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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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CNN:
Ryan, Clinton slam Trump over racial criticism of judge — (CNN)House Speaker Paul Ryan and Hillary Clinton on Friday condemned Donald Trump's racially tinged attacks on a judge overseeing a lawsuit against Trump University. — The comments come as Trump has escalated his attacks …
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Journal of American Greatness and Talking Points Memo
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.
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
Lauren Dezenski / Politico:
Warren: 'I don't believe in superdelegates' — LOWELL — Sen. Elizabeth Warren said on Saturday that she doesn't believe in her party's superdelegate process. — “I'm a superdelegate, and I don't believe in superdelegates,” Warren told reporters following the Massachusetts State Democratic Convention.
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ABC News and Talking Points Memo
Paul Waldman / Washington Post:
The media have reached a turning point in covering Donald Trump. He may not survive it.
The media have reached a turning point in covering Donald Trump. He may not survive it.
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neo-neocon and Daily Kos
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 and CNN
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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USA Today, New York Times, Washington Post, The Week and WATE-TV
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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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CBS New York and fox8.com
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, Hullabaloo and emptywheel
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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Chicago Tribune and Newser
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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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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
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Reid looking into replacing Warren if she's Clinton's VP: report — (D-Nev.) is reviewing ways to keep Sen. Elizabeth Warren — 's (D-Mass.) seat blue if she becomes vice president, according to The Boston Globe. — Warren is heavily rumored to be in the mix to be Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton
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USA Today and The Gateway Pundit
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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 …