John, Congress is back in session today, and one of their first acts will be to vote on an incredibly dangerous bill: H.R. 9495 the so-called “Stop Terror-Financing and Tax Penalties on American Hostages Act.”

This bill should be a five-alarm fire for anyone who seeks to protect free speech, civil society, and democracy from the incoming Trump White House.

H.R. 9495 would grant the incoming Trump administration unprecedented and unchecked power to shut down any nonprofit organization — including social justice groups, media organizations, universities, and civil liberties organizations — based on a unilateral accusation of wrongdoing and without due process.

A version of this bill already passed the House and then stalled in the Senate last spring. Now, the House has attached it to another unrelated bill and is looking to vote on it as soon as TODAY.

Will you send a message to your members of Congress urging them to vote NO on H.R. 9495 now?

This legislation is part of a broader far-right assault on democracy and the right to protest, aimed at outlawing the social justice movements fighting for progressive change—particularly the pro-Palestinian movement.

These MAGA forces often start by attacking Palestinian rights groups and then use this as a tool to openly attack groups pushing for racial justice, LGTBTQ+ rights, immigrant rights, and environmental justice by labeling activists as “terrorists.”

If this bill passes both chambers of Congress, Trump’s Treasury Secretary would be able to strip nonprofit status from organizations it doesn't like — without due process. Imagine how this could be used to crush our progressive movement.

Please, send a message to your Congressmembers now before it’s too late!

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For the sake of our movement, our democracy, and our freedom of speech, we cannot let this bill become law.

In solidarity,

Justice Democrats