Hatewatch Headlines 1/25/2017
Fake think tanks fuel fake news; White nationalists inside the Beltway; VDare’s convention plans spoiled; and more.
Wired: Fake think tanks help fuel fake news – and the president’s tweets.
The New Republic: When the white nationalists came to Washington.
Politico: Far-right activists push Donald Trump to move faster on promised Muslim crackdown.
BuzzFeed: Trump supporters online are pretending to be French in order to manipulate France’s election.
Media Matters: Yosemite venue cancels white nationalist VDare convention booking after it learns of group’s views.
Metro (UK): White nationalist Richard Spencer wants you to stop sharing videos of him being punched, please.
Slate: Texas Supreme Court agrees to consider rolling back same-sex marriage rights.
WLRN (Miami, FL): Hate crimes are on the rise in Florida, led by a big spike in post-election incidents.
Access ADL: Group of Klan members in Union County, Miss., charged with robbing man at local church.
Oregon Public Broadcasting: Malheur Refuge occupation supporter who was arrested with illegal machine gun pleads guilty.
Seattle Times: Shooter in UW protest incident sent a Facebook message to Yiannopoulos before he opened fire.
Star-Tribune (Minneapolis, MN): Officer testifies that he exchanged ‘racially charged’ texts with accused BLM protest shooter.
Gay Star News: North Carolina Republican wants to make it a crime to call ex-governor a bigot.
Chicago Tribune: Plano woman faces hate-crime charges after threatening gay man with baseball-bat assault.
KSHB-TV (Kansas City, MO): Gay couple targeted by hate criminals in their South Kansas City home.
