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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsOne of the sinster little "Easter Eggs" Republicans have tucked into Trump's "One Big Beautiful Bill"
https://www.yahoo.com/news/house-republicans-launch-marathon-hearings-173334551.html

Kid Berwyn
(20,340 posts)League of Women Voters
Miles Archer
(19,175 posts)So this would be ANY group with a tax exempt status that says ANYTHING Trump doesn't like.
Kid Berwyn
(20,340 posts)Trump hates non-profits because they chronicle him as the traitor, imbecile and lunatic he is.
We got to get the Clementine Clusterfuck in court where the truth and the Constitution still matter.
rubbersole
(9,799 posts)This is going to pass because it's not a hill anyone is willing to stake their credibility on. Bigger fish to fry with Medicare in the headlines.
JustAnotherGen
(34,959 posts)CousinIT
(11,350 posts)CALL YOUR REPS AND TELL THEM "HELL NO" TO THIS BILL!
Yeah, call them even if they're Republicans. BE A PAIN IN THEIR ASS.
https://5calls.org/issue/budget-reconciliation-federal-cuts/
Jerry2144
(2,826 posts)Yank tax exempt status for NRA, Right to Life, those mega churches, and other bastions of white supremacy
Miles Archer
(19,175 posts)I'd love to see it. With a Democratic President and Democrats in control of Congress, we could make them cry in ways they've never imagined. Right now, they're viewing Trump's second term as the beginning of a dynasty, followed by President Don Jr or President Ivanka. And of course, if the 90,000,000 people who slept through last November continue to do so, it's not that far-fetched. But I'm hoping that enough people are paying attention right now to prevent that from happening. We need to keep banging the drum. No days off.
Shipwack
(2,662 posts)That would require a Dem not afraid to play hardball.
They exist, but they dont have the full support of the party (or at least the big backers, who supposedly have decided that their next candidate is a white man
)
Even if a progressive fighter was elected, they might not even have the support of their own party. We need a Roosevelt:
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Sorry, Im not trying to dampen enthusiasm
JustAnotherGen
(34,959 posts)They are both capable of that. And they'll do it with a smile.
None of the three mentioned here should have tax exempt status. I think especially the NRA and mega churches should have never had tax exemption. Any church that has over 2000 members, doesnt need tax breaks. NRA is a political organization as well as a business.
underpants
(190,604 posts)The resistance such as it was in the old Soviet Union stayed alive because the Soviets didnt mess with the churches. Seems like Trump et al are making sure that doesnt happen to them.
Also, on social media all NGOs are not just suspect but almost certainly commie deep state subversives who drain tax dollars. 🙄
Johonny
(23,584 posts)Is pretty telling. Education, the only industry the really really hate