[liberationtech] Make your only phone call of the day (probably) to stop H.R. 9495, which is a gift to Trump

[Lina Srivastava]

It's very reminiscent of the purge of civil society orgs around the world.

Thanks for putting this up, Kate.

The vote on the bill is scheduled for today. For US folks, you can call
your representatives until 10am ET to ask them to reject the bill.

On Thu, Nov 21, 2024 at 7:49 AM Arzak Khan <arzak at innovationforchange.net>
wrote:

> This is frightening, we have so many precedents from Global South of
> organisation especially non profits being declared as terrorists.
>
> Arzak Khan
> Hub Manager
> Innovation For Change (I4C) South Asia
> www.innovationforchange.net
>
>
> On Wed, 20 Nov 2024 at 11:43 PM, Kate Krauss <katiephr at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Do you know someone who works for a US nonprofit organization with which
>> Trump might disagree? Or do you just agree with a nonprofit like that? The
>> ACLU, the Tor Project, EFF, CAIR, etc.
>>
>> 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."
>>
>> Call a member of Congress here (calling works best and this is your
>> moment): https://www.fightforthefuture.org/actions/no-on-hr9495
>> ("Vote no on HR 9495")
>>
>> Here's a list of groups that oppose it from an Amnesty International
>> letter:
>> https://www.aclu.org/documents/civil-society-letter-to-congress-opposing-hr-9495
>>
>> * It would give the U.S. Treasury unilateral authority
>> <https://theintercept.com/2024/11/10/trump-nonprofit-tax-exempt-political-enemies/> to
>> strip tax-exempt status from nonprofits deemed “terrorist supporting
>> organizations.” That’s a frightening prospect given Trump’s
>> previous attempt to designate antifascist protesters as “terrorists,”
>> <https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/trump-says-he-will-designate-antifa-terrorist-organization-gop-points-n1220321> his
>> classification of pro-Palestinian protesters as “pro-Hamas radicals,”
>> <https://www.nbcnews.com/news/trumps-plan-quell-protests-deport-hamas-radicals-rcna166168> his
>> open desire to quell dissent with violence
>> <https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/10/13/trump-military-enemies-within/>,
>> and his frequent classification of those who disagree with him as
>> the “enemy from within.”
>> <https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-suggests-hell-use-the-military-on-the-enemy-from-within-the-u-s-if-hes-reelected> -
>> MSNBC
>> <https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/reidout-blog/nonprofits-bill-trump-house-republicans-terrorism-rcna180696>*
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Katie Krauss
>> Liberation Tech
>>
>>
>>
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