I speak for Mousavi.  And Iran  —  The man Iranians want as their leader has been silenced.  This is what he wants you to know  —  I have been given the ­responsibility of telling the world what is happening in Iran.  The office of Mir Hossein Mousavi, who the Iranian people truly want as their leader, has asked me to do so.

Statement of Congressman Ron Paul United States House of Representatives  —  Statement Opposing Resolution on Iran  —  I rise in reluctant opposition to H Res 560, which condemns the Iranian government for its recent actions during the unrest in that country.

Conservative Justices' Strange Enthusiasm for the Punishment of the Innocent  —  Here's a beaut of a decision from the increasingly brutal and inhumane conservative-dominated Supreme Court.  Not content with gutting anti-discrimination legislation, a 5-4 majority has decided that if people …

DOJ: We Can't Release Cheney Records Because Of Late Night Comedy  —  But this pull from the original AP story, which captures the reasoning of Justice Department for attempting to deny the request, is simply mind-blowing: … I hardly think that citing the need to shield public figures …

Sullivan, Froomkin, Hiatt, Iran and AIPAC  —  The incipient Iranian revolution has upset certain political categories at home, two to be exact: Scowcroftian realism and liberal interventionism (a/k/a neoconservatism).  Both, IMHO, are inadequate to the current crisis.

House Unveils Health Bill, Minus Key Details  —  WASHINGTON — House Democrats on Friday answered President Obama's call for a sweeping overhaul of the health care system, unveiling a bill that they said would cover 95 percent of Americans.  But they said they did not know how much it would cost and had not decided how to pay for it.

The Coming Crackdown  —  [T]he green light has now been given to the basij to kick ass and take names.  “The way of the law is open,” [Khamenei] says.  “If people continue to take the other way, I will come back and speak more directly.”  Qanun, qanun, qanun.  Law, law, law.

On Terrorist Watch List, but Allowed to Buy Guns  —  WASHINGTON — People on the government's terrorist watch list tried to buy guns nearly 1,000 times in the last five years, and federal authorities cleared the purchases 9 times out of 10 because they had no legal way to stop them, according to a new government report.

Lincoln prefers co-op to government-run public option in health care  —  LITTLE ROCK — U.S. Sen. Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark., says she prefers private insurance cooperatives to a government-run provider that would compete with the private sector in reforming the nation's health care system.

NIH Funds $423,500 Study of Why Men Don't Like to Use Condoms  —  In what government watchdogs are calling a waste of taxpayer money, the National Institutes of Health is spending nearly half a million dollars to determine why men don't like to wear condoms during sex.  —  FOXNews.com

‘Cash-for-Clunkers’ Bill Passes in Bid To Revive Car Sales  —  Trade-In Plan Set for Obama's Signature  —  The Senate approved a $1 billion program yesterday to give vouchers to consumers who trade in their gas-guzzling clunkers for more fuel-efficient models — a move that dealers hope will revive slumping auto sales.

Sotomayor Quits All-Women's Club  —  Supreme Court Nominee Resigns From Club After Republicans Questioned Her Participation  —  (AP) Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor resigned Friday from an elite all-women's club after Republicans questioned her participation in it.