Hatewatch Headlines 12/6/2017
Court’s questions suggest grim day for LGBT rights; Pompeo would deepen Trump’s Islamophobia; How white supremacists raise their money; and more.
Think Progress: LGBT rights just had a horrible day in the Supreme Court.
The Root: Mike Pompeo’s elevation to Secretary of State would only make Trump’s anti-Muslim rhetoric even worse.
Right Wing Watch: Roy Moore calls his critics ‘unforgivable’ and ‘pure evil.’
ADL.org: Funding hate: How white supremacists raise their money.
Tablet: The anatomy of the modern American radical right, and how many of them are there anyway?
Pacific Standard: How pervasive hate speech boosts intolerance and bigotry.
Salon: Alt-right women are upset that alt-right men are treating them terribly.
The Verge: YouTube promises more moderation to prevent ‘bad actors’ from ‘exploiting our openness.’
New Statesman (UK): Why people are fleeing to virtual Germany in order to escape the online Nazis.
The Guardian (UK): Muslim director recalls filming neo-Nazis at Charlottesville: ‘I thought – I’m not going to make it out.’
Kansas City Star (MO): Missouri man accused of assaulting FBI agents investigating threats at Jewish sites.
Church and State: Far-right Arizona pastor Steven Anderson calls for gays to be executed by Christmas.
Bustle: Colorado Republican lawmaker Judy Reyher creates a stir with racially incendiary Facebook posts, and her apologies.
WTVR-TV (Charlottesville, VA): Christopher Cantwell, white nationalist accused of using tear gas, granted bond.
The Chronicle (Willimantic, CT): University of Connecticut revising speaker policies after disastrous event featuring ‘alt-lite’ speaker.
Tennessean: Shia LeBeouf says neo-Nazis stole his art project in Greenville, Tenn.
South Florida Gay News: Hate group files lawsuit against Tampa Bay over conversion-therapy ban.
CNN: ‘Vanguard America’ posts bigoted flyers on Southern Methodist campus.
New York Daily News: Anti-Semitic crook breaks into Jewish nursing home in the Bronx, threatens to kill elderly man.
Sacramento Bee (CA): White supremacist rejects plea deal for charges arising from attacks at Capitol rally.
