DoomsdaysCW<p>It's baaaack...! <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HR9495" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HR9495</span></a> </p><p>via @fightforthefuture.org<br>WE NEED CALLS NOW! HR 9495, now known as <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Section112209" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Section112209</span></a>, if passed, would give the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> administration unprecedented power in suppressing nonprofits, by allowing the administration the power to strip organizations of their tax exempt status! Call 319-313-7674</p><p>'We Need Calls Now!' Republicans Slip <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Nonprofit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nonprofit</span></a> Killer Bill Into <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TaxPackage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TaxPackage</span></a></p><p>"If Democrats capitulate to the wanton destruction of crucial civil society institutions, they had better expect civil society to burn them to the ground for that betrayal." </p><p>Jake Johnson<br>May 13, 2025</p><p>Excerpt: "House Republicans on Monday quietly revived a proposal that would grant the Trump administration broad authority to crush nonprofits it views as part of the political opposition, from environmental justice organizations to news outlets.</p><p>"<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FightForTheFuture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FightForTheFuture</span></a> and other advocacy groups called attention to the measure, which was buried in the final pages of the House Ways and Means Committee's draft reconciliation bill, starting on page 380.</p><p>"A markup hearing for the legislation is scheduled to take place on Tuesday [5/13] at 2:30 pm ET.</p><p>"The proposal would empower the U.S. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TreasuryDepartment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TreasuryDepartment</span></a> to revoke the tax-exempt status of nonprofits deemed material supporters of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/terrorism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>terrorism</span></a>, with only a hollow simulacrum of due process for the accused organizations. It is already illegal for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/nonprofits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nonprofits</span></a> to provide material support for terrorism.</p><p>" 'The House is about to hand the Trump administration the ability to strip nonprofits of their 501(c)3 status without any reason or recourse. This is a five-alarm fire for nonprofits nationwide,' said Lia Holland, campaigns and communications director at Fight for the Future. 'If the text of last autumn's H.R. 9495 is passed in the budget, any organization with goals that do not line up with <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> can be destroyed with a wink from Trump to the Treasury.'</p><p>"The measure passed the Republican-controlled House late last year with the support of more than a dozen Democrats, but it never received a vote in the Senate.</p><p>" 'This terribly thought-out legislation means that under the current administration, every <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/environmental" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environmental</span></a>, racial justice, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a>+, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/gender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gender</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>justice</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> justice, and—particularly—any anti-<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>genocide</span></a> organization throughout the country may be on the chopping block,' said Holland. 'If Democrats capitulate to the wanton destruction of crucial civil society institutions, they had better expect civil society to burn them to the ground for that betrayal.' 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