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Hatewatch Headlines 8/9/2016

How Trump cleared a path for Duke; Idaho faith healers vow to ignore law change; Rubio defends talk to anti-LGBT group; and more.

The Atlantic: How Donald Trump opened the way for David Duke to attempt a comeback.

Media Matters: Fox’s Tucker Carlson attacks black and Hispanic journalist associations, since there isn’t a white counterpart.

Houston Chronicle: Aryan Brotherhood ‘in chaos’ after federal prosecutors take down 73 people on variety of criminal charges.

Salon: Conspiracy-meister Alex Jones thinks Hillary Clinton looks like she has ‘Down syndrome’ and ‘a lobotomy.’

NJ.com: ‘Sovereign citizen’ who killed three neighbors in rural West Virginia claims he acted in self-defense.

Idaho Statesman (Boise): Faith healers vow to ignore change to state law involving cases of child neglect.

KXLY-TV (Spokane, WA): Human rights group opens exhibit about fight against hate groups in Idaho Panhandle.

Think Progress: Trump surrogates can’t stop suggesting that President Obama is a secret Muslim.

Tampa Bay Times: Marco Rubio defends his appearance at anti-LGBT hate group’s event.

Raw Story: Kentucky city council member evicts couple from home after deciding she ‘should have never rented to the f------.’

Right Wing Watch: Austin Ruse warns that the ‘radical homosexuals’ are coming for your daughters.

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