House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan has subpoenaed the Southern Poverty Law Center and its CEO Bryan Fair to testify before Congress, and if you listen closely you can hear the sound of paper shredders working overtime in Montgomery, Alabama.
Couldn't have happened to a nicer bunch of grifters.
The hearing is set for June 9 at 10 a.m. Eastern, and it promises to be one of the most satisfying congressional events in recent memory. The SPLC — the organization that built a cottage industry out of labeling mainstream conservative groups as "hate groups" while raking in hundreds of millions of dollars — is finally going to have to answer questions under oath.
And there are a LOT of questions. House Judiciary Republicans issued the subpoena after the SPLC was already facing a federal indictment charging the organization with wire fraud and false statements. That's right — the group that appointed itself America's moral authority on "hate" got indicted by a federal grand jury. The U.S. Department of Justice apparently thinks the SPLC's definition of fraud applies to the SPLC itself.
But the congressional investigation goes even deeper than the criminal charges. Jordan and his committee want evidence of collusion between the SPLC and the Biden-Harris administration. Specifically, they want to know how the SPLC's infamous "Hate Map" — a tool that has been used to smear everyone from conservative Christian organizations to immigration enforcement advocates — was coordinated with federal power.
Think about that for a second. A private nonprofit that decides who gets the "hate group" label may have been working hand-in-glove with the federal government to do it. That's not activism. That's a government-endorsed blacklist with a tax exemption.
For years, the SPLC operated like a protection racket for the institutional left. Disagree with open borders? Hate group. Believe marriage is between a man and a woman? Hate group. Think biological men shouldn't compete in women's sports? Believe it or not, also a hate group. The label was designed to do one thing — cut off conservative organizations from donors, platforms, and polite society.
And it worked. Big Tech used the SPLC's designations to justify deplatforming. Corporate HR departments used them to blacklist speakers. Media outlets cited them as if they were a neutral authority rather than a left-wing advocacy group that allegedly funded extremist and racist groups of its own.
Now CEO Bryan Fair gets to sit in front of Congress and explain all of it. Under oath. With cameras rolling.
The allegations that the SPLC coordinated with the Biden administration should surprise exactly nobody. This is the same administration that sicced the FBI on parents at school board meetings and labeled traditional Catholics as potential domestic terrorists. Of course they'd partner with the SPLC. They were running the same playbook — weaponize the "extremist" label against ordinary Americans who disagree with the regime.
As reported by Just The News, the subpoena is the latest escalation in what has been a brutal stretch for the SPLC. Between the federal indictment and now congressional scrutiny, the organization that spent decades as the left's untouchable attack dog is suddenly very touchable.
June 9 can't come fast enough. Grab the popcorn.