The Department of Justice announced Tuesday an indictment against the Southern Poverty Law Center for allegedly funneling money to extremist groups.

The SPLC said earlier on Tuesday that the organization was being “targeted” by the Trump administration and speculated that the action was related to money paid to informants to gather information from hate groups.

‘We will not be intimidated into silence or contrition, and we will not abandon our mission or the communities we serve.’

In a post on social media, the Department of Justice accused the SPLC of paying $1 million to a National Alliance affiliate, $300K to an Aryan Nations affiliate, and $73K to former members of the Ku Klux Klan, among others.

“As the indictment describes, the SPLC was not dismantling these groups; it was instead manufacturing the extremism it purports to oppose by paying sources to stoke racial hatred,” Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said in a media briefing.

The indictment includes six counts of wire fraud, four counts of bank fraud, and one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering.

“As the indictment lays out, after SPLC paid members of these extremist groups, it created work product that reported on these activities that the members participated in or contributed to,” Blanche added. “And to that end, it was doing the exact opposite of what it told its donors it was doing.”

SPLC interim president and CEO Bryan Fair pre-empted the announcement in a video posted to social media.

“The focus appears to be on the SPLC’s prior use of paid confidential informants to gather credible intelligence on extremely violent groups,” he explained. “This use of informants was necessary because we are no stranger to threats of violence.”

He said that the SPLC shared the information gained through informants with law enforcement agencies but protected the identities of the informants.

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“Today the federal government has been weaponized to dismantle the rights of our nation’s most vulnerable people,” Fair added.

“We will not be intimidated into silence or contrition, and we will not abandon our mission or the communities we serve,” Fair concluded.

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U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee has reportedly been tapped to participate in the next round of talks with Lebanon.

The ceasefire between Iran and the U.S. appears to be on shaky ground after both sides accused each other of violating the terms they agreed to.

The Times reported that Iran failed to respond to the latest negotiation positions from the US.

Vice President JD Vance was scheduled to travel to Pakistan in order to further negotiate the peace deal with Iran, but that has been put on hold according to the New York Times.

Also on Tuesday, the president said he would withhold resuming attacks on Iran to give the country’s leaders time to come up with a “unified proposal” for a ceasefire to continue.

“I have therefore directed our Military to continue the Blockade and, in all other respects, remain ready and able, and will therefore extend the Ceasefire until such time as their proposal is submitted, and discussions are concluded, one way or the other,” he wrote on Truth Social.

The Times reported that Iran failed to respond to the latest negotiation positions from the U.S.

Iranian leaders also said they had no plans to attend the talks in Pakistan with the U.S. negotiators.

CNN reported spotting Vance’s motorcade at the White House early Tuesday afternoon.

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On a radio show Monday, the president warned Iran that the country was going to see “problems like they’ve never seen before” unless it agreed to a peace deal.

He added that he believed the war on Iran was “very close to being over.”

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Last weekend during the Michigan Democratic Women’s Caucus Legacy Luncheon, Democrat Sen. Cory Booker (N.J.) quite literally shouted a speech, in which he implored Democrats to become “foot soldiers for democracy” and warned of “darkness and wind” facing the nation ahead of the midterms.

At one point in his 25-minute fire-and-brimstone jeremiad, Booker, gesturing upward, bellowed, “What we need is not from on high!”

On a recent episode of “Pat Gray Unleashed,” Pat played the clip of the speech and concluded that Booker is an “antichrist” among us.

Pat translates Booker’s controversial line: “He is telling you we don’t need God.”

“Well, that’s an antichrist. … Maybe not the Antichrist, but he’s an antichrist,” he argues, calling it “frightening.”

The panel agrees that Booker and fellow Democrats’ wild antics are the result of Trump derangement syndrome.

“The infection has really spread,” says Jeffy.

“How do you come together with these people?” asks Pat. “There’s one way and it is from on high.”

“We got to turn to God on high to come together on this, and if you’re screaming that that’s not what we need, what does that tell Americans?” he asks. “That tells you he’s not the guy to follow, that’s for sure. That’s not the party to follow.”

What is desperately needed, Pat explains, is for all politicians to “call for prayer for the nation to get together and have a common purpose and invoke the blessings of God.”

He compares Booker’s comment to President Trump’s request for national prayer in preparation for the nation’s 250th birthday.

“I’m serious about this being antichrist because [Booker] is telling people you don’t need God,” Pat reiterates. “What we need are Democrats, I guess? So they’re putting themselves in the position of God. … It’s despicable. It’s anti-American. It’s anti-Christian. It’s anti-God.”

Keith Malinak argues Booker is just a “Democrat telling the truth about Democrats.”

To see the clip of Booker’s speech and hear more of the panel’s commentary, watch the episode above.

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A Democratic county court clerk is demanding accountability for a teenager who allegedly stuck a gun in her face and stole her car in Maryland.

Mahasin El Amin said she was on the phone in her white 2014 Lexus when a young man approached her on Thursday and then pulled a gun on her.

‘I’m just so grateful — grateful to God — because I thought I was going to die.’

The man drove off with her car and left her fearing for her life.

“It’s the scariest thing that ever happened to me in my life,” El Amin said in an interview Friday. “It was so quick — and all the thoughts like, ‘I’m literally going to die.'”

El Amin is the elected clerk of the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County and is running for re-election. She is a Democrat.

A day after the alleged carjacking, police spotted the vehicle and began a pursuit that ended with the driver crashing the Lexus and trying to get away on foot. He was caught and identified as 18-year-old Kairee Hicks of Bowie.

El Amin said she was relieved when she heard of his arrest but was alarmed when she found out about his criminal past.

Police recovered a gun during Hicks’ arrest that they said was connected to a previous shooting and charged him with attempted first-degree murder.

“It shocked me to my core,” said El Amin about the charges. “I’m just so grateful — grateful to God — because I thought I was going to die.”

El Amin said the incident served to remind others to be vigilant in order to stay safe from violent crime.

“I’m glad that this guy, this dangerous guy, is off the streets,” she added. “That’s one less person that we have to worry about. The county is safer because he’s off the streets.”

RELATED: Former Biden staffer rips into Dem-controlled cities for spiraling into chaos: ‘Is this a joke?’

Despite this incident, carjacking crimes are dropping precipitously in the county. There have only been 18 carjacking reports so far in 2026, which represents an astounding 56% drop from the previous year. In 2023, there were 500 carjackings, according to a WJLA-TV report.

Hicks was denied bond and remains in custody.

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The American Israel Public Affairs Committee and its affiliates throw around tens of millions of dollars in American elections to ensure that hardline supporters of Israel are elected to the U.S. Congress on both sides of the aisle.

While the pro-Israel lobbying firm has long enjoyed success in America, it has encountered a number of setbacks in recent months.

For instance, by recently pouring millions of dollars into the Democratic primary against former New Jersey Rep. Tom Malinowski over his criticism of the Israeli government, AIPAC unwittingly paved the way for a fiercer critic of Israel, Analilia Mejia, to succeed ex-Rep. Mikie Sherrill.

‘One Republican is standing in the way.’

In Illinois, AIPAC also made a bad investment in Chicago City Treasurer Melissa Conyears-Ervin, who got crushed in the 7th District Democrat primary to replace retiring incumbent Rep. Danny Davis.

Despite its recent missteps and growing unpopularity on the left, AIPAC still appears confident that it can help unseat Rep. Thomas Massie (R) in Kentucky’s 4th Congressional District by characterizing him as a turncoat and Republican challenger Ed Gallrein as the optimal choice.

The United Democracy Project, an AIPAC super PAC established in 2022, recently spent $790,000 for a week of broadcast and cable ads in the Cincinnati, Louisville, and Charleston media markets, reported the Jewish Insider.

In the 30-second ad that AIPAC apparently hopes will hurt Massie, a narrator states, “What happened to Thomas Massie? He’s flipped. Massie started out as a conservative Republican but now votes with liberal Democrats.”

RELATED: IDF soldier caught smashing Jesus statue with sledgehammer — officials and critics react

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The ad does not specify which votes the UDP perceives as blemishes on Massie’s record. The congressman did, however, recently vote in favor of resolutions directing Trump to remove the U.S. armed forces from hostilities with Iran, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, and voted last year against Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

In November 2023, he also ruffled feathers when casting the lone “no” vote in Congress against a resolution that: reaffirmed the State of Israel’s right to exist, deemed denial of that right a form of anti-Semitism, rejected calls for Israel’s destruction, and condemned the Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel. Massie stated at the time that he agreed with the “title ‘Reaffirming the State of Israel’s Right to Exist’ and much of the language,” but voted no “because it equates anti-Zionism with antisemitism.”

“On Israel, Massie votes with AOC and Ilhan Omar again and again,” says the narrator of the AIPAC ad. “Massie’s a flippin’ disaster. That’s why President Trump supports Ed Gallrein for Congress.”

In October, Trump endorsed Gallrein, a farmer and Navy SEAL combat veteran whose website notes that he’s “fighting for President Trump’s and the Republican Party’s America First Agenda.”

Last month, Trump reiterated his support for the GOP challenger, stating that Massie — a lawmaker with an 86.77% lifetime Turning Point Action score and a 91.25% score this Congress — is the “Worst ‘Republican’ Congressman we have had in many years,” and that Gallrein is alternatively “the person that will help us do the job, and do it right.”

Rep. Massie said in a statement to Blaze News, “The fact that AIPAC has resorted to using its pro-abortion super PAC shows how desperate they are to breathe life into their empty suit. Millions of dollars won’t make up for the fact that he’s AWOL on the campaign trail. He’s skipped seven debates and forums so far.”

The UDP previously blew over $328,000 in 2024 on a television campaign attacking Massie, reported McClatchy DC.

“Republicans are trying to help Israel,” said the 2024 ad. “But one Republican is standing in the way. It’s Kentucky’s Tom Massie.”

A spokesman for UDP said at the time that the AIPAC group wanted “to make sure every voter in the state knows how bad he is on Israel.”

Recent polling suggests that AIPAC might be throwing good money after bad as far as Massie’s race goes.

According to a Quantum Insights poll released on April 9, Massie led Gallrein 46.8% to 37.7% among likely Republican voters, with 14% undecided and 1.5% saying they wouldn’t vote. The same poll found that 49.9% of respondents preferred a candidate who is independent-minded while 37.4% preferred a strong Trump supporter.

On the prediction market platform Polymarket, Massie presently leads Gallrein 71% to 28.6%.

The primary race will be held on May 19.

Editor’s note: This article has been edited after publication to incorporate comment from Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.).

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Famed civil liberties attorney Alan Dershowitz says he has abandoned the Democratic Party.

Dershowitz wrote in a Wall Street Journal op-ed that Democrats have become far too anti-Israel for him to continue voting for the party. As a result, he has switched his party registration.

‘I will … urge pro-Israel Americans to change party affiliation or at least vote against Democrats.’

“I am a lifelong Democrat. I started campaigning for the party’s local candidates as a teenager in Brooklyn, N.Y., have been a registered Democrat for 67 years, made speeches for John F. Kennedy as a college student, and can count on one hand the number of Republicans I’ve ever supported for any office,” he wrote. “Yet I’ve decided to bite the bullet and register as a Republican.”

The Harvard Law School professor emeritus said he opposes Republicans on policies of abortion, taxes, immigration, and health care, but he will throw his support to them because of Israel.

“I intend to work hard to prevent the Democrats from gaining control of the House and Senate,” he continued.

“I will contribute money to Republican candidates, campaign for them, make speeches at Republican events, and urge pro-Israel Americans to change party affiliation or at least vote against Democrats,” he added. “Until something changes, I will vote Republican for representative, senator, and president.”

Dershowitz left the Democrats and became an independent in 2024, but it appears he has gone further after the party became “the most anti-Israel party in U.S. history.”

RELATED: Judge allows Alan Dershowitz’s $300 million lawsuit against CNN to proceed: ‘CNN is quaking in its boots!‘

Dershowitz represented Jeffrey Epstein and was part of the team that obtained a controversial plea deal in 2008 for the convicted pedophile. He admitted to receiving a massage at Epstein’s home but vehemently denied that it was a part of the pedophile’s trafficking of young women.

He also taught at Harvard University, represented President Donald Trump in his first impeachment, and was on the team representing Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein.

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