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Hatewatch Headlines 5/7/2017

In reality, Richard Spencer is merely a fraud; Bundy prosecutors struggle with charges; ‘Beta’ males grow violent, radicalized at 4chan; and more.

Washington Monthly: Exposing the fraud that is Richard Spencer, a mama’s boy with no real accomplishments.

Review Journal (Las Vegas, NV): Once again, prosecutors are struggling to prove conspiracy in Bundy standoff federal trial.

CBS Evening News: Trump administration freezes $10 million in grants to fight violent extremism.

Daily Beast: Trump and Bannon personally intervened to keep Sebastian Gorka in the White House fold.

In These Times: Heritage Foundation has pushed to gut federal government for decades, and Trump proves the perfect tool.

Baffler: The new man of 4chan, or how the violent ‘beta’ revolution by disaffected white men arrived.

Media Matters: Gateway Pundit threw a gala for the alt-right, and we were there to observe.

Right Wing Watch: Dave Daubenmire accuses religious-right leaders of engaging in ‘idolatry and hero-worship’ of Trump.

Los Angeles Times: Survivors of San Diego shooting believe gunman targeted black people, but police are doubtful.

The Pike County Courier (PA): Judge announces death sentence: ‘The story of Eric Frein ends today.’

Spokesman-Review (Spokane, WA): Racial slurs scrawled on walls of Native American school in Spokane.

Columbus Dispatch (OH): Sovereign citizen who lost both hands making a bomb sentenced to 14 years in prison.

Post Register (Idaho Falls, ID): Sovereign citizen argues with judge over pot arrest, gets prison time instead of probation.

Think Progress: Multiracial churches are addressing the racial divides in Trump’s America.

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