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Hatewatch Headlines 2/12/2016

How we became ripe for the far right; Cruz picks up Boykin’s endorsement; ‘Sovereign citizen’ contacts with cops on rise; and more.

The Conversation: Why the United States has become fertile ground for far-right militants.

Think Progress: Koch brothers helping to fund the Bundys’ anti-federal land-seizure agenda.

Orcinus: What the martyrdom of LaVoy Finicum means for the rest of us.

Media Matters: Fox News dismisses video about systemic racism as ‘dumb’ and ‘divisive,’ instead focuses on outraged parents.

Right Wing Watch: Ted Cruz announces endorsement from anti-Muslim, anti-LGBT conspiracy theorist Jerry Boykin.

Joe.My.God: West Virginia House passes anti-LGBT ‘religious liberty restoration’ bill by a wide margin. 

WWMT-TV (Kalamazoo, MI): Taking a look at militia groups in Michigan, again claiming they’re just normal folks.

Raw Story: Anti-gay West Virginia clerk screams at lesbian couple on their wedding day and calls them an ‘abomination.’

Charleston City Paper (S.C.): Dylann Roof’s federal trial on murder and hate-crimes charges is delayed.

Spokesman-Review (Spokane, WA): Antigovernment ‘sovereign citizen’ contacts with law enforcement on the rise, sheriff says.

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