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no_hypocrisy

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1. I'm pretty sure you're not supposed to "lie" on a bank loan form as far as

Fri Apr 24, 2026, 05:59 AM

10 hrs ago

what you're going to do with the money, but . . . .

when is not being forthcoming about paying confidential informants to infiltrate hate groups and deceiving banks about the bank accounts used to make those payments a federal crime and/or not telling your donors what you're doing with their donations? It's not in the same league as gambling, drugs, or embezzlement.

Plus, there's "lying" and "not being forthcoming". If you're an organization like Southern Poverty Law, where your choices could inadvertently make people dead from the Klan and other groups, you don't advertise your MO.

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Former federal prosecutors see legal flaws in DOJ's SPLC indictment [View all] BumRushDaShow 10 hrs ago OP

I'm pretty sure you're not supposed to "lie" on a bank loan form as far as no_hypocrisy 10 hrs ago #1

"lying on bank loans". . . you mean, like krasnov has done his whole life? niyad 9 hrs ago #2

Exactly like that. no_hypocrisy 9 hrs ago #3

Who the hell has time NJCher 7 hrs ago #8

I've been a donor to SPLC for decades. They never lied to me. yardwork 8 hrs ago #4

Ditto. sinkingfeeling 7 hrs ago #7

I love the boomerang effect. The oft used words "witch hunt" come to mind here. littlemissmartypants 8 hrs ago #5

I stand with the ACLU and SPLC - period. NoMoreRepugs 7 hrs ago #6