Ep. 372: The Left's Big Bully

The Southern Poverty Law Center, trading on a reputation it earned suing the remnants of the organized Ku Klux Klan in the 1980s, claims to be an honest watchdog of extremism on the political right. But our guest Tyler O’Neill, a senior editor at the Daily Signal, has written a book on how the organization went from an indigent legal-defense organization (a poverty law center, as it were) to the well-funded public bullying arm of the organized left, and my colleague Robert Stilson has taken a look at just how big the SPLC has gotten compared to other, less politically activist charities. They join me today to discuss the SPLC and its role in present-day politics and the charitable sector.SPLC InfluenceWatch ProfileSPLC’s “charitable” wealthSPLC Smears Another Christian NonprofitThe Woketopus: The Dark Money Cabal Manipulating the Federal GovernmentMaking Hate Pay: The Corruption of the Southern Poverty Law CenterEXCLUSIVE: Anti-Christian Group Advised DOJ Prosecutors on ‘Hate Crimes,’ Docs ShowWhat Went Wrong with the Southern Poverty Law Center?