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Hatewatch Headlines 5/20/2016

Oklahoma bill makes abortions a felony; White nationalists claim Trump delegate status; Girl testifies against Minuteman founder; and more.

Politico: Oklahoma legislature passes bill making performing abortions a felony.

Mother Jones: White nationalist party claims more of its members are now Donald Trump delegates.

The Daily Beast: Trump, GOP dump delegate after his convictions for child porn, owning machine gun revealed.

Post and Courier (Charleston, S.C.): Congress votes to remove Confederate flags from Veterans Administration cemeteries.

Phoenix New Times: 8-year-old victim testifies in molestation trial of Minuteman cofounder Chris Simcox.

Los Angeles Times: Racist attacks against L.A.’s black City Council president prompt arrest, outrage.

Imagine 2050: Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions invites CSI’s Mark Krikorian, Border Patrol union chief to testify on immigration.

The Guardian: Oregon militia standoff member pleads guilty to conspiring against the government.

Oregonian: FBI interrogation of Malheur refuge holdout David Fry called into question by attorney.

Wichita Eagle: Kansas man behind anti-Muslim Facebook posts calling for militias to watch mosques explains his views.

Portland Mercury (OR): White supremacist with a bad hat admits to harassing Vietnamese neighbors in Klamath Falls.

Grand Forks Herald (ND): Grand Forks man who started Somali restaurant on fire pleads guilty to federal hate crime.

Raw Story: Why this Tea Party mayor from Tennessee is furiously denying that her chief of staff is a ‘domestic terrorist.’

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