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

[Schoonmaker, Sara]

Thanks for this, Katie. I completely agree that we need to resist this dangerous threat to democracy. I emailed a bunch of friends about it and also called my representative. Unfortunately, the bill passed earlier today. But now we can move on to contact our senators.
In solidarity,
Sara

Sara Schoonmaker, Ph.D.
Professor of Sociology Emerita
Department of Sociology and Anthropology
University of Redlands

Latest book: Free Software, the Internet, and Global Communities of Resistance
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/10.4324/9781315672786/free-software-internet-global-communities-resistance-sara-schoonmaker
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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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