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Jon Schuppe / NBC News:
Muhammad Ali, ‘The Greatest of All Time’, Dead at 74  —  Heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali stands over fallen challenger Sonny Liston, shouting and gesturing shortly after dropping Liston with a short hard right to the jaw on May 25, 1965, in Lewiston, Maine.  The bout lasted only one minute into the first round.
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Robert Lipsyte / New York Times:
Muhammad Ali, Titan of Boxing and the 20th Century, Dies at 74  —  Muhammad Ali, the three-time world heavyweight boxing champion who helped define his turbulent times as the most charismatic and controversial sports figure of the 20th century, died on Friday.  He was 74.
Corky Siemaszko / NBC News:
Muhammad Ali in ‘Grave Condition’ in Phoenix Hospital  —  Muhammad Ali Hospitalized, Family Gathering by His Bedside 1:39  —  Muhammad Ali is in “grave condition” in a Phoenix-area hospital, a well-informed source tells NBC News, as the boxing legend continues to battle a respiratory condition.
Dave Zirin / The Nation:   ‘I JUST WANTED TO BE FREE’: THE RADICAL REVERBERATIONS OF MUHAMMAD ALI
Steve Almasy / CNN:
Muhammad Ali dies at 74
Discussion: Daily Kos and alan.com
Theodore Schleifer / CNN:
CNN's Ana Navarro tears into Trump over criticism of Mexican-American judge  —  Washington (CNN)Republican strategist and CNN contributor Ana Navarro excoriated Donald Trump on Friday for attacking a judge with Mexican heritage who is presiding over a lawsuit against Trump University.
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Theodore Schleifer / CNN:
Trump defends criticism of judge with Mexican heritage  —  Washington (CNN)Donald Trump on Friday vociferously defended his claims that a judge overseeing a lawsuit against Trump University is biased because of his Mexican heritage — pushing back against criticism that his objections are racist.
Media Matters for America:
Bloomberg's Halperin Says Trump's Racist Attack On Judge Isn't “Racial” Because Mexican Isn't A Race  —  JOHN HEILEMANN (HOST): Let's just say this first of all, when Trump does what he did in that Tapper interview, and he did it over and over again, he kept calling Curiel a Mexican, right?
Lauren Fox / Talking Points Memo:
GOP Commentator Ana Navarro Calls Trump's Attacks On Judge ‘Disgusting’  —  In a roundtable on CNN Friday, commentator and GOP strategist Ana Navarro launched into an impassioned rebuttal of Donald Trump's recent comments against Latinos including his continued allusion to the Trump University judge's “Mexican” heritage.
Louis Nelson / Politico:
Paul Ryan's cold embrace of Trump  —  If there was any doubt that Paul Ryan's endorsement of Donald Trump was less than full-throated, he crushed it on Friday.  —  Less than 24 hours after Ryan announced that his “not ready” had become a “ready,” the House speaker ripped …
Kristinn Taylor / The Gateway Pundit:
STILL SHOTS=> Black Muslim Chases, Tackles White Trump Supporter After San Jose Rally - Then Brags on Twitter  —  A poster on Twitter who identifies as a Black Muslim man claims to have been the person seen on news video chasing and tackling a young white male Trump supporter following a Trump rally in San Jose Thursday.
Discussion: Vox Popoli
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John Hinderaker / Power LinePower Line:
Videos and Photos of Fascist Violence in San Jose
Matt Viser / BostonGlobe.com:
Reid reviews scenarios for filling Senate seat if Warren is VP pick  —  WASHINGTON - Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid has been actively reviewing Massachusetts rules for filling a US Senate vacancy, another indication of the seriousness with which Democrats are gaming out the possibility …
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Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Source: Reid promoting Warren for VP
Discussion: Raw Story
Shane Goldmacher / Politico:   Hillary Clinton to begin collecting general election cash
Reuters:
Clinton opens up double-digit lead over Trump nationwide: Reuters/Ipsos poll  —  NEW YORK Democratic presidential contender Hillary Clinton has opened up a double-digit lead over Republican rival Donald Trump, regaining ground after the New York billionaire briefly tied her last month …
Discussion: Hot Air and RedState
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Susan Sarandon: Clinton ‘more dangerous’ than Trump  —  Actress Susan Sarandon says Hillary Clinton  —  's foreign policy makes her a greater national security risk than Donald Trump  —  , adding that it's “inevitable” the White House hopeful will be indicted.
Andreas Fuhrmann / redding.com:
Cheadle: I'm Trump's ‘African-American’  —  Presidential Candidate Donald Trump talks to Gregory Cheadle of Redding, right, after his speech at the Redding Municipal Airport.  Trump called out Cheadle as “my African-American over here” during his speech.  —  Andreas Fuhrmann/Record Searchlight …
Discussion: CNN, NBC News, Raw Story and Mediaite
Ezra Klein / Vox:
Statement on Emmett Rensin  —  On Thursday night, Emmett Rensin, the deputy editor of Vox's first person section, sent a series of tweets that, among other things, urged people to riot if Donald Trump comes to their town.  —  We at Vox do not take institutional positions on most questions …
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Joe Concha / Mediaite:
Vox Founder Ezra Klein Disturbingly Silent After His Editor Encourages Riots at Trump Rallies (UPDATED)
Discussion: The Daily Caller and JustOneMinute
Brian Ross / ABC News:
Trump University Script Tells Students to Inflate Income  —  A Trump University seminar presentation advised students to try to boost their credit card limit by inflating their annual income by $75,000, according to documents made public in federal court this week.
Discussion: Politico and New York Magazine
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Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Trump donated to attorneys general who dropped Trump U. inquiries: report
Neil Eggleston / Blog Daily Listings RSS:
President Obama Has Now Commuted the Sentences of 348 Individuals  —  Today, the President announced 42 additional grants of clemency to men and women serving years in prison under outdated and unduly harsh sentencing laws.  The individuals receiving a presidential commutation today …
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Obama commutes sentences of 42 prisoners
Discussion: New York Magazine and The Week
Patrick Howley / Breitbart:
Hillary Clinton posted and shared the names of concealed U.S. intelligence officials on her unprotected email system.  —  Federal records reveal that Clinton swapped these highly classified names on an email account that was vulnerable to attack and was breached repeatedly by Russia-linked hacker attempts.
Daily Mail:
Sore loser: Russian man chops off his friend's genitals with an axe after coming second in competition to see who had the largest penis  —  A 52-year-old Russian man has been detained after using an axe to sever his friend's penis, say police.  —  The two villagers had been arguing …
Bill Gertz / Washington Free Beacon:
Islamic State Threatens Terror Attacks in U.S., Europe  —  The Islamic State is urging jihadists in the United States and Europe to carry out terror attacks during what a group spokesman promised would be “the month of conquest and jihad.”  —  A U.S. government advisory warned that ISIS attacks …
 
 
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Emily Glazer / Wall Street Journal:
J.P. Morgan Says Employees Don't Always Have to Wear Suits
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Todd Starnes / Fox News:
Boykin bounced: Fort Riley cancels Delta Force hero's prayer breakfast speech
New York Daily News:
Some NBC staffers refuse to travel to Brazil for Olympic coverage over Zika virus fears
Henry Fountain / New York Times:
Ancient Civilization of Microbes, Not Greeks, Built ‘Lost City’
Discussion: Guardian, CNN, The Verge and Newser
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Judge demands to see Clinton aide's immunity deal
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CBS North Carolina / WNCN:
Woman who taped dog's mouth shut found guilty of animal cruelty
Discussion: Mashable and WSAV-TV
Chris Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
Rose McGowan Calls Out ‘X-Men’ Billboard That Shows Jennifer Lawrence Being Strangled
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
The Id That Ate the Planet