Hatewatch Headlines 8/1/2018

NBC News: Sessions’ ‘religious liberty task force’ is part of a dangerous Christian nationalist campaign of discrimination.

Vox: Does serving LGBT customers violate religious freedoms? Americans can’t seem to decide.

Salon: Trump-backed program featured ex-CIA analyst who argues for assassinating opposition to the president.

AlterNet: ‘F--- the press!’ Watch these frenzied Trump fans taunt and ridicule reporters at a Trump rally.

Forward: I’m so much more than just a neo-Nazi, insists Illinois GOP candidate Arthur Jones.

Think Progress: Video shows local GOP leader embracing white nationalist – a week after she disavowed him.

KXLY-TV (Spokane, WA): Spokane County chair apologizes for hosting Allsup: ‘I’m very disappointed in my judgment.’

Pacific Standard: Following Trump’s immigration crackdown, migrants are taking more dangerous routes into the U.S.

Media Matters: Conspiracy theorists gamed celebrities’ YouTube search results to accuse them of pedophilia.

Raw Story: Alex Jones tries to get $100K from parents of Sandy Hook victims who went into hiding over his theories.

Right Wing Watch: Jones travels the spectrum of human emotions over Spotify boycotts.

Ford County Record (Urbana, IL): FBI searching for answers about terrorism plans of militia group’s leader in his emails.

New York Times: Hate-crime charges may be sought in assault on Latino mayor of Seattle suburb.

Oregonian: FBI agent’s flippant remark when asked whether he had fired gun at Finicum recounted at trial.

Register-Guard (Eugene, OR): Black woman speaks out after racist graffiti found outside her apartment.