Hatewatch Headlines 5/4/2017
Trump freezes grants for anti-extremism programs; Le Pen gets help from American alt-right; Jones says InfoWars has White House credentials; and more.
Independent (UK): Donald Trump reportedly freezes funding for non-Islamist Countering Violent Extremist programs.
Mother Jones: Inside Marine Le Pen’s ‘Foreign Legion’ of American alt-right trolls.
Media Matters: Racists, slavery apologists, and white nationalists knew exactly what Trump was saying about the Civil War.
Vice: A radical anti-immigration group infiltrated the GOP, and now it’s in the White House.
Salon: Alex Jones says InfoWars has been granted a ‘weekly’ White House press pass, ‘regular’ press credentials are ‘pending.’
CNN Media: Alt-right troll Mike Cernovich goes professional with new hosting gig at InfoWars.
Associated Press: Alabama ‘Confederate White House’ history tour covers Civil War, cotton, but not slaves.
NBC News: New York man who attacked Asian pedestrian, shouting ‘this is white power,’ charged with hate crime.
Think Progress: Mississippi funeral home demonstrates what legal anti-gay discrimination looks like.
CBS Las Vegas (NV): Supporters of Cliven Bundy case defendants rally outside courthouse.
Phoenix New Times: Mesa police won’t cancel Islamophobic ‘training,’ and signs point to county attorney’s involvement.
Right Wing Watch: Kevin Swanson warns that the goal of public schools is to turn kids into transgender communists.
Dallas Morning News: Baylor fraternity suspended after ‘Cinco de Drinko’ where partiers dressed as maids, construction crews.
Seattle Times: Couple plead not guilty to charges in UW shooting during Milo Yiannopoulos speech.
