The Reactionary

The government’s case against the Southern Poverty Law Center just got stronger. As we discussed when the original indictment was released, the SPLC used donor funds to strengthen the very hate groups the SPLC sought to “dismantle.” On June 2, 2026, the government filed its superseding indictment, which provides additional factual support of the SPLC’s misuse of donor funds. The biggest beneficiary of all this wasn’t the KKK or the National Alliance or any other hate group. It was the SPLC.

In case you missed it, there was explosive testimony from a CIA whistleblower concerning Dr. Anthony Fauci’s meddling in the CIA’s COVID-19 investigation and how the CIA retaliated against and spied on those who investigated the CIA’s COVID-19 investigation. The whistleblower was James Erdman III, a former CIA operations officer who served at the Director of National Intelligence from March 2025 through April 2026, leading the investigation into the COVID-19 origins.

It’s no shock if you say the Biden Administration weaponized the law. That’s a given. We saw it in the prosecutions of Donald Trump, where federal authorities searched Mar-a-Lago and Special Counsel Jack Smith charged constitutionally-protected Presidential conduct that wasn’t criminal.

It’s an odd but not altogether shocking turn of events for donors to the Southern Poverty Law Center, the nonprofit group whose mission is to fight “white supremacy and various forms of injustice.” Those donations went to the very groups – the KKK, the Aryan Nation, the American Nazi Party – that the SPLC vowed to end. “The money went where? To the KKK’s Adopt-a-Highway program?” Today, the DOJ dropped an 11-count indictment on the SPLC.

President Trump’s effort to end birthright citizenship and the abuses that follow that policy – including anchor babies and birth tourism – faces skeptical Justices at the Supreme Court. This week, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in Trump v. Barbara, which involves a challenge to President Trump’s Executive Order which set forth the Administration’s policy that the U.S. will not recognize citizenship to children born of parents who are illegal immigrants or temporary residents.

It should have been easy for Kristi Noem to keep her job as Secretary for the Department of Homeland Security. All it takes is a little self-restraint and discipline, a commitment to transparency and accountability, and a willingness to put your head down and do the hard work. A tougher task for some, I guess. As you might have seen, Noem’s testimony before the Senate on Wednesday didn’t go well.

President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariff platform, enacted under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), has been ended by the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court’s opinion, written by Chief Justice John Roberts, was released this morning. It holds that the IEEPA does not authorize the President to impose tariffs. He was joined by Justices Gorsuch, Barrett, Kagan, Sotomayor, and Jackson.1 Justices Thomas, Alito, and Kavanaugh dissented.

Crowdsourcing the truth is a good but it requires a discerning public. That’s not addressed to you specifically, dear reader, but it’s more of a general observation. But maybe discernment is a pipe dream, as it requires good faith and an interest in the truth when there are many who would rather use falsehoods in the Epstein releases as a sledgehammer. As I’m sure you’ve seen, the “latest” Jeffrey Epstein document dump totaled over 3.5 million pages.

For all the chaos in Minnesota, at least Don Lemon was arrested. Things have been simmering in the greater Minneapolis area since December, when President Trump sent approximately 3,000 federal immigration agents to the Twin Cities as part of Operation Metro Surge to significantly increase at-large of illegal aliens with final deportation orders. The operation has been successful – over 3,000 undocumented immigrants, many of whom have criminal records – have been arrested.

Skepticism can be good. But you also have to be skeptical of the skeptics. This week, Blaze Media published this piece questioning the strength of the Government’s case against (alleged) DC pipe bomber Brian Cole. The concerns of the authors can be probably best summarized from its opening: “DOJ claims ‘overwhelming evidence’ of Cole’s guilt, but questions remain about Cole’s location, his shoe size, gait, eyesight, and details of his alleged confession.” Let’s address these concerns.