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Hatewatch Headlines 5/3/2018

How Florida murders exposed fascist youth; Facts show Trump policies based in bigotry; ‘Sanctuary status’ fights fueled by national groups; and more.

Rolling Stone: How a senseless double murder in Florida exposed the rise of a fascist youth movement in the U.S.

CNN: Five ways that hate spreads online.

Washington Post: Trump says his policies aren’t based on bigotry, but then there are the facts.

Los Angeles Times: Sanctuary-state fight at local levels may be orchestrated by national nativist organizations.

Rewire: The new ICE age: Agency has been unleashed amid a tide of associations with nativist hate groups.

Daily Beast: Richard Spencer was supposed to lead the alt-right to victory, but now he’s begging for money.

Talking Points Memo: Black student at American University sues Daily Stormer over neo-Nazi harassment campaign.

Post and Courier (Charleston, SC): Georgia man pleads guilty to threatening to kill U.S. Sen. Tim Scott because he is black.

Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN): Militia accused in Bloomington mosque bombing charged in Illinois indictment, too.

High Plains Reader (Fargo, ND): Nordic Club in Moorhead targeted by white nationalist group.

Forward: Rabbi crashes D.C. council meeting to protest ‘dangerous’ anti-Semitism among members.

Think Progress: Fake ‘antifa’ posts on social media tricked police into a massive show of force at Newnan neo-Nazi rally.

Advocate: California voter guide contains vile anti-trans screed by Constitution Party candidate.

Mother Jones: White police officer involved in fatal California shooting was once charged with a hate crime.

Texas Tribune: Fighting over Confederate monuments, symbols continues across Texas.

Times-News (Greensboro, SC): Neo-Confederate group helps fly Dixie flag over a Hillsborough property.

Politico: ‘Baby Breitbarts’ – right-wing papers full of fake news and bad info – are popping up around rural America.

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