memeorandum: Live-Blogging Day 8 — [Note: words in green are tweets from Iran. (Andrew Sullivan/The Daily Dish)

5:20 PM ET, June 20, 2009

Top Items:

Statement from the President on Iran — The Iranian government must understand that the world is watching. We mourn each and every innocent life that is lost. We call on the Iranian government to stop all violent and unjust actions against its own people.

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, The Political Carnival, The Cable, Washington Monthly and The Reaction

Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:

Live-Blogging Day 8 — [Note: words in green are tweets from Iran. Words in black are mine in the US. The tweets should be taken provisionally until confirmed. - Andrew.] — (AFP/Getty.) — 4.22 pm. Conf'd Iran Fatemiyeh Hospital Tehran: 30-40 dead as of 11pm; 200 injured.

Discussion: The Field on the Narcosphere, Revolutionary Road, Right Wing Nut House, niacINsight, Newsbroke, Open Left, The Moderate Voice, Informed Comment, #gay and Winds of Change.NET

New York Times:

Iranian Police Clash With Protesters — TEHRAN — Police officers used sticks and tear gas to force back thousands of demonstrators under plumes of black smoke in the capital on Saturday, a day after Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said there would be “bloodshed” …

Discussion: Aljazeera, Reuters, About.com Middle East Issues, RealClearWorld, Commentary, Neptunus Lex, At-Largely, Riehl World View, The Impolitic, Achenblog, Air America Media blogs, The Field on the Narcosphere and The Mahablog

Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:

Chaos in Tehran: I'm ready for martyrdom, says Mousavi; Videos: Woman murdered in cold blood, police beat women with batons; Update: Obama calls on regime to end violence; Rumor: 30-40 dead in Tehran? — View the video »

Discussion: THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS, Fox News, Gateway Pundit, American Power and Blue Crab Boulevard

Matthew Weaver / News: News blog:

Iran protests: live — Police have clashed with protesters in Iran as the opposition movement continue its street protests against re-election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in defiance of threats from the supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Follow live updates on what is being seen as a crucial day in Iran

Discussion: Reuters, Los Angeles Times, Aljazeera, Guardian, Sister Toldjah, Global Voices Online, Enduring America, France24, Harry's Place, Wake up America, presstv.ir, News Desk and New York Times

Weekly Standard:

Resolutely Irresolute — Obama dithers while Tehran burns. — The events of the past week in Iran, following the June 12 presidential election there, have been remarkable and hopeful. It's been a moment when one would like a president of the United States—who has, in such moments …

Discussion: ATTACKERMAN and Washington Monthly

Michelle Malkin:
Saturday in Iran: Deadly crackdown, Obama finally condemns …

Discussion: Fox News and Riehl World View

Mike Madden / Salon:
Mousavi: “I am prepared for martyrdom”

Discussion: Enduring America and Guardian

Steve Clemons / The Huffington Post: Biden-Obama Axis Shifts Biden's Way on Iran

Robin Henry / Times of London:
Riot police clash with demonstrators in Iran

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, Newshoggers.com, Atlas Shrugs, New York Times and Guardian

Ben Domenech / The New Ledger:
Iran's Path: Bloodshed and Chaos

Discussion: The Belgravia Dispatch, MoJo Blog Posts, Daniel W. Drezner and Eunomia

Mark Landler / New York Times:
Obama Resists Calls for a Tougher Stance on Iran

Discussion: The Caucus, CBS News, The Hill's Blog Briefing Room, THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS, Sister Toldjah and Hot Air

New York Times:

Times Reporter Escapes Taliban After 7 Months — David Rohde, a New York Times reporter who was kidnapped by the Taliban, escaped Friday night and made his way to freedom after more than seven months of captivity in the mountains of Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Discussion: TalkLeft, The World Newser, The Atlantic Politics Channel, Washington Monthly, The Hill's Blog Briefing Room, Gawker and Air America Media blogs

Greg Mitchell / The Huffington Post:
Why We Joined the Media Blackout on Kidnapping of NYT Reporter

Discussion: NewsBusters.org and EditorandPublisher.com

Wall Street Journal:

Jobs Had Liver Transplant — Apple Chief on Track to Return to Work at End of June; No. 2 May Expand Role — Steve Jobs, who has been on medical leave from Apple Inc. since January to treat an undisclosed medical condition, received a liver transplant in Tennessee about two months ago.

Discussion: Gawker, TechCrunch, BBC, Silicon Alley Insider, Mashable!, EW.com and DailyFinance

Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:

Emotion Trumps Research Every Time — The NY Times editors are so vexed by what they see as the latest blatant injustice from the Roberts Court that they can't be bothered to read the court's opinion or their own coverage of the case (Matt Yglesias keeps them company). Let's cut to the NY Times editors:

Discussion: Piece of Work In Progress, Blue Mass. Group and New York Times

Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Obama, the Right and defendants' rights

Discussion: TalkLeft, Lawyers, Guns and Money, The Impolitic and The Moderate Voice

Pundit Review Radio / BLACKFIVE:

The difference between addressing someone with their title and “Sir or Ma'am” — Apparently, Barbara Boxer, a Senator from California where some of the biggest military bases exist, doesn't understand respect when she hears it. — As a former Army Officer, if one of my soldiers called me …

Discussion: Scared Monkeys, Dr. Melissa Clouthier, Wizbang, Mudville Gazette, Blue Crab Boulevard, Michelle Malkin, Chicago Tribune, Fox News, theblogprof and Right Wing News

Michelle Malkin:

AmeriCrooks Watch: Meddling Michelle Obama to keynote volunteerism conference — Well, well, well. — Michelle, Michelle, Michelle. — Guess where the First Lady will be on Monday? — Why, she'll be delivering the keynote address at the 2009 National Conference on Volunteering and Service in San Francisco.

Discussion: AmeriCorps, WhiteHouse.gov Blog, Wizbang, Flopping Aces, San Francisco Chronicle and NewsBusters.org

Fox News:

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

Discussion: Scared Monkeys, Fausta's Blog, News Hounds and Patterico's Pontifications

Jazz Shaw / The Moderate Voice: Govt. Study to Determine Why Dogs Scratch at Fleas

Jerusalem Post:

‘Movement by the people, for the people’ — Article's topics: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei — The following letter from an Iranian student was received by The Jerusalem Post via a professor at a leading American university with close ties to Iran:

Discussion: Power Line, Pajamas Media and Israel Matzav

Bob Herbert / New York Times:

A Threat We Can't Ignore — Even with the murders that have already occurred, Americans are not paying enough attention to the frightening connection between the right-wing hate-mongers who continue to slither among us and the gun crazies who believe a well-aimed bullet is the ticket to all their dreams.

Discussion: The Huffington Post and LewRockwell.com Blog

J. Taylor Rushing / The Hill:

Iranian dispute dividing Senate — The Senate ended this week divided along partisan lines over U.S. policy regarding Iran's disputed election, with Democrats defending President Obama's hands-off approach and Republicans arguing the U.S. should step into the controversy.

Discussion: The Nation