Hatewatch Headlines 5-8-15

May 08, 2015

Hatewatch Staff

New York Times: Conspiracy theories over Jade Helm training exercise get some traction in Texas.

Right Wing Watch: Rep. Louie Gohmert blames President Obama for those Jade Helm conspiracy theories.

Detroit Free Press: Farmington man charged with ethnic intimidation for threatening Muslim 7-Eleven clerk.

Salon: Texas lawmakers literally can’t clear all the anti-LGBT, anti-woman measures off their desks this session.

Broward-Palm Beach New Times (FL): Republicans hire noted anti-Muslim speaker Geert Wilders, a Dutch politician, for Boca Raton event.

Buzzfeed: Marco Rubio headlines fundraiser for policy group that supports gay ‘conversion’ therapy.

Gawker: Reddit, the home of ‘Coontown,’ promises to celebrate diversity, too.

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