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6:35 AM ET, April 30, 2014

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Warriors Had the Blueprint For a Dramatic Boycott Ready to Go — The plan was set, the product of a 30-minute players meeting. The Warriors were going to go through pre-game warm-ups and take part in the national anthem and starting line-up introductions.

Discussion: The Point Forward, Business Insider, Mashable, The Raw Story, USA Today, The Big Lead and CBSSports.com

Andrew Sullivan / The Dish:

Donald Sterling's Personal Foul, Ctd … Many readers are asking along these lines: … To respond to each question in turn: yes, of course, if an owner of a business makes baldly racist remarks urging public dissociation from an entire racial group, private sector sanctions - from the NBA or fans or sponsors - are “permissible.”

Discussion: American Spectator, Mediaite, The Federalist and alicublog

Jeffrey Toobin / News Desk:
Chief Justice Roberts, Meet Bundy and Sterling

Discussion: The Daily Banter, American Prospect, ThinkProgress and Talking Points Memo

Lynn Zinser / New York Times:
N.B.A. Bars Clippers Owner Donald Sterling for Life

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, News Desk, Outside the Beltway, Bluestem Prairie and Unfogged

Houston Mitchell / Los Angeles Times:
NBA bans Donald Sterling for life, fines Clippers owner $2.5 million

Discussion: ABC News, KTLA 5 and The PJ Tatler

Donald Sterling / TMZ.com:
Donald Sterling Suspended From NBA INDEFINITELY After Racist Comments

Discussion: The Huffington Post, Washington Post, Hot Air, The Daily Caller, Hinterland Gazette, Ed Driscoll and CBS DC

Eric Lach / Talking Points Memo:
Conservative Pundit: ‘Race-Baiters’ Struck Gold With Sterling

Discussion: Balloon Juice

Tim MacMahon / ESPN:
Cuban not in favor of booting Sterling

Discussion: NAACP, ABC News, Talking Points Memo, Bloomberg View, Booman Tribune, Outside the Beltway, Business Insider and The Daily Caller

Fox News:
Clippers owner Donald Sterling banned for life from NBA, fined $2.5 million by NBA

Discussion: Power Line, Associated Press, The Right Scoop and Mediaite

Dylan Scott / Talking Points Memo:

Congressman: Bundy Militia Has Set Up Road ‘Checkpoints’ In Nevada — A Democratic congressman from Nevada said in a letter this week that his constituents have reported the armed militia supporting rancher Cliven Bundy have set up checkpoints to verify the residency of anybody passing through.

Manu Raju / Politico:

Dean Heller: I never called Cliven Bundy ‘patriot’ — Nevada Sen. Dean Heller wants to be clear: Cliven Bundy is no patriot. — As criticism has mounted over the controversial Nevada rancher's comments and tactics, the GOP senator is distancing himself from Bundy and his supporters …

Discussion: Hullabaloo

Congressman Steven Horsford:
Horsford Urges Sheriff Gillespie To Investigate Armed Militia Presence In Bunkerville

Discussion: The Mahablog

Laura Barron-Lopez / The Hill:

Court upholds cross-state air pollution rule — The Supreme Court in a 6-2 decision Tuesday upheld a rule that allows the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to regulate air pollution from power plants that crosses state lines, handing a major victory to President Obama.

Discussion: Politico

Coral Davenport / New York Times:
Justices Back Rule Limiting Coal Pollution

Discussion: Off the Kuff, Guardian, Daily Kos and Lawyers, Guns & Money

Orin Kerr / Washington Post:
Initial impressions from the oral argument in the Supreme Court cell phone search cases

Discussion: Mashable and ABC News

Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Justices Appear Willing to Give a Fired Public Worker Only Half a Victory

Discussion: SCOTUSblog, Outside the Beltway and Crooked Timber

Patrick Marley / JSOnline:

Federal judge strikes down Wisconsin's voter ID law — By Patrick Marley, Jason Stein and Bruce Vielmetti of the Journal Sentinel — In a decision that could have implications nationally and in Wisconsin's November elections, a federal judge on Tuesday struck down the state's voter ID law …

Discussion: Washington Post and Alas, a Blog

New York Times:

Federal Judge Strikes Down Wisconsin Law Requiring Photo ID at Polls — A federal judge on Tuesday struck down Wisconsin's law requiring voters to produce state-approved photo identification cards at polling places, advancing a new legal basis — the Voting Rights Act — for similar challenges playing out around the nation.

Dinesh Ramde / Associated Press:
Federal Judge Strikes Down Wisconsin Voter ID Law

Discussion: Patterico's Pontifications and The Week

Fox News:

Benghazi emails suggest White House aide involved in prepping Rice for ‘video’ explanation — Newly released emails on the Benghazi terror attack suggest a senior White House aide played a central role in preparing former U.N. ambassador Susan Rice for her controversial Sunday show appearances …

Discussion: The Daily Caller

Judicial Watch:
Judicial Watch: Benghazi Documents Point to White House on Misleading Talking Points

Discussion: The Daily Caller, Hot Air, RedState, Patterico's Pontifications, National Review, The Jawa Report and Washington Free Beacon

Adam Kredo / Washington Free Beacon:
Benghazi Emails Show White House Effort to Protect Obama

Discussion: Mediaite, PJ Media, National Review, The Lead with Jake Tapper, Doug Ross, Power Line, The Gateway Pundit, Rush Limbaugh, neo-neocon, Viking Pundit, The PJ Tatler, Fox News and The Right Scoop

Star Wars:

STAR WARS: EPISODE VII CAST ANNOUNCED — The Star Wars team is thrilled to announce the cast of Star Wars: Episode VII. — Actors John Boyega, Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver, Oscar Isaac, Andy Serkis, Domhnall Gleeson, and Max von Sydow will join the original stars of the saga, Harrison Ford …

Discussion: Mashable, Deadline.com, Business Insider, Outside the Beltway, BGR, The Huffington Post, Boing Boing, The Week, NPR, Mediaite, Washington Post, The Daily Caller and National Review

Associated Press:

Oklahoma Inmate Dies After Botched Execution, Second Execution Delayed — McALESTER, Okla. (AP) — An Oklahoma inmate whose execution was halted Tuesday because the delivery of a new drug combination was botched died of a heart attack, the head of the state Department of Corrections said.

Discussion: Liberaland and Talking Points Memo

Erik Eckholm / New York Times:
Oklahoma Stays Second Execution After First Is Botched

Discussion: USA Today, NPR, The Week, Mashable, TalkLeft and ABC News

Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:

Democratic Congressman Makes Shocking Racial Comments About Republicans, Clarence Thomas, Mitch McConnell — He calls Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas an “Uncle Tom” and Mitch McConnell a “racist.” — youtube.com — A Mississippi Democratic Congressman says Clarence Thomas is an …

Discussion: Hinterland Gazette, Talking Points Memo, Politico and Hot Air

Tampa Bay Times:

Alan Grayson seeks annulment, saying his wife was wed to another man — Orlando Sentinel: — When U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson married his wife, she was already wed to another man, according to a new court filing by the congressman's lawyers, seeking an annulment on the basis of bigamy.

Alexandra Jaffe / The Hill:

Polls show Tillis poised to avoid N.C. GOP primary runoff — North Carolina House Speaker Thom Tillis is holding a steady and substantial lead over his nearest challengers in two new surveys of the Republican Senate primary race there, and finally clears the 40-percent threshold needed to avoid a runoff in one survey.

Discussion: Civitas Institute, National Review and Associated Press

John Bresnahan / Politico:

Eric Cantor to Vance McAllister: ‘Resign’ — House Majority Leader Eric Cantor told troubled GOP Rep. Vance McAllister (La.) that he should resign from office immediately. — McAllister, who only took office in November but has since become known as the “kissing congressman,” …

Discussion: OnPolitics, Daily Kos, Talking Points Memo and Washington Examiner

Re/code:

Exclusive: Microsoft Will Start Selling Xbox One in China in September — Microsoft will begin selling the Xbox One videogame console in China in September, sources familiar with the plans told Re/code. — An announcement is expected as early as Tuesday evening.

Discussion: Business Insider and The Verge

Deirdre Walsh / CNN:

Boehner admits immigration comments went too far — Washington (CNN) - After mocking his fellow GOP members last week for complaining immigration reform was “too hard,” House Speaker John Boehner reminded House Republicans at a closed-door meeting “you tease the ones you love” but admitted he shouldn't have made fun of them publicly.

Discussion: Washington Post