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Glenn Greenwald | Stop Exploiting LGBT Issues to Demonize Islam and Justify Anti-Muslim Policies 
An LGBT rally after the Orlando shooting. (photo: Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post/Getty Image) 
Glenn Greenwald, The Intercept 
Greenwald writes: "Violent attacks on gay bars in the U.S. have long been common, as sociology professor Greggor Mattson documented today: 'The crime blotters of the gay press have always been punctuated by attacks on patrons at gay bars and continue to be today,' including killings." 
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What Will the Democratic Party Stand for in 2016? 
John Light, Moyers & Company 
Light writes: "Last week made clear that Bernie Sanders won't be the Democratic nominee. But a meeting of the Democratic Platform Committee in Washington also made it clear that the Vermont senator will wield considerable influence over the party's future." 
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Russian Government Hackers Penetrated DNC, Stole Opposition Research on Trump 
Ellen Nakashima, The Washington Post 
Nakashima writes: "Russian government hackers penetrated the computer network of the Democratic National Committee and gained access to the entire database of opposition research on GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump, according to committee officials and security experts who responded to the breach." 
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US Seeks Motive for Orlando Shooter's Deadly Rampage 
Letitia Stein and Peter Eisler, Reuters 
Excerpt: "U.S. investigators on Tuesday were digging into what motivated a Florida man to slaughter 49 people at a gay nightclub, including evidence he had become absorbed in militant Islamist ideas and reports he might have struggled with his own sexual identity." 
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Trump Says He's Revoking Press Credentials for The Washington Post 
Ben Kamisar, The Hill 
Kamisar writes: "Donald Trump 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 in a brief post on Facebook Monday afternoon." 
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The Shady History of the Private Security Firm Omar Mateen Worked For 
Aviva Shen, ThinkProgress 
Shen writes: "Omar Mateen's employer, private security behemoth G4S, is taking a nosedive in the stock market after the 29-year-old suspect went on the deadliest shooting rampage in recent history, killing at least 49 and injuring 53 others in a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida." 
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Millions of Animal 'Trophies' Exported Across Borders 
Damian Carrington, Guardian UK 
Carrington writes: "Around 1.7m animal 'trophies' have been exported across borders by hunters in the last decade, with at least 200,000 of them endangered species, according to a new report." 
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