Hatewatch Headlines 2/7/2017
The dawn of white nationalist rule; Trump gives green light to violence; Alex Jones and those ‘alternate facts’; and more.
Slate: A white nationalist government is upon us, and it could set us back 150 years.
Newsweek: The extremist Islamophobes at the heart of Donald Trump’s White House.
Truthout: Trump’s proposed change to terrorism program would give green light to white supremacist violence.
Forward: How Trump empowers white supremacists and jihadis alike.
Los Angeles Times: In an age of ‘alternate facts’ and Alex Jones, a massacre of schoolchildren becomes a ‘hoax.’
Media Matters: How Stephen Bannon gets away with bringing white supremacy to Trump’s Oval Office.
Wired: Neo-Nazis face a new foe online and in real life – the far-left ‘antifa’ movement.
ProPublica: Claims of ‘homosexual agenda’ help kill hate-crimes laws in five states.
Huffington Post: From Holocaust denial to Hitler admiration, Google’s algorithm is proving dangerous.
Teen Vogue: What you need to know about hate speech and free speech, and the distinctions that matter.
KFGO-TV (Fargo, ND): White supremacist Craig Cobb eyes abandoned church in tiny town of Nome.
Associated Press: Ex-convict who torched Orlando mosque after massacre gets 30-year prison sentence.
MLive (Dearborn, MI): Masked open-carry advocate arrested after carrying rifle into police station.
Political Research Associates: Pro-LGBT claims are being used as a smokescreen for anti-Muslim attacks.
The Guardian (UK): How Richard Spencer’s hometown in Montana weathered a neo-Nazi ‘troll storm.’
Washington Post: New Yorkers get out their hand sanitizers and erase subway swastikas.
AOL.com: Richard Spencer deems Patriots’ Super Bowl victory a win for the ‘white race.’
