by WorldTribune Staff / 247 Real News August 9, 2026The Southern Poverty Law Center’s (SPLC) bid to dismiss charges brought against it by the Trump Administration was rejected by a federal judge in Alabama. The SPLC placed Kirk’s Turning Point USA on its so-called “hate map.” “The Southern Poverty Law Center long ago abandoned civil rights work and turned into a partisan smear machine. Their so-called ‘hate map’ has been used to defame mainstream Americans and even inspired violence. That disgraceful record makes them unfit for any FBI partnership,” FBI Director Kash Patel wrote at the time.