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Hatewatch Headlines 3/19/2018

YouTube app feeds kids conspiracy vids; Pro-Trump group hires noted bigot; Barber creates right-wing ‘hate’ list with SPLC on top; and more.

Business Insider: The YouTube kids app has been suggesting a load of conspiracy videos to children.

The Guardian: Extremism pays, which is why Silicon Valley isn’t shutting it down.

Media Matters: A leading pro-Trump group hired ex-official who said he disliked black, Muslim, and LGBT people.

Right Wing Watch: Matt Barber’s new group is coming up with an anti-Christian ‘hate’ list, with SPLC atop it.

New York Times: Who owns the Vikings? Pagans, neo-Nazis, and advertisers tussle over symbols.

Daily Beast: Suspects in Minnesota mosque bombing accidentally tipped off FBI investigators.

The Intercept: Is ‘Antifa’ counterproductive? White nationalist Richard Spencer would beg to differ.

TruthOut: Yes, there can be successful counter-movements to fascism.

The Guardian: How to troll the left: A guide to understanding the far right’s outrage machine.

The Morning Call (Allentown, PA): Feds say white supremacists discussed bombing counter-protesters at Capitol rally. 

Washington Post: D.C. lawmaker says recent snowfall caused by ‘Rothschilds controlling the climate.’

Think Progress: Georgia GOP pushes elimination of Sunday voting to suppress black vote.

St. Cloud Times (MN): City council member to join CIS panel in D.C. against refugee relocation.

Raw Story: Former employee of Kentucky Creation Museum busted for possession of C-4, arms cache.

Concord Monitor (N.H.): Legislators reject pardon effort for Bundy Ranch standoff figure Gerald DeLemus.

Washington Post: A once-fringe conspiracy theory about George Soros takes center stage in Hungary election.

Al Jazeera: A 28-year-old man leads Croatia’s growing and dangerous version of the alt-right.

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