by jmerritt | Jun 8, 2026 | Press Releases & Statements
Tomorrow, House Republicans in the Judiciary Committee are holding yet another hearing attacking the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) after the Trump DOJ indicted the group as part of Trump’s vindictive weaponization campaign. This time, it appears House Judiciary...
by jmerritt | Jun 5, 2026 | Press Releases & Statements
Washington, D.C. — Trump’s Justice Department is doubling down on its prosecution of one of America’s most storied civil rights organizations, the White House is moving to turn the federal grants process into a political loyalty test, and a right-wing think tank that...
by jmerritt | May 29, 2026 | Press Releases & Statements
Washington, D.C. — The Trump Justice Department filed criminal charges against a civil rights organization — for the same informant work it once shared directly with the FBI. The Treasury Department moved to strangle the infrastructure nonprofits depend on to launch....
by jmerritt | May 28, 2026 | Press Releases & Statements
ProPublica: The White House Intervened to Get a $620 Million Deal for a Company Tied to Donald Trump Jr. When the Pentagon announced a $620 million loan last year to a small North Carolina startup linked to Donald Trump Jr., defense officials and the company tried to...
by jmerritt | May 26, 2026 | Press Releases & Statements
New York Times: Southern Poverty Law Center Accuses Justice Dept. of Vindictive Prosecution Lawyers for the Southern Poverty Law Center asked a federal judge on Tuesday to throw out charges accusing it of defrauding its donors, saying that the case was part of a...
by jmerritt | May 26, 2026 | Press Releases & Statements
Washington, D.C. — House Republicans held a hearing last week to attack one of the country’s oldest civil rights organizations, the right’s favorite disinformation shop testified before Congress to smear environmental nonprofits, and the House’s self-proclaimed...
