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Hatewatch Headlines 5/10/2016

Bundys file lawsuits, complain about prison; Team Trump a collection of bigots and crazies; Simcox jury selection begins; and more.

The Hill: Cliven Bundy files lawsuit against President Obama, Harry Reid in hopes of getting charges dismissed.

Oregon Public Broadcasting: From prison, Ammon and Ryan Bundy complain of poor jail conditions, unpalatable food.

Right Wing Watch: Meet the bigoted, unhinged conspiracy theorists who make up Donald Trump’s team.

The Daily Beast: Ku Klux Klan’s Trump fans rip the ‘liberal media’ for making them look ‘too racist.’

Huffington Post: Here’s actual evidence that racial fear benefits the Tea Party, and probably Trump too.

KPNX-TV (Phoenix): Jury selection begins for Minuteman founder Simcox’s child molestation trial.

Media Matters: Fox’s Tucker Carlson opines that discrimination against trans students is a ‘frivolous’ issue.

Portland Press Tribune (ME): Gay couple believes torching of Canaan home was a hate crime, but police suspect money dispute.

Arkansas Online: Man accused of threatening Arkansas mayors over Common Core, religion in schools sent back to jail.

Think Progress: Racial life-expectancy gap shrinks to the smallest in American history.

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