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Photo from Reuters' John Kolesidis The stance just gets harder and harder from the Supreme Leader of Iran "I had insisted and will insist on implementing the law on the election issue ... Neither the establishment nor the nation will yield to pressure at any cost," Khamenei said. The emotion continues to grow in Iran. (Lots to come today, stay tuned)

Ed Schultz speaking truth to power this week, as he almost always does: Despite a 76% backing of the public of a public option in health care, Democrats are treating it more minority than the Minority Party itself. And the reason why is because insurance companies are in their pocket just as much as they are the Sad obnoxious Party. In Iran, Ayatalloh Khamanei has again, backed the results. And this time, he also includes a stern warning Iran's Supreme Leader has issued a stern warning that protests against the country's disputed presidential election results must end. In his first public remarks after days of demonstrations, Ayatollah Khamenei said the outcome must be decided at the ballot box, not on the street.He said political leaders would be blamed for any violence. TWD Cinema will be back today, with Year One and The Proposal coming out. And the reviews on them are half hearted, to say the least. Long day today as always. Let's get right into it.

Photo from AFP People are bigging this up, but I have caution over this move . State television reported that supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has upheld the election result, urged the Guardian Council to "precisely consider" the complaints. A spokesman for the 12-member council said they would meet Mr Mousavi and Mr Rezai on Tuesday. They are expected to decide on the complaints by next week. Josh Marshall is much more optimist than me, and almost sways me a bit On the face of it, Khamenei could call for a review and then decide that it all checks out and that's the end of it. But it's my experience that that's not how these things play out. When regimes ride these crises out successfully they almost always do so with a united phalanx. You simply do not grant the premise of the critics. Force, much as we like to think otherwise, is often quite efective. (See Tienanmen Square.) Once you do, once you legitimize the premise of the protests, which can quic...