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Hatewatch Headlines 6/2/2016

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Trump borrows Jones’ California water theory; Symbol helps neo-Nazis target Jews; Arpaio guilty of perjury, criminal referral next; and more.

Washington Spectator: Donald Trump’s California water conspiracy theory is straight out of Alex Jones.

Talking Points Memo: ADL forms task force to examine torrent of anti-Semitic hate speech against journalists who criticize Trump.

Mic: How neo-Nazis use a secret symbol marked by parentheses to target and harass Jews online.

Right Wing Watch: Scott Lively thinks President Trump should ‘apologize to the world’ for Obama and mimic Putin on gays.

Phoenix New Times: Federal judge finds Sheriff Joe Arpaio committed perjury in civil-rights case, criminal referral coming.

Crosscut: The twisted logic of Ann Coulter and the ‘patriots’ who took over the Oregon refuge.

Political Research Associates: David Lenio, white nationalism, and the racial double standards in a mass shooting threat case.

Raw Story: North Carolina Airbnb host rejects and harasses black businesswoman, saying ‘I hate n—— so I’m going to cancel.’

Salon: There’s a new push to curtail online bigotry, but the toxic sludge of hate is too enormous to erase.