SPLC Indictment, Labor Sec's Resignation, & Carville’s Radical Agenda | Last Call
3 Martini Lunch – Political Humor & Commentary
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🗓️ 25 April 2026
⏱️ 27 minutes
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This week they examine the Justice Department indicting the far-left Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) on multiple fraud charges, the resignation of Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer, the left's radical - but likely - agenda whenever they retake Congress and the White House, and the resignation of Florida Democratic Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick.
First, they focus on the Justice Department’s 11-count fraud indictment against the SPLC. Jim and Greg walk through the formal charges and reveal how the SPLC allegedly spent large sums on “informants” within extremist organizations. They also explain why Democrats and much of the media continue to embrace the SPLC.
Next, they're not at all sorry to see President Trump forcing Sec. Chavez-DeRemer to resign. Jim and Greg explain how she was always far too cozy with big labor and a threat to the freelance economy. They also note the serious ethics problems, both personal and professionsl, that were mounting against her.
Then, fossilized former Clinton campaign adviser James Carville urges Democrats to aggressively seize power whenever they control the White House and both chambers of Congress again. You'll hear what specific ideas Carville and the Democrats are pushing, along with his advice that candidates avoid talking openly about those plans until after Election Day.
Finally, they wave goodbye to Rep. Cherfilus-McCormick, who resigned Tuesday and still faces federal corruption charges.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the three martini lunch. |
| 0:05.2 | Grab a stole next to Greg Carumbus of Radio America and Jim Garrity of National Review. |
| 0:10.8 | Three martini's coming up. |
| 0:13.7 | Welcome to the last call of the week for the three martini lunch. |
| 0:17.0 | This is our weekly recap of the biggest stories of the week. |
| 0:20.5 | And this week, we begin with the Justice Department indicting the far-left Southern Poverty Law Center on 11 counts of fraud and conspiracy to commit fraud. |
| 0:30.6 | You'll hear the discussion Jim and I had earlier this week after we hear from acting attorney general Todd Blanche about the alarming ways this fraud |
| 0:38.2 | weaved its way into the SPLC's activities. |
| 0:41.9 | Today, a few minutes ago in the Middle District of Alabama, a grand jury returned an 11-count |
| 0:48.0 | indictment charging the Southern Poverty Law Center with six counts of wire fraud, |
| 0:56.9 | four counts of bank fraud, and one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering. |
| 1:01.5 | According to the charges in the indictment, the SPLC is a nonprofit entity that purports |
| 1:08.2 | to fight white supremacy and racial hatred by reporting on extremist groups |
| 1:13.0 | and conducting research to inform law enforcement groups with the goal of dismantling these groups. |
| 1:19.7 | As the indictment describes, the SPLC was not dismantling these groups. |
| 1:25.0 | It was instead manufacturing the extremism it purports to oppose by paying |
| 1:31.0 | sources to stoke racial hatred. The indictment describes this conduct in detail, but one troubling |
| 1:39.1 | example is that the SPLC was paying a member of the leadership group that planned that unite the right protest in Charlottesville, Virginia in 2017 that resulted in the death of one person and injured dozens more. |
| 1:56.0 | And then he went more towards the big picture. |
| 1:58.0 | In total, according to the indictment, between 2014 and 2023, SPLC paid at least $3 million |
| 2:06.6 | to eight individuals at least. |
| 2:09.6 | These individuals were affiliated with the Ku Klux Klan, United Clans of America, National Socialist Movement, Aryan Nations affiliated Sadistic Souls |
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