{"id":2645529,"date":"2026-08-15T20:18:01","date_gmt":"2026-08-16T00:18:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/splc-fueled-hate-but-theyre-not-the-only-ones-responsible\/"},"modified":"2026-08-15T20:20:49","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T00:20:49","slug":"splc-fueled-hate-but-theyre-not-the-only-ones-responsible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/splc-fueled-hate-but-theyre-not-the-only-ones-responsible\/","title":{"rendered":"SPLC Fueled Hate, But They&#8217;re Not the Only Ones Responsible"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsplc-fueled-hate-but-theyre-not-the-only-ones-responsible%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2645529&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-notches-legal-wins-after-series-of-setbacks\/\" title=\"Trump notches legal wins after series of setbacks\">article discusses recent legal<\/a> and political controversies involving Heidi Beirich, former head of the Southern Poverty Law center\u2019s (SPLC) Intelligence Project. Beirich was arrested by the Justice Department on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sam-bankman-fried-to-be-released-to-parents-home-on-250-million-bond\/\" title=\"Sam Bankman-Fried to Be Released to Parents&#039; Home on 0 Million Bond\">charges including wire fraud<\/a>, conspiracy to submit false statements to a bank, and money laundering. Allegations suggest she was involved in a criminal conspiracy, including romantic involvement with a white-supremacist informant and funneling donor funds thru her accounts. <\/p>\n<p>The SPLC had a significant role in labeling organizations like the Family Research Council (FRC) as \u201chate groups,\u201d which contributed to violent incidents and financial restrictions against these groups. The article claims that SPLC&#8217;s designations influenced banks, payment processors, and tech companies to deny services to targeted organizations, especially after events like the 2017 Charlottesville rally.It alleges that SPLC coordinated efforts to pressure financial institutions to cut off funding to Christian and conservative groups, influenced by their hate labels.<\/p>\n<p>The piece argues that these actions amount to more then fraud, suggesting a broader criminal conspiracy involving various institutions that relied on SPLC labels to restrict organizational operations. It calls for accountability beyond SPLC, implicating othre agencies and corporations in the alleged scheme. The article underscores concerns about political influence, free speech, and financial freedom for these groups. It concludes with commentary from Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council, emphasizing that the inquiry should extend to all parties involved.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>This week, the Justice Department arrested Heidi Beirich, former head of the Southern Poverty Law Center\u2019s Intelligence Project, which was responsible for identifying and labeling SPLC\u2019s list of \u201chate\u201d groups.<\/p>\n<p>The arrest came as another superseding indictment against the SPLC and Beirich was unsealed by the DOJ. Beirich was charged with wire fraud conspiracy, conspiracy to submit false statements to a bank, and conspiracy to commit concealment of money laundering.<\/p>\n<p>According to the documents, Beirich was romantically involved with one of SPLC\u2019s paid informants inside a white-supremacist organization. Prosecutors allege SPLC donor money was funneled through accounts Beirich d with that informant.<\/p>\n<p>If the government\u2019s allegations are true, for Beirich, hate paid \u2014 and it paid well.<\/p>\n<p>But it is more than money.<\/p>\n<p>Beirich served as deputy director or director of the intelligence project for nearly 20 years and was key to targeting Christian and conservative organizations with the hate label.<\/p>\n<p>Family Research Council was among the first organizations placed on its revamped hate list in 2010, alongside violent extremist groups.<\/p>\n<p>Beirich later defended the designation, stating FRC \u201cis an extremely dangerous group\u2026\u201d Why? Not because we engage in or condone violence, but, according to Beirich, because of our political influence.<\/p>\n<p>On August 15, 2012, after FRC joined then-Governor Mike Huckabee in supporting Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day, Floyd Corkins entered FRC headquarters carrying a pistol, ammunition, and Chick-fil-A sandwiches. According to his confession, Corkins intended <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2013\/02\/06\/justice\/dc-family-research-council-shooting\">to kill as many people as possible<\/a> and stuff the sandwiches into the mouths of his victims.<\/p>\n<p>Our building manager, Leo Johnson, though seriously wounded, stopped the gunman.<\/p>\n<p>The next day, FBI investigators confirmed the attacker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hgjI3wavx-I\">selected FRC<\/a> because of the SPLC website and its so-called \u201chate map.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>We called on SPLC to drop the loaded label.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, SPLC doubled down.<\/p>\n<p>But the story did not stop with one act of violence.<\/p>\n<p>Over time, banks, payment processors, fundraising platforms, and tech companies increasingly relied upon SPLC classifications to determine which organizations could operate freely in the digital marketplace.<\/p>\n<p>After the deadly Charlottesville rally in 2017, the pressure intensified.<\/p>\n<p>SPLC and the Center for American Progress then formed \u201cChange the Terms,\u201d a coalition that established standards encouraging technology and financial companies to deny digital access and financial infrastructure to organizations SPLC labeled.<\/p>\n<p>SPLC officials openly acknowledged this strategy before Congress in January 2020. SPLC official Lecia Brooks stated: \u201cWe have lobbied internet companies, one by one\u2026 A key part of this strategy has been to target these organizations\u2019 funding.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Brooks described the coordinated effort to pressure banks and others to restrict access for organizations SPLC opposed.<\/p>\n<p>SPLC was the hub, but there were many spokes in this wheel designed to crush Christians and conservatives. The DOJ criminal investigation should not stop with SPLC.<\/p>\n<p>This is more than fraud; the evidence points to a criminal conspiracy involving many financial institutions.<\/p>\n<p>Who coordinated with SPLC? Which banks, payment processors, technology companies, federal agencies, and nonprofits used those labels to deny Americans essential services?<\/p>\n<p>SPLC may have supplied the labels, but powerful institutions gave those labels their power. 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