memeorandum: Among The Costs Of War: $20B In Air Conditioning (NPR)

7:20 PM ET, June 26, 2011

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Tanya Somanader / ThinkProgress:

Bachmann Supports New York's Right To Enact Marriage Equality Law — Late Friday, the New York legislature passed and Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) signed the state's same-sex marriage bill into law, marking a major victory for equal rights. Today, Fox News Sunday host Chris Wallace asked notorious …

Discussion: Comments from Left Field, Gawker, AMERICAblog News, Liberal Values and Towleroad News #gay

Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:

Chris Wallace Asks Michele Bachmann: ‘Are You A Flake?’ … Michele Bachmann , Bachmann Gangster Government , Fox News Sunday , Bachmann Crazy Statements , Bachmann Flake , Bachmann Libya , Bachmann Quotes , Bachmann Statements , Bachmann Wallace , Chris Wallace Flake , Chris Wallace Fox News …

Discussion: Hot Air, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Outside the Beltway, Taylor Marsh and Iowa Caucuses

Los Angeles Times:

Bachmann's had her share of government aid — The fiscal conservative from Minnesota and 2012 presidential contender has benefited personally from federal funds and federal farm subsidies. — Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) speaks at a conference in Minneapolis.

Discussion: Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Associated Press and Dump Michele Bachmann

Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:

Bachmann would back amendment to overturn NY marriage law — On Sunday, GOP presidential contender Rep. Michele Bachmann reiterated calls for a federal constitutional amendment which would overturn New York state's new law legalizing gay marriage and similar laws in other states.

Discussion: Alan Colmes' Liberaland and Outside the Beltway

Jennifer Jacobs / Iowa Caucuses:
Iowa Poll: Romney, Bachmann lead Republican pack

Discussion: Washington Post, Firedoglake, Greg's Opinion, New York Magazine, Illinois Review, RedState and Washington Wire

Jennifer Jacobs / Iowa Caucuses:
Iowa Poll results: A breakdown

Discussion: CNN

Jennifer Jacobs / Iowa Caucuses:
Iowa Poll: Romney, Bachmann in lead; Cain third; others find little traction

Juana Summers / The Politico:
Des Moines Register poll shows Romney, Bachmann in the lead

Discussion: The Note, ABCNEWS and CNN

Andrew Malcolm / Top of the Ticket:
Michele Bachmann and Mitt Romney lead in first Iowa GOP poll

Discussion: Washington Monthly and National Review

Lauren Sage Reinlie / Northwest Florida Daily News:

Elderly woman asked to remove adult diaper during TSA search — A woman has filed a complaint with federal authorities over how her elderly mother was treated at Northwest Florida Regional Airport last weekend. — Jean Weber of Destin filed a complaint with the Department of Homeland Security …

Discussion: Scared Monkeys, The Raw Story, Weasel Zippers, Sky Dancing, The Moderate Voice, Don Surber, The Lonely Conservative, Gawker, The Right Scoop, Boing Boing and Pundit & Pundette

Ann Althouse / Althouse:

How stupid/evil was Bill Lueders's attack on Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice David Prosser? — Yesterday morning, I first read the story written by Bill Lueders — of the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism — saying that “Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice David Prosser allegedly …

Discussion: Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, American Power, The Mahablog, Sister Toldjah, Instapundit, ThinkProgress, WisconsinWatch.org, Sky Dancing and host.madison.com

Byron York / Washington Examiner:
BELTWAY CONFIDENTIAL — In allegation of Supreme Court scuffle …

Discussion: WisconsinWatch.org, Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog, Gawker and The Nation

Ann Althouse / Althouse:
An alternate account of the Prosser-Bradley confrontation surfaces: Did she “charge him with fists raised”?

Discussion: Don Surber, The TrogloPundit, iOwnTheWorld.com, JSOnline, American Power and The Volokh Conspiracy

JSOnline:
Justices' feud gets physical

Discussion: americanthinker.com, Talking Points Memo, Gawker, The TrogloPundit, Hot Air, NewsBusters.org blogs, The Raw Story, RedState, The Reid Report, Verum Serum, The Moderate Voice, Harry's Place, John Lott's Website, Hullabaloo, Washington Monthly and Taylor Marsh

Monica Davey / New York Times:
Wisconsin Judge Said to Have Attacked Colleague

Discussion: Prairie Weather

NPR:

Among The Costs Of War: $20B In Air Conditioning … The amount the U.S. military spends annually on air conditioning in Iraq and Afghanistan: $20.2 billion. — That's more than NASA's budget. It's more than BP has paid so far for damage during the Gulf oil spill.

Discussion: Outside the Beltway and ThinkProgress

Elisabeth Rosenthal / New York Times:

Atop TV Sets, a Power Drain That Runs Nonstop — Those little boxes that usher cable signals and digital recording capacity into televisions have become the single largest electricity drain in many American homes, with some typical home entertainment configurations eating more power …

Discussion: Balloon Juice, Outside the Beltway, Don Surber, ThinkProgress and Booman Tribune

Maureen Dowd / New York Times:

Why Is He Bi? (Sigh) — HE was born this way. — Bi. — Not bisexual. Not even bipartisan. Just binary. — Our president likes to be on both sides at once. — In Afghanistan, he wants to go but he wants to stay. He's surging and withdrawing simultaneously.

Discussion: iOwnTheWorld.com, Taylor Marsh, Runnin' Scared, Proof Positive, Prairie Weather and AMERICAblog News

Michael Barone / Washington Examiner:

Like Chauncey Gardiner, Obama is profoundly aloof — Which past leader does Barack Obama most closely resemble? His admirers, not all of them liberals, used to compare him with Abraham Lincoln and Franklin Roosevelt. — Well, Obama announced his candidacy in Lincoln's hometown two days …

Discussion: Proof Positive, Pajamas Media and Sister Toldjah

Candice M. Giove / New York Post:

Justin Bieber answers O plea meet 9/11 teens — Bam delivered the Biebs. — Payton Wall's world was torn apart when her dad died on 9/11 — but President Obama brightened the New Jersey teen's life by making good on his promise to set up a meeting with his “buddy” Justin Bieber.

Discussion: New York Magazine, TMZ.com, The Daily Caller and Gothamist

The Politico:

Buzzkill: The problem with Jon Huntsman Hype — From afar, it's easy to get swept up by the hype: Jon Huntsman is accomplished, handsome, smart, and his civility message has appeal beyond the meat-eaters who dominate this early phase of the Republican presidential campaign.

Discussion: ABCNEWS, Ben Smith's Blog and Right Wing News