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Hatewatch Headlines 6/14/2017

Alex Jones’ owns words about Sandy Hook; Soldier’s arrest highlights extremists’ military links; How Kris Kobach became Trump’s vote-fraud point man; and more.

Media Matters: Here is exactly what Alex Jones has said about the Sandy Hook massacre.

Hollywood Reporter: J.P. Morgan Chase Pulls NBC News ads over Megyn Kelly’s interview with Alex Jones.

Salon: Not even Jones wants his interview with Kelly to be broadcast.

Tampa Bay Times (FL): Arrest of ‘neo-Nazi’ soldier highlights extremists’ links to U.S. military.

New York Times: Meet Kris Kobach, the man behind Trump’s voter-fraud obsession.

The Forward: ‘Holocaust revisionist’ group takes issue with being designated a hate group.

Denver Post: Vice President Mike Pence to speak to extremist anti-LGBT group Focus on the Family.

Oregonian: Portland’s mayor queries police chief about arrest tactics used during June 4 ‘free speech’ event.

Haaretz: Meet Joshua Braff, the only Jew to lead a pro-Trump militia in the U.S.

NBC New York: Group attacks transgender women, tells them to ‘get off our block.’

Idaho Statesman: Torched rainbow flag, reports of racist flyers add to Boise’s recent, worrying vandalism.

WAFF-TV (Huntsville, AL): Ku Klux Klan group shows up to protest LGBTQ Pride parade in the Shoals.

Mother Jones: Refugees in a troubled private-detention center are on hunger strike.

AlterNet: It looks like the right wing has finally given up on gay ‘conversion’ therapy.

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