by Antonio Graceffo Apr. 25, 2026 On April 21, 2026, a federal grand jury in Montgomery, Alabama, indicted the Southern Poverty Law Center on 11 counts of wire fraud, false statements to a federally insured bank, and conspiracy to commit concealment money laundering. Prosecutors allege that between 2014 and 2023, the SPLC secretly funneled more than $3 million in donor funds […]
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Upstaging the SPLC: Communist Shapeshifters
by Tom Sunic, Ph.D. April 23, 2026 In part: The True Non-Believers The SPLC’s demonization of right-wing and nationalist circles in the U.S. and EU feels like a reenactment of quasi-judicial proceedings in former communist Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union. Whether other anti-hate think tanks or agencies will now come under the Trump administration’s scrutiny […]
FBI Cuts Ties With Southern Poverty Law Center
Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill, October 3, 2025 FBI Director Kash Patel announced the bureau would sever ties with the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), the second time in a week he has ended a partnership with a group that monitors right-wing extremism. {snip} But Patel accused the group of being a “partisan smear machine.” “The Southern […]
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