This isn't new, is it?
The Age Discrimination in Employment Act has been around since 1967! This feels like one of those stories that news agencies dust off, update with new quotes and regurgitate ever other year like cleaning your gutters every Spring or changing your smoke alarm batteries every year.
This is not a unique story to these times. Doesn't help you with your particular situation but this isn't a new phenomenon.
"I didn't come here to take part. I came here to take over."