# Nick Reed 06.04.26 - SPLC Paid KKK Members Who ‘Wanted Out’ To Stay With Racist Group

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Podcast: [Nick Reed Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/nick-reed-podcast-7025838)
Published: 2026-06-04T11:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

Hour 1 - Happy Thursday! Here's what Nick Reed covers this hour: The 2027 KSGF Great Escape will be announced in a couple of weeks! House lawmakers passed legislation Wednesday evening that seeks to force the United States to end the conflict in the Middle East by making it withdraw troops from the hostilities with Iran. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ended a Biden administration policy that required racial considerations be made to determine who was eligible to get a kidney transplant. The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) used donor funds to pay Ku Klux Klan (KKK) members to remain with the racist organization despite their insistence on wanting to leave, according to a new superseding Justice Department indictment. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

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