Posted on 04/23/2026 10:39:13 AM PDT by PJ-Comix
Despite listing the charges in the indictment of the Southern Poverty Law Center and without even questioning their validity, the Associated Press writes it off as a 'political weapon' on the part of the Trump administration.
The AP's Collin Binkley, Alanna Durkin Richer, and Rebecca Boone came up with this remarkable summary of the indictment on Tuesday in "Southern Poverty Law Center charged with defrauding donors with payments to extremist informants."
They gave an inclusive summary of the serious charges against the SPLC ...before essentially writing them off as politically motivated.
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Funny, because the SPLC itself IS “a political weapon.”
I Guess funding the KKK is no bad thing.
But pointing it out and telling people — “Hey! Those guys are funding the KKK!” that would be an evil, political dirty trick?
The Media has a really flexible view of journalism and the concept of”covering the news”.
Geez. They might want to check which other lefties, such as the “media” were also feeding the KKK and White Supremacy Nazis.
The AP should be framed as a political weapon for the communists.
ActBlue, Open Society, Tides Center... If one didn't have a secure future they could consider opening a right wing hate group as a source of income.
It was inevitable that the AP would frame the indictments as Trump seeking revenge on his critics, rather than addressing the actual terms of the indictments. It is also inevitable that they would not condemn the SPLC for funding right-wing groups that it labeled as “terrorist” and “extremist.” The AP is a partisan POS organization, not an objective news agency. They are a bunch of dangerous buffoons.
Because of the SPLC Heather Heyer is dead, and James Fields is in prison life ruined forever. The SPLC also went after Gavin McInnes, and Stephen Crowder, and probably a hell of a lot more. They deserve a lot worse than indictment.
pic.twitter.com/BPBiGlU1yU— William A. Jacobson (@wajacobson) April 22, 2026
Why not fund it? After all, it is a Democrat organization.
I mean, they are in a way: they bankrupted the Klan in the 1980s.
Gotta protest their fellow travelers.
USAID funding. Gone
ActBlue funding. Gone.
SPLC ($800 million) Soon to be frozen out of rat war chests.
Democrats haven’t been this mad since the GOP took away their slaves.
That’s why they’re called Ass Press. The SPLC openly defrauding their donors apparently isn’t a problem, false flag funding isn’t either, but revealing the scam publicly is.
Funny, because the SPLC itself IS “a political weapon.”
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That’s the whole point.
When the media runs interference for democrat corruption, they attack the messenger with allegations of corruption.
The the easiest foil. Accuse your accuser of what you are accused of.
Example: if you were to try to uncover election fraud, they will accuse you of election interference.
Don’t forget Charlie Kirk.
Do we need Matt Damon to explain how this works?
Funding for Jan 6 and acts of the paid are fact or fiction.
USAID funding of spontaneous activities world wide is fact or fiction. And then USAID funding of news media coverage of those same events .
This has a long tradition.
Back in the pre-JFK assassination days there was mysterious funding of both left wing and right wing groups... of National Student Assn, Young Peoples Socialist League, Young Socialist Alliance, etc.
It was the SPLC that was weaponizing itself, not the prosecutors who caught them.
-PJ
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