| A lone gunman committed the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history early yesterday morning in Orlando. Depending on your personal politics, there's a simple, totally feasible solution to preventing America's next (act of gun violence / act of terror), and it's (fewer guns / more guns). Our politicians need to begin work immediately on (more background checks / a giant wall and a ban on Muslims entering the country) - and never mind that (Omar Mateen passed enough background checks to be an armed security guard / Omar Mateen was born and raised in the United States). |
| In the long run, the only way to end this cycle of horror and numbness is to come together to create solutions, but (we can't even agree on what the problem is / we can't even agree on what the problem is). |
| What we know now: the short version |
| At least 50 are dead and 53 are wounded after a gunman opened fire at Pulse, a gay nightclub in Orlando early Sunday morning. During the attack, the gunman made a call to 911 and pledged his support to ISIS. At one point he was holding hostages after the initial shooting. Police stormed the club about three hours after the attack began and killed the gunman. |
| The shooter was identified as 29-year-old Omar Mateen of Fort Pierce, Florida, an American citizen born in New York. Though he pledged his loyalty to ISIS during the 911 call, there is no evidence yet that the traveled overseas or was directed to act by any third party. He was interviewed twice by the FBI in 2013 after co-workers said he made comments about radical Islam; he also was investigated in 2014 after an acquaintance went to the Middle East to become a suicide bomber. |
| Mateen's father was interviewed by NBC News, who said his son was angered after seeing two men kissing in downtown Miami, but that he believed the attack "had nothing to do with religion." His ex-wife said he was short-tempered, violent and abusive, and described him as "bipolar." |
| President Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump, Bernie Sanders and many others condemned the attacks. Trump called for Obama to resign and for Clinton to drop out of the race for not using the phrase "radical Islam" in their denunciations. |
| The Orlando Sentinel is posting stories of the victims as their names and details become available. You can read them here. |
| Democratic Party 2016: The Clintoning |
| After President Obama endorsed Hillary last week, other major Democratic figures are beginning to climb on board. Elizabeth Warren, once thought to be on Team Sanders, announced her support for Clinton Friday morning. Former presidential candidate Jesse Jackson announced his support Saturday, calling Clinton "the most qualified and best hope" to reduce unemployment and violence in America's cities. |
| Sanders has vowed to stay in the race through tomorrow's Washington, D.C. primary, and more or less confirmed that he'd fight all the way to next month's Democratic Convention in a speech last week. But is he changing his stance after the recent wave of endorsements? He's set to meet with Hillary after tomorrow's primary , the final one on the Democratic calendar. He said in a speech yesterday outside his home that he would do whatever it takes to stop Trump from winning the general election. |
| Adviser: New Trump won't replace Trump Classic |
| Trump surprised everyone last Tuesday night when he delivered a staid, even-tempered victory speech via teleprompter. Was this the debut of the new general election version of The Donald? (Paul Ryan sure hopes so!) |
| The prepared speeches are the debut of another aspect of Trump, said adviser Paul Manafort on ABC's This Week. Moving forward, Trump will deliver some set speeches, like last week's victory speech as well as his speech Friday before the Faith & Freedom Coalition. But he's also going to continue with the unscripted rallies that brought us some of Trump's greatest hits over the past several months. |
| In other words, Trump's formal engagements will start sounding like the first night of a multi-night concert, with the greatest hits played just the way you'd expect; while the rallies are going to sound like the second-night concert, with more deep tracks, experimental pieces and 30-minute free-form jams. Of the two, we know which one we'd rather buy tickets for. |
| More from the campaign trail |
| • | Calm down, it's not like Hillary gave one of her top donors the nuclear launch codes. He'd probably have to donate a lot more money for those (ABC News) | | • | Trump outsourcing Ohio ground game to friends of Kasich, who still hates Trump (Cincinnati Enquirer) | | • | Possible Trump VP pick Bob Corker gets criticism from both Republicans and Democrats, so he should fit right in with the campaign (The Tennessean) | | • | 2016 election + Risk = USA TODAY's Race to the White House interactive (USA TODAY) | |
| Palate cleanser for humanity |
| Here are a bunch of babies laughing at random things. |
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