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Hatewatch Headlines 10/18/2017

FRC backers embrace white supremacy, too; Alt-right unsure about white women; Kelly ordered ICE to depict immigrants as criminals; and more.

Rewire: New analysis shows supporters of Family Research Council embrace white supremacy and neo-Nazism.

The New Republic: The alt-right doesn’t know what to do with the white women in their ranks.

Think Progress: Federal judge halts the third version of Trump’s attempted Muslim ban.

The Intercept: White House chief Kelly ordered ICE to portray immigrants as criminals to justify raids.

AlterNet: Why is the FBI targeting ‘black identity extremists’ in the face of a surge of white-supremacist violence?

LGBT MAP: New study examines the coordinated attack on LGBT people, women, parents, children, and health care.

Phoenix New Times (AZ): Steve Bannon attacks ‘globalist elite’ at shady fundraiser for conspiracist Kelli Ward’s Senate campaign.

Media Matters: Alex Jones uses drag queen reading to children as example of ‘globalists’ waging ‘war biologically on humans.’

Daily Beast: Charlottesville hate leader Kessler wanted for arrest after protester was doxxed and swatted.

Washington Post: Florida governor declares state of emergency ahead of Richard Spencer appearance.

Unicorn Riot: It turns out that Spencer’s hulking bodyguard is a member of the National Guard.

Detroit Free Press: University of Michigan blocks release of anti-immigrant godfather John Tanton’s records in lawsuit.

Right Wing Watch: ‘New right’ activists seek to differentiate themselves from their alt-right ex-comrades.

Business Insider: Well-known investment newsletter author is glad ‘white people populated America, not the blacks.’  

Record-Courier (Kent, OH): Kent church vandalized with obscene white-supremacist graffiti.

Raw Story: Giggling Utah cheerleaders scream ‘f--- n*****s’ in a widely shared Instagram video.

ADL: White supremacist banner for ‘Patriot Front’ removed from freeway overpass in Los Angeles.

Daily Progress (Charlottesville, VA): Heather Heyer’s cause of death ruled blunt force trauma.

Channel 4 News (UK): Neo-Nazi ‘National Front’ organizer quits movement, opens up about Jewish heritage, comes out as gay.

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