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Via the Washington Post: George Zimmerman shot and killed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin on February 26, 2012. Zimmerman was charged with second-degree murder and manslaughter, then acquitted by a Florida jury on July 13, 2013. The case sparked a nationwide debate and protests over “stand your ground” laws and race relations in the United States. Now, Zimmerman is auctioning off the …

Mediaite reports: The white nationalist who ended up on Donald Trump‘s delegate slate spoke out on CNN this afternoon about what the Trump campaign called a serious “error.” Johnson said he absolutely believes that explanation and says he has taken steps to resign, even if it’s too late for him to do so. Jake Tapper then asked him about his, …

Newsweek reports: Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke lauded Donald Trump’s rise to become the Republican nominee on Wednesday, saying that he had overcome “Jewish supremacists who control” the United States. The notorious white supremacist had previously endorsed Trump and the billionaire construction magnate failed to reject Duke’s approval in February. On his radio show on Wednesday, Duke launched into …

That’s Cruz supporter Ben Shapiro on the left. From the Daily Stormer: Our very own Aryan Wisdom has produced a fantastic and inspiring new video based on the movie 300 showing Donald Trump leading an army of the White race against the barbarian hordes. Excellent job, brother. One of the funniest and most moving Trump videos I’ve seen yet. You …

Via Media Matters: Donald Trump ally Roger Stone has repeatedly used his Twitter account to call for the killing of public figures. Stone tweeted that Hillary Clinton and George Soros should be “executed,” Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) should be “shot” for “treason,” and “angry citizens should find and hang” Gov. Dannel Malloy (D-CT). He wrote that former Sen. Rick Santorum …

These guys were allegedly working on behalf of nutcase white supremacist Michael Peroutka [photo]. The Baltimore Sun reports: Maryland’s state prosecutor on Thursday charged two Republican strategists with distributing an illegal robocall considered by many an attempt to smear an openly gay local candidate in 2014. Prosecutor Emmet Davitt announced charges against Dennis Fusaro, a national Republican figure best known …

From the New York Post: While Ivana says she’s not political — “I was born in a Communist country [Czechoslovakia] and I don’t like politics” — she frets that America has lost its prestige. “We have to get it back.” The first step? Adopting Donald’s immigration policies. “And I’m an immigrant,” Ivana says. “I have nothing against Mexicans, but if …

Mississippi’s anti-LGBT hate law may reach the desk of Gov. Phil Bryant today and this is the story currently leading his state’s headlines. From the Jackson Clarion-Ledger: A Mississippi RV park owner evicted an interracial couple because of the color of their skin. “Me and my husband, not ever in 10 years have we experienced any problem,” said Erica Flores …

From Wichita’s ABC affiliate: Wichita police released surveillance video Wednesday of a reported attack on two Wichita State students at a Kwik Shop convenience store near the WSU campus. Khondoker Usama, an alleged victim, stands by his story that a hate crime was committed against him and a friend after seeing the video. “It strengthens my side of the narrative,” …

But apparently PBS didn’t notice the woman’s coded “Heil Hitler” tattoo on her left hand. Or her “White Pride Worldwide” tattoo on her right. It was Gawker that noticed: Last night, PBS NewsHour ran a story on the Tilly family of Fayetteville, North Carolina. The Tillys do not have a history of being active in politics, but various members of …

And they threw in anti-gay and racist slurs as well. The Chicago Tribune reports: A Cook County judge on Saturday lashed out at two Northwestern University freshmen accused of spray-painting racist and homophobic messages along with the name of Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump inside a nondenominational chapel on the university’s campus. “These allegations are disgusting to me,” Judge Peggy …

From the New York Daily News: Another rally, more hate — again. Donald Trump’s protest-filled campaign continued with a bloody stop Friday in St. Louis, where several protesters were tossed from the event, including a black man hauled off by police with a bloodied face. The bellowing blowhard’s gathering at the Peabody Opera House downtown was interrupted several times, prompting …

From their story: Make America hate again. An elderly goon who sucker-punched a black protester at a Donald Trump rally in North Carolina said he has no regrets about his hateful actions and warned the level of violence could be ramped up. “Next time we see him, we might have to kill him!” 78-year-old John McGraw told “Inside Edition” Wednesday …

From the petition posted by MoveOn: Donald Trump has repeatedly belittled Latinos, Muslims, Black people, women and people with disabilities with his hate speech, misogyny, Islamophobia, and racism. This has greatly inflamed a national atmosphere already hostile to these groups and is inspiring a dramatic rise in harassment and violent attacks against these groups. Now companies like Google, AT&T, Coca …

Via Mediaite: David Duke really lost it during an interview today with Newsmax TV host Steve Malzberg. Malzberg couldn’t even get through the intro before Duke started shouting at and objecting to what he was saying. He angrily ranted about how he’s referred to as an ex-KKK grand wizard when the late Democratic senator Robert Byrd was not afforded the …

Via Media Matters: Donald Trump’s presidential campaign gave press credentials to the white nationalist radio program The Political Cesspool, which says it will soon air an interview with Donald Trump Jr. National civil rights groups have criticized the program for supporting anti-Semites, Holocaust deniers, and white supremacists like David Duke. The show openly states on its website that it’s a …

From the Washington Post: House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.) issued a stern rebuke Tuesday to his party’s presidential front-runner, calling Donald Trump’s recent equivocation about receiving support from white supremacists a “fundamental” break from conservative orthodoxy. “This party does not prey on people’s prejudices,” Ryan told reporters at the weekly House GOP leadership news conference. Without addressing Trump by …

Brian Tashman has the transcript at Right Wing Watch: “We must understand that we are now in a struggle for the survival of European mankind. We must never mince our words about that. We are going down in numbers, all over the world. Mass immigration is going to completely remake our countries, our politics, our values, our religious beliefs, everything …

Seriously. This just happened. TIME recaps the clip below: Donald Trump on Sunday refused to condemn the Ku Klux Klan or disavow his recent endorsement by former Klansman David Duke. The Republican front runner said he didn’t know enough about Duke to publicly denounce the former KKK leader, who told his followers earlier this week that voting for anyone but …

From the story accompanying today’s front page: Donald Trump’s been knighted by racist David Duke. The former grand wizard of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan told his bigoted followers that not voting for Trump would be “treason to your heritage” and implored them to volunteer for the billionaire candidate because they would find like-minded haters in the campaign. …