNN)Gunfire erupted at a gay nightclub in Orlando early Sunday, with multiple injuries reported, Florida authorities said.

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David Caplan / ABC News:

‘Mass Casuality Situation’ Following Shooting at Orlando Nightclub, Shooter Dead: Police — A shooting at an Orlando nightclub early Sunday morning has been described as a “mass casualty situation,” police announced Sunday morning. — “The shooter inside the nightclub is dead,” tweeted Orlando Police shortly before 6 a.m.

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Kim Hjelmgaard / USA Today:

Pulse more than ‘just another gay club’ — One of the owners of the gay nightclub where multiple people were shot early Sunday in Orlando started the club to promote awareness about the area's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community. Her brother died from AIDS.

Daily Mail:

‘We consider this an act of terrorism’: Suspected Islamic extremist shoots dead at least 20 dead at Florida gay club after bursting in ‘wearing a suicide vest’ and taking hostages - injuring a further 42 — Gunman, believed to have ‘leanings to radical Islamic terrorism’, opened fire inside Pulse gay club in Orlando

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Christal Hayes / Orlando Sentinel:

Breaking: Orlando Pulse nightclub shooting: About 20 dead in act of terrorism, police say — Orlanddo Police Chief John Mina gives an update on the shooting at Pulse. — A witness describes the scene inside Pulse nightclub in downtown Orlando after a shooter opened fire. … Privacy Policy

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Steve Kenny / New York Times:

Shooting at Orlando Nightclub Kills About 20, Police Say — About 20 people were killed and at least 42 people were wounded when a gunman armed with an assault-style rifle, a handgun and possibly an explosive device opened fire inside a gay nightclub in Orlando, Fla., at about 2 a.m. on Sunday, Police Chief John Mina said.

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Associated Press:

Police: Approximately 20 killed in Florida club shooting — ORLANDO, Fla. — A gunman wielding an assault-type rifle and a handgun took hostages and opened fire inside a crowded Florida nightclub, killing approximately 20 people and wounding 42 others before dying in a gunfight with SWAT officers, police said Sunday.

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Kurt Vile / CBS News:

Islamic terrorism tie eyed in Orlando gay bar shooting — ORLANDO, Fla. - A shooting and hostage situation early Sunday morning at a Florida nightclub — which describes itself as “Orlando's hottest gay bar” — left “around 20” people dead, including the gunman, officials say.

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Matt Higgins / CBS New York:

CBS News: Gunman In Orlando Nightclub Shooting That Left Nearly 20 Dead Identified As Omar Mateen — ORLANDO, Fla. (CBSNewYork/AP) — A gunman wielding an assault-type rifle and a handgun took hostages and opened fire inside a crowded Florida nightclub, killing approximately 20 people …

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USA Today:
Orlando police: ‘Approximately 20 dead’ after club rampage

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New York Daily News:
Terror attack at Orlando gay club Pulse leaves about 20 people dead, 42 others wounded …

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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:

Furious GOP donors stew over Trump — PARK CITY, Utah — Donald Trump is trying to win over a skeptical Republican donor class, but they've closed their wallets — and they're angry. — On Friday afternoon, at an exclusive Republican donor retreat here hosted by Mitt Romney, frustration boiled over.

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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Romney rips 2016 also-rans for losing to Trump

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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Romney loyalists' divisions over Trump spill out into the open at Utah summit

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Theodore Schleifer / CNN:
Romney tears into GOP for not criticizing Trump

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Matea Gold / Washington Post:
Trump's ‘Pocahontas’ attack leaves fellow Republicans squirming (again)

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Ines Dela Cuetara / ABC News: Mitt Romney Says a Donald Trump Presidency Would Lead to ‘Trickle-down Racism’

Jessie Hellmann / The Hill: Pocahontas.com redirects to Warren campaign site

Josh Haskell / ABC News:

Clinton Frames First General Election Ad As “Choice About Who We Are as a Nation” — Hillary Clinton has released her first general election campaign ad, just days after becoming the presumptive Democratic nominee. — In the ad, Clinton frames the election against Donald Trump as …

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Annie Karni / Politico: Clinton launches first general election ad

New York Post:

Team Hillary's final e-mail defense: mass amnesia — It was another week of news poking fresh holes in Hillary Clinton's tattered e-mail defense. At this point, the only cover she has left are all the ongoing stonewalls. — One landmark event came Wednesday, when presidential spokesman Josh Earnest …

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Maureen Dowd / New York Times:

Girl Squad — WASHINGTON — Hillary Clinton greets Elizabeth Warren in the cream-and-coral sunroom of her home on Embassy Row. — “Elizabeth, welcome,” Clinton says, smiling stiffly. “I was worried that you were lost since it was taking you so-o-o-o long to finally get here.” — “Hahaha,” Warren replies.

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Brett T. / twitchy.com:
You won't find Pow Wow Chow recipes at Pocahontas.com, but you will find this

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Carl M. Cannon / Real Clear Politics:

Trump Is Looking for a Way Out — Long before Donald Trump made his first foray into Las Vegas real estate, I had an unsettling experience gambling in a downtown Vegas casino. The cards were falling my way until late at night, when I began making subtle mistakes. My stack of poker chips, once piled high, dwindled.

Kristen East / Politico:

Tulsi Gabbard launches petition to end Democratic Party superdelegate process — The Democratic presidential primary process may be ending next Tuesday, but the fight among Bernie Sanders supporters to rid the party of superdelegates and install new leadership at the Democratic National Committee is not.

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