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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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The Jawa Report, The Root, No More Mister Nice Blog, Tech Times, The American Spectator, USA Today, Hot Air, LAist, Mashable and Balloon Juice
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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.
David Remnick / New Yorker:
The Outsized Life of Muhammad Ali — What a loss to suffer, even if for years you knew it was coming. Muhammad Ali, who died Friday, in Phoenix, at the age of seventy-four, was the most fantastical American figure of his era, a self-invented character of such physical wit, political defiance …
Ali Breland / Politico:
Obamas, Clintons and Trump pay tribute to Muhammad Ali — Politicians across the spectrum on Saturday honored the passing of boxer Muhammad Ali. — President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama said in a statement: “Muhammad Ali was The Greatest. Period. If you just asked him, he'd tell you.
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Clinton Foundation and The Daily Caller
Dave Zirin / The Nation:
‘I JUST WANTED TO BE FREE’: THE RADICAL REVERBERATIONS OF MUHAMMAD ALI — Ali was shaped by his times. But his death should remind us that he also shaped them. — By , — Muhammad Ali leaves the Armed Forces induction center with his entourage after refusing to be drafted into the Armed Forces in Houston, Texas, April 28, 1967.
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ThinkProgress and Yahoo Sports
CBS News:
Muhammad Ali, boxing legend and cultural icon, dies
Muhammad Ali, boxing legend and cultural icon, dies
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CBS New York and fox8.com
Corky Siemaszko / NBC News:
Muhammad Ali in ‘Grave Condition’ in Phoenix Hospital
Muhammad Ali in ‘Grave Condition’ in Phoenix Hospital
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Los Angeles Times, The Atlantic, Courier-Journal, FOX31 Denver, WGN-TV, fox13now.com, KTOO and Newser
Jonathan Eig / Wall Street Journal:
Muhammad Ali, the Greatest, Dies at 74
Paul Waldman / Washington Post:
The media have reached a turning point in covering Donald Trump. He may not survive it. — The news media have come in for a lot of criticism in the way they've reported this election, which makes it exactly like every other election. But something may have changed just in the last few days.
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Daily Kos, NPR, Texas Monthly, The Atlantic, The Nation and Talking Points Memo
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Theodore Schleifer / CNN:
CNN's Ana Navarro tears into Trump over criticism of Mexican-American judge
CNN's Ana Navarro tears into Trump over criticism of Mexican-American judge
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Business Insider
Dan Merica / CNN:
Clinton: Trump deserves some blame for violence outside events
Clinton: Trump deserves some blame for violence outside events
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The Gateway Pundit, Wall Street Journal, MichelleMalkin.com, Hot Air, Truth Revolt, whorunsGov, Joe.My.God. and twitchy.com
Theodore Schleifer / CNN:
Trump defends criticism of judge with Mexican heritage
Trump defends criticism of judge with Mexican heritage
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Raw Story, BizPac Review, Guardian, Business Insider and Joe.My.God.
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 …
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CNN, BizPac Review, NBC News, Raw Story and Mediaite
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
That time Donald Trump said there were no Muslim American sports heroes — Muhammed Ali played many roles over the course of a life that sadly ended yesterday. High on the list are that he was an iconic boxing champion and probably the first American Muslim to be really widely known.
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ABC News, Independent Journal … and Politicus USA
Katie J.M. Baker / BuzzFeed:
Here Is The Powerful Letter The Stanford Victim Read Aloud To Her Attacker … TRENDING — One night in January 2015, — two Stanford University graduate students biking across campus spotted a freshman thrusting his body on top of an unconscious, half-naked woman behind a dumpster.
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The New Civil Rights Movement, Guardian, Newser, Boing Boing and Jezebel
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.
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Creeping Sharia and Vox Popoli
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Candace Smith / ABC News:
Reporter's Notebook: When an Anti-Donald Trump Protest Becomes a Mob
Reporter's Notebook: When an Anti-Donald Trump Protest Becomes a Mob
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The Daily Caller, Washington Post, Politico, TPNN, Balloon Juice, Andrew Bolt and Media Matters for America, more at Mediagazer »
John Hinderaker / Power LinePower Line:
Videos and Photos of Fascist Violence in San Jose
Videos and Photos of Fascist Violence in San Jose
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Journal of American Greatness, Althouse and The American Conservative
Los Angeles Times:
Opinion Hillary Clinton is the better candidate to take on Trump — Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks at a rally in Culver City on June 3. (John Locher / Associated Press) — The Times Editorial Board — For Republicans in California, Tuesday's presidential primary …
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San Francisco Chronicle and Politico
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Scott Lemieux / Lawyers, Guns & Money:
Rarely Has An Argument Refuted Itself So Comprehensively
Rarely Has An Argument Refuted Itself So Comprehensively
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New York Magazine, ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES and bradford-delong.com
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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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Josh Blackman's Blog, Politico, Raw Story, liberalamerica.org and Politicus USA
Ariane Lange / BuzzFeed:
“Idiocracy” Writer Says Donald Trump Made The Movie A Reality Faster Than He Ever Imagined — Idiocracy screenwriter Etan Cohen talks to BuzzFeed News about his 2006 movie “coming true” with the 2016 election and the anti-Trump ads he's working on with Camacho himself, Terry Crews.
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RedState, Washington Examiner and Shadow and Act
Charles Murray / Wall Street Journal:
A Guaranteed Income for Every American — Replacing the welfare state with an annual grant is the best way to cope with a radically changing U.S. jobs market—and to revitalize America's civic culture — When people learn that I want to replace the welfare state with a universal basic income …
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Forbes
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.
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Little Green Footballs and Washington Times
Fox News:
VFW fires back at Obama: Politics not ‘confused’ — The nation's largest veterans group hit back at President Obama on Thursday and urged him not to “denigrate” their intelligence after the president suggested their members were easily swayed by cable news and “right-wing radio.”
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Pirate's Cove
Phillip Stucky / The Daily Caller:
Republican Governor Vetoes Gun Rights, Religious Liberty Bills, Suddenly Polls Like A Democrat — Georgia Republican Gov. Nathan Deal, who vetoed a campus carry bill in May, has seen a drastic shift in his approval, a poll released Thursday shows. — Deal actually has a higher approval rating …
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BizPac Review