HR 9495 passed the House, so contact your Senators

[rydra_wong]

This is the bill that would allow the Secretary of the Treasury to unilaterally strip non-profit status from any organization they want to label as "terrorist supporting" -- with no requirement for evidence, and no recourse other than organizations getting 90 days to somehow prove their innocence (proving a negative always being a fun game), so basically any non-profit they want to kill:

https://nonprofitquarterly.org/hr-9495-bill-threatening-nonprofits-passes-house/

https://www.rightsanddissent.org/news/defending-rights-dissent-condemns-passage-of-h-r-9495-charity-killer/

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/house-bill-trump-power-target-nonprofits-1235161151/

The vague language in the bill could be used against nonprofits that support Palestinian rights, reproductive rights, and environmental protections.

“The danger is much broader than just groups that work on foreign policy,” Ryan Costello, policy director at the National Iranian American Council Action, told The Intercept. “It could target major liberal funders who support Palestinian solidarity and peace groups who engage in protest. But it could also theoretically be used to target pro-choice groups, and I could see it being used against environmental groups.”

https://www.senate.gov/senators/senators-contact.htm

The ACLU have a script if you want something to borrow from:

https://action.aclu.org/send-message/dissent

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[minoanmiss]

writes like the wind