Hatewatch Headlines 12/19/2016
Hate groups rooted in white supremacism; Spencer eyes bid for Montana seat; Roof forgoes mental health experts; and more.
: Most of America’s hate groups are rooted in white supremacism.
: Donald Trump’s latest Cabinet pick, Montana’s Ryan Zinke, has ties to hate groups, white nationalist candidate.
: Richard Spencer, the Alt-Right leader who yelled ‘Hail Trump!’, eyes run for Congress in Montana.
: White supremacist website posts ‘call for action’ in Whitefish to defend Spencer.
: How a Putin fan overseas pushed pro-Trump propaganda to Americans as the ‘Patriot News Agency.’
: Trump national security pick Monica Crowley repeatedly pushed conspiracy theory about Clinton aide.
: Dylann Roof won’t use mental health experts to try to save his life in sentencing phase.
: Texas State University campus tense with racially charged incidents since Trump’s election.
: FRC’s Tony Perkins wants Trump to ‘ferret out’ State Department’s pro-LGBT officials.
: 19 times Breitbart News cited a discredited hate group to spread harmful lies about pediatric medical care.
: Discovery of white nationalist’s presence roils Los Angeles Japanese-American group.
: The day I went hunting for the Ku Klux Klan, and what I found.
: Group led by white supremacist helps police officer sue Roswell, GA, over Confederate flag.
: Louisiana House candidate says he won’t do business where Muslims are employed.
: Alt-Right ‘dark enlightenment’ group seeks campus ‘safe space’ at Columbia, NYU.
: The seeds of the Alt-Right were planted early, and deep, in our politics.
: A conversation with longtime expert Chip Berlet on the rise of white nationalism.