Hatewatch Headlines 2/13/2018
Sessions praises sheriffs’ ‘Anglo-American heritage’; DOJ aims to cut key office; Nehlen suspended from Twitter over Markle post; and more.
Talking Points Memo: AG Jeff Sessions praises sheriffs for upholding ‘Anglo-American heritage’ of policing.
BuzzFeed: The Justice Department wants to do away with a Civil-Rights-era ‘peacemaker’ office.
New York Times: What is AtomWaffen? It’s a neo-Nazi group now linked to multiple murders.
Newsweek: Alt-right GOP candidate Paul Nehlen suspended from Twitter after racist Meghan Markle post.
Salon: Cheddar Man is black! Scientific find strikes another racial panic for white supremacists.
Think Progress: White nationalists’ favorite social network raises $5 million in funding.
Media Matters: Anti-abortion group Operation Rescue has become fully ‘red-pilled’ by an 8chan conspiracy theory.
Missoulian (MT): Neo-Nazi Andrew Anglin’s attorney calls activist groups, press a ‘phalanx of enemies.’
Right Wing Watch: Far-right radio host claims Barack Obama is forming a private army to assassinate government leaders.
Slog (Seattle, WA): White-nationalist publisher gets boot from gym after anarchist site outs him as member.
Raw Story: Virginia farmers respond brilliantly to racist backlash to their ‘Reject White Supremacy’ sign.
Washington Post: ‘Not the right kind of Catholic’: Teacher fired days after her same-sex wedding.
Morristown Daily Record (NJ): Official’s Facebook post compares immigrants to ‘rabid, messy, mean raccoons.’