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Michael J. Totten:
Iran on Fire (Continuously updated) — The BBC says clashes between demonstrators and police in Tehran are the most violent in a decade. — Video below shows a human wave of demonstrators chasing frightened police officers. — Here is another video. These protests are huge.
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Daniel Terdiman / Webware.com:
‘#CNNFail’: Twitterverse slams network's Iran absence — While word of riots in the streets of Tehran spread like wildfire on Twitter, CNN stayed largely silent on the story, surprising and dismaying many. — (Credit: Twitter) — As the Iranian election aftermath unfolded in Tehran …
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
The Revolution Will Be Twittered — Mock not. As the regime shut down other forms of communication, Twitter survived. With some remarkable results. Those rooftop chants that were becoming deafening in Tehran? A few hours ago, this concept of resistance was spread by a twitter message.
Steve Clemons / The Washington Note:
Iran: There Will Be Blood — (To get a feel for what is going on in the streets of Tehran, watch this linked BBC video clip.) — Last night in London after appearing on Keith Olbermann's show, I got an email from a well-connected Iranian who knows many of the power figures in the Tehran political order asking to meet me.
Steve Schippert / RapidRecon:
Iranian Courage — This is courage. — Think about that as you go about your relatively calm day in Liberty already earned. — I said a few years ago when the regime began another wave of strict enforcement of Islamic (by their definition) dress code while women openly protested: Follow the women of Iran.
MideastAnalysis.com:
What Happened in Iran? — Let us begin by acknowledging that Iran is a complex society with an unusually opaque political system. Few outsiders genuinely understand the place. That makes understanding the country's presidential campaign - and interpreting the events of the last 24 hours - particularly tricky.
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gary's choices:
Iran's political coup — If the reports coming out of Tehran about an electoral coup are sustained, then Iran has entered an entirely new phase of its post-revolution history. One characteristic that has always distinguished Iran from the crude dictators in much of the rest of the Middle East …
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Statistical Report Purporting to Show Rigged Iranian Election Is Flawed — Like most Americans, there are few things I would like to see more than Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran's hateful President, to be voted out of office. Elections in thuggish, authoritarian states like Iran need be treated with the utmost skepticism and scrutiny.
Yossi Melman / Haaretz:
Report: Defeated Ahmadinejad rival arrested in Iran — Iranian presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi was reportedly arrested Saturday following the reformist's defeat at the polls by hardliner Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Supporters of Mousavi, the main challenger to Ahmadinejad …
BBC:
Violent clashes in Tehran
Violent clashes in Tehran
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Juan Cole / Informed Comment:
Stealing the Iranian Election
Stealing the Iranian Election
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tehranbureau:
Mousavi Letter — The reported results of the 10th Iranians …
Mousavi Letter — The reported results of the 10th Iranians …
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Los Angeles Times, Washington Times, Informed Comment, Associated Press, Hot Air, Ben Smith's Blog and American Footprints
Nahid Siamdoust / Reuters:
After a Disputed Election, Tehran's Streets Become a Battleground
After a Disputed Election, Tehran's Streets Become a Battleground
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Harry's Place
International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran:
Withhold Recognition of Iranian Presidential Election Results
Withhold Recognition of Iranian Presidential Election Results
Paul Richter / Los Angeles Times:
Iran election result makes a U.S. overture more difficult
Iran election result makes a U.S. overture more difficult
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Colin Freeman / Telegraph:
Iran elections: revolt as crowds protest at Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's ‘rigged’ victory
Iran elections: revolt as crowds protest at Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's ‘rigged’ victory
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Senior U.S. official: Yes, the Iranian election was rigged; Update: 50-100 dead?
Senior U.S. official: Yes, the Iranian election was rigged; Update: 50-100 dead?
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Donald Douglas / American Power:
Riots in Iran: Implications for U.S. Foreign Policy
Riots in Iran: Implications for U.S. Foreign Policy
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Daniel Pipes Blog, Los Angeles Times, Political Byline, Power Line, Redhot, Instapundit and Neptunus Lex
Gateway Pundit:
Madness! Obama Administration Silent As Iranian Students …
Madness! Obama Administration Silent As Iranian Students …
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Michelle Malkin, Infidel Bloggers Alliance, Pajamas Media, A Blog For All, Gawker and Fox News
Jane Mayer / New Yorker:
Can Leon Panetta move the C.I.A. forward without confronting its past? — The Central Intelligence Agency typically fights distant enemies, but on May 21st its leaders were preoccupied with a local opponent. A few miles from the agency's headquarters, which are in Langley, Virginia …
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Scott Wilson / Washington Post:
Concern Over Obama's Spending Plans May Cloud 2010 Election Prospects — Concern Mounts in White House as 2010 Elections Loom — After enjoying months of towering poll numbers, legislative victories and well-received foreign policy initiatives, the White House has become increasingly concerned …
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
The Take: GOP Comeback Limited by Demographics, Political Forces — There has been much chatter about who now speaks for the Republican Party, and whether the GOP has a message or an agenda to combat President Obama's popularity. Those questions are important to the party's future …
Tyler Cowen / New York Times:
Something's Got to Give in Medicare Spending — MEDICARE expenditures threaten to crush the federal budget, yet the Obama administration is proposing that we start by spending more now so we can spend less later. — This runs the risk of becoming the new voodoo economics.
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Associated Press:
Terrorist can sue over torture memos — First time a government lawyer has been held potentially liable for abuse — SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A convicted terrorist can sue a former Bush administration lawyer for drafting the legal theories that led to his alleged torture …
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Richard Mcenroe / Three Beers Later:
Los Angeles Conservative Activist Needs Your Help! (or, a Bleg with Perks)... Deborah Leigh, a longtime conservative activist and troop supporter in Studio City, and a good friend, just this week lost her roommate of 23 years without warning to congestive heart failure.