Hatewatch Headlines 11/2/17
The White House is packing the federal bench with young conservative jurists; Colorado gubernatorial candidate Tom Tancredo says he鈥檚 not a white supremacist; a new study shows Islamic extremists and white supremacists are both threats, and more.
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Hatewatch Headlines 11/2/17
鈥� The Senate is processing President Trump鈥檚 judicial nominees at a fast pace in what鈥檚 described as an 鈥渁ggressive effort to pack the federal bench with young conservative jurists.鈥�
鈥� Former five-term Congressman Tom Tancredo, making a third attempt to be governor of Colorado, declares: 鈥淚 am not a white supremacist.鈥�
鈥� Racial tensions in the United States, simmering under the surface, are now out in the open under the Trump administration.
鈥� A new study shows Americans believe that both Islamic extremists and white supremacists represent a threat to U.S. national security.
鈥� In the wake of Tuesday's deadly terrorist truck attack in New York City, some Muslim Americans are expressing concerns over how their religion will be perceived and whether Muslims will become further targets of hate crimes.
鈥� The Religious Right in the United States, viewing its anti-LGBTQ and anti-choice activism as part of a , will participant in training later this month at European Advocacy Academy.
鈥� Frank Wuco, currently the White House senior adviser at the Department of Homeland Security, previously acted as a fiction jihadist in role- playing scenarios for U.S. military officials and public groups anti-Muslim groups.
鈥� A Swedish conference organized by far-right groups has been cancelled amid reports that featured alt-right speaker Richard Spencer from the United States likely would be denied entry into Sweden.
鈥� A blogger says Trump鈥檚 latest tweets are 鈥渄og whistles to white supremacists.鈥�
