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For one thing, the move only continued, in a small and yet symbolically potent way, the new administration’s aggressive and ongoing push to strip transgender people of civil rights and erase them from public life.

“In this city and in this country, many people feel like they can say whatever they want about a Muslim in public life, that they can call any of us a terrorist,” he said.

Johnson's behavior is perfectly consistent with the renewed Republican enthusiasm for pushing women out of public life and back into the kitchen.

To build a media ecosystem that rivals right-wing media in both reach and impact, progressives need moving and compelling stories of public life that reach new audiences.

To be honest, it really, really upset me to such an extent that I just really regretted my decision to get involved in public life.