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Hatewatch Headlines 7/20/2018

GOP doesn’t care that King is a white supremacist; Stewart runs from ties to alt-right; Proud Boys headed for the heart of antifa territory; and more.

Huffington Post: Rep. Steve King is a white supremacist, and the GOP doesn’t seem to care.

Richmond Times-Dispatch (VA): Corey Stewart’s campaign attacks media, refuses to address staffer ties to Jason Kessler.

Right Wing Watch: Neo-Nazi Patrick Little is welcome to speak at ‘Unite the Right 2,’ despite Kessler’s assertions.

The Daily Progress (Charlottesville, VA): Prosecutors ask for Christopher Cantwell’s bond to be revoked.

Raw Story: DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen refuses to condemn white-supremacist violence at Charlottesville.

Think Progress: These two psychologists are dismantling the myth of white superiority.

Daily Beast: Proud Boys, the infamous right-wing brawlers, head to the heart of Antifa territory.

Chicago Sun-Times: Neo-Nazi Art Jones walks through his precincts handing out antisemitic literature.

CNN: Zuckerberg’s comments on Holocaust denial give extremist antisemites an opening.

L.A. Taco: There’s soul searching in the Los Angeles bar industry after Proud Boys create a scene on the Eastside.

The Baffler: Violence fueled by Proud Boys in Portland demonstrates the limits of ‘civility.’

Media Matters: A GOP Twitter account is spreading the baseless ‘QAnon’ conspiracy theory.

Oregonian: Nativist group’s initiative to repeal state ‘sanctuary’ status makes it to the November ballot.

Fox6Now (Milwaukee, WI): Extremist ex-sheriff David Clarke’s 2015 trip expenses paid by alleged Russian agent’s group.

USA Today: BBQ Becky and Permit Patty: Why the Internet is shaming white people who call police on black people.

Right Wing Watch: Star Parker says the ‘B’ in LGBT stands for ‘bestiality.’

Minneapolis Star-Tribune (MN): Rural Minnesota man planned a ‘second American Revolution,’ prosecutors say.

Metro Weekly (Washington, DC): Bartender claimed Uber driver kicked him out of car for being gay.

Inlander (Spokane, WA): Idaho man charged with hate crime for assaulting, hurling racial slurs at teens at McDonalds.

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