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Hatewatch Headlines 6/22/2018

Trump aims to lock up more families; Sinclair segments back Trump, attack media; DeVos scuttles over 1,200 civil rights probes at schools; and more.

AlterNet: Trump has made a complete mess of immigrants’ lives, and administration has no idea how to fix it.

Mother Jones: Trump is trying to find a legal way to lock up even more immigrant families.

Think Progress: Trump’s latest attack on Democrats echoes a conspiracy theory from the fringes of the Internet.

Media Matters: Sinclair ‘must run’ segment on family separation policy and child detention attacks the media, backs Trump.

ProPublica: Betsey DeVos has scuttled more than 1,200 civil-rights probes inherited from Obama.

The Appeal: Immigrant detainees in an Oregon federal prison are being held in general population units.

Vice: The Trump administration is pushing nativist immigration politics on the nation’s sheriffs.

Right Wing Watch: Conspiracy theorist Jerome Corsi just spoke at D.C.’s most powerful think tank.

Washington Post: Donald Trump is a symbol of white identity politics in Europe, too.

Vox: Jeff Sessions faces possible expulsion from United Methodist Church over his migrant policies.

Arizona Republic (Phoenix): Joe Arpaio asks AG Sessions to investigate his 2016 defeat in sheriff’s race.

Oregonian: Oregon DMV employee’s purported Facebook post suggests shooting immigrants at the border.

Raw Story: Racist blocks black woman doctor from entering her own neighborhood, then calls the Atlanta cops on her.

Spokesman-Review (Spokane, WA): ‘Red Pill Expo’ brings range of conspiracy theorists to the Inland Northwest.

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