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Nonilex…The IRS’s new approach is the latest in a string of triumphs for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/conservative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#conservative</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Christian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Christian</a> groups, which are leveraging their alliance with <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> to redraw boundaries between <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ChurchAndState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ChurchAndState</a>.For now, the implications of this latest victory are unclear. On paper, the new <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/IRS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IRS</a> policy appears narrow. It grants more freedom only to houses of worship, which the agency already seemed disinclined to police.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TaxLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TaxLaw</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Christianity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Christianity</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Evangelism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Evangelism</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NewApostolicReformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NewApostolicReformation</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NAR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NAR</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TaxExempt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TaxExempt</a>

NonilexAt <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a>’s request, Jeffress’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/church" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#church</a> sent the White House Faith Office a 7-page letter outlining what it called “wrongful weaponization” of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> & the “unlawful targeting of our church.” The letter, obtained by NYT, included recommended actions, & a mention of a Texas lawsuit, which offered a vehicle to declare that the law was wrong.3 months later, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/conservative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#conservative</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Christians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Christians</a> scored a major victory.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TaxLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TaxLaw</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Christianity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Christianity</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Evangelism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Evangelism</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NewApostolicReformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NewApostolicReformation</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ChurchAndState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ChurchAndState</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TaxExempt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TaxExempt</a>

NonilexSeated across from <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> that April night, Robert Jeffress, pastor of First Baptist Dallas, told the president about how his <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/church" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#church</a> faced an <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/IRS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IRS</a> inquiry over its <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TaxExempt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TaxExempt</a> status under the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Biden</a> admin, after hosting a rally with <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/political" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#political</a> figures.Franklin Graham, the son of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/evangelist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#evangelist</a> Billy Graham, who runs a large ministry with his father’s name, chimed in that his groups had faced similar IRS inquiries during President Barack <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Obama" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Obama</a>’s tenure.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TaxLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TaxLaw</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Christianity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Christianity</a>

NonilexIn the Blue Room of the White House, once the cameras recording the Easter prayer service cut off, the conversation at <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a>’s dinner table turned to one of the biggest political goals for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/conservative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#conservative</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Christian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Christian</a> activists — eliminating a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> that banned <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/churches" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#churches</a>, & other <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TaxExempt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TaxExempt</a> charitable groups, from endorsing <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/political" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#political</a> candidates.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TaxLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TaxLaw</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Christianity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Christianity</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Evangelism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Evangelism</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NewApostolicReformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NewApostolicReformation</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NAR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NAR</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ChurchAndState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ChurchAndState</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TaxExempt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TaxExempt</a>

NonilexHow <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Conservative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Conservative</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Christians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Christians</a> Cracked a 70-Year-Old <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Law</a> The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/IRS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IRS</a> recently said that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/churches" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#churches</a> could endorse <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/political" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#political</a> candidates from the pulpit, a break from a longstanding interpretation of American <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/nonprofit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#nonprofit</a> law.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TaxLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TaxLaw</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Christianity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Christianity</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Evangelism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Evangelism</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NewApostolicReformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NewApostolicReformation</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NAR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NAR</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ChurchAndState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ChurchAndState</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TaxExempt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TaxExempt</a> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/30/us/johnson-amendment-church-free-speech.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/30/us/johnson-amendment-church-free-speech.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare</a>

DoomsdaysCWHouse Republicans look to help Trump strip tax-exempt status of nonprofits he says support terrorism By ALEXA ST. JOHN and MATTHEW DALY Updated 1:37 PM EDT, May 13, 2025WASHINGTON (AP) — "A proposal by Republicans in Congress would allow President Donald Trump’s administration to remove the tax-exempt status of nonprofits that it says support <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/terrorism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#terrorism</a>, creating what some <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/nonprofits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#nonprofits</a> say is an arbitrary standard to financially punish <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/charities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#charities</a> that advocate for issues that don’t align with his agenda."Unusual language added Monday to a reconciliation bill from the House Ways and Means Committee — the tax-writing committee — would allow for terminating the tax-exempt status of groups the administration deems 'terrorist supporting organizations.' The language mirrors a bill from the last Congress that passed in the House but did not pass the Senate."The definition and criteria for determining whether or how an organization supports terrorism are unclear. The bill also targets nonprofits in other ways, echoing complaints by Trump, who has called the tax-exempt status a 'privilege' that has been 'abused.' Trump has threatened to revoke tax-exempt status for groups that don’t abide by his directives or agree with his views."[...]"Michelle Roos, executive director of the Environmental Protection Network, which represents hundreds of former scientists and regulators, said last month 'we all pay the price' when charitable organizations are silenced based on politics."For example, the move to revoke <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TaxExempt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TaxExempt</a> status could choke off funding for groups that urge greater action to promote clean air, water and land, work to help communities most affected by industrial pollution and advocate for projects and policies to combat <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ClimateChange</a> — among other issues." 'It threatens the rights, health, and future of every community,' Roos said in a statement.Last month, Trump said he could target environmental groups and the ethics watchdog organization Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington."Read more: <a href="https://apnews.com/article/congress-nonprofits-tax-exempt-terrorism-trump-f9f5cfad4ea64c0745313a0b8a84fccf" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://apnews.com/article/congress-nonprofits-tax-exempt-terrorism-trump-f9f5cfad4ea64c0745313a0b8a84fccf</a><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Environment</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Ethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Ethics</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AirIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AirIsLife</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WaterIsLife</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LandIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LandIsLife</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MAGADeathCult" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MAGADeathCult</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TrumpHatesTheEnvironment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TrumpHatesTheEnvironment</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TrumpHatesThePoor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TrumpHatesThePoor</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AntiLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AntiLife</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Greenpeace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Greenpeace</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Indivisible" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Indivisible</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FreePalestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FreePalestine</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CREW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CREW</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PeaceAndJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PeaceAndJustice</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CorporatePolluters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CorporatePolluters</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Corporatocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Corporatocracy</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CharacteristicsOfFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CharacteristicsOfFascism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SilencingDissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SilencingDissent</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USPol</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HR9495" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HR9495</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TaxPackage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TaxPackage</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Authoritarianism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AuthoritarianRule" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AuthoritarianRule</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StopHR9495" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#StopHR9495</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FightForTheFuture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FightForTheFuture</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Section112209" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Section112209</a>

Devil's Panties05/12/2025 Freudian Quip <a href="https://thedevilspanties.com/archives/16614" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://thedevilspanties.com/archives/16614</a> Support us on Patreon: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/jenniebreeden" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/jenniebreeden</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ClimateChange</a>,<a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#politics</a>,<a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/religion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#religion</a>,<a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/TaxExempt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TaxExempt</a>,<a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/taxes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#taxes</a>

Steve Dustcircle 🌹You Need to Know about <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HealthCare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HealthCare</a> Sharing <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Ministries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Ministries</a><a href="https://thehumanist.com/news/national/you-need-to-know-about-health-care-sharing-ministries" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://thehumanist.com/news/national/you-need-to-know-about-health-care-sharing-ministries</a><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Healthcaresharingministries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Healthcaresharingministries</a> are <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/taxexempt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#taxexempt</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/religious" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#religious</a> organizations that pretend to offer products better than real <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/healthinsurance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#healthinsurance</a>, with promises of low costs and caring for the “whole person.” These ministries have zero obligation to reimburse any <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/medicalexpenses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#medicalexpenses</a>. The result is families surprised with steep <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/medicaldebt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#medicaldebt</a>, confusing limitations, and curt responses to their pleas for help.

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Harvard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Harvard</a> is among the vast majority of public & private <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/universities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#universities</a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/colleges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#colleges</a> that are <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TaxExempt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TaxExempt</a>.Under the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a>, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/IRS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IRS</a> initiates investigations based on established criteria & procedures, not based on presidential directives. The IRS is expected to operate independently & without political pressure.If the IRS found that Harvard’s tax-exempt status should be revoked, Harvard would be given notice & an opportunity to contest the finding in court.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Autocracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RevengePolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RevengePolitics</a>

NonilexThis is 100% not within his power & is totally <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/illegal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#illegal</a>.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> on Friday said he planned to strip <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Harvard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Harvard</a> University of its <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TaxExempt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TaxExempt</a> status, the latest salvo against the Ivy League school amid a larger crackdown on elite <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#US</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/universities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#universities</a>."We are going to be taking away Harvard’s Tax Exempt Status. It’s what they deserve!" Trump said in a post on his social media platform, without specifying when [or how] he might take action.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AntiIntellectualism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AntiIntellectualism</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Overreach" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Overreach</a> <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-take-away-harvards-tax-exempt-status-2025-05-02/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-take-away-harvards-tax-exempt-status-2025-05-02/</a>

Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬Trump Officials Weigh <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/EarthDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EarthDay</a> Move Against Green Groups <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/WhiteHouse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WhiteHouse</a> officials are preparing executive orders that would strip some <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/environmental" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#environmental</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/nonprofits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#nonprofits</a> of their <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/taxexempt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#taxexempt</a> status, setting up a possible Earth Day strike against organizations seen as standing in the way of President Donald Trump’s push for more domestic <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/oil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#oil</a>, <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/gas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gas</a> and <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/coal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#coal</a> production. <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-18/trump-officials-weigh-earth-day-move-against-green-groups" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-18/trump-officials-weigh-earth-day-move-against-green-groups</a> <a href="https://archive.ph/8ZrIM" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://archive.ph/8ZrIM</a>

NonilexIn recent weeks & days, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> admin began a review of $9B in federal contracts & grants to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Harvard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Harvard</a>; called for restrictions including a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MaskBan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MaskBan</a> & *<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DEI</a>* removal; threatened to strip Harvard of its <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TaxExempt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TaxExempt</a> status; & demanded info on some <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/visa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#visa</a> holders at Harvard w/ a threat to take away its ability to enroll <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/foreign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#foreign</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/students" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#students</a>. Harvard on Monday rejected numerous demands that it said would cede control to the govt. The Trump admin subsequently said it was freezing $2.3B in funding. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a>

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/IRS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IRS</a> Is Actually Said to Be Considering Whether to Revoke <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Harvard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Harvard</a>’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TaxExempt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TaxExempt</a> Status — Cuz <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USA</a> Is An <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Autocracy</a> NowThe move would be a major violation of the law upon orders from the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> admin as it attempts to choke off federal money & support for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#research</a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#academia</a> in US <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/universities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#universities</a>.[Jiminy Cricket am I editorializing & cursing in print more & more now that muther f⁕⚠︎er is in office!]<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AntiIntellectualism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AntiIntellectualism</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RevengePolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RevengePolitics</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/extortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#extortion</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MafiaState</a> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/us/politics/trump-irs-harvard.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=45189BD7-601D-485A-8FE9-6A8489FF334F" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/us/politics/trump-irs-harvard.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=45189BD7-601D-485A-8FE9-6A8489FF334F</a>

NonilexThe <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authority" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#authority</a> to investigate & change <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TaxExempt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TaxExempt</a> statuses rests solely w/ <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/IRS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IRS</a>, & the president is BARRED from directly or indirectly requesting that the agency exercise that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/power" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#power</a> against taxpayers [including <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/universities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#universities</a>]. Andrew De Mello, the IRS’s acting chief counsel, received the request Wed from ofcls in the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Treasury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Treasury</a> Dept… The Trump admin has displaced numerous IRS leaders to empower political allies… Trump on Tues [YESTERDAY] appointed Gary Shapley the agency’s acting commissioner….

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TaxExempt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TaxExempt</a> status is available to charitable, religious & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/educational" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#educational</a> orgs, as well as social welfare groups. But the organizations must strictly adhere to tax laws that prohibit them from engaging in certain political activity. There is NO proof that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Harvard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Harvard</a> violated any of those guardrails.  “The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/IRS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IRS</a> is supposed to administer the tax rules impartially, not pursue political <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/vendettas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#vendettas</a> against exempt organizations,”said Steve Rosenthal, who served as snr fellow at the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TaxPolicy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TaxPolicy</a> Center.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a>

Nonilex100% ILLEGALWHAT COUNTRY IS THIS?!?!?<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> administration asks <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/IRS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IRS</a> to revoke <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Harvard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Harvard</a>’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TaxExempt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TaxExempt</a> status  The directive to the IRS is a significant escalation of Trump’s feud with <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HarvardUniversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HarvardUniversity</a> & other Ivy League institutions & other <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/nonprofit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#nonprofit</a> groups his admin views as “woke.”<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AcademicFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AcademicFreedom</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Constitution</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FirstAmendment</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FreeSpeech</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AbuseOfPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AbuseOfPower</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ExecutivePower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ExecutivePower</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Autocracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Tyranny</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AntiIntellectualism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AntiIntellectualism</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#censorship</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Dictatorship</a> <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/04/16/trump-harvard-tax-exempt-irs/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/04/16/trump-harvard-tax-exempt-irs/</a>

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> again escalated his admin’s fight w/ <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Harvard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Harvard</a> by threatening its <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TaxExempt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TaxExempt</a> status after the school defied his demands to change its policies in exchange for billions of federal <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/funding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#funding</a>.“Perhaps Harvard should lose its Tax Exempt Status & be Taxed as a Political Entity if it keeps pushing political, ideological, & terrorist inspired/supporting “Sickness?” Trump posted…. “Remember, Tax Exempt Status is totally contingent on acting in the PUBLIC INTEREST!”<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-15/trump-threatens-harvard-s-tax-exempt-status-after-school-rebuke" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-15/trump-threatens-harvard-s-tax-exempt-status-after-school-rebuke</a>

Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬Tell the <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Senate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Senate</a>: Don’t Weaponize the <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/TreasuryDepartment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TreasuryDepartment</a> Against <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Nonprofits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Nonprofits</a> Last week House of Representatives passed a dangerous bill (<a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/HR9495" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HR9495</a>) that would allow the Secretary of Treasury to strip a <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#US</a> nonprofit of its <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/taxexempt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#taxexempt</a> status. Future administrations could weaponize the powers in this bill to target nonprofits on either end of the political spectrum. Even if they are not targeted, the threat alone could chill the activities of some nonprofit organizations. <a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/11/tell-senate-dont-weaponize-treasury-department-against-nonprofits" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/11/tell-senate-dont-weaponize-treasury-department-against-nonprofits</a>

Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬Criticizing <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Israel</a>? <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Nonprofit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Nonprofit</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Media</a> Could Lose <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/TaxExempt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TaxExempt</a> Status Without Due Process New anti-terrorism bill would allowgovernment to take away vital tax exemptions from nonprofit <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#news</a> outlets. The bill that passed the House with broad bipartisan support in April — after which a companion bill was immediately introduced in Senate — would empower the secretary of the Treasury to revoke the nonprofit status of any organization deemed “terrorist supporting.” <a href="https://theintercept.com/2024/05/10/terrorism-bill-nonprofit-journalists-israel-hamas/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://theintercept.com/2024/05/10/terrorism-bill-nonprofit-journalists-israel-hamas/</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/FreePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FreePress</a>

NonilexThe <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/watchdog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#watchdog</a> group has also asked the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/IRS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IRS</a> to investigate whether <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CPI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CPI</a> has engaged in unreported <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/lobbying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#lobbying</a> activity by donating nearly $2M to a related org, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CompassLegalGroup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CompassLegalGroup</a>, that supported <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/conservative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#conservative</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/legislation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#legislation</a> on both the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/state" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#state</a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/federal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#federal</a> levels.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/nonprofit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#nonprofit</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TaxExempt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TaxExempt</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/donors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#donors</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MoneyLaundering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MoneyLaundering</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DarkMoney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DarkMoney</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GOP</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MAGA</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Republicans</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#propaganda</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/House" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#House</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreedomCaucus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FreedomCaucus</a> <a href="https://campaignforaccountability.org/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://campaignforaccountability.org/</a> <a href="https://accountable.us/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://accountable.us/</a>

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