Trump is bringing back a 1950s American form of persecution (opens in new tab)

“A defining feature of the mid-20th century was the government-wide panic over communism, anarchism, and other leftist beliefs known as the Red Scare,” wrote ACLU Social Editor Hanna Stolzer on Tuesday. “However what many don’t know is that an estimated 5,000 to 10,000 government employees were fired or forced to resign during that same time period, solely because they were suspected or confirmed to be queer. This purge of queer people from government jobs further instilled distrust of the LG...