Wiretap: On anti-gay discrimination, it’s Americans ‘aye’, House GOP ‘nay’

 
The Senate is on its way to pass ENDA – the bill to end LGBT discrimination in the workplace. The world is always changing. Gay rights activists — and, according to the polls, a significant majority of Americans – think that this time it might be changing for the better. So why is the GOP House determined to kill the bill?

It’s “nullification” and it’s 17th amendment and it’s all the rest. So it must be Rand Paul campaigning for Ken Cuccinelli in Virginia governor’s race. Via Politico.

Michael Gerson explain why GOP establishment must fight back the Tea Party. He doesn’t seem to say how. Via Washington Post.

Did you see that scary sea level map? It’s probably wrong. It’s way too optimistic. Says the Atlantic.

Patti Smith on Lou Reed. If you’re a Lou Reed person, you have to read it. Via the New Yorker.

Richie Incognito and the NFL’s shame. Via ESPN’s Tim Keown.

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