FBI Ends Partnerships with SPLC and ADL Amid Right-Wing Backlash
TL;DR
The FBI has ended its partnership with the Southern Poverty Law Center, citing concerns over the organization's partisan activities and its hate map, amidst broader shifts in civil rights protections under the Trump administration, including reduced funding for hate crime prevention and increased framing of protections as discriminatory against white people.
- Two breaks in one week: FBI ditches SPLC and ADL Axios
- FBI cuts ties with leftist group that put Turning Point USA on its 'hate map' before Kirk assassination Fox News
- FBI cuts ties with Southern Poverty Law Center after MAGA push Politico
- The ADL faces fierce blowback from MAGA world despite capitulation MSNBC News
- FBI cuts ties with two advocacy groups that track US extremism after rightwing backlash The Guardian
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