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11:50 AM ET, June 4, 2016

Top Items:

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.

Discussion: The Jawa Report, The Root, No More Mister Nice Blog, The American Spectator, Tech Times, USA Today, LAist, Hot Air, Balloon Juice and Mashable

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.

Discussion: Washington Post, New York Magazine, Hullabaloo, Los Angeles Times, Outside the Beltway, The Root, Boing Boing, Althouse, Mashable, liberalamerica.org and The Big Lead

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.

Discussion: Clinton Foundation, The Daily Caller and Independent Journal …

Dave Zirin / The Nation:
‘I JUST WANTED TO BE FREE’: THE RADICAL REVERBERATIONS OF MUHAMMAD ALI

Discussion: ThinkProgress and Yahoo Sports

The New / New York Times:
Muhammad Ali's Words Stung Like a Bee, Too

Discussion: Guardian, Newser and USA Today

CBS News:
Muhammad Ali, boxing legend and cultural icon, dies

Discussion: CBS New York and fox8.com

Jonathan Eig / Wall Street Journal: Muhammad Ali, the Greatest, Dies at 74

Corky Siemaszko / NBC News:
Muhammad Ali in ‘Grave Condition’ in Phoenix Hospital

Discussion: Los Angeles Times, The Atlantic, Courier-Journal, FOX31 Denver, WGN-TV, fox13now.com, KTOO and Newser

Steve Almasy / CNN:
Muhammad Ali dies at 74

Discussion: Daily Kos and alan.com

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.

Discussion: Wall Street Journal, Daily Kos, NPR, Texas Monthly, The Atlantic, The Nation and Talking Points Memo

Theodore Schleifer / CNN:
CNN's Ana Navarro tears into Trump over criticism of Mexican-American judge

Discussion: Business Insider

Dan Merica / CNN:
Clinton: Trump deserves some blame for violence outside events

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit, Wall Street Journal, MichelleMalkin.com, Hot Air, Politico, Truth Revolt, whorunsGov, Joe.My.God. and twitchy.com

Theodore Schleifer / CNN:
Trump defends criticism of judge with Mexican heritage

Discussion: Raw Story, BizPac Review, Guardian, Business Insider and Joe.My.God.

Lauren Fox / Talking Points Memo:
GOP Commentator Ana Navarro Calls Trump's Attacks On Judge ‘Disgusting’

Discussion: The New Civil Rights Movement

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, BizPac Review and Mediaite

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.

Discussion: The New Civil Rights Movement, Guardian, Newser, Boing Boing and Jezebel

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.

Discussion: ABC News 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.

Discussion: RedState, Washington Examiner and Shadow and Act

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 …

Discussion: San Francisco Chronicle and Politico

Scott Lemieux / Lawyers, Guns & Money:
Rarely Has An Argument Refuted Itself So Comprehensively

Discussion: New York Magazine, ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES and bradford-delong.com, more at Mediagazer »

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 …

Discussion: Forbes

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: Creeping Sharia and Vox Popoli

John Hinderaker / Power LinePower Line:
Videos and Photos of Fascist Violence in San Jose

Discussion: Journal of American Greatness and Althouse

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 …

Discussion: Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Josh Blackman's Blog, Politico, Raw Story, liberalamerica.org and Politicus USA

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.

Discussion: Chicago Boyz, 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.”

Discussion: Pirate's Cove

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.

Discussion: BizPac Review, John Hawkins' Right Wing News and Pirate's Cove