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<div class="x_gmail_default" style="font-size:small">There's a vote happening today in Congress on a bill that would allow Trump to target nonprofits he doesn't like and deems "terrorist."</div>
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<div class="x_gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Call a member of Congress here (calling works best and this is your moment): <a href="https://www.fightforthefuture.org/actions/no-on-hr9495" originalsrc="https://www.fightforthefuture.org/actions/no-on-hr9495" shash="Sp4PsyjVsWBjvs/44Dwj/6GYLC3NCe2XtulFji97B8C6E9+6tZw44WHP1Z/cOyyLOaWrcustOmpAaHwQb6/3ipJjMzHHA9S2wIu3o5oGpYzjb4/ESLybZJqzYlt2GrscAQbW9ns8Hy2PW5vmDQ5LqUXpqmjfPjP22/38PbsL5cw=">https://www.fightforthefuture.org/actions/no-on-hr9495</a></div>
<div class="x_gmail_default" style="font-size:small">("Vote no on HR 9495")</div>
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<div class="x_gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Here's a list of groups that oppose it from an Amnesty International letter: <a href="https://www.aclu.org/documents/civil-society-letter-to-congress-opposing-hr-9495" originalsrc="https://www.aclu.org/documents/civil-society-letter-to-congress-opposing-hr-9495" shash="rAOzyzs1JzFe+rWd+LkURLyY1e5P2jd9wIIgt/2oVK9x5e1MENoD6dWxKOCeETeyQR/Fycg4MojAb3BzjAgIw9iFHjYcQ8+ScLqIL8/WbtLfg8/x9Z+iA9RrJTEsWq+ZP/cI4d+9av6gu6UHBSkmPb56W9U753PVCuXckRaaExQ=">https://www.aclu.org/documents/civil-society-letter-to-congress-opposing-hr-9495</a></div>
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<div class="x_gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><i><span style="color:rgb(42,42,42); font-family:PublicoText,Georgia,"Publico Text","Times New Roman",Times,Baskerville; font-size:22.5px"> It would </span><a href="https://theintercept.com/2024/11/10/trump-nonprofit-tax-exempt-political-enemies/" originalsrc="https://theintercept.com/2024/11/10/trump-nonprofit-tax-exempt-political-enemies/" shash="QoE2kD9kTY7JoFo23mSPOXpLoGfAndBHtE3lhlYZxZmFjACPnymieLPXGrAuolSLPUfBSUClHb2uCg8fsXPFTwVMXlsvJylnBb1Nce5cd6OaMx5xRy3Ya4DXqnvbDrKRK2EQXvxmV8z91gaoLj8mF50cYjsTwgve50sC9vb9EPk=" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box; outline:none; text-decoration-line:none; background-image:initial; background-position:initial; background-size:initial; background-repeat:initial; background-origin:initial; background-clip:initial; font-family:PublicoText,Georgia,"Publico Text","Times New Roman",Times,Baskerville; font-size:22.5px">give
the U.S. Treasury unilateral authority</a><span style="color:rgb(42,42,42); font-family:PublicoText,Georgia,"Publico Text","Times New Roman",Times,Baskerville; font-size:22.5px"> to strip tax-exempt status from nonprofits deemed “terrorist supporting organizations.”
That’s a frightening prospect given Trump’s previous </span><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/trump-says-he-will-designate-antifa-terrorist-organization-gop-points-n1220321" originalsrc="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/trump-says-he-will-designate-antifa-terrorist-organization-gop-points-n1220321" shash="fQM9tjIrZxms1o7VFnEHSq0U8XM7DNFDCpv2RwPDosAD8WQi9lS/ni6uO2gXv/tsFDMc+RohmnEs+DRn+HgY+doXlI8BsmwsdpjhXxRf7rQ4d+IK8TSvl6QtET9t69bbW2PG9MMW3iemLjJGtb6X0qcrr0hsIEef20eS5T+DBTY=" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box; outline:none; text-decoration-line:none; background-image:initial; background-position:initial; background-size:initial; background-repeat:initial; background-origin:initial; background-clip:initial; font-family:PublicoText,Georgia,"Publico Text","Times New Roman",Times,Baskerville; font-size:22.5px">attempt
to designate antifascist protesters as “terrorists,”</a><span style="color:rgb(42,42,42); font-family:PublicoText,Georgia,"Publico Text","Times New Roman",Times,Baskerville; font-size:22.5px"> his classification of pro-Palestinian protesters as </span><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/trumps-plan-quell-protests-deport-hamas-radicals-rcna166168" originalsrc="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/trumps-plan-quell-protests-deport-hamas-radicals-rcna166168" shash="a00mhHmCpYqua76wAwY+ByLOSk6XAwWIWqucZf/XbGOQsce4OFmsvnXzg5NToLUKiHW5vxSDSgYGg3SrA5v8sSTt7PpDEDe1efDEqZ43I1XuDbvrGxnzNubCCIrc3LHYvaXjOSnPZrvxwBaH24nkGewtngOdKkCns2EBZg8Pa6Y=" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box; outline:none; text-decoration-line:none; background-image:initial; background-position:initial; background-size:initial; background-repeat:initial; background-origin:initial; background-clip:initial; font-family:PublicoText,Georgia,"Publico Text","Times New Roman",Times,Baskerville; font-size:22.5px">“pro-Hamas
radicals,”</a><span style="color:rgb(42,42,42); font-family:PublicoText,Georgia,"Publico Text","Times New Roman",Times,Baskerville; font-size:22.5px"> his open </span><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/10/13/trump-military-enemies-within/" originalsrc="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/10/13/trump-military-enemies-within/" shash="wDjw3y2slrlyaL8AL5Xr9sQv9IEoCvy8VlJWmuRcLwB/9LdgBHpbZFq3GzAUvrDzj5AfeXsJ/STZgE/2NZnbJ+UQHEgheEB5IDLTzP9aKkJ3Gx4jwqbhbI9vN2wlZEc2klmW5sXrFYXN6mvCXjCAhKHm4BblCokwa7scYv+BVQE=" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box; outline:none; text-decoration-line:none; background-image:initial; background-position:initial; background-size:initial; background-repeat:initial; background-origin:initial; background-clip:initial; font-family:PublicoText,Georgia,"Publico Text","Times New Roman",Times,Baskerville; font-size:22.5px">desire
to quell dissent with violence</a><span style="color:rgb(42,42,42); font-family:PublicoText,Georgia,"Publico Text","Times New Roman",Times,Baskerville; font-size:22.5px">, and his frequent classification of those who disagree with him as the </span><a href="https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-suggests-hell-use-the-military-on-the-enemy-from-within-the-u-s-if-hes-reelected" originalsrc="https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-suggests-hell-use-the-military-on-the-enemy-from-within-the-u-s-if-hes-reelected" shash="oJ3/8FacFYQsRbSTXbGEyZt1Nhy5iYASWXTbvM8aiVH2VIA8cKM9lUsopERE0T7f+TwJ9HYXVgk2koji0S1ZSOEHRRlWnZJPqf9RolDG64F/VEEWRIwqNm/8lzK7eQsLFoiUghZu1z0TaLq6y2vK62L8vFa2MCcRJDsd4leBRAA=" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box; outline:none; text-decoration-line:none; background-image:initial; background-position:initial; background-size:initial; background-repeat:initial; background-origin:initial; background-clip:initial; font-family:PublicoText,Georgia,"Publico Text","Times New Roman",Times,Baskerville; font-size:22.5px">“enemy
from within.”</a> - <a href="https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/reidout-blog/nonprofits-bill-trump-house-republicans-terrorism-rcna180696" originalsrc="https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/reidout-blog/nonprofits-bill-trump-house-republicans-terrorism-rcna180696" shash="LqhCmKPtBh/97IsuUGnluvXFDs5j0e8HOeWQjv3gvtLosv1X3BPaCYI2aZsqdMmwak03Lld4RcporGjTcThOwIP6yt7/ObFJ5OTlxeCDC5wcqPD2bI2a3AKdwv990kH4PPbMUJdJaKL75FLTC5d/moKts26qV5T1icgAFKWd+rs=">
MSNBC</a></i></div>
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