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==October-2025 (Patel)==

==October-2025 (Patel)==

In Sep. 2025, it has become the target of an escalating rightwing pressure campaign—one that intensified on Oct 1, when FBI Director [[Kash Patel]] publicly denounced the group and announced the agency would sever ties with the nonprofit.

In Sep. 2025, it has become the target of an escalating rightwing pressure campaign—one that intensified on Oct 1, when FBI Director [[Kash Patel]] publicly denounced the group and announced the agency would sever ties with the nonprofit.<ref>[https://www.jpost.com/american-politics/article-869254 FBI cuts ties with Jewish Anti-Defamation League, director Kash Patel announces]. ''JPost'', Oct 2, 2025</ref><ref>[https://www.axios.com/2025/10/04/trump-fbi-kash-patel-adl ADL split marks FBI shift away from targeting right-wing violence, scholars say]. ''Axios'', Oct 4, 2025</ref><ref>[https://www.jfeed.com/news-israel/fbi-adl-partnership-ends Inside The FBI's Dramatic Divorce from ADL]. ''JFeed'', Oct 3, 2025</ref>

Patel’s announcement followed several days of mounting attacks by rightwing influencers and [[Elon Musk]], who criticized the ADL over its online extremism database. The database included a page on the late far-right commentator [[Charlie Kirk]]’s organization, Turning Point USA (TPUSA), and detailed its links to extremist figures. On Tuesday, in response to the backlash, the ADL deleted its entire Glossary of Extremism—a flagship resource that contained over 1,000 entries on individuals, groups, and movements associated with hateful ideologies. The move failed to quell criticism.

Patel’s announcement followed several days of mounting attacks by rightwing influencers and [[Elon Musk]], who criticized the ADL over its online extremism database. The database included a page on the late far-right commentator [[Charlie Kirk]]’s organization, Turning Point USA (TPUSA), and detailed its links to extremist figures. On Tuesday, in response to the backlash, the ADL deleted<ref>[https://www.timesofisrael.com/adl-takes-down-extremism-database-after-criticism-over-entry-on-charlie-kirks-group/ ADL takes down extremism database after criticism over entry on Charlie Kirk’s group]. TOI, Oct 1, 2025.</ref> its entire Glossary of Extremism—a flagship resource that contained over 1,000 entries on individuals, groups, and movements associated with hateful ideologies. The move failed to quell criticism.

This latest controversy has placed the 112-year-old organization in a precarious position. For years, the ADL has grappled with internal strife and accusations of compromising its core values in efforts to appease, in their words, Donald Trump and Elon Musk. Now, it found itself under fire from the very conservative forces it once sought to accommodate.

This latest controversy has placed the 112-year-old organization in a precarious position. For years, the ADL has grappled with internal strife and accusations of compromising its core values in efforts to appease, in their words, Donald Trump and Elon Musk. Now, it found itself under fire from the very conservative forces it once sought to accommodate.