The Department of Homeland Security has permitted itself to snoop on Americans on the basis of the sexual orientation or gender identity — eliminating a civil-rights safeguard against government intimidation of LGBTQ+ people and organizations. (Speaking of government intimidation: Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard claimed to have fired 100 transgender intelligence officers after their communications on a platform operated by the National Security Agency were leaked to, and published on Elon Musk-owned X, by a racist and transphobic firebrand.)