Hatewatch Headlines 12/19/2017
How nationalists tapped into pent-up racism; Charlottesville police chief steps down; Conspiracists falsely blame derailment on ‘antifa’; and more.
USA Today: How white nationalists tapped into decades of pent-up racism to spark a movement.
Recode: Twitter’s new rules could result in a major purge of alt-right accounts.
Washington Post: Charlottesville police chief resigns in wake of report on white-supremacist rally.
Salon: Alt-right goes anti-capitalist? Well, so they say.
Newsweek: ‘Antifa’ falsely linked to Washington train derailment by right-wing conspiracy peddlers.
AlterNet: Is FCC chairman Ajit Pai a closeted alt-right sympathizer?
Huffington Post: ‘Trump Effect’ means rise both in positive attitudes toward Muslims and in hate.
Mostly Muslim: Why I stopped publicly condemning terrorism attacks as a Muslim.
Media Matters: Latest far-right conspiracy: The CIA hacked a Hawaii database to forge Obama’s birth certificate.
PolitiFact: GOP lawmaker claims FBI purged Muslim-related training documents, but we found that was just half the truth.
Right Wing Watch: ‘Constitutional Sheriff’ Richard Mack announces he’s making a run for Congress.
Think Progress: Two immigrant teenagers detained by Trump administration can get abortions, judge rules.
NBC News: Ex-student accused of harassing black roommate won't be charged with hate crime.
ADL.org: Backgrounder: ‘Patriot Front.’
