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Hatewatch Headlines 6/23/2017

Domestic-terror data reveals the right-wing threat; KKK more ‘fractured’ but dangerous; Court lifts injunction blocking MS anti-LGBT law; and more.

Reveal News: New domestic-terrorism database shows that Trump is dead wrong about where the real threat lies.

USA Today: Ku Klux Klan smaller, ‘fractured’ by infighting, but still dangerous, ADL report finds.

Slate: Appeals court lifts injunction blocking Mississippi from enforcing its anti-LGBT ‘religious freedom’ law.

The Guardian (UK): Are right-wing pundits correct, that America is on the verge of a second civil war?

Washington Post: In rural America, there are fewer immigrants, and a lot less tolerance for them.

BuzzFeed: ‘Pizzagate’ gunman who threatened restaurant sentenced to four years in prison.

Media Matters: Alex Jones says his ‘greatest achievement’ was briefing Trump about the ‘globalists’ before election.

The Daily Beast: Trump’s attorney, Jay Sekulow, was a big supporter of Putin’s anti-LGBT policies in Russia.

Mediaite: Angry about losing shot at DHS position, Sheriff Clarke accuses reporter of ‘electronic terrorism.’

Miami New Times (FL): White supremacists chant ‘Trump!’ while fighting to keep KKK sign in Hollywood, FL.

WTOP-TV (Richmond, VA): Richmond mayor wants to keep Confederate monuments, but add context.

Right Wing Watch: Frank Gaffney says the attack on a London mosque is the product of ‘multicultural fantasy’ that could spark civil war.

Twin Falls Times-News (ID): Man who shot up car and threatened home’s occupants sent texts citing ‘white power.’

Oregonian: Probation sentence expected for Malheur Refuge occupier Geoffrey Stanek.

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