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Hatewatch Headlines 6/28/2017

Charity database staffers threatened over listing; Gettysburg may be site of battling protests; Spencer’s think tank broke Virginia nonprofit law; and more.

Raw Story: Charity database stops linking anti-LGBT Christian non-profits to SPLC hate list after staffers threatened.

Philly.com: Gettysburg Battlefield will be site of protests, counter-protests involving alt-right and antifascists.

Los Angeles Times: Richard Spencer’s white nationalist think tank broke Virginia nonprofit law.

WMOT-FM (Murfreesboro, TN): White nationalists plan to hold conference in Tennessee mid-state park.

Media Matters: These are the far-right fringe media characters Trump supposedly communicates with.

Washington Post: In a first, Texas Boys State votes to secede from the Union.

Oregonian: FBI agent indicted for alleged false statements during inquiry into LaVoy Finicum shooting.

WJTV-TV (Jackson, MS): State Rep. Karl Oliver responds to lawsuit over his Facebook posts advocating lynching.

AlterNet: Many Southern governors’ mansions have prison inmates in ‘modern-day slavery’ as workers.

WZZM-TV (Grand Rapids, MI): Trial under way for man who used social media to make white-supremacist threats, stalk targets.

Right Wing Watch: Report finds ACLJ’s Sekulow has steered millions from nonprofit to his family.

WLWT-TV (West Chester, OH): White powder sent to Islamic center draws police hazmat team, but it’s found to be harmless.

Salon: Michael Peroutka continues to stir controversy over his long ties to white-supremacist League of the South.

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