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On June 9, interim president and CEO Bryan Fair of the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) was called to testify before the House Judiciary Committee. The purpose of the hearing was to learn more about SPLC\u2019s \u201cfunding, advocacy work and influence on public institutions.\u201d<\/p>

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The organization was formed in 1971 as a nonprofit legal advocacy group, focusing on civil rights and public interest litigation. It began providing, for public access, numerous organizations SPLC considered to be \u201chate\u201d groups. Like the lyrics from the 1956 ballad written for the television program Robin Hood, SPLC also was \u201cfeared by the bad, loved by the good.\u201d It became a champion for the racially oppressed, targeting and, largely due to its early efforts, bankrupting one of the largest and most violent Ku Klux Klan (KKK) factions\u2014the United Klans of America\u2014in 1990.<\/p>\n

But, unlike Robin Hood who stayed the course to remain loved by the good, at some point in time SPLC crossed over to the dark side. Unbelievably, the crossover even involved the alleged funding of a KKK group and other hate organizations appearing on its list.<\/p>\n

As a result of the above, in April 2026, a grand jury indicted SPLC on eleven charges including wire fraud, false statements, and conspiracy to commit money laundering. Millions of dollars were allegedly funneled to the same extremist groups SPLC sought funding to challenge.<\/p>\n

Of interest as well to committee members who questioned Fair at the hearing was SPLC\u2019s methodology for identifying those groups on its hate list. In 2025, its list tallied 1,263 names. But what is most telling is what groups failed to appear on the list.<\/p>\n

The SPLC list includes 96 names for having an anti-LGBTQ ideology\u2014some of which are Christian groups. However, despite the fact Muslims condemn homosexuality, not a single Islamic group appears on the list. Asked about this by the committee, Fair ridiculously responded SPLC does not \u201ctarget any group because of its religion.\u201d As Act for America\u2019s Brigette Gabrielle has said about SPLC, it \u201csmears Christians daily but shields radical Islam.\u201d<\/p>\n

Interestingly, one of the first groups to jump to SPLC\u2019s defense after the indictment was filed was Islamic. CAIR (Council on American-Islamic Relations)\u2014which claims to be the nation\u2019s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy group (and apparently lacking any hateful genes in its body)\u2014declared solidarity with SPLC. It condemned the prosecution as a \u201ctransparently political attack on the rule of law.\u201d This is the same CAIR that in 2025 was declared a \u201cterrorist organization\u201d both in Florida and Texas and, contrary to the rule of law, also supports implementation of Islamic law.<\/p>\n

Another name missing from SPLC\u2019s list is the domestic terrorist group Antifa. Fair dismisses this, not as an oversight, but justified as Antifa is nothing more than an ideology rather than an organization.<\/p>

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We have heard the ideology defense before from leftists, but it is complete ignorance to do so. On March 13, 2026, nine Antifa members were convicted by a federal jury in Texas for rioting, utilization of weapons and explosives, providing material support to terrorists, obstruction, and attempted murder of a police offier\u2014criminal activities occurring at the Prairieland ICE Detention Center on July 4, 2025. It is not an ideology that is now serving time in a Texas prison.<\/p>\n

Additionally, Antifa has been designated as a \u201cdomestic terrorist organization\u201d by President Donald Trump as of September 2025. Yet this prompted no action by SPLC to appropriately label it as a hate group, apparently believing terrorists harbor no hatred.<\/p>\n

Inexcusable too is that, while SPLC takes the position no Islamic group qualifies for its list, Charlie Kirk\u2019s organization (Turning Point USA), as well as PragerU, the world\u2019s largest conservative nonprofit organization, both find themselves on it.<\/p>\n

As Fair was pressed during his testimony, he inadvertently admitted SPLC meets its own hate standard. The acknowledgement came with the declaration, \u201cWe list groups that demonize or vilify people based on immutable characteristics or that express anti-government conspiracy theories.\u201d<\/p>\n

Committee Chairman Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Oh) queried Fair as to what caused SPLC to discontinue its \u201cInformant\u201d Program\u2014in which extremists were paid by the group\u2014and was one of the key reasons it is now being investigated by Congress. Jordan asked, \u201cYou said the program was successful, helpful, but now you\u2019re stopping it.\u201d To this Fair answered, \u201cWe stopped the program because we believe hate and extremism has migrated significantly online and into government agencies.\u201d His response left Jordan chuckling and to comment, \u201cThat makes no sense.\u201d<\/p>\n

Yet, this is the same theme of SPLC\u2019s recent annual report entitled, \u201cYear in Hate and Extremism.\u201d As the report was actually published during the hearing, Fair undoubtedly thought to himself, \u201cThat\u2019s my story and I\u2019m sticking to it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sociopath traits include manipulation, impulsiveness and a lack of empathy. Listening to Fair\u2019s testimony concerning SPLC\u2019s motivations, one wonders if a nonprofit organization is capable of being sociopathic as well.<\/p>

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