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Hatewatch Headlines 7/27/2018

A look at ADF’s deep record of extremism; Facebook vows to block race-based ad buys; Inside incels’ dark online world; and more.

Media Matters: The extremism of anti-LGBT powerhouse hate group Alliance Defending Freedom.

ProPublica: Facebook promises to bar advertisers from targeting ads by race or ethnicity. Again.

Talking Points Memo: Today’s voter-suppression tactics have an ugly 150-year history in the U.S.

Huffington Post: A toxic ‘brotherhood’: Inside incels’ unbelievably dark online world.

Right Wing Watch: Alex Jones claims that Trump asks for Infowars transcripts.

Baltimore Sun: Former Maryland student charged with killing black man wants hate crime, murder charges separated.

CNN: A jailed UK anti-Muslim far-right activist has gained some big-name U.S. supporters.

Forward: Is this Jewish doctor secretly a white nationalist?

Advocate: An anti-LGBT preacher gets a six-figure payout after city obstructed his protest at Pride event.

Washington Post: Radio hosts called New Jersey’s Sikh attorney general ‘turban man.’ They’ve been suspended.

Think Progress: Civil rights leaders want California prosecutor fired after racist posts about Maxine Waters, Michele Obama.

Journal-Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI): Judge orders state to cover transgender surgery for two Medicaid recipients.

Crooks and Liars: White woman threatens to call cops on black woman over food stamp dispute.

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