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Hatewatch Headlines 5/19/2017

A deep look inside the Patriot movement and its growth; Facebook fails at clamping down on fake news; We need to talk about white male terrorism; and more.

PBS Frontline: American Patriot: Inside the armed uprising against the federal government.

Select/All: The online radicalization we’re not talking about – among the ‘red-pilled’ alt-right.

The Guardian: Facebook promised to tackle fake news, but the evidence shows it’s not working.

Teen Vogue: White male terrorists are an issue we should discuss, instead of pretending away.

The Daily Beast: New Hampshire lawmaker who created Reddit's misogynist 'Red Pill' resigns. 

Philadelphia Enquirer (PA): Ku Klux Klan rally planned for Lancaster County on Saturday. 

Right Wing Watch: Wayne Allyn Root declares that, like Jesus Christ, the ‘forces of evil’ are trying to crucify Trump.

Rewire: Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin confers with architect of Planned Parenthood smear campaign.

Mic: Dylann Roof told his psychiatrist he believed his fellow white nationalists would rescue him from prison.

Vox: Charles Murray is once again peddling junk science about race and intelligence.

Huffington Post: Rep. Mo Brooks, the lawmaker running for Sessions’ seat, is obsessed with a ‘war on whites.’

Missoulian (MT): Donations, endorsements of white-nationalist candidate become an issue in special congressional election.

Texas Freedom Network: Hate group leader prays for God to destroy lawmakers who support LGBT equality, abortion rights.

Fresno Bee (CA): Slaying of transgender woman in Fresno might be a hate crime, investigators say.

WWSB-TV (Sarasota, FL): Alt-right ‘Proud Boys’ make their violent presence felt in Sarasota protest.

Mother Jones: This is what happens to kids when an undocumented-immigrant parent is detained.

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