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Extraordinary scenes: Robert Fisk in Iran — The long-standing Middle East correspondent for The Independent, Robert Fisk, is defying the government crackdown on foreign media reporting in Iran. — As he explains, he has been travelling around the streets of Tehran all day and most of the night and things are far from quiet:
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Bracing for New Protests, Iran Issues Media Warning — TEHRAN — Tehran braced for a possible third day of defiance by opposition supporters on Wednesday after Iran's leaders failed to halt huge demonstrations against last week's disputed election results. — Placed on the defensive …
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Iran's senior ayatollah slams election, confirming split — Mousavi supporters streaming down Vali Asr Street in Tehran Tuesday. — TEHRAN, Iran — Supporters of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his main rival in the disputed presidential election, Mir Hossein Mousavi …
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Obama's Conundrum: Shunning Iran's Opposition — The turmoil in Iran since last week's election has confused the foreign policy debate here in the United States in interesting ways. Supporters of President Obama, who until very recently had railed against the Bush administration's …

We don't have Mousavi supporters, it's now all of Iran... Report on Tuesday's Demonstration for Mousavi in Tehran from an eyewitness. Again, I was sent this by an academic, but will not give the name to avoid any repercussions for the individual. — Today, under slate skies …


Fresh rally takes place in Tehran — BBC Persian TV's Saeed Barzin describes the protests in Tehran — Tens of thousands of people have again taken to the streets in Iran's capital Tehran in protest at election results. — It follows a call by presidential challenger Mir Hossein Mousavi for further peaceful demonstrations.
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Iranian Accuses U.S. of ‘Intolerable’ Meddling — Recount Set as Iran Seethes — A picture posted on Twitter's photo-sharing website TwitPic by the user madyar shows supporters of defeated Iranian presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi marching on Krimkhan Bridge during a rally in Tehran on Wednesday.


‘Hamas helping Iran crush dissent’ — Palestinian Hamas members are helping the Iranian authorities crush street protests in support of reformist presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi, two protesters told The Jerusalem Post On Tuesday. — They made their allegations as rioting …


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Welcome Back, Carter — Somebody cue up “My Sharona” or “Le Freak.”
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Iran Watch — Per McLatchy, Iran's senior cleric has called the election a sham:

Fired AmeriCorps IG responds: White House charges are false — Fired AmeriCorps inspector general Gerald Walpin strongly denies the White House's claim that he was “confused, disoriented [and] unable to answer questions” at a May 20, 2009 board meeting of the Corporation for National and Community Service …
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W.H.: Fired IG ‘confused, disoriented’ — President Barack Obama removed a government agency's internal watchdog last week and plans to fire him in part because he was “confused” and “disoriented” at a meeting last month, the White House said in a letter to Congress Tuesday night.

Fired IG Calls White House Explanation ‘Baseless,’ Says He's Being Targeted


Rural Dems have beef with Obama — Angered by White House decisions on everything from greenhouse gases to car dealerships, congressional Democrats from rural districts are threatening to revolt against parts of President Barack Obama's ambitious first-year agenda.
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Dems reel on healthcare — Congressional Democrats and the White House are scrambling to regain their footing after a series of setbacks has stalled political momentum to reform the nation's healthcare system. — Despite having a popular president in the White House and comfortable majorities in Congress …
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Dem, GOP centrists meet in secret — Centrist House lawmakers from both sides of the aisle are working together privately on healthcare reform. — The talks have been so secretive and politically sensitive that some members interviewed by The Hill refused to name other legislators involved in the bipartisan effort.
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Letterman protest draws more media than activists — NEW YORK (CNN) — A protest rally against David Letterman over a failed joke about Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and her daughter attracted more members of the media than protesters Tuesday afternoon. — A crowd of 15 protesters upset …
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Out of Washington, Edwards Finds Worries Remain — John Edwards says he has few illusions. He knows the picture many Americans hold of him is not a pretty one. He also knows that even before he was engulfed in tabloid scandal, his electoral appeal had limits.

House Republicans: Iranian Bloggers Are Just Like Us, We're Both An ‘Oppressed Minority’ — Trying to take political advantage of the Iranian protests, Rep. David Dreier (R-CA) declared that there was “more freedom” in Iran than in the U.S. Congress, after House ended debate last night:
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Bachmann Boasts About Breaking The Law: I'm Refusing To Fill Out The Census — Next year, the 2010 Census will be sent to every American household, as required by the U.S. Constitution. The far right has issued dire warnings of the Census; on a May 29th episode of Bill Bennett's radio show …
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I'm pretty sure this is why Juan Williams isn't allowed to associate himself with NPR when he appears on The O'Reilly Factor — If folks didn't see this clip from Monday night, it's a beaut. Not only does the reliable O'Reilly backstop Juan Williams eagerly assure the host that he was right …


Nathan Bedford Forrest Has Beautiful Eyes — Of the many reckonings that black people of honest political consciousness must endure, the appointment with black slavery is the most agonizing. I don't mean the appointment with the notion of white people as the enslavers of our ancestors …


Let's Call the Whole Thing Off — SADLY, AND TO my horror, I am divorcing. This was a 20-year partnership. My husband is a good man, though he did travel 20 weeks a year for work. I am a 47-year-old woman whose commitment to monogamy, at the very end, came unglued. This turn of events was a surprise.