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Hatewatch Headlines 9/1/2017

Why Islamophobia has never been stronger; Clarke expected to take Trump admin post; Stormer tries, and fails, to get back online in Albania; and more.

Talking Points Memo: Islamophobia in the time of Trump: Why the anti-Muslim industry has never been stronger.

Politico: Sheriff David Clarke leaves Milwaukee post, expected to take job in Trump administration.

Newsweek: Neo-Nazi site Daily Stormer tried to get back online in Albania, but it failed there, too.

Slate: After Charlottesville, the alt-right and other extremists have become less welcome on the web, so they’re building their own.

Willamette Week: Preacher aligned with ‘Patriot Prayer’ promises ‘bloodshed’ at future right-wing rallies.

Think Progress: The history behind the racist ‘looting’ narrative that has resurfaced after Harvey.

Raw Story: Armed right-wing militias ripped for bringing guns to ‘help’ Harvey survivors in Houston.

Axios: Poll finds 9 percent of Americans think it’s OK to hold white-supremacist views.

Media Matters: Alex Jones says ‘one of the only good things in Islam’ is that ‘they’ll execute you for abortion.’

Review-Journal (Las Vegas, NV): Judge sets October trial for Cliven Bundy, others involved in standoff.

Spokesman-Review (Spokane, WA): White Puyallup teen charged with stabbing Sikh cab driver to death in Idaho.

Vox: ‘We only shoot black people,’ Georgia cop assures woman in traffic pullover video.

KOB-TV (Albuquerque, NM): Two high-school students suspended after posting racist image of Klan hoods on classmates.

Kansas City Star (MO): Missouri lawmaker posts wish that persons who vandalized Confederate monument be hanged.

Right Wing Watch: Mark Taylor claims Freemasons and Illuminati are using special frequency to change DNA and make people hate Trump.

Inside Philanthropy: A look at the dark side of philanthropy, where tax-exempt donations fund white supremacists.

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