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Hatewatch Headlines 8/24/2017

Law enforcement sees rising far-right terror threat; White supremacists anti-LGBT bigots too; Militias coming together with radical racists; and more.

Mother Jones: Law enforcement experts fear Trump is fueling a rising terror threat from white supremacists.

Media Matters: ‘F--- you, f------’: The anti-LGBT bigotry of white supremacists and neo-Nazis.

Raw Story: Here’s how Trump and his antifa opponents are helping to merge militia groups and white supremacists.

DefenseOne: Armed militias won’t stop after Charlottesville, and that worries law enforcement.

Newsweek: Anti-fascist protesters fall into neo-Nazis’ trap by confronting them with violence.

New York Times: The hunt is underway for ways to combat online radicalization.

Think Progress: Nearly 30 million Americans think it’s OK to have neo-Nazi views.

Daily Beast: There’s an insidious ideological pipeline from libertarianism to the alt-right.

The Guardian (UK): United Nations committee warns U.S. over ‘alarming’ racism in wake of Charlottesville.

WQOW-TV (Eau Claire, WI): National Socialist Movement gathering in Eau Claire canceled amid wide community opposition.

Los Angeles Times: Federal judge says Arizona's ban on Mexican American studies is racially discriminatory.

Philly.com (PA): South Jersey seller of hate music says he is shutting down to find ‘self peace.’

KCRA-TV (Sacramento, CA): Stanislaus State protesters ask school to expel leader of Identity Evropa white-nationalist group.

Right Wing Watch: John Guandolo says left-wing groups are the ‘leading edge’ in an Islamic conspiracy to overthrow the U.S.

KATU-TV (Portland, OR): Man facing hate-crime charge after verbal attack outside MAX train station.

CBS News: Did murders of roommates expose a neo-Nazi domestic-terrorism plot in Florida?

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