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Louis Nelson / Politico:
Warren pulls no punches in latest Trump attack — Donald Trump is an “insecure moneygrubber,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren told the assembled Democrats of Massachusetts at the state's party convention Saturday. — He is also, according to Warren's prepared remarks: Scary, loud, outrageous …
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Associated Press:
Beyond California, Sanders Signaling Post-Primary Future — The end of the primaries looming, Bernie Sanders' political revolution — and how far he's willing to take his presidential campaign — may hinge on the outcome of the California primary. — Hillary Clinton is poised to clinch …
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Washington Post, No More Mister Nice Blog and Reuters
Alberto R. Gonzales / Washington Post:
Alberto R. Gonzales: Trump has a right to ask if Judge Gonzalo Curiel is fair — If judges aren't seen as impartial, the public will lose faith in the rule of law. — Donald Trump suggested this week that U.S. District Court Judge Gonzalo Curiel can't give him a fair hearing.
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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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neo-neocon and Daily Kos
Lauren Dezenski / Politico:
Warren: 'I don't believe in superdelegates'
Warren: 'I don't believe in superdelegates'
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ABC News and Talking Points Memo
David Mack / BuzzFeed:
We Spoke To The Family In This Trump Tweet And They're Not Happy — The picture was not taken at a Trump rally, but rather at a black family reunion in Cincinnati last year. — On Saturday morning, Donald Trump shared a tweet from a supporter that purported to show a black family on the “Trump Train.”
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Oliver Willis / Addicting Info:
Trump Tweets FAKE Photo Of Black Supporters After Racist Meltdown — The morning after getting pounded for several racial outbursts he made on Friday, Donald Trump retweeted an image of a black family with the caption “American Families for Trump.” — The problem is, the photo of the family …
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ThinkProgress, CNN and Raw Story
The White House:
Statement from President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama on the Passing of Muhammad Ali — Muhammad Ali was The Greatest. Period. If you just asked him, he'd tell you. He'd tell you he was the double greatest; that he'd “handcuffed lightning, thrown thunder into jail.”
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Michael Falcone / ABC News:
What Muhammad Ali Once Said About Donald Trump's Muslim Ban Proposal — Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump was the first of the presidential candidates to express his condolences over the death of boxing legend Muhammad Ali. — “Muhammad Ali is dead at 74!
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Towleroad, Business Insider, The Daily Caller, Common Dreams, Independent Journal … and Politicus USA
Ali Breland / Politico:
Obamas, Clintons and Trump pay tribute to Muhammad Ali
Obamas, Clintons and Trump pay tribute to Muhammad Ali
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ABC News, Clinton Foundation and Business Insider
CBS News:
Muhammad Ali, boxing legend and cultural icon, dies
Muhammad Ali, boxing legend and cultural icon, dies
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Dave Zirin / The Nation:
‘I JUST WANTED TO BE FREE’: THE RADICAL REVERBERATIONS OF MUHAMMAD ALI
‘I JUST WANTED TO BE FREE’: THE RADICAL REVERBERATIONS OF MUHAMMAD ALI
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Yahoo Sports and ThinkProgress
VICE News:
Exclusive: Snowden Tried to Tell NSA About Surveillance Concerns, Documents Reveal — On the morning of May 29, 2014, an overcast Thursday in Washington, DC, the general counsel of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), Robert Litt, wrote an email to high-level officials …
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Sputnik International, Liberal Values, emptywheel and Hullabaloo
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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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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New York Times:
The Benghazi Committee's Dead End — After running a congressional oversight committee like a Republican opposition research shop for more than two years, Representative Trey Gowdy appears to be gearing up for the finale. Democrats on the Select Committee on Benghazi expect that a final report …
WTVR-TV:
Bullied third grader refuses to remove Trump hat … FRESNO, Ca. — “It's my favorite hat. The First Amendment says I can wear my hat.” — That's the argument third grader Logan Autry gave after he was told by his elementary school principal to remove his “Make America Great Again” Donald Trump hat.
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BizPac Review and Fox News Insider
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Sontaya Rose / abc30.com:
9-year-old banned from ‘Making America Great Again’
9-year-old banned from ‘Making America Great Again’
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Daily Mail, John Hawkins' Right Wing News and The Daily Caller
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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WBUR, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Josh Blackman's Blog, Politicus USA, liberalamerica.org, Raw Story and Politico
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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Reid looking into replacing Warren if she's Clinton's VP: report
Reid looking into replacing Warren if she's Clinton's VP: report
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USA Today and The Gateway Pundit
Aleister / The Gateway Pundit:
Here's The ‘HILLARY UNIVERSITY’ Scandal No One In The Media Is Talking About — Democrats and their allies in media have been obsessing on Trump University for weeks now while completely ignoring a major scandal involving Hillary and Bill Clinton's relationship to a for-profit college.