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Tyler O'Neil@Tyler2ONeil Ā· Sep 22, 2025

šŸšØDISTURBING TIES The Southern Poverty Law Center, which put Turning Point USA on a "hate map" with chapters of the Kuā€¦

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The thread alleges the Southern Poverty Law Center has questionable ties to Antifa, including hiring an analyst known for sharing information with Antifa activists and employing a lawyer arrested at an Antifa riot, while criticizing the organization for placing mainstream conservative groups on its "hate map" but not Antifa despite violence.

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    šŸšØDISTURBING TIES The Southern Poverty Law Center, which put Turning Point USA on a "hate map" with chapters of the Ku Klux Klan a few months before Kirk's assassination, has disturbing connections to Antifa. These are quite relevant as Trump investigates Antifa. šŸ§µ1/12

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    SPLC gained its reputation by suing KKK groups into bankruptcy. It now publishes a "hate map" that plots mainstream conservative & Christian groups alongside the Klan. This map inspired a terror attack in 2012. SPLC advised the Biden admin on domestic terror.šŸ˜± šŸ§µ2/12

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    The SPLC condemned Kirk's assassination, but I'm calling on it to put its money where its mouth is and remove Turning Point from the "hate map." As of Monday morning, Turning Point USA is still there. šŸ§µ3/12

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    Responding to the assassination, Trump announced an investigation into Antifa. Antifa agitators embed in protests & then break off to riot. The 2020 riots caused about $2B in damage & took the lives of 26 Americans, including retired police chief David Dorn. šŸ§µ4/12

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    Antifa is a loosely organized movement, but many rioters seem rather well-prepared. Leftist groups seem to cultivate plausible deniability with Antifa. While some groups help organize protests that escalate into riots, the groups don't actively call for violence. šŸ§µ5/12

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    SPLC expanded the "hate map," adding @Moms4Liberty, @prageru, & @againstgrmrs. It brands Moms for Liberty, which trainsmoms to run for school board, an "antigovernment extremist group," but doesn't say that of Antifa, which hurls Molotov cocktails at gov't buildings. šŸ§µ6/12

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    Richard Cohen, who resigned as SPLC president amid a massive 2019 scandal, condemned Antifa in 2017. ā€œWe oppose these groups and what theyā€™re trying to do,ā€ Cohen said. He warned Antifa was ā€œcontributing to the problem,ā€ but said Antifa doesn't engage in discrimination. šŸ§µ7/12

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    Yet SPLC has carried water for Antifa since then. 1āƒ£In 2020, the SPLC attacked Trump for saying he would designate Antifa a terrorist organization. The SPLC condemned Trump's move as "unprecedented and alarming" & minimized Antifa violence as "property crimes." šŸ§µ8/12

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    2āƒ£SPLC HIRES 'ANTIFA'S SECRET WEAPON' In 2018, Wired profiled analyst Megan Squire as "antifa's secret weapon against far-right extremists." She didn't identify as Antifa but passed info "to those who might... weaponize it." She worked at SPLC from 2022 to March 2025. šŸ§µ9/12

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    3āƒ£SPLC LAWYER CHARGED WITH TERRORISM In 2023, police arrested Thomas Jurgens, an SPLC lawyer, for domestic terrorism at an Antifa riot involving Molotov cocktails. The case is ongoing. šŸ§µ10/12

    Tyler O'Neil@Tyler2ONeil Ā· Mar 7, 2023

    šŸšØTHREADšŸšØ The arrest of Thomas Webb Jurgens only serves to highlight the Southern Poverty Law Center's long history of carrying water for Antifa extremists. dailysignal.com/2023/03/07/souā€¦

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    I do not have evidence the SPLC supports Antifa, and the center has repeatedly condemned political violence. That said, its ideology is aligned, it has kept Antifa off the "hate map," and both Squire & Jurgens raise questions.šŸ¤” šŸ§µ11/12

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    Read more below.ā¬‡ļø šŸ§µ12/12 dailysignal.com/2025/09/22/splā€¦

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    Here's my video breaking it down.

    Tyler O'Neil@Tyler2ONeil Ā· Sep 27, 2025

    As Trump sends federal forces to Portland to crack down on Antifa, his admin may also want to ask the Southern Poverty Law Center a few questions...šŸ¤”