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Hatewatch Headlines 7/21/2017

Far-right movements converging globally; Why did Texas governor use militiamen for security? Alt-right trolls get feelings hurt by ADL; and more.

Newsweek: Alt-righters declare John McCain’s cancer is ‘godly justice’ for having challenged Trump.

Austin American-Statesman (TX): Texas lawmaker would like to know why militiamen were providing security at event for governor.

Media Matters: Alt-right trolls get their feelings hurt when ADL calls them out with catalog of profiles.

Talking Points Memo: ‘Pizzagate’ promoter responds to ADL’s alt-right list with a video from Auschwitz.

The Hill: GOP Senate candidate attacks Anti-Defamation League for ‘witchhunt' on far right.

Right Wing Watch: Breitbart editor says the goal is the ‘full destruction and elimination of the entire mainstream media.’

Westword (Denver, CO): Inside the arrest of Capitol Hill white supremacist William Scott Planer.

Washington Post: When a car crash toppled a Confederate monument, a Southern town collided with its past.

WTSP-TV (Tampa-St. Petersburg, FL): St. Pete mayoral candidate suggests black man ‘go back to Africa’ during forum.

The Daily Beast: Reptile cult feud, revolving around meat and New World Order paranoia, results in young man’s death.

Mother Jones: This Republican wants to prevent doctors from even learning how to perform abortions.

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