Hatewatch Headlines 11/15/2018
Nazi brothers tied to synagogue shooter, alt-right; Hate-crimes bill languishes in Congress; Philadelphia braces for hate groups at ‘pro-police’ rally; and more.
Talking Points Memo: Neo-Nazi D.C. brothers linked to synagogue shooter had extensive alt-right connections.
Media Matters: Here’s what you need to know about Jack Posobiec, the pro-Trump figure linked to neo-Nazis.
Think Progress: As hate crimes rise, a bill to address the problem languishes in Congress.
Esquire: The country has a violent white nationalist problem.
Washington Post: Trump refuses to acknowledge the fraught history of nationalism.
Rewire News: Hate-group figures are coming to Philadelphia’s ‘pro-police’ rally.
Motherboard: Meet the data scientist tracking America’s white-supremacist groups.
AlterNet: QAnon’s true believers are devastated as the conspiracy theory goes down in flames – and it won’t end well.
Right Wing Watch: Christian nationalist David Lane is praying for Republican Young Kim to win CA-39.
Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Georgia officials reject proposed white-supremacist rally at Stone Mountain.
Charlotte Observer (NC): Decades before Pittsburgh, two Charlotte-area synagogues escaped tragedy.
Salon: Inside the ‘soy boy’ conspiracy theories, combining the warped worlds of misogyny and pseudoscience.
MassLive: Muslim student receives threatening letters at Framingham elementary school.
Omaha.com (NE): Just days after narrowly winning re-election, Steve King gets called out by Iowa’s governor.
Oregonian: Portland mayor’s plan to restrict protests runs aground in city council vote.
Raw Story: Kansas official known for racist rants tells black citizens he’s ‘part of the master race.’
WNCN-TV (Durham, NC): Cary man admits to passing out neo-Nazi fliers in neighborhood, police say.
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin (CA): Westboro Baptist protest in Claremont, is met by counter-protesters.
CTV Montreal News: Montreal police issue warrant for neo-Nazi Gabriel Sohier Chaput on hate-speech charge.