In Utah, a cisgender girl basketball player needed police protection after online rumors that she was trans led to threats and harassment. Who could have predicted this? Literally anyone who was paying attention.

Alejandra Caraballo surfaced evidence that MMA fighter Jake Shields asked his followers if they supported executions for trans people and their supporters. Many did. Now Twitter has hidden the evidence.

A Kansas library under threat from conservative lawmakers serves as one of many examples of how open government censorship has grown after years of bad-faith defenses of free speech.