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tehranbureau:
Ayatollahs Protest Election Fraud — [TEHRAN BUREAU] Mir Hossein Mousavi's, the main reformist rival to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, letter to the important ayatollahs in the holy city of Qom, asking them to protest the fraud and declare it against Islam, has sparked protests by the ayatollahs and clerics as well.
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Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
The Rovian Islamist — Ahmadinejad's bag of tricks is eerily like that of Karl Rove - the constant use of fear, the exploitation of religion, the demonization of liberals, the deployment of Potemkin symbolism like Sarah Palin: … Think of this regime as Cheney and Rove in a police state setting, and you see what's been going on.
Salon:
Letter from Tehran: The day after — Editor's note: For reasons of personal safety, the author chooses to remain anonymous. — A supporter of Iranian reformist presidential candidate, Mir Hussein Mousavi burns the poster of hard line president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as others throw stones toward …
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Or, he won — New America's Flynt Leverett is the first American analyst I've heard suggest the claims of massive fraud are wishful thinking: — Leverett: I would have been surprised if he had lost. The Western media overstated the surge of his main opponent Mir Hossein Mousavi over the last couple of weeks.
New York Times:
Opposition Members Detained in a Tense Iran
Opposition Members Detained in a Tense Iran
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Martina Stewart / CNN:
Pence: Obama should speak out in favor of Iranian reformers
Pence: Obama should speak out in favor of Iranian reformers
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Mark Landler / New York Times:
Biden Says White House Will Still Engage Iran
Biden Says White House Will Still Engage Iran
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BBC:
Thousands join Ahmadinejad rally
Thousands join Ahmadinejad rally
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Michael J. Totten:
Insurrection: Day 2 — The great Polish journalist Ryszard Kapuscinski witnessed and wrote about dozens of revolutions in the course of his life. He has, perhaps, seen more revolutions than anyone in the history of the world. He knew, while he lived, revolutions better than anyone.
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Daniel Terdiman / Webware.com:
‘#CNNFail’: Twitterverse slams network's Iran absence — While word of riots in the streets of Tehran spread like wildfire on Twitter, CNN stayed largely silent on the story, surprising and dismaying many. — (Credit: Twitter) — As the Iranian election aftermath unfolded in Tehran …
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Juan Cole / Informed Comment:
Class v. Culture Wars in Iranian Elections: Rejecting Charges of a North Tehran Fallacy — Some comentators have suggested that the reason Western reporters were shocked when Ahmadinejad won was that they are based in opulent North Tehran, whereas the farmers and workers of Iran, the majority, are enthusiastic for Ahmadinejad.
Max Boot / Commentary:
The Bright Side of Ahamdinejad's “Win” — On the principle of “the worse the better” for our enemies-and, make no mistake, Iran is our enemy-it is possible to take some small degree of satisfaction from the outcome of Iran's elections. — If the mullahs were really canny, they would have let Mousavi win.
Gateway Pundit:
Regime Unleashed— Gunshots & Beatings In Tehran (Video) — Photo of the year- — “Iranian Courage” — Threats Watch found this. — The regime is shooting at and beating the Iranian democracy protesters: — Hat Tip Banafsheh Zand Bonazzi — Kamangir has news on a Toronto protest.
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Jane Mayer / New Yorker:
Can Leon Panetta move the C.I.A. forward without confronting its past? — The Central Intelligence Agency typically fights distant enemies, but on May 21st its leaders were preoccupied with a local opponent. A few miles from the agency's headquarters, which are in Langley, Virginia …
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Will Hutton / Guardian:
Paul Krugman's fear for lost decade — As analysts and media hailed the tentative emergence of green shoots last week, Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman caused international shock with a prediction that the world economy would stagnate just as badly, and for just as long, as Japan's did in the 1990s.
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
WHEN IN DOUBT, BLAME OBAMA.... Former Gov. Mitt Romney (R) appeared on ABC's “This Week” this morning — no, I'm not sure why he was invited on either — and was asked about developments in Iran. Naturally, the one-time presidential candidate said President Obama bears responsibility for what's transpired.
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Ali Frick / Think Progress:
The Right Wing Claims Ahmadinejad's Reelection Was A Fraud …
The Right Wing Claims Ahmadinejad's Reelection Was A Fraud …
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Krooney / The Page:
Stimulus Concession — Biden tells “Meet the Press” that “everyone guessed wrong” on the impact of the stimulus, economy was worse off than anyone thought. — Backs away from the estimate that the funds could create or save 3.5 million jobs, instead promises 600,000 by the end of the summer.
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
The Real Results? — This is hearsay - but under conditions of a police state coup, we are best advised to glean what information we can, hold it provisionally, and test it as time passes. Here's what Kos Diarist Electronic Maji is hearing from Iranian journalist friends under lockdown: