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2:55 PM ET, June 21, 2009

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CNN:
Zakaria: ‘Fatal wound’ inflicted on Iranian regime's ideology  —  Editor's note: Fareed Zakaria is an author and foreign affairs analyst who hosts “Fareed Zakaria GPS” on CNN at 1 and 5 p.m. ET Sundays.  —  The decisive margin of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's victory in elections …
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BBC:
Iran TV says 10 killed in Tehran protests  —  Iranians have been sending the BBC footage of protests  —  At least 10 people were killed when police clashed with “terrorists” in Tehran on Saturday, state TV says.  —  The official reports, which cannot be confirmed, accuse “rioters” …
Washington Post:
Iranian Government Media Declares Mousavi a ‘Criminal’  —  Iranian government media Sunday launched a campaign against Mir Hussein Mousavi and his supporters, calling the leader of the protests over Iran's disputed election a “criminal” and comparing demonstrators to members of a hated terrorist group.
Discussion: The Daily Dish and The Nation
Times of India:
Rafsanjani's daughter arrested in Iran  —  Text:  —  TEHRAN: The daughter of Iran's former president Akbar Hashemi-Rafsanjani and four relatives were arrested over their involvement in protests against alleged election fraud in Iran, the Fars news agency reported on Sunday.
Discussion: Pajamas Media
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Can Obama still want talks with Iranian mullahs?
Discussion: Gateway Pundit and Cold Fury
Roger Cohen / New York Times:
A Supreme Leader Loses His Aura as Iranians Flock to the Streets
Kim Ghattas / BBC:
Engaging Iran  —  The White House has so far resisted calls …
Helene Cooper / New York Times:
Gauging Obama in Iran
Discussion: Prairie Weather
Iranian Presidential Elections:
Mousavi's statement number 5 to Iranian people  —  In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful  —  God commands you to return what you've been entrusted with to its owners, and to judge in justice when you judge among the people.  [Koranic quote]  —  Honorable and intelligent people of Iran,
Discussion: MoJo Blog Posts
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Ben Armbruster / Think Progress:
Will calls right-wing attacks on Obama's Iran response ‘foolish criticism.’  —  Since turmoil broke out in Iran over the country's disputed elections last week, conservatives have been forcefully criticizing President Obama for not doing enough to intervene on the side of those protesting.
Discussion: Hoffmania!
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
IT'S NOT EXACTLY LEFT VS RIGHT.... On ABC's “This Week” earlier …
Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
Media Agreed to Stay Silent on Kidnapping of Reporter David Rohde  —  News Organizations Agreed to Protect Reporter's Safety  —  There were times during the kidnapping ordeal of New York Times reporter David Rohde when his boss wavered in his determination to suppress the story.
Discussion: Wizbang and At-Largely
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Foster Kamer / Gawker:
Why Did Nobody Pick Up The David Rohde Kidnapping Story?
Discussion: Silicon Alley Insider and Hot Air
Alexandra Zavis / Babylon & Beyond:
IRAN: Footage of woman apparently shot in Tehran galvanizes opposition  —  A disturbing video showing a young woman purportedly shot in the streets of Tehran is becoming a rallying symbol for opponents of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.  —  It is one of many images and video posted on the Internet …
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Lisa Derrick / La Figa:
Tehran Protests: Her Name Was Neda (Warning: Graphic Video)
Discussion: The Daily Dish and Alas, a blog
Steve Schippert / ThreatsWatch:
ThreatsWatch.Org - RapidRecon: Neda: The Voice of Iran
Discussion: Dr. Melissa Clouthier
Michael Isikoff / Newsweek:
Obama Closes Doors on Openness  —  From the magazine issue dated Jun 29, 2009  —  As a senator, Barack Obama denounced the Bush administration for holding “secret energy meetings” with oil executives at the White House.  But last week public-interest groups were dismayed …
Phillip Inman / Guardian:
Goldman to make record bonus payout  —  Surviving banks accused of undermining stability  —  Staff at Goldman Sachs staff can look forward to the biggest bonus payouts in the firm's 140-year history after a spectacular first half of the year, sparking concern that the big investment banks …
Discussion: The Confluence
New York Times:
In Poll, Wide Support for Government-Run Health  —  Americans overwhelmingly support substantial changes to the health care system and are strongly behind one of the most contentious proposals Congress is considering, a government-run insurance plan to compete with private insurers, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News poll.
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Bruce Kesler / Maggie's Farm:
New York Times: McCain Voters Not Americans?
Glenn W. Smith / Firedoglake:
Slavery and the Health Care Crisis  —  The gravity of America's health care crisis is the moral equivalent of the 19th Century's bloody conflict over slavery.  This is not hyperbole, though the truth of it is often lost in abstract talk of insurance company profits, treatment costs, and other cold, inhuman analyses.
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Obama's Response  —  Did you notice how many times he invoked the word “justice” in his message?  That's the word that will resonate most deeply with the Iranian resistance.  What a relief to have someone with this degree of restraint and prudence and empathy - refusing to be baited by Khamenei …
Eric Dash / New York Times:
If It's Too Big to Fail, Is It Too Big to Exist?  —  Nearly a century ago, the jurist Louis Brandeis railed against what he called the “curse of bigness.”  He warned that banks, railroads and steel companies had grown so huge that they were lording it over the nation's economic and political life.
Discussion: The Big Picture and TPMCafe
 
 
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