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Hatewatch Headlines 8/1/2016

Anti-racist crowd overwhelms one-man NSM rally; Bundy makes legal maneuvers; ‘III%ers’ hand out snow cones at park; and more.

The Buffalo News: Single ‘White Lives Matter’ protester turns up for rally, is met by hundreds of counter-protesters.

Oregon Public Broadcasting: Ryan Bundy declares himself an ‘idiot’ not subject to the jurisdiction of federal courts.

The Oregonian: Prosecutors say Malheur defendants broke into safes, stole documents, called takeover ‘another Bunkerville.’

The Spectrum (St. George, UT): Lavoy Finicum’s widow, Bundy supporters discuss the aftermath of the Oregon standoff.

KTVL-TV (Medford, OR): ‘III Percent’ Patriot organization reaches out to community by handing out snow cones at park.

The Herald Bulletin (Anderson, IN): Anderson city worker suspended after posting racially incendiary material on Facebook.

Right Wing Watch: Pseudo-historian David Barton falsely claims U.S. warned Japan about time and locations of planned atomic bombings.

Raw Story: Kansas man opens fire inside an IHOP after being asked not to use racial slurs.

AlterNet: Anti-LGBT Nebraska lawmaker asked to resign as scandal erupts over sex video of himself on state computer.

The Advocate: Chelsea Clinton denounces GOP’s embrace of ‘gay conversion’ therapy as ‘child abuse.’

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