Hatewatch Headlines 9/4/18
Human rights groups urge senators to grill Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh as hearings begin today; should Trump’s evangelical advisers be exempt from disclosure laws? Mollie Tibbetts family says don’t use her death to advance racism, and more.
INTO: As Senate confirmation hearings begin today for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, various human rights groups call on senators to grill him on his LGBTQ views.
New York Times: An Idaho-based racist is believed behind a new series of racist robo calls in Florida targeting the state's first black, major party nominee for governor.
Times-News: Three arrested and pepper bombs deployed as opposing protests over the Confederate monument known as Silent Sam continue to inflame North Carolina.
The Hill: Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey overruled decisions to kick conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and white nationalist Richard Spencer off the platform.
The Intercept: President Trump’s former acting director of ICE will be a special honoree at an upcoming convention of ACT for America, an anti-Muslim organization linked to white supremacists.
New York Post: A North Carolina police officer is now on paid leave after being photographed with a tattoo associated with a national antigovernment group.
SPIN: Trump appointees had a bad month in the category of “associating with fascists.”
Detroit Free Press: Antisemitic flyers featuring crude caricatures of Jews are discovered outside a Methodist church in Ferndale, Michigan.
Des Moines Register: Mollie Tibbetts' father: Don't distort her death to advance racist views.
ProPublica: There’s a move to tackle racial extremists in the U.S. Marine Corps.
Americans United: The Trump administration is told to shut down the president’s Evangelical Advisory Board until it complies with federal sunshine laws.
