#HR9495 is a slippery slope. Who will be considered #terrorists? #ClimateActivists, those who speak up against #IsraeliWarCrimes, #WaterDefenders, #NativeAmericans, #DragQueens, #GBLTQ folks, #Librarians, #gynecologists, etc., etc. We need to #StopHR9495 in its tracks!

#ClampDown #Fascism #CharacteristicsOfFascism #DonTheFascistCon
#CriminalizingDissent #KristiNoem
#Blackwater #ErikPrince #Autocracy
#SilencingDissent #ClimateActivists
#AntiWarActivists #WaterProtectors
#PeaceActivists #ClimateJustice #Protests #StandWithStandingRock
#GazaGenocide #LebanonGenocide #WeDontNeedThatFascistGrooveThing

@mattbors

Welcome to Guantanamo!
Come for the sunshine, stay for the waterboarding!

#NDAA #ExpandedPowers #USPresidency #NationalEmergency #Drones #HR9495 #Terrorists #Activists #MattBors

In Contempt #47: Trump Administration Gears Up to Attack Anti-War Movement

December 1, 2024

"Judging from what has been pushed thus far, there are several legal measures most likely to be used once Trump returns to Washington. One would be deporting foreign college students in the U.S. on a visa after they’re found to have openly advocated for #Hamas or another U.S.-designated terror group, or after they participated in an unauthorized campus protest and were suspended, expelled or jailed.

Another measure would be to pursue federal prosecutions of #demonstrators who block synagogue entrances or disrupt Jewish speakers at events. A third approach is to charge #protest leaders and nonprofits that aid in fundraising for protest groups with failing to register with the U.S. Justice Department as an 'agent of a foreign principal.' And a fourth avenue is to open investigations into protest leaders who are in direct contact with U.S.-designated terror groups while advocating on their behalf.

"…#AmericaFirstLegal has in the past year filed four lawsuits that provide a glimpse into how the Trump administration could differ from its predecessor. America First Legal alleges in the suits that the State Department, the Justice Department, the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Education have protected pro-Hamas extremists.

"In court papers and in letters to several federal oversight officials, America First Legal has also said it believes the Justice Department should have forced several leaders of pro-Palestinian groups to report themselves under the Foreign Agents Registration Act, known as #FARA, which requires individuals acting as 'an agent of a foreign principal' to register themselves."

Read more:
https://itsgoingdown.org/in-contempt-47/
#SilencingDissent #Authoritarianism #USPol #FreePalestine #HR9495 #Project2025 #ProjectEsther #ItsGoingDown

#HR9495 would give the new Trump administration unilateral power to shut down any non-profit whose mission it disagrees with.

We encourage those of us in #Minnesota to contact Senators Klobuchar and Smith to demand they vote NO on this dangerous bill.

https://action.lakotalaw.org/action/protect-justice-nonprofits

House Approves “#NonprofitKiller” Bill [#HR9495], Most Dangerous Domestic #AntiTerrorism Bill Since #PatriotAct

#DemocracyNow, November 22, 2024

"The House of Representatives passed a bill Thursday that would empower the Treasury Department to revoke the tax-exempt status of any nonprofit it deems has provided material support to a terrorist organization. A broad coalition of civil society groups have opposed the bill, warning that it would give the Trump administration sweeping powers to crack down on political opponents. H.R. 9495, the Stop Terror-Financing and Tax Penalties on American Hostages Act, passed the House 219 to 184 largely along party lines, with 15 Democrats supporting the Republican majority.

"'This bill is essentially a civil rights disaster,' says Darryl Li, an anthropologist, lawyer and legal scholar teaching at the University of Chicago. Li, who recently wrote a briefing paper on the anti-Palestinian origins of U.S. terrorism law, says 'anti-Palestinian racism is one of the great bipartisan unifiers in Congress.'"

Read more / watch / listen:
https://www.democracynow.org/2024/11/22/nonprofit_bill

#StopHR9495 #CivilRights #SilencingDissent #ViewerSupportedNews

HT @fight

🚨 BREAKING! 🚨
ACTIVISM IS WORKING. DO NOT LET UP!!

"Reps that voted for #HR9495 are getting so many calls that they're publicly withdrawing their support of the nonprofit-killer bill.

"Don't let Dems pre-comply with #fascism. Keep calling until the vote on Thursday 11/21:" https://fftf.link/no9495

https://kolektiva.social/@fight@fightforthefuture.org/113511919286871688

#StopHR9495 #Authoritarianism

Here's what's going on with #HR9495 according to Slate...

"On Monday, the House Rules Committee passed it. Republicans voted for it, Democrats voted against, but Republicans are in charge and dominate the committee, so it passed. It now goes to the House floor, where it will need just a simple majority to pass. That vote is expected Thursday."

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/11/hr-9495-vote-summary-house-representatives-terrorist-nonprofits.html

🚨 BREAKING NEWS!🚨 It looks like #HR9495 was amended to include the following:

"Strikes SEC. 4. - Termination of tax-exempt status of terrorist supporting organizations."

"Adds an exception for humanitarian aid provided with #OFAC approval to ensure legitimate organizations providing aid are not wrongfully designated as a terrorist
 supporting organization."

I'm not sure what is meant by OFAC approval, but I'll look into that later tonight or tomorrow... (Unless someone knows what that's all about here on Mastodon.)

https://rules.house.gov/bill/118/hr-9495

https://meanstv.libsyn.com/mmn-111224

#MMN #MeansMorningNews with #SamSachs

#news
#Fascism...period

- #Trump forges alliance with #neocons ahead of 2nd term
- #ApartheidIsraeli minister calls for full annexation of #WestBank
-'Border Czar' named to oversee #massdeportations in the U.S.
-Zionist propaganda distorts reality around football riot in #Amsterdam ⚽

Note to USA:
Get your Congress members to vote NO on #HR9495 which is nonsensically named 'The Stop Terror Financing And Tax Penalties on American Hostages Act'.
This bullshit allows the U.S.Treasury Secretary to revoke 501c3 tax exempt status , and worse for any group or organisation that is in #SolidarityWithPalestine 🇵🇸

I believe the vote is today, but check

#JaredGolden has been declared the winner in #Maine. All those in #District2 need to pester him about #HR9495!

#StopHR9495

I encourage Americans to call their representatives to urge them to vote against HR 9495, which would let the US Treasury Department revoke nonprofit status of any organization it calls a supporter of terrorism without any evidence whatsoever.

https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/9495

You can find them here, if you don't know who they are or their phone numbers: https://www.congress.gov/members/find-your-member

#HR9495

#Republicans Are Already Trying to Grant #Trump Dangerous Powers

Opinion by #HafizRashid
November 15, 2024

"House Republicans are trying to push through a bill that would give President-Elect #DonaldTrump powers as president to designate #nonprofit organizations as '#TerroristSupporting' even after it was seemingly defeated earlier this week.

"The Stop Terror-Financing and Tax Penalties on American Hostages Act #HR9495 would allow the secretary of the treasury the ability to revoke any nonprofit organization’s tax-exempt status by branding it with a terrorism label. Earlier this week, the bill failed to receive the necessary two-thirds majority in the House to advance to the Senate.

"But on Monday, the House Rules Committee plans to hold a hearing that could set up a new vote on the bill, which initially had the support of all but one Republican and 52 Democrats. With the GOP only holding a seven seat majority in the chamber, they would need the support of more Democrats to advance the bill, which was introduced to combat #protests against #Israel’s war on #Gaza.

"Under any circumstances, the bill would threaten #FirstAmendment rights to #FreeSpeech, but after Trump’s election last week, there are now fears that the president-elect could use these new powers to crack down on his enemies with little recourse. Many #universities and #NewsOutlets are nonprofit organizations in addition to #activist groups.

"After the bill’s initial failure on Tuesday, the American Civil Liberties Union [#ACLU] celebrated the rejection of 'new broad and easily abused powers.'

"'The freedom to #dissent without fear of government retribution is a vital part of any well-functioning democracy, and now is not the time to grant the executive branch new powers to investigate and functionally shut down and silence its critics,' said Kia Hamadanchy, senior policy counsel for the ACLU, in a statement.

"Now, the bill could be given a retooling and sent up for a vote again, giving a president who has already threatened to use the #military against his critics even more sweeping powers. The question is if #Democrats will recognize the bill as granting dangerous powers to the presidency, or see it as a chance to clamp down on protesters they have tried to ignore at their peril for the past year.'"

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/republicans-are-already-trying-to-grant-trump-dangerous-powers/ar-AA1uaihv

#ClampDown #WorkingForTheClampDown #Fascism #CharacteristicsOfFascism #DonTheFascistCon #StopHR9495
#CriminalizingDissent #KristiNoem
#Blackwater #ErikPrince #Autocracy
#SilencingDissent #ClimateActivists
#AntiWarActivists #WaterProtectors
#PeaceActivists #ClimateJustice #Protests #StandWithStandingRock
#GazaGenocide #LebanonGenocide

🚨H.R. 9495 is a dangerous attack on nonprofits, especially those challenging U.S. support for the genocide in #gaza as well as pro-choice and environmental groups.

This bill would give the president unprecedented authority to strip tax-exempt status from any nonprofit deemed a “terrorist supporting organization” without any evidence. This is a blatant attempt to stifle activism and our civil liberties.

Take action:
http://codepink.org/blockthebill

#uspol #freepalestine #palestine #codepink #HR9495

Congress Is About to Gift Trump Sweeping Powers to Crush His Political Enemies
The House is set to vote Tuesday on a bill that would let the administration destroy nonprofits it claims support terrorism.
Noah Hurowitz
November 10 2024

"Donald Trump has made no secret of his desire for revenge.

"On the campaign trail, he joked about being a #dictator on 'day one' in office, pledged to jail #journalists, and threatened to retaliate against political foes who he felt had wronged him.
Now, just days after he secured a second term in the White House, Congress is already moving to hand a resurgent #Trump administration a powerful cudgel that it could wield against ideological opponents in #CivilSociety.

"Up for a fast-track vote next week in the House of representatives, the Stop Terror-Financing and Tax Penalties on American Hostages Act, also known as #HR9495, would grant the secretary of Treasury Department unilateral authority to revoke the tax-exempt status of any nonprofit deemed to be a 'terrorist supporting organization.'"

https://theintercept.com/2024/11/10/trump-nonprofit-tax-exempt-political-enemies/

#SilencingDissent #ClimateActivists #FreePalestine #Activists
#NoDAPL #Section25 #Fascism #Greenpeace #Project2025
#Blackwater #ErikPrince
#CriminalizingDissent
#CrackdownOnProtests
#AntiProtestLaws
#Genocide #ClimateActivists
#ErikPrinceColonialism
#CorporateFascism #CorporateColonialism
#ClimateProtestors #CharacteristicsOfFascism