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.