Hatewatch Headlines 12/8/2016
What you need to know about white nationalism; Dylann Roof’s trial opens; Jones keeps pushing ‘Pizzagate’ theories; and more.
Vox: Everything you were afraid to ask about white nationalism’s new place in American politics.
Herald-Times (Bloomington, IN): Breaking down white nationalists’ rhetoric reveals their deeply supremacist ideas.
The New York Times: Heart-rending testimony from eyewitness to slaughter open Dylann Roof’s trial in Charleston.
Slate: Trump campaign admits pizza-sex-conspiracy weirdo was involved in transition.
NPR: Radio conspiracy theorist Alex Jones claims the ear of Trump, and pushes ‘Pizzagate’ fictions.
Washington Post: ‘Pizzagate’: From rumor, to hashtag, to gunfire in D.C.
The New York Times: Comet Ping Pong gunman answers our reporter’s questions.
The Atlantic: Did Jeff Sessions really champion desegregation? His real-life record is remarkably thin in that regard.
Talking Points Memo: How an Islamophobic smear trickled down from Fox Business News to hit one family in Alaska.
Oregonian: Three Malheur refuge occupiers claim to be on terrorism watch list, and evidence suggests it’s true.
OC Weekly (Orange County, CA): OC Klan Grand Dragon William Ernest Hagen held in North Carolina stabbing of fellow Klansman.
USA Today: Hundreds of students protest appearance at Texas A&M by white nationalist Richard Spencer.
Raw Story: Sandy Hook ‘truther’ arrested in Florida for making threats against the father of slain boy.
San Diego Union-Tribune (CA): In diverse California, young white supremacist Nathan Damigo seeks college-age recruits.
Right Wing Watch: Iowa radio host Steve Deace calls for ‘D-Day-like’ ‘cleansing’ to stop the ‘Rainbow Jihad’ that wants ‘to kill us.’
