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    ‘DANGEROUS’: SPLC Hearing Witness Slams Charlie Kirk Statements
    Maya Wiley, the Democrat witness for the House Judiciary Committee, testified before members of Congress that Charlie Kirk made “dangerous” statements preceding his assassination. The House Judiciary Committee held a hearing Wednesday to address allegations of fraud against the left-leaning nonprofit titled “The Southern Poverty Law Center: Manufacturing Hate.” The Daily Signal’s Tyler O’Neil, who…
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    SPLC Leader to Testify Before House Judiciary Committee
    The Southern Poverty Law Center’s interim CEO, Bryan Fair, has agreed to testify before the House Judiciary Committee on June 9, the committee announced Wednesday. A committee spokeswoman told the Daily Signal on Thursday that the hearing will be open to the press and to the public. The committee may have other witnesses present but…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    Victor Davis Hanson: Kamala Harris and the Adolescents of the Left
    Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of today’s edition of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words” from Daily Signal Senior Contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to Victor Davis Hanson’s own YouTube channel to watch past episodes. Jack Fowler: All right, here’s the headline, Victor. Kamala Harris torched for progressive wish list. Here’s the first few paragraphs of this…
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    Jasmine Crockett’s Unhinged Tirade Against Me
    I testified in Congress today, and I can’t help but feel like I was doing the job of Rep. Jasmine Crockett’s therapist. The House Judiciary Committee invited me to speak on the Southern Poverty Law Center, and the Democrats on the committee didn’t exactly like that. The Democrats spent their time defending the poor, sweet,…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    To Save America, We Must Reconnect With the Founders’ Moral Imagination
    Matthew Mehan, author of “The American Book of Fables,” joins Bradley Devlin on a new episode of “Signal Sitdown“ to discuss the “moral imagination” of the Founders and the need during America 250 for the nation to have a “shared memory.” This transcript has been lightly edited for clarity. Bradley Devlin: Why did you write…
    Bradley Devlin
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    ‘POVERTY PALACE’: How Is the SPLC Wealthier Than the YMCA and Planned Parenthood?
    These are the remarks Tyler O’Neil plans to deliver before the House Judiciary Committee in his opening statement Wednesday morning. The text may change between publication now and the testimony then. Chairman [Jim] Jordan, Ranking Member [Jamie] Raskin, members of the committee, I am honored to testify before you today. I will argue that the…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    Kevin Roberts Comments on Southern Poverty Law Center Scam
    On “The Kevin Roberts Show” on May 13, Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts and co-host Larry O’Connor said that the Southern Poverty Law Center has gone from promoting civil rights to encouraging left-wing extremism. “It’s an organization that didn’t monitor violent extremists like they said they did,” O’Connor said. “Over time, it helped redefine ordinary…
    Francesca Cella
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    China-Linked Group’s Socialist ‘Liberation Centers’ Coming to a Town Near You
    THE DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—A socialist group with ties to a China-based financier is setting up indoor hubs for radical activism in neighborhoods across the U.S. The Party for Socialism and Liberation has at least 28 event spaces, often called “Liberation Centers,” open since 2021 or in preparation, a Daily Caller News Foundation review of online…
    Hudson Crozier
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    What You Can Do to Hold the Southern Poverty Law Center Accountable
    The Southern Poverty Law Center faces charges of wire fraud, bank fraud, and conspiracy for sending $3 million to members of white supremacist and neo-Nazi groups. This indictment led me to update the book I wrote in 2020, “Making Hate Pay: The Corruption of the Southern Poverty Law Center.” At the end of the update,…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    UK Horror: Teen Stabbing Victim Dies After Police Arrest Him Rather Than Sikh Attacker
    A teenage stabbing victim bled to death on the street in Southampton after British police arrested and cuffed him rather than his alleged Sikh attacker, after the suspect claimed he’d been racially abused, according to court testimony. Henry Nowak, 18, a finance student at the University of Southampton, was walking home from a night out…
    Al Perrotta
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    Ohio Mom Calls Out Ice Cream Parlor’s Abortion Collab
    A Columbus, Ohio, mom is taking a stand against Jeni’s Ice Creams for its pro-abortion collaborations, calling for a boycott until the company changes its ways and abandons its political agenda. Last week, Caitie Rohrig started an online petition asking Jeni’s to “keep politics out of their ice cream.” The posting on Change.org, which has…
    Rebecca Downs
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    Today’s NFL: Higher Prices, More Politics
    President Donald Trump has lit the National Football League up several times this year. He made it clear that he’s not a fan of several rule changes. He slammed this year’s Super Bowl halftime show, saying that it was “absolutely terrible, one of the worst, EVER! It makes no sense, is an affront to the Greatness of…
    Daniel Suhr
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    How Did This Leftist Group Smuggle Its Divisive Ideas Into 169 School Districts, Without Parents Knowing?
    The Southern Poverty Law Center has spread its woke activist agenda in education to at least 169 school districts in 42 states, according to a new report, and the impact of teachers unions helps explain this expansive influence. Learning for Justice, the SPLC’s education arm, promotes “social justice” activism, pushes racially divisive messaging, and advocates…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    ‘MONETIZING HATE’: Alabama AG Investigates SPLC for Deceptive Practices Amid KKK Funding Scandal
    Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall is demanding the Southern Poverty Law Center hand over donor information, fundraising solicitations, and other internal documents after a federal grand jury indicted the SPLC for allegedly funding members of the very hate groups the SPLC claims it exists to “dismantle.” Marshall’s office issued a formal subpoena to the Montgomery-based…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    A Boycott That’s Increasingly Off-Target: The Pitfalls of Pushing DEI
    In an announcement on YouTube in March, Atlanta pastor Jamal Harrison Bryant said that he and his fellow progressive Target boycotters were declaring victory and going home—or back to Target, as the case may be. “This fight, for us, has now reached its conclusion,” he said. There was only one problem: No one told the…
    Stephen Soukup | Stefan Padfield
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    Arizona School Resource Directed Teachers to Condemn Moms for Liberty, Turning Point USA in Class
    A curriculum audit for an Arizona school district last year identified a resource that urged teachers to direct students to the Southern Poverty Law Center’s “hate map” and avoid the websites of “hate groups” or their sympathizers. Critics have faulted the SPLC for putting mainstream conservative and Christian groups, such as Moms for Liberty, Turning…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    Former SPLC Staffer Spills the Beans on Union-Busting, Israel, Racial Discrimination Claims
    The Southern Poverty Law Center’s hypocrisy knows no bounds. Not only was the SPLC allegedly boosting members of the hate groups it says it exists to oppose while demonizing mainstream conservatives, but it also reportedly settled a racial discrimination lawsuit as recently as 2024. Michael Edison Hayden, who worked as a senior investigative reporter at…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    Judge Orders CAIR to Turn Over Foreign Donor Info to Greg Abbott
    A district court judge ordered the Council on American-Islamic Relations, which bills itself as America’s largest Muslim civil rights group, to hand over donor information to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott. CAIR “will produce documents sufficient to identify the identities of any foreign donor who has given donations … of $5,000 or more to” the CAIR…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    Florida Launches Rival to ‘Woke’ AP US History
    The Florida Department of Education launched a new framework Monday to explicitly compete with “woke” Advanced Placement U.S. history courses, following criticism that the College Board embeds racist bias and “diversity, equity, and inclusion” into such courses. The department will launch the Florida Advanced Courses and Tests framework for U.S. history as a pilot program…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    CORRECTING THE RECORD: The Palisades Fire Was Yet Another Example of Leftist Political Violence
    Democrats’ heated rhetoric may have contributed to the Palisades Fire—but not by warming the global climate. When the Los Angeles-area fire burned 23,707 acres, destroyed 6,833 structures, and killed 12 people, those on the left rushed to blame it on man-made climate change. Only later did we learn that the human causation was far more…
    Tyler O’Neil
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