Hatewatch Headlines 8/2/2018
‘QAnon’ ascends to mainstream at Trump rally; Tommy Robinson freed on bail, retrial set; Jones faces Sandy Hook parents’ wrath in the courtroom; and more.
CNN: ‘QAnon’ ascends from 8chan to YouTube to a Trump rally, as a far-right conspiracy theory goes mainstream.
Guardian: Tommy Robinson freed on bail after court rules his conviction was irregular, orders a retrial.
New York Times: Alex Jones, pursued by Sandy Hook parents over his Infowars falsehoods, faces a critical legal crossroads.
Huffington Post: Spotify pulls Alex Jones’ Infowars radio show after widespread complaints.
ProPublica: Kris Kobach has endured a ton of court defeats in his nativist campaign, but he’s made a ton of money doing it.
Inlander (Spokane, WA): ‘Label lynching,’ the new far-right buzzword, has become part of the Malheur standoff narrative.
AlterNet: Islamophobia in the U.S. is fueled by fake facts and paranoia, and a belief it is inherently dangerous.
Washington Post: There is nothing liberal about fascism, and never has been.
Think Progress: Civil rights groups will converge on Washington to stand against white supremacist rally.
Gothamist (New York City): Identity Evropa activists unhurl a huge banner in New York park denouncing immigration.
The Sun (UK): Photographer captures a disturbing portrait of the real world of American white supremacists.
Media Matters: Jordan Peterson tells ‘Fox & Friends’ that far-left ‘ideologues’ are infiltrating the education system.
FES Connect: Reclaiming the digital space: How we can fight right-wing extremists online.
Oregonian: State trooper who fatally shot LaVoy Finicum is accidentally outed by slipup during FBI agent’s trial.
Times of London: German neo-Nazis have amassed a list of ‘enemies,’ with over 25,000 names.
