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<p>Lovely!!! But do you honestly think the "Idjet Trumpsters" will
even get it? Preaching to the enlightened converted. Still, it
made MY day!!</p>
<p>Debi R-S<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 9/2/2017 5:59 PM, Ted Moffett wrote:<br>
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<div>Mr. Ron Force must know that the allegedly "independently"
audited SPLC likely employed accountants who are complicit
with the left wing liberal onspiracy, who run our media and
government. Well, now that Trump is in power, they might
have less control over their brainwashing socialist agenda, as
it is promoted by fake news media and left wing liberal
politicians. These "independent" accountants are probably
associated with the global warming</div>
<div>hoax scientists and their fraudulent scare tactics to
regulate our economy into a state of socialist tyranny!</div>
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<div>At least we have the Trump administration to thank for
knocking back on their heels both the politically
correct nonsense about "white nationalists" as a problem, that
the SPLC exploits for profit and personal enrichment, and the
climate change UN manipulated one world government anti-US
economic progress oriented agenda, represented by the Paris
Climate Accord, that the US no longer supports.</div>
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<div>Who says Trump has not accomplished anything significant so
far in his administration? Both global warming skeptic Pruitt
as EPA head, Trump scuttling US participation in the Paris
Climate accords and the dog whistles send to White Power
groups to come out of their hiding places, are major
achievements.</div>
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<div>Make American Great Again!</div>
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<div>Vision2020 Post: Ted Moffett.</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Aug 31, 2017 at 8:58 PM, Ron
Force <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ronforce@gmail.com"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">ronforce@gmail.com</a>></span>
wrote:<br>
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<div class="gmail_default">Charity Navigator gets its
information from the Form 990s that all sizable
nonprofits have to file annually with the IRS detailing
their income and expenditures. In addition, Charity
Navigator indicates whether or not the nonprofit is
independently audited (which SPLC is).</div>
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<div dir="ltr">Ron Force<br>
Moscow Idaho USA</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Aug 31, 2017 at 8:35
PM, g crabtree <span dir="ltr"><<a
href="mailto:direoutcome@gmail.com"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">direoutcome@gmail.com</a>></span>
wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">I'm not sure that using using the
information that is provided on the splc website
is truly the most objective and unbiased method
of checking their veracity.<span
class="m_7945632755746441710HOEnZb">
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<div>g</div>
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<div class="gmail_extra"><br>
<div class="gmail_quote"><span>On Thu, Aug 31,
2017 at 5:18 PM, Ted Moffett <span
dir="ltr"><<a
href="mailto:starbliss@gmail.com"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">starbliss@gmail.com</a>></span>
wrote:<br>
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<div>What the heck? </div>
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<div>I just in the past hour had this
exact website from Charity Navigator
regarding the SPLC ready to post to
Vision2020... Good to read someone
else doing it...</div>
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<div>I was holding off on posting till
I did my own research on some of the
claims in this article on the
SPLC from the Washington Free
Beacon.</div>
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<div>Everyone has political and
ideological confirmation bias
filters that result in unquestioning
belief in information that confirms
their bias, and disbelief in and
rejection of information that
disputes their bias. Thus it
behooves everyone to check on the
veracity of all information sources,
regardless! Right? </div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>I dug a bit deeper into the
Washington Free Beacon story on the
finances of the SPLC regarding this
claim:</div>
<div><br>
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<div>"The SPLC, which <a
href="https://www.splcenter.org/seeking-justice"
target="_blank" rel="noopener
noreferrer" moz-do-not-send="true">claims</a>
to boast a staff of 75 lawyers who
practice in the area of children's
rights, economic justice, immigrant
justice, LGBT rights, and criminal
justice reform, <a
href="https://www.splcenter.org/sites/default/files/990_103116.pdf"
target="_blank" rel="noopener
noreferrer" moz-do-not-send="true">reported</a>
spending only $61,000 on legal
services in 2015." </div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Here is the tax form source the
story was referencing:</div>
<div><br>
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<div><a
href="https://www.splcenter.org/sites/default/files/990_103116.pdf"
target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.splcenter.org/site<wbr>s/default/files/990_103116.pdf</a></div>
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<div>I read through this rather long
tax form to find the $61,000 legal
expenses figure they referenced. I
assume this is what they were
quoting:<br>
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<div>Under Part IX "Statement of
Functional Expenses," 11b Legal, is
the amount $61, 808. But I do not
think this is the total legal
expenses spent on their entire staff
of lawyers, unless I am
misinterpreting. This is a separate
legal cost figure for only a part of
their operations. So if I am right
(?), the Washington Free Beacon
is engaging in a grossly misleading
use of so called "facts" to promote
an agenda. </div>
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<div>Here is a figure for the SPLC
"legal services" from their 2016
Annual Report on page 18 of the pdf
at the following website, toward the
bottom. The tax form with the
$61,808 legal cost figure is from
2015, but still the figure given
below for 2016 legal costs blows the
$61,000 claim out of the water!</div>
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<div><a
href="https://www.splcenter.org/sites/default/files/com_splc_annual_report_2016-2017web.pdf"
target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.splcenter.org/site<wbr>s/default/files/com_splc_annua<wbr>l_report_2016-2017web.pdf</a><br>
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<b>
<p>STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES</p>
</b>
<div>Legal Services $15,352, 662</div>
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<div>Regarding their "offshore"
financial connections, they do list
"non-US equity funds" under "Assets"
at $69,093,576, and other types of
"funds," the parsing between I admit
at this moment I do not possess the
banking expertise to explain.</div>
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<div>Vision2020 Post: Ted Moffett</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Thu,
Aug 31, 2017 at 4:28 PM, Ron
Force <span dir="ltr"><<a
href="mailto:ronforce@gmail.com" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">ronforce@gmail.com</a>></span>
wrote:</div>
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<div>You can judge how
accurate this is by
looking nonprofits up on
Charity Navigator. Here's
the SPLC info:</div>
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<div><a
href="https://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summary&orgid=4482"
target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.charitynavigator.o<wbr>rg/index.cfm?bay=search.summar<wbr>y&orgid=4482</a><br>
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<div dir="ltr">Ron Force<br>
Moscow Idaho USA</div>
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<div
class="m_7945632755746441710m_-9119905056022818691m_3991063198014718408m_-9171214551659665860gmail-h5">On
Thu, Aug 31, 2017 at
2:09 PM, g crabtree <span
dir="ltr"><<a
href="mailto:direoutcome@gmail.com"
target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">direoutcome@gmail.com</a>></span>
wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">"<span>The
Southern Poverty
Law Center
(SPLC), a
liberal,
Alabama-based
501(c)(3)
tax-exempt
charitable
organization
that has gained
prominence on
the left for its
"hate group"
designations,
pushes millions
of dollars to
offshore
entities as part
of its business
dealings,
records show.</span>
<p>Additionally,
the nonprofit
pays lucrative
six-figure
salaries to its
top directors
and key
employees while
spending little
on legal
services despite
its stated
intent of
"fighting hate
and bigotry"
using
litigation,
education, and
other forms of
advocacy."</p>
<p>For the rest of
the story please
see: <a
href="http://freebeacon.com/issues/southern-poverty-law-center-transfers-millions-in-cash-to-offshore-entities/"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">http://freebeacon.com/issues/<wbr>southern-poverty-law-center-tr<wbr>ansfers-millions-in-cash-to-of<wbr>fshore-entities/</a></p>
<p>An extremely
eye opening
read. Perhaps
folks will stop
citing these
money grubbing
grifters as the
font from which
all moral
authority flows.</p>
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