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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.] — 10.43 am. More reports of growing resistance to the riot police. — 10.42 am. Reports: 1 young man shoot dead near Vali Asar Cr.
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Matthew Weaver / Guardian:
Iran police ‘use teargas’ to disperse protesters — 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.
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New York Times:
Iranian Police Clash With Protesters — TEHRAN — One day after Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned of bloodshed if street protests continued over the nation's disputed elections, witnesses, quoted by news services, said that thousands of demonstrators had attempted to gather …
Mohsen Makhmalbaf / Guardian:
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.
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 …
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Steve Clemons / The Washington Note:The Four Iran Scenarios and “Basiji Hunting”
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Mark Landler / New York Times:
Obama Resists Calls for a Tougher Stance on Iran — WASHINGTON — With Iran on a razor's edge after a week of swelling protests, the Obama administration has fended off pressure from both parties to respond more forcefully to the disputed election there. But if Iranian authorities carry …
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Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
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 …
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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
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Tim Craig / Washington Post:
D.C. Expands List Of Allowed Guns To Avert Lawsuit — The D.C. government released emergency regulations yesterday that greatly expand the models of handguns that District residents can own, a shift designed to stave off another lawsuit over its compliance with the Second Amendment.
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Eric Lichtblau / New York Times:
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.
John / Power Line:
Why Is Obama AWOL on Iran? — Across a broad swath of the political spectrum—including just about everyone, really, except the far Left, slavish Obamaphiles and the sinister Ron Paul—a consensus has developed that Barack Obama was wrong-footed by the Iranian election and the ensuing revolt in that country.
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Charles Krauthammer / Real Clear Politics:Obama Clueless on Iran
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Moni Basu / CNN:
Women in Iran march against discrimination — (CNN) — Like thousands of other Iranian women, Parisa took to Tehran's streets this week, her heart brimming with hope. “Change,” said the placards around her. — The young Iranian woman eyed the crowd and pondered the possibility that the rest …
The Huffington Post:
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 …
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New York Times:
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.
Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Obama Job Approval Slips to 58% for First Time — Lowest reading for Obama thus far in Gallup Poll Daily tracking — PRINCETON, NJ — President Barack Obama's job approval rating fell to 58% in Gallup Poll Daily tracking from June 16-18 — a new low for Obama in Gallup tracking …
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