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9:30 AM ET, June 14, 2016

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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.
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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 …
Los Angeles Times:
Orlando gunman had used gay dating app and visited LGBT nightclub on other occasions, witnesses say  —  FBI investigators gather on the morning of June 13 outside the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)  —  The gunman who attacked a Florida LGBT nightclub …
New York Daily News:
Orlando shooter was regular at Pulse gay club; former classmate says Omar Mateen was homosexual  —  Omar Mateen lived a double life.  —  The homophobic maniac who murdered 49 people inside Orlando's gay-friendly nightclub Pulse Sunday morning had been hanging out there for three years …
Discussion: The Last Refuge
Julian Hattem / The Hill:
FBI: Orlando shooter was on, then off watch list  —  The man who police say killed 49 people in a brutal rampage in Orlando, Fla., early on Sunday morning was on a federal watch list for roughly 10 months in 2013 and 2014, while he was the subject of an FBI probe.
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 …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Raw Story
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New York Times:
Blaming Muslims After Attack, Donald Trump Tosses Pluralism Aside  —  Donald J. Trump left little doubt on Monday that he intends to run on the same incendiary proposals on immigration and terrorism that animated his primary campaign, using his first speech after the massacre in Orlando …
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Why the Gun Debate Probably Gives Donald Trump an Edge  —  The gun-control debate could hit a sweet spot for Donald Trump.  His position has appeal to a group that he needs to gain the White House — less educated white Democrats — without doing much to alienate traditionally Republican voters.
John Bresnahan / Politico:
Trump's terror response has Republicans fretting anew
Discussion: Raw Story
Nick Gass / Politico:
Johnson: Gun control ‘part and parcel’ of homeland security
Donald J Trump for President:
DONALD J. TRUMP ADDRESSES TERRORISM, IMMIGRATION, AND NATIONAL SECURITY
David French / National Review:
The Great Gun-Control Distraction
Discussion: The Atlantic
TIME:
Read Donald Trump's Speech on the Orlando Shooting
Discussion: Fox News, Politico and Hit & Run
Roger Cohen / New York Times:
Orlando and Trump's America
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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Max Ehrenfreund / Washington Post:
The four cryptic words Donald Trump can't stop saying  —  A day after 49 people were killed in the worst mass shooting in U.S. history, Donald Trump seemed to imply that President Obama might have been connected, in some way, with the attack.  —  “Look, we're led by a man that either is not tough …
Discussion: Los Angeles Times and Daily Kos
Joe Pompeo / Politico:
Trump: I'm revoking ‘dishonest’ Washington Post's credentials
France 24:
Man ‘claiming allegiance to IS group’ stabs French policeman to death  —  A man who claimed allegiance to the Islamic State (IS) group stabbed a senior French police officer to death on Monday night before he was killed in a dramatic police operation, officials have said.
Discussion: Scared Monkeys
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BBC:
French jihadist murders police couple at Magnanville
Discussion: The Verge and The Atlantic
Tim Devaney / The Hill:
Former GOP senator endorses Clinton after Orlando shooting  —  A former Republican senator is endorsing Hillary Clinton  —  for president after the mass shooting in Orlando, citing her support for gun control.  —  Former Sen. Larry Pressler (R-S.D.) called for universal background checks …
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
WOW!  #Pulse Club Patron Admits He Blocked Exit From Club Condemning Gays to Certain Death  —  OMG!  —  This patron at the Pulse nightclub told reporters he fled the building then blocked the only free exit from the club preventing others from escaping.  —  Patron: We just started pushing …
London Evening Standard:
Sadiq Khan: There will be no more ‘body shaming’ adverts on the Tube  —  Adverts which put Londoners under pressure over body image are to be banned from the Tube and bus network.  Sadiq Khan announced that Transport for London would no longer run ads which could cause body confidence issues, particularly among young people.
Discussion: RedState, Infowars and Complex
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The Daily Caller:
London's Muslim Mayor Bans Sexy Women In Advertisements
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 …
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 …
Lisa Hagen / The Hill:
Muslim rep. decries Trump's ‘villainous rampage against other Americans’  —  Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) on Monday night called Donald Trump  —  “a narcissistic fascist” for shifting the focus to himself in the wake of the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history.
Discussion: Hot Air
Jill Treanor / Guardian:
Goldman Sachs hired prostitutes to win Libyan business, court told  —  Wall Street Bank disputes allegations by Libyan sovereign wealth fund that it paid for the women, as well as private jets and five-star hotels  —  Goldman Sachs bankers paid for prostitutes, private jets and five-star hotels …
 
 
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Media Matters for America:
Fox's Gingrich Calls For New Version Of House Un-American Activities Committee In Response To Orlando Shooting
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Robert Kuttner / American Prospect:
Clinton, Warren, and the Vice Presidency
Discussion: Real Clear Politics
Nick Gass / Politico:
National poll: Clinton lead grows over Trump
Discussion: Political Wire
New York Times:
Compare These Gun Death Rates: The U.S. Is in a Different World
Discussion: The Daily Beast and Hullabaloo
 Earlier Items: 
Kristin Salaky / Talking Points Memo:
GOPer Defends Decision To Give Away Same Rifle Used In Orlando At Fundraiser
Discussion: Nashville Post and Andy Holt
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
A Party Agrift  —  This is not a column about Donald Trump.
Chloe Melas / CNN:
‘ALF’ actor Meszaros dies at 76
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Scott Beveridge / Observer-Reporter:
New Peters bride in wedding dress revives woman on a Pittsburgh bench
Discussion: Associated Press
BBC:
Qatar convicts Dutch woman held ‘after being raped’
Discussion: Mediaite and Al Jazeera English
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Flying High on the Taxpayer Dime: These Three Senators Bust the Budget on Air Travel
Paul Singer / USA Today:
Trump was accused of destroying email evidence in lawsuit 10 years ago
 

 
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