Dan Stein, president of the Federation for American Immigration Reform, has filed a formal legal complaint with the Internal Revenue Service respecting the tax exemption of the Southern Poverty Law Center, the racketeering-and-political-advocacy group founded by Morris Dees, who along with chief executive Richard Cohen, has resigned from the organization amid a flurry of scandals.
FAIR writes:
SPLC went way over the line in this last election. It publicly engaged in deep, deliberate, and unlawful participation during the 2016 presidential election cycle, flagrantly violating its non-profit tax status,” “The IRS should investigate all of these instances, and take appropriate steps to either sanction and fine the SPLC, or remove its tax-exempt status as a public charity. We are alleging – via meticulously-detailed documented evidence – that it repeatedly engaged in widespread, illegal electioneering in 2015 and 2016.”
The New York Times has used the Southern Poverty Law Center as a source more than 2,000 times. The organization has, using extortion and fraud tactics, amassed an endowment in excess of $300 million dollars, larger than the wealth accumulated by many of the leading mafiosi.
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Sunday, April 7, 2019
Wednesday, April 3, 2019
Petition to Investigate the Tax Exempt Status of the Southern Poverty Law Center
According to Robert Spencer of David Horowitz's Freedom Center, Senator Tom Cotton is requesting that the IRS investigate the tax-exempt status of the Southern Poverty Law Center. As a former contributor who was scammed into supporting them, I wholeheartedly support his request. As I have previously blogged, the SPLC is a racketeering organization that has engaged in partisan advocacy and extortion. The petition can be signed here. Spencer's email follows:
Mitchell, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) has made its mission to blacklist and bankrupt conservatives like you and me.
All the while, they're raking in millions that they're storing in offshore accounts, paying no taxes, and protected by outdated laws that make it impossible for patriots like you and me to defend ourselves.
And finally, an elected official is doing something about it.
Rep. Tom Cotton formally addressed the IRS commissioner, urging him to investigate the Southern Poverty Law Center's tax-exempt status...
...and I'm calling on the Freedom Center's very best supporters to join me in thanking him with this Note of Support.
The truth is, this is one of the most important fights to the future of our country -- and no one knows that better than I do.
When big tech and big finance came after me last summer, completely shutting down my online fundraising, they used the SPLC's target on my back to justify their bans.
And I went months not being able to raise a single penny.
That's why I hope you'll sign this Note of Support to Rep Tom Cotton right away for leading the fight against SPLC.
Mitchell, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) has made its mission to blacklist and bankrupt conservatives like you and me.
All the while, they're raking in millions that they're storing in offshore accounts, paying no taxes, and protected by outdated laws that make it impossible for patriots like you and me to defend ourselves.
And finally, an elected official is doing something about it.
Rep. Tom Cotton formally addressed the IRS commissioner, urging him to investigate the Southern Poverty Law Center's tax-exempt status...
...and I'm calling on the Freedom Center's very best supporters to join me in thanking him with this Note of Support.
The truth is, this is one of the most important fights to the future of our country -- and no one knows that better than I do.
When big tech and big finance came after me last summer, completely shutting down my online fundraising, they used the SPLC's target on my back to justify their bans.
And I went months not being able to raise a single penny.
That's why I hope you'll sign this Note of Support to Rep Tom Cotton right away for leading the fight against SPLC.
Thursday, March 28, 2019
CBN Cites My Research; Southern Poverty Law Center Outed for Racketeering
CBN cites my research in connection with a case involving a politicized classroom at Towson University. I'm wondering how the president's recent executive order will affect blatant violations of Section 501(c)(3) such as this one. Sam Abrams recounts parallel violations by the administration of Sarah Lawrence College in a New York Times article last October. The college's blatant use of its assets for political advocacy should disqualify its tax exemption. We have yet to see a meaningful action along these lines. It may turn out that any college with a diversity office has run afoul of the tax code.
Also along related lines, in November 2016 the president of Brooklyn College, Michelle J. Anderson, quoted the Southern Poverty Law Center vis-a-vis on-campus activities of the David Horowitz Freedom Center. In my inimitable way, I wrote the president that the SPLC was as bigoted as any hate group. President Anderson is not alone in quoting the fake claims of the SPLC. They have been quoted in virtually every major media source. For example, I did a search on "Southern Poverty Law Center" in the New York Times digital archives through 2013 and found 2,222 hits. I suspect 100% of the references were positive or implied that the SPLC was a reliable source. As usual, the media has gotten things dead wrong.
On March 19 Rich Lowry revealed in the New York Post that the SPLC has turned out to have been a racketeering organization that engaged in racial and gender discrimination internally and relied on fake commitment to political correctness to profit Morris Dees and his colleagues by using the threat of law suits and bad publicity as an extortion device. In effect, the Times and virtually all other Democratic Party-linked media were quoting the equivalent of Bernie Madoff or John Gotti on the subject of social justice--not once or twice, but thousands of times. Lowry writes of the SPLC:
It used the complicity or credulousness of the media in repeating its designations to punish its ideological enemies and engage in prodigious fundraising. It raised $50 million a year and built an endowment of more than $300 million.
Imagine a left-wing outfit with the same shoddy standards as Sen. Joe McCarthy but with a better business sense.
Clear-eyed, fair-minded people on the left have long recognized the SPLC as a fundraising tool masquerading as a civil rights group, but its absurd overreach has in recent years earned skeptical coverage from the likes of The Atlantic and PBS.
I'm increasingly wondering about the sources of the incompetence of the media. One question is whether the anti-trust laws ought to be reinvented to apply to both print and electronic media. Another is whether the indoctrination on offer in American colleges are key to understanding the journalistic failures of CNN, the New York Daily News, and Inside Higher Education.
Also along related lines, in November 2016 the president of Brooklyn College, Michelle J. Anderson, quoted the Southern Poverty Law Center vis-a-vis on-campus activities of the David Horowitz Freedom Center. In my inimitable way, I wrote the president that the SPLC was as bigoted as any hate group. President Anderson is not alone in quoting the fake claims of the SPLC. They have been quoted in virtually every major media source. For example, I did a search on "Southern Poverty Law Center" in the New York Times digital archives through 2013 and found 2,222 hits. I suspect 100% of the references were positive or implied that the SPLC was a reliable source. As usual, the media has gotten things dead wrong.
On March 19 Rich Lowry revealed in the New York Post that the SPLC has turned out to have been a racketeering organization that engaged in racial and gender discrimination internally and relied on fake commitment to political correctness to profit Morris Dees and his colleagues by using the threat of law suits and bad publicity as an extortion device. In effect, the Times and virtually all other Democratic Party-linked media were quoting the equivalent of Bernie Madoff or John Gotti on the subject of social justice--not once or twice, but thousands of times. Lowry writes of the SPLC:
It used the complicity or credulousness of the media in repeating its designations to punish its ideological enemies and engage in prodigious fundraising. It raised $50 million a year and built an endowment of more than $300 million.
Imagine a left-wing outfit with the same shoddy standards as Sen. Joe McCarthy but with a better business sense.
Clear-eyed, fair-minded people on the left have long recognized the SPLC as a fundraising tool masquerading as a civil rights group, but its absurd overreach has in recent years earned skeptical coverage from the likes of The Atlantic and PBS.
I'm increasingly wondering about the sources of the incompetence of the media. One question is whether the anti-trust laws ought to be reinvented to apply to both print and electronic media. Another is whether the indoctrination on offer in American colleges are key to understanding the journalistic failures of CNN, the New York Daily News, and Inside Higher Education.
Sunday, April 25, 2010
Letter to Alabama's Attorney General Requesting Investigation of Southern Poverty Law Center
PO Box 130
West Shokan, NY 12494
April 25, 2010
Mr. Troy King, Attorney General
Alabama State House
11 South Union Street, Third Floor
Montgomery, AL 36130
Dear Mr. King:
I am a former contributor to the Southern Poverty Law Center and would like to request that you investigate whether the SPLC has engaged in fraud. I contributed to the SPLC over a number of years in the 1980s and 1990s. The SPLC claimed to be an organization that fought extremist and hate groups, and based on those representations I contributed over $100 per year over at least five years, likely more.
I have noticed news reports about the SPLC’s taking partisan positions concerning the so-called Tea Parties, a partisan movement that is concerned with conservative views and opposes socialism. As well, the leaders of the SPLC have been vocal about their support for President Barack Obama.
I have written separately to the IRS enforcement division concerning the SPLC’s potentially fraudulent claim that it is exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. As you know, political activity, lobbying and support for candidates are not legally exempt activities. Yet, the leaders of the Southern Poverty Law Center have repeatedly engaged in such activities in connection with the Obama campaign and in connection with attacking individuals who disagree with Mr. Obama’s socialist views.
As well, I wonder if the SPLC may be violating various laws concerning charities in your state. In particular, the group bills itself as an anti-hate group organization, which roped me in, but this claim is only partly true. Rather, the SPLC has released a report attacking a wide range of opponents of President Obama who have absolutely nothing to do with hate activities. It seems possible that the SPLC is functioning as a political organization, using anti-hate activities as a pretext. I might add that in the 1980s when Morris Dees had several important successes, the Klan had seen some rise in importance. The Klan now is of much less consequence than it was then, and it may be that rather than limit their activities, the SPLC has simply spun off into activities unrelated to their earlier mission that are not tax exempt under federal law and possibly under Alabama law.
Please investigate whether the SPLC is defrauding contributors and taxpayers. After having donated hundreds of dollars to the scammers at the SPLC, I now fear that I was defrauded by hate-filled socialist extremists.
Sincerely,
Mitchell Langbert, Ph.D.
West Shokan, NY 12494
April 25, 2010
Mr. Troy King, Attorney General
Alabama State House
11 South Union Street, Third Floor
Montgomery, AL 36130
Dear Mr. King:
I am a former contributor to the Southern Poverty Law Center and would like to request that you investigate whether the SPLC has engaged in fraud. I contributed to the SPLC over a number of years in the 1980s and 1990s. The SPLC claimed to be an organization that fought extremist and hate groups, and based on those representations I contributed over $100 per year over at least five years, likely more.
I have noticed news reports about the SPLC’s taking partisan positions concerning the so-called Tea Parties, a partisan movement that is concerned with conservative views and opposes socialism. As well, the leaders of the SPLC have been vocal about their support for President Barack Obama.
I have written separately to the IRS enforcement division concerning the SPLC’s potentially fraudulent claim that it is exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. As you know, political activity, lobbying and support for candidates are not legally exempt activities. Yet, the leaders of the Southern Poverty Law Center have repeatedly engaged in such activities in connection with the Obama campaign and in connection with attacking individuals who disagree with Mr. Obama’s socialist views.
As well, I wonder if the SPLC may be violating various laws concerning charities in your state. In particular, the group bills itself as an anti-hate group organization, which roped me in, but this claim is only partly true. Rather, the SPLC has released a report attacking a wide range of opponents of President Obama who have absolutely nothing to do with hate activities. It seems possible that the SPLC is functioning as a political organization, using anti-hate activities as a pretext. I might add that in the 1980s when Morris Dees had several important successes, the Klan had seen some rise in importance. The Klan now is of much less consequence than it was then, and it may be that rather than limit their activities, the SPLC has simply spun off into activities unrelated to their earlier mission that are not tax exempt under federal law and possibly under Alabama law.
Please investigate whether the SPLC is defrauding contributors and taxpayers. After having donated hundreds of dollars to the scammers at the SPLC, I now fear that I was defrauded by hate-filled socialist extremists.
Sincerely,
Mitchell Langbert, Ph.D.
Friday, April 23, 2010
Letter to IRS Re Southern Poverty Law Center
PO Box 130
West Shokan, New York 12494
April 22, 2010
Lois G. Lerner, Director
Exempt Organizations Division
Internal Revenue Service
1111 Constitution Ave., N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20224
Dear Ms. Lerner:
I am a former contributor to the Southern Poverty Law Center. The Southern Poverty Law Center is a 501 (c) (3) organization. I have become increasingly concerned by the Center's apparent involvement in politically partisan advocacy, in particular advocacy and support of the election of President Barack Obama. Although many have been enthusiastic about President Obama's election, the dissemination of propaganda on his behalf is not permissible under the tax code.
The Southern Poverty Law Center has invented disinformation concerning the so-called "Tea Party" movement, which is in essence a movement that concerns partisan politics and specifically opposes socialism and the increasing scope of government. Without competence or knowledge, the Southern Poverty Law Center has been libeling the Tea Party movement, accusing it of violence that parallels that of fringe groups whom the SPLC has traditionally monitored. In fact, the Tea Party constitutes 17% of the American electorate, according to a recent poll. The SPLC has made radical, unverified accusations about the Tea Party in an effort to support the Democratic Party and Barack Obama.
Further evidence of the SPLC's political nature might include the absence of a single Republican from their board; other propaganda-style attacks on behalf of additional Democratic candidates; and any direct involvement of the group's officers with the Democratic Party.
I urge you to investigate the Southern Poverty Law Center. I contributed to them in good faith for many years in the 1980s and 1990s because I believed them to be an anti-bias and anti-KKK organization. However, as a member of the Tea Party movement, I now learn that they are calling me ugly names because I do not believe in their socialist political program.
Sincerely,
Mitchell Langbert
West Shokan, New York 12494
April 22, 2010
Lois G. Lerner, Director
Exempt Organizations Division
Internal Revenue Service
1111 Constitution Ave., N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20224
Dear Ms. Lerner:
I am a former contributor to the Southern Poverty Law Center. The Southern Poverty Law Center is a 501 (c) (3) organization. I have become increasingly concerned by the Center's apparent involvement in politically partisan advocacy, in particular advocacy and support of the election of President Barack Obama. Although many have been enthusiastic about President Obama's election, the dissemination of propaganda on his behalf is not permissible under the tax code.
The Southern Poverty Law Center has invented disinformation concerning the so-called "Tea Party" movement, which is in essence a movement that concerns partisan politics and specifically opposes socialism and the increasing scope of government. Without competence or knowledge, the Southern Poverty Law Center has been libeling the Tea Party movement, accusing it of violence that parallels that of fringe groups whom the SPLC has traditionally monitored. In fact, the Tea Party constitutes 17% of the American electorate, according to a recent poll. The SPLC has made radical, unverified accusations about the Tea Party in an effort to support the Democratic Party and Barack Obama.
Further evidence of the SPLC's political nature might include the absence of a single Republican from their board; other propaganda-style attacks on behalf of additional Democratic candidates; and any direct involvement of the group's officers with the Democratic Party.
I urge you to investigate the Southern Poverty Law Center. I contributed to them in good faith for many years in the 1980s and 1990s because I believed them to be an anti-bias and anti-KKK organization. However, as a member of the Tea Party movement, I now learn that they are calling me ugly names because I do not believe in their socialist political program.
Sincerely,
Mitchell Langbert
Sunday, April 11, 2010
Open Letter to the Southern Poverty Law Center
Morris Dees, founder of the Southern Poverty Law Center
I am a former donor to the Southern Poverty Law Center. During the late 1980s and 1990s I donated for several consecutive years and received an autographed copy of your book as well as a phone call from your wife on one occasion. I am writing now to say that I profoundly disagree with your attacks on the Tea Party and urge you to consider that you have congratulated state violence while attacking those who would defend themselves from it. I now find myself agreeing with a judge years ago who claimed that there is no difference between your organization and the Ku Klux Klan and other hate groups. The judge, I recall, was removed from the case he was adjudicating, and now I would like to be removed from your mailing list if I have not been already.
Socialism is inherently violent, as is all government. Government is by definition organized violence. The claim that because government is the most powerful perpetrator of violence its violence is legitimate is nonsensical mysticism. It is not necessarily the case that respect for government minimizes violence. In the case of the Soviet Union, communist China and Cuba, public acceptance and cowardice in the face of state violence permitted the extent of violence to greatly exceed what would have occurred had there been a Lockean revolution that replaced the violent socialist state with a limited state.
The US government has reached the tipping point, and Barack Obama is pushing it there. You may disagree, but your disagreement does not make you non-violent. It simply means that you accept and welcome state violence. It means that you are advocates of violence.
There is more. Barack Obama has associated with violent felons such as William Ayers, who planted a bomb in Chicago. Thus, President Obama himself has associated with violence. This is in contrast to the non-violent Tea Parties. The factual data does not trouble you. You continue to support Barack Obama despite his association with violence, yet you continue to imply on your website that people in the Tea Party are violent. You engage in deception.
The Southern Poverty Law Center is thus a violent organization that serves state violence. It is not enough that the US government dominates the television and print media, to the point where many of us have simply stopped paying attention to its blatant, foolish lies. Your organization, having been effective in reducing the Klan's influence (a result I applaud) now chooses to back state violence.
Please remove my name from your records. Your organization is a disgrace.
Sincerely,
Mitchell Langbert, Ph.D.
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