Source: OtherWords
by Sonali Kolhatkar
“This fall, shortly after the election, the U.S. House passed a dangerous piece of legislation that many are calling the ‘nonprofit killer’ bill. The bill has an incongruous title: the ‘Terror-Financing and Tax Penalties on American Hostages Act’. Among other things, it would give the Treasury Department the authority to unilaterally accuse nonprofit organizations of supporting ‘terrorism’, and revoke their nonprofit status. Critics like the ACLU say it’s a blank check for presidents to shut down organizations that criticize them. When the bill was introduced in the spring, it was largely viewed as an effort to silence pro-Palestinian activism. At the time, dozens of House Democrats supported it alongside most Republicans. But after Donald Trump’s White House win, amid fears that the incoming president would use it as a tool to bludgeon his perceived enemies, it passed with significantly less Democratic support.” (12/19/24)