Editor’s note: This is the second in a series of three articles examining how disinformation, and those peddling it, are impacting the election process.
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Editor’s note: This is the second in a series of three articles examining how disinformation, and those peddling it, are impacting the election process.
In the aftermath of white nationalist and alt-right provocateur Richard Spencer’s shouted-down appearance at the University of Florida in Gainesville on October 19, a lawsuit seeking to force Michigan State University to allow Spencer to speak on its campus continues to work its way through federal court.
Fliers began appearing on the University of Minnesota’s Twin Cities campus in late October featuring the school’s mascot, Goldy Gopher, wearing a sweatshirt with an anti-fascist symbol and hoisting a flag with a crossed-out swastika —“Punch a Nazi? Gopher it!” the flyer read, advertising a “Rally against alt-right hate” on Wednesday, October 25.
Racism on the ballot around the USA; Bundy family trial gets under way in Nevada; Trump’s ambassador for women an ardent anti-feminist; and more.
White supremacists are finding new homes on Russian social media; black transgender people face the more discrimination; the neo-Nazis at Daily Stormer want to make Papa John’s the official pizza of the alt-right, and more.
Tony Perkins, president of the anti-LGBT hate group Family Research Council (FRC), joined a group of evangelical leaders from the United States to meet with Egyptian president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, who has been criticized as a dictator responsible for Egypt’s harshest political repression in the country’s history.
Flyers detailing the location and alleged criminal activity of undocumented immigrants were distributed in Burien, Washington, in October, and underscore the influence anti-immigrant hate groups have had in shaping policy under the Trump administration.
The following is a list of activities and events of anti-LGBT organizations. Organizations listed as anti-LGBT hate groups are designated with an asterisk.
Alliance Defending Freedom just lost another pre-emptive legal challenge filed on behalf of plaintiff Brush & Nib Studio, a Phoenix-based calligraphy company, who claimed their free exercise of religious beliefs were being violated by a local nondiscrimination policy.
Extremists are using private online chats to discuss bomb-making; the Proud Boys are drawing new recruits daily; anti-Semitic incidents are up significantly, and more.
The White House is packing the federal bench with young conservative jurists; Colorado gubernatorial candidate Tom Tancredo says he’s not a white supremacist; a new study shows Islamic extremists and white supremacists are both threats, and more.
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