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Hatewatch Headlines 5/7/2018

Russian propaganda can be mind-bending; Ex-Reddit CEO says incels must go; ADF freaks out after Amazon blocks fundraising; and more.

PBS: After a week of consuming nothing but Russian propaganda, I was questioning everything.

The Guardian: What do incels, fascists and domestic terrorists have in common? Violent misogyny.

Inverse: Former Reddit CEO Ellen Pao calls out Silicon Valley to get rid of ‘incel culture.’

Daily Beast: Man arrested for illegal guns belongs to neo-Nazi group that wants ‘ethnostate rape gangs.’

CBC: Montreal neo-Nazi, outed this week, was the lead cheerleader for a deadly American cell.

ProPublica: Marines open investigation into active-duty white supremacist within ranks.

Think Progress: Alliance Defending Freedom freaks out after Amazon blocks it from using donation system to raise funds.

The Verge: GoDaddy pulled Richard Spencer’s white-nationalist alt-right fundraising site offline.

Vice: Facebook’s ‘liberal bias’ audit will be led by an anti-Muslim former Arizona senator.

The Hill: California Senate candidate who admires Hitler kicked out of state’s GOP convention.

Talking Points Memo: Alabama sheriff caught in web of criminal probes asks for constituents’ ‘prayers’.

Newsweek: Despite losing election, tax assessor candidate with white-nationalist ties still garners 40 percent of the vote.

WJHL-TV (Johnson City, TN): Virginia police arrest white supremacist involved in shooting at Clinchburg home after manhunt.

Politico: UC Berkeley panel blasts motives of conservative speakers at ‘free speech’ rallies.

Detroit Free Press: Michigan legislation exempts mostly white rural residents from strict welfare requirements.

Washington Post: Nation of Islam’s presence in D.C.’s mostly black Ward 8 has faded since its heyday.

San Diego Union-Tribune (CA): Gathering of border watchers aims to re-launch Minutemen in response to caravan.

Guernica: Is the U.S. Border Patrol committing crimes against humanity by denying migrants water?

New York Times: Quebec mosque shooter was obsessed with refugees, consumed far-right ideology.

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