(AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke) Periodically, this column will compile and publish — sometimes with and sometimes without further comment — illustrations of the mendacity, idiocy and sheer lunacy that too often find their way into America’s public policy processes. HUD Won’t Protect Women in Shelters: Thousands of women are forced to seek safety in shelters operated by religious groups, local governments and charitable organizations, including many who are fleeing abusive husbands, pimps and sex traffickers. Now add to that list men who are allegedly “transgender women” who insist on staying in shelters intended only to aid women. “Credit” goes to Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Marcia Fudge.