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Hatewatch Headlines 7/24/2017

Hate groups hiding behind ‘fake news’ claims; Trump tells vote panel to ‘find something’; Charlottesville rally draws increasingly ugly crowd; and more.

Media Matters: Hate groups like ADF hide years of extremism behind baseless ‘fake news’ accusations.

The Daily Beast: Trump tells his voter-fraud commission: Find me ‘something.’

Just Security: The call is coming from inside the house – homegrown far-right extremist terrorism is here.

New York Daily News: Hillary Clinton’s warnings about the alt-right appear to be prescient now.

The Daily Progress (Charlottesville, VA): ‘Unite the Right’ rally around Confederate monuments attracts increasingly radical crowd.

Reveal News: Meet William Regnery II, the GOP insider who created white nationalist Richard Spencer.

New York Times: Photographer Peter Duke wants to be the Annie Leibovitz of the alt-right.

Forward: Meet the man who wants to trademark the swastika so bigots cannot use it.

Fusion: Police chief of Texas border town claims town official told him to shoot undocumented immigrant children.

Texas Standard: Before the Tea Party and the alt-right, there was the John Birch Society – and now they’re back in Texas.

KPTV-TV (Portland, OR): Oregon leader of National Socialist Movement wants white separatism, repeal of sanctuary status.

Journal Gazette (Fort Wayne, IN): Indiana white supremacist gets 65-year sentence for killing black man in his yard.

Post and Courier (Charleston, SC): City councilman finds noose hanging outside his downtown house.

Nashville Scene (TN): Strength gym in East Nashville has connections to alt-right ‘Operation Werewolf.’ 

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