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Iran's Disputed Election — Following up from last Friday's entry about Iran's Presidential Election, Tehran and other cities have seen the largest street protests and rioting since the 1979 Iranian Revolution. Supporters of reform candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi, upset at their announced loss …
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Bridget Johnson / The Hill:
Cantor faces off with White House over Iran — The White House maintained its cautious tone on the disputed election and subsequent upheaval in Iran on Monday, while a GOP leader lashed out at “the administration's silence.” — Meeting with the press before President Obama's speech …
Ben Smith / The Politico:
Unrest in Iran forces Obama's hand — The images of massive protests and beaten students in the streets of Tehran, Iran, forced an initially reluctant President Barack Obama to speak out sharply against the crackdown and to raise doubts about the election's outcome.
Michael Ledeen / Pajamas Media:
So How's it Going in Iran? — To start with, the BBC, long considered a shill for the regime by most Iranian dissidents, estimates between one and two million Tehranis demonstrated against the regime on Monday. That's a big number. So we can say that, at least for the moment, there is a revolutionary mass in the streets of Tehran.
David Blair / Telegraph:
Iran to hold election recount in wake of protests — Iran's Council of Guardians has said it is ready to recount votes from last week's disputed election in the wake of clashes at mass protests that have led to the deaths of at least eight people. — In a statement released through state media …
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Good news: State Dep't refuses to condemn Iranian crackdown; Update: 2 to 3 million at rally — So says Fox News, via the Standard. Lefties keep assuring me on Twitter that western meddling will only make it easier for the regime to demonize the protesters, but (a) the demonization's …
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New York Times:
Iran Agrees to Partial Recount, but Moussavi Wants More — TEHRAN — Less than 24 hours after the largest demonstrations here since the 1979 revolution and the reported deaths of seven protesters, Iran's Guardian Council said Tuesday it was prepared to order a recount of disputed ballots …
Andrew Malcolm / Top of the Ticket:Despite vote doubts, violence, Obama still vows talks with Iran regime
Jesse Lee / WhiteHouse.gov Blog:The President Meets with Prime Minister Berlusconi, Comments on Iran
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Aljazeera:‘One shot dead’ at Iran protest
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Joe Adalian / TVBizwire:
Dave: I Take ‘Full Responsibilty’ For ‘Beyond Flawed’ Palin Joke, and I'm Sorry — David Letterman is making a full-throated apology for his controversial joke about Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's daughter. — During a taping of tonight's edition of his CBS “Late Show,” Letterman went much further …
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Letterman re-addresses Palin: ‘I had no idea [Willow] was there’ — David Letterman re-addressed the controversy surrounding his jokes about Sarah Palin's family during the taping of CBS' “Late Show” on Monday. — Letterman said he had no idea Palin was at the Yankees game with her 14-year-old daughter …
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Jimmy Arone / Big Hollywood:
Real Time, Real Man: Maher Takes His Shot at Palin — Here we go again. — During his opening monologue on ‘Real Time’ Friday night, Bill Maher, couldn't resist piling on to the David Letterman controversy and the sex jokes made by him earlier in the week regarding Sarah Palin's daughter.
Bill Carter / Media Decoder:
Letterman Apologizes — Again — to Governor Palin and Her Family — David Letterman directly apologized to Gov Sarah Palin and her daughters on his program Monday night, saying he took responsibility for a joke that had offended Ms. Palin, her family, and her supporters.
Glenn Thrush / The Politico:
As Byrd improves, Democrats fret — The health of 91-year-old Sen. Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.) has been a delicate, often off-limits topic in the Senate — but Democrats, in need of every vote to pass health care and energy reforms, are expressing concerns about his extended hospitalization.
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Ncarlile / Think Progress:
State GOP staffer sends racist image of Obama. — Over the weekend, a GOP official in South Carolina posted a comment to Facebook comparing Michelle Obama to an escaped gorilla. Now, in a second instance of Republicans playing the race card against the Obamas, Wonkette notes that a racist e-mail …
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NPR:
Sebelius: Single-Payer Health Care Not In Plans — · As lawmakers on Capitol Hill hammer out legislation to overhaul the nation's health care system this year, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius says that a single-payer option is not on the table. — “This is not a trick.
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Stanley B. Greenberg / The New Republic:Repeat the Question — Why health care reform could fail again.
Biz / Twitter Blog:
Down Time Rescheduled — A critical network upgrade must be performed to ensure continued operation of Twitter. In coordination with Twitter, our network host had planned this upgrade for tonight. However, our network partners at NTT America recognize the role Twitter is currently playing as an important communication tool in Iran.
Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar / Associated Press:
Analysis: Doctors' boos show Obama's tough road … WASHINGTON (AP) - Barack Obama isn't used to hearing boos. — For all the young president's popularity, the response he got Monday from doctors at an American Medical Association meeting was a sign his road is only going to get rockier …
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CNN:
CIA: Panetta doesn't believe Cheney rooting for terrorist attack — (CNN) - A CIA spokesman is sharply downplaying Director Leon Panetta 's recent comments that appear to question whether former Vice President Dick Cheney is hoping for another terrorist attack against the United States.
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Washington Post:
Calif. Aid Request Spurned By U.S. — The Obama administration has turned back pleas for emergency aid from one of the biggest remaining threats to the economy — the state of California. — Top state officials have gone hat in hand to the administration, armed with dire warnings of a fast-approaching …
John Cole / Balloon Juice:
Also, I'll Have Kale, Spinach and Peas For Dinner — God love Sullivan, because I know his heart is in the right place: … If someone can give me one legitimate piece of evidence that wearing green boxers is going to help bring democracy to Iran, so help me I'll wear plaid from head to toe and shoot for world peace.
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