So far this year, more than 400 bills have been introduced around the country to strip rights away from LGBTQ+ people and to dismantle queer lifestyles.

Reasonable people can disagree about a lot of things, but LGBTQ+ rights – that is, human rights – aren't a matter of debate. But the extremist Republicans are targeting them all the same. At worst, that's because they're hateful bigots. And at worst, it's because they're cynically preying on people's fear in order to gain power.

No, that's not a typo. Those scenarios are both truly abhorrent.

Republican policymakers don't know much about books. That's clear.

How do I know? Because no story that begins "First, we banned a bunch of books and censored school curriculum" has a happy ending.

But here we are. This week, under the guise of "parental rights," Republicans in Congress introduced legislation to allow right-wing extremists to ban books and demand party-approved curriculum in our public schools.

Post offices across the country are struggling. Here's the worst part: it's on purpose.

You may remember that just months after the Trump Administration recommended privatizing the U.S. Postal Service, Trump appointed Louis DeJoy as Postmaster General – someone with no experience in the postal service. Three years later, DeJoy's USPS is a mess – of his own making.