Hate Obamacare? Wanna Fire Gays? Create a Fake Church! And you just know that this Supreme Court would totally let that happen, too. (The Daily Beast)

Chris Christie Has Used Birth Control—“And Not Just the Rhythm Method”: Hooray for TMI! (Time)

Rod Stewart to Rejoin Surviving Members of the Faces for Show in September: Bassist Ronnie Lane died in 1997 and keyboardist Ian McLagan passed away late last year, but Stewart, Ronnie Wood, and Kenney Jones will all be present at the charity event. (Consequence of Sound)

Don’t Look Now, But Trump’s Favorables Are Improving: From a -28% net approval to a +17% net approval in just a few months—very impressive indeed. Trump isn’t going to go away very soon. (TPM)

Joe Biden’s Schrödinger’s Cat Campaign: Biden serves his ends—and the ends of the Democratic Party—by being neither wholly in the race nor wholly out of it. (Nate Silver/FiveThirtyEight)

Why Historians Are Fighting about “No Irish Need Apply” Signs—and Why It Matters: How common were the signs in the U.S.? Are the Irish stuck in a “culture of victimhood,” or were they actually victimized? (Vox)

Elizabeth Warren Hammers GOP: “Did you fall down, hit your head, and think you woke up in the 1950s or 1890s?” Sock it to ‘em, lady. (Salon)

New Pavement Rarities LP Available for Streaming at NPR: Obscure Pavement on vinyl? Yes, please. Matador, you know where to find me. (Matador)

Hollywood Blockbusters Are Getting More and More Incomprehensible: From Transformers 2 to Furious 7 and beyond. (The Guardian)

Trump Converts His Private Cell Number into a Campaign Asset: Gawker thought it was being cute when it punk’d him yesterday by publishing his number, but Trump is just damn hard to box in right now. (The Verge)

Democrats Unveil a Plan to Fight Gerrymandering: Well, it’s about goddamn time.
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Jon Stewart Changed Everything: When Stewart took the TDS job in 1999, little in his resume would have suggested that he could ever become anything like the public conscience of the liberal elite—but he did. (Salon)

It’s Time to Start Liking Tom Cruise Again: Not over my dead body—although I have to admit, Edge of Tomorrow was tons of fun. (Vulture)

Below, the Yes Men explain to Californians that they can have steaks or showers—but not both: