Southern Poverty Law Center got rich opposing Trump. Now he’s trying to crush it.

WSJ via MSN ^ | May 15, 2026 | Cameron McWhirter, Mark Maremont, Sadie Gurman

[libstripper]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. —President Trump in his first term proved a windfall for the Southern Poverty Law Center, the antiracism nonprofit famed for its courtroom wins against the Ku Klux Klan decades ago.

In 2017, the same year Trump took office and a white-nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Va., turned violent, annual contributions and grants to SPLC surged from $50 million to more than $130 million and have remained above $100 million nearly every year since.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: cameronmcwhirter; charlotsville; fraud; markmaremont; sadiegurman; splc

[libstripper]

A pretty good, well written article by the WSJ that discusses the present and past history of SPLC. My problem with the DOJ litigation against the SPLC is that it doesn't include any of its officers and/or employees who authorized this allegedly criminal activity. Until the DOJ goes after those real people, instead of just a corporate entity, there isn't going to be any real reform.

[ComputerGuy]

Poverty pays

[T.B. Yoits]

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[griswold3]

Yep. Skin in the game would cause them to face the consequences of their actions. They must be made accountable.

[Nateman]

It's a good start. At the very least a prime example of Synthetic Racism.

[T.B. Yoits]

From the Wall Street Journal article: ...a white-nationalist rally in Charlottesville...

It was never a white nationalist rally. It was a staged event and the filthy Wall Street Journal continues the lie.

[delchiante]

Stopped reading at WSJ

[Alberta's Child]

There’s a sound legal reason to pursue criminal charges against the SPLC without charging the employees or (especially) the officers.

Since the SPLC is a corporate entity separate and distinct from its employees and fiduciary officers, these other people can all be compelled to testify in the case as prosecution witnesses.

[Vision]

What a lying, pathetic headline. Evil.

[BuchananBrigadeTrumpFan]

“Stopped reading at WSJ”

Yep!

[Merrick]

Normally I get PO’d when people link reposts by MSN, but since it’s paywalled at WSJ... Thanks.

[Karl Spooner]

Now he is trying to crush them

Oh come on, Donald Jesus Trump wouldn't do that.

[gibsonguy]

Cute how the headline turns the SPLC into a victim.

[libstripper]

And then is followed by a oerfectly reasonable article.

[webheart]

I always add Amen and Donald Trump to my prayers.