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Hatewatch Headlines 10/30/2017

Attack on interracial couple under investigation; Millions buy into racist myth about blacks; Gillespie complains about being linked to white nationalists; and more.

Tennessean: Altercation between White Lives Matter supporters and interracial couple in Brentwood under police investigation.

USA Today: Religious leaders denounce White Lives Matter, warning ‘This movement is evil.’

AlterNet: How millions of white Americans have bought into a racist myth about black America.

Oregonian: ‘Black identity extremists’ join Portland protesters under Homeland Security’s domestic terrorist list.

Mother Jones: You can’t back white nationalist shrines and then complain when you’re linked to white nationalists, Ed Gillespie.

Vice: Self-proclaimed ‘ex-gay’ man now leading ‘Catholic alt-right’ movement, the Church Militant.

Media Matters: CNN contributor Ed Martin co-authored book suggesting non-European immigrants can’t have American values.

Kansas City Star (MO): Racially fueled Ozarks melee involves a ‘No Mexican crossin’ sign, pigs, and ‘a guy they call Fluffy.’

Think Progress: Reddit may have banned white nationalists from its website, but the battle is far from over.

The Hill: Milo Yiannopoulos no longer attending Phoenix event after venues declined to host him.

CBS News: Tennessee woman, ACLU win appeal in ‘white supremacist’ defamation lawsuit.

Right Wing Watch: Matt Barber cites hoax news story in order to link LGBT activists to pedophilia.

Salon: Driver plows into pro-immigration protesters in California’s Orange County.

Reveal News: How Trump is expanding the government’s secret deportation weapon in its anti-immigration push.

The Root: Two teens in rural Georgia arrested, charged with plotting terrorist attack on their high school.

Seattle Times: Free-speech expert advises letting divisive speakers like Richard Spencer talk, but set ground rules.

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