Hatewatch Headlines 2/12/2016
How we became ripe for the far right; Cruz picks up Boykin’s endorsement; ‘Sovereign citizen’ contacts with cops on rise; and more.
The Conversation: Why the United States has become fertile ground for far-right militants.
Think Progress: Koch brothers helping to fund the Bundys’ anti-federal land-seizure agenda.
Orcinus: What the martyrdom of LaVoy Finicum means for the rest of us.
Media Matters: Fox News dismisses video about systemic racism as ‘dumb’ and ‘divisive,’ instead focuses on outraged parents.
Right Wing Watch: Ted Cruz announces endorsement from anti-Muslim, anti-LGBT conspiracy theorist Jerry Boykin.
Joe.My.God: West Virginia House passes anti-LGBT ‘religious liberty restoration’ bill by a wide margin.
WWMT-TV (Kalamazoo, MI): Taking a look at militia groups in Michigan, again claiming they’re just normal folks.
Raw Story: Anti-gay West Virginia clerk screams at lesbian couple on their wedding day and calls them an ‘abomination.’
Charleston City Paper (S.C.): Dylann Roof’s federal trial on murder and hate-crimes charges is delayed.
Spokesman-Review (Spokane, WA): Antigovernment ‘sovereign citizen’ contacts with law enforcement on the rise, sheriff says.
