Hatewatch Headlines 7/27/2017
DOJ argues against protections for LGBT workers; Transgender ban reflect rise of hate groups; Report finds sheriffs colluding with nativist groups; and more.
Think Progress: Justice Department brief argues against protections for LGBT workers.
Newsweek: How Trump’s sudden transgender military ban reflects rise of anti-LGBT hate groups in White House.
Media Matters: Right-wing media and hate groups applaud Trump for banning transgender people from serving in the US armed forces.
Imagine 2050: Report exposes sheriffs colluding with anti-immigrants to a surprising extent.
Las Vegas Review-Journal (NV): Bundy supporter Gregory Burleson sentenced to 68 years in prison for role in standoff.
Reveal News: Meet the KKK apologists and anti-Semites who helped build the alt-right.
The Atlantic: Frank Gaffney and the denationalization of American Muslims in Trump’s White House.
Raw Story: Alt-right figure Charles Johnson asked to appear before Senate Intel committee about role in emails and Russia.
BuzzFeed: The pro-Trump media is full of offensive memes and trolls, but is it a hate group?
Talking Points Memo: Another federal judge knocks Kris Kobach for a ‘pattern’ of misleading statements.
Right Wing Watch: Ann Coulter, friend of white nationalists, invited to White House to berate Trump on immigration.
The Root: ‘KKK Hate Muslims, We Will Kill You’: Police investigate hateful messages left at home of Muslim family in New York.
USA Today: Oregon legislators push nativist initiative to allow local police to enforce federal immigration laws.
Fox News: Internal Revenue Service approves parameters for Tea Party group to obtain tax-exempt status.
Salon: Petition calls for replacing a Confederate monument with a manatee memorial.
