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Hatewatch Headlines 9/20/2017

Journalist goes undercover with alt-right; Study painting refugees in positive light nixed; Texas Jews hold service in secret location; and more.

New York Times: Undercover with the alt-right, young journalist exposes white nationalists as they organize.

Vox: Trump administration rejects its own study showing positive impact of refugees.

Newsweek: Jews in Texas have already gone into hiding from neo-Nazis, holding holiday service at a secret location.

Media Matters: After Trump pardon, Joe Arpaio gives interview to publication that denies the Holocaust.

Marketplace: Hate groups try to sidestep Big Tech by moving to their own social media platforms.

Academe Blog: Is Milo Yiannopoulos’ bubble about to burst?

The Conversation: Can taking down websites really stop terrorists and hate groups?

Washington Post: Libertarians have more in common with the alt-right than they want you to think.

Raw Story: Alex Jones’ ex-wife launching website to expose Infowars star’s ‘horrible behavior.’

Right Wing Watch: Carol Swain sees ‘spiritual significance’ in hurricanes, wildfires, says nation is ‘overdue’ for divine judgment.

ShareBlue: Fox News’ newest prime-time host, Laura Ingraham, compares Latinos to ‘wild dogs.’

AlterNet: Republican governors have created a fake news site masquerading as a legitimate publication.

Journal & Courier (Lafayette, IN): White supremacist Identity Evropa group boasts about poster campaign at Purdue.

New York Daily News: Louisiana man suspected in ‘racial’ shooting of two black men faces murder charges; Hitler speech found in home.

Post and Courier (Charleston, SC): Appeals court denies Dylann Roof’s plea to replace his attorneys because they are ‘enemies.’

Think Progress: DREAM students face anxiety, terror amid back-and-forth on DACA.

Oregonian: ICE agents mistakenly try to grab Latino worker near courthouse in Hillsboro.

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