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Sign the petition to disarm the IRS
| From | John Hart, Open the Books <[email protected]> |
| Subject | Sign the petition to disarm the IRS |
| Date | October 16, 2025 2:20 PM |
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Fellow American,
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You probably feel the IRS has you in their crosshairs every April 15th.
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I bet you didn=E2=80=99t count on their crosshairs being literal.
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My organization, Open the Books, has found that the IRS has spent $35 milli=
on on guns, ammunition, and military weaponry since 2006...
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...and that=E2=80=99s AFTER the agency stockpiled a cache of 5 million roun=
ds of ammo and 4,500 guns =E2=80=93 including 15 submachine guns.
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Today, nearly 2,100 IRS agents have the authority to use a firearm.
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That=E2=80=99s more than police departments in most major cities have, Fell=
ow American!
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The militarization of the IRS =E2=80=93 which has already been figuratively=
weaponized against taxpayers =E2=80=93 MUST stop.
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Add your voice to the millions of Americans demanding action from Congress =
=E2=80=93 Sign Open the Books=E2=80=99 petition to disarm the IRS today.
Yes! I Want to Disarm the IRS
Disarm the IRS
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Fellow American, these shocking numbers are part of Open the Books=E2=80=99=
proprietary database of public spending at all levels of government =E2=80=
=93 the largest of its kind in human history.
My team and I are dedicated to posting EVERY dime the government spends onl=
ine, in real time, in service of the transparency and accountability our go=
vernment sorely needs.
Our work has its roots in the Federal Funding Accountability Act of 2006, a=
landmark transparency bill that led to ALL federal spending being put onli=
ne in a searchable database for the first time.
This was a good first step toward launching the transparency revolution.
But it wasn=E2=80=99t enough.
It took too long to post the data, and federal agencies stonewalled the law=
=E2=80=99s efforts to shine a light on their operations.
So in 2011, our late founder, Adam Andrzejewski, started Open the Books to =
provide real time oversight into public spending and government waste, frau=
d, and abuse.
Now, thanks to our database, Open the Books stands alone in its ability to =
assess tens of trillions of dollars in public spending.
This includes spending by the IRS to arm itself =E2=80=93 literally =E2=80=
=93 against American taxpayers.
Disarm the IRS
Fellow American, I think you=E2=80=99ll agree that this is not only a ridic=
ulous waste of money by the IRS =E2=80=93 it's a dangerous one, too.
What better way to join the transparency revolution with me than by signing=
the petition to disarm the IRS today?
Yes! I Want to Disarm the IRS
Fellow American, transparency is the first principle of Open the Books.
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I believe it=E2=80=99s the building block of representative government that=
makes all the other freedoms you and I enjoy possible.
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America=E2=80=99s founders thought so, too.
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That=E2=80=99s why they put this foundational principle in the Constitution=
:
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=E2=80=9CA regular Statement and Account of the Receipts and Expeditions of=
all public Money shall be published from time to time.=E2=80=9D
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I highly doubt our founders would approve of a weaponized IRS, much less AN=
Y government agency operating without transparency.
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But here=E2=80=99s a story of citizen activism and accountability =E2=80=93=
the kind you=E2=80=99re engaging in by signing our Disarm the IRS petition=
=E2=80=93 our founders would appreciate:
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Fellow American, do you remember when the IRS targeted and harassed conserv=
ative nonprofits during the Obama presidency?
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One of the agency=E2=80=99s top directors even had to publicly apologize fo=
r her office using terms like =E2=80=9Ctea party=E2=80=9D to decide which g=
roups to set its sights on.
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Transparency brought that figurative weaponization to light.
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Now you can help bring the literal militarization of the IRS further into t=
he public eye by adding your voice TODAY to the millions who have already s=
igned Open the Book=E2=80=99s petition to disarm the IRS.
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Transparency can transform how we govern ourselves =E2=80=93 including how =
we hold federal agencies accountable when they bulk up on ballistics they d=
on=E2=80=99t need.
Yes! I Want to Disarm the IRS
Disarm the IRS
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Fellow American, it=E2=80=99s past time bureaucrats left the weaponry to la=
w enforcement.
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After all, American taxpayers have enough to worry about without wondering =
if an IRS agent is going to show up on their doorstep with a gun instead of=
a pocket calculator.
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You should be able to decide for yourself whether you=E2=80=99re happy abou=
t the federal government spending your hard-earned tax dollars on 87,000 ne=
w agents and paying for their arms training.
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But you can=E2=80=99t make that decision unless you know that=E2=80=99s how=
the IRS is spending the money in the first place.
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That=E2=80=99s why I hope you=E2=80=99ll join the transparency revolution a=
nd sign Open the Book=E2=80=99s petition to disarm the IRS today.
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John Hart
CEO, Open the Books
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P.S. Elon Musk and DOGE have announced plans to audit the IRS =E2=80=93 goo=
d!
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But they also need to shine a light on the money being wasted on weaponizin=
g the IRS.
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Fellow American, consider these numbers found by my organization, Open the =
Books, that Elon and his team are using as they dig into how the IRS milita=
rized itself:
$35 million spent on guns, weapons, and ammunition since 2006;
$2.5 million spent on ballistic shields and tactical gear;
More than $500,000 spent on ballistic helmets and body armor;
Nearly $1 million was spent on Smith & Wesson rifles and Berretta tacti=
cal shotguns.
Bureaucrats don=E2=80=99t need that kind of weaponry.
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Will you help me shine a light on this abuse of taxpayer dollars today by s=
igning this petition telling Congress to disarm the IRS?
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Your signature helps advance the transparency revolution that could disarm =
the IRS immediately.
Support Open the Books
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You probably feel the IRS has you in their crosshairs every April 15th.</sp=
an></p><p style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit;margin:0;font-=
size:16px;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px;"> </p><p style=3D"box-sizing:bor=
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2px;"> <span style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;word-break:break-word;font-size=
:16px;color:#000000;" color=3D"#000000"><em style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;=
">I bet you didn’t count on their crosshairs being literal.</em></spa=
n></p><p style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit;margin:0;font-s=
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px;"><span style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;word-break:break-word;font-size:1=
6px;color:#000000;" color=3D"#000000">My organization, Open the Books, has =
found that the IRS has spent $35 million on guns, ammunition, and military =
weaponry since 2006...</span></p><p style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;line-hei=
ght:inherit;margin:0;font-size:16px;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px;"> </p>=
<p style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit;margin:0;font-size:16=
px;mso-line-height-alt:19.2px;"><span style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;word-b=
reak:break-word;font-size:16px;color:#000000;" color=3D"#000000">...and tha=
t’s AFTER the agency stockpiled a cache of 5 million rounds of ammo a=
nd 4,500 guns – including 15 submachine guns.</span></p><p style=3D"b=
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eight-alt:16.8px;"> </p><p style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;line-height:=
inherit;margin:0;font-size:16px;mso-line-height-alt:19.2px;"> <span style=
=3D"box-sizing:border-box;word-break:break-word;font-size:16px;color:#00000=
0;" color=3D"#000000">Today, nearly 2,100 IRS agents have the authority to =
use a firearm.</span></p><p style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;line-height:inhe=
rit;margin:0;font-size:16px;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px;"> </p><p style=
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ine-height-alt:19.2px;"><span style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;word-break:bre=
ak-word;font-size:16px;color:#000000;" color=3D"#000000"><em style=3D"box-s=
izing:border-box;">That’s more than police departments in most major =
cities have, Fellow American!</em></span></p><p style=3D"box-sizing:border-=
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dash; which has already been figuratively weaponized against taxpayers &nda=
sh; MUST stop.</strong></span></p><p style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;line-he=
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or=3D"#ffffff"><!--[if mso]><v:roundrect xmlns:v=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-c=
om:vml" xmlns:w=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" href=3D"[link removed]
ecure.anedot.com/openthebooks/2cf3ace7-cd5b-4bf2-8080-1ca2c8fe9352?source_c=
ode=3DALL71871" style=3D"height:42px;width:262px;v-text-anchor:middle;" arc=
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font-size:16px"><![endif]--> <span class=3D"button" style=3D"box-sizing:bor=
der-box;background-color:#b32925;border-bottom:0px solid transparent;border=
-left:0px solid transparent;border-radius:4px;border-right:0px solid transp=
arent;border-top:0px solid transparent;color:#ffffff;display:inline-block;f=
ont-family:Arial,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-=
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eft:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:center;width:auto;word-break:keep-al=
l;letter-spacing:normal;" bgcolor=3D"#b32925" color=3D"#ffffff"><span style=
=3D"box-sizing:border-box;word-break:break-word;line-height:32px;"><strong =
style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;">Yes! I Want to Disarm the IRS</strong></sp=
an></span><!--[if mso]></center></v:textbox></v:roundrect><![endif]--></a><=
/div><!--[if mso]></td></tr></table><![endif]--></td></tr></tbody></table><=
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=3D"pad" style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;"><!--[if mso]><table align=3D"cent=
er" border=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0"><tr><td><![endif]--><d=
iv class=3D"alignment" align=3D"center" style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;"><!=
--[if mso]><table width=3D"400" border=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=
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der-box;max-width:400px;"><a href=3D"[link removed]
I6OTkyNjA2OTcsImUiOiJtZy1lbmM6OE0zZ2JZTDZydExUZFVpd09rN0Z6OEl2YW05Y3BCNTFDc=
3ZUS3l1S2kxND0iLCJyaSI6IjEzNTEyODA1ODUiLCJycSI6IjAyLWIyNTI4OS03MzFkM2U2NzY5=
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odHRwczovL3NlY3VyZS5hbmVkb3QuY29tL29wZW50aGVib29rcy8yY2YzYWNlNy1jZDViLTRiZj=
ItODA4MC0xY2EyYzhmZTkzNTI_c291cmNlX2NvZGU9QUxMNzE4NzEifQ/WJRlxCuRBMpTnWHbOA=
7eYg" target=3D"_blank" style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;outline:none;" tabin=
dex=3D"-1"><img src=3D"[link removed]
TB_DisarmIRS.jpg" style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;outline:none;max-width:100=
%;text-decoration:none;-ms-interpolation-mode:bicubic;display:block;height:=
auto;border:0;width:100%;" width=3D"400" alt=3D"Disarm the IRS" title=3D"Di=
sarm the IRS" height=3D"auto"></a></div><!--[if mso]></td></tr></table><![e=
ndif]--></div><!--[if mso]></td></tr></table><![endif]--></td></tr></tbody>=
</table><table class=3D"paragraph_block block-5" width=3D"100%" border=3D"0=
" cellpadding=3D"10" cellspacing=3D"0" role=3D"presentation" style=3D"box-s=
izing:border-box;mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;word-break:break-wor=
d;table-layout:inherit;"><tbody style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;"><tr style=
=3D"box-sizing:border-box;"><td class=3D"pad" style=3D"box-sizing:border-bo=
x;"><div style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;color:#000;direction:ltr;font-famil=
y:Arial,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-weight:40=
0;letter-spacing:0;line-height:1.2;text-align:left;mso-line-height-alt:19px=
;" color=3D"#000"><p style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit;mar=
gin:0;margin-bottom:16px;">Fellow American, these shocking numbers are part=
of Open the Books’ proprietary database of public spending at all le=
vels of government – the largest of its kind in human history.</p><p =
style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit;margin:0;margin-bottom:1=
6px;"> <strong style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;">My team and I are dedicated=
to posting EVERY dime the government spends online, in real time, in servi=
ce of the transparency and accountability our government sorely needs.</str=
ong></p><p style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit;margin:0;marg=
in-bottom:16px;">Our work has its roots in the Federal Funding Accountabili=
ty Act of 2006, a landmark transparency bill that led to ALL federal spendi=
ng being put online in a searchable database for the first time.</p><p styl=
e=3D"box-sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit;margin:0;margin-bottom:16px;=
"> <strong style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;">This was a good first step towa=
rd launching the transparency revolution.</strong></p><p style=3D"box-sizin=
g:border-box;line-height:inherit;margin:0;margin-bottom:16px;"><em style=3D=
"box-sizing:border-box;">But it wasn’t enough.</em></p><p style=3D"bo=
x-sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit;margin:0;margin-bottom:16px;">It to=
ok too long to post the data, and federal agencies stonewalled the law&rsqu=
o;s efforts to shine a light on their operations.</p><p style=3D"box-sizing=
:border-box;line-height:inherit;margin:0;margin-bottom:16px;"> So in 2011, =
our late founder, Adam Andrzejewski, started Open the Books to provide real=
time oversight into public spending and government waste, fraud, and abuse=
.</p><p style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit;margin:0;margin-=
bottom:16px;">Now, thanks to our database, Open the Books stands alone in i=
ts ability to assess tens of trillions of dollars in public spending.</p><p=
style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit;margin:0;"><strong styl=
e=3D"box-sizing:border-box;">This includes spending by the IRS to arm itsel=
f – literally – against American taxpayers.</strong></p></div><=
/td></tr></tbody></table><table class=3D"image_block block-6" width=3D"100%=
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"0"><tr><td><![endif]--><div class=3D"alignment" align=3D"center" style=3D"=
box-sizing:border-box;"><!--[if mso]><table width=3D"400" border=3D"0" cell=
padding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0"><tr><td><![endif]--><div class=3D"fullWidth=
" style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;max-width:400px;"><a href=3D"[link removed]
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NzEifQ/OccoJ40mnHAm1JC4IE3IDw" target=3D"_blank" style=3D"box-sizing:border=
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utline:none;max-width:100%;text-decoration:none;-ms-interpolation-mode:bicu=
bic;display:block;height:auto;border:0;width:100%;" width=3D"400" alt=3D"Di=
sarm the IRS" title=3D"Disarm the IRS" height=3D"auto"></a></div><!--[if ms=
o]></td></tr></table><![endif]--></div><!--[if mso]></td></tr></table><![en=
dif]--></td></tr></tbody></table><table class=3D"paragraph_block block-7" w=
idth=3D"100%" border=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"10" cellspacing=3D"0" role=3D"pre=
sentation" style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspa=
ce:0;word-break:break-word;table-layout:inherit;"><tbody style=3D"box-sizin=
g:border-box;"><tr style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;"><td class=3D"pad" style=
=3D"box-sizing:border-box;"><div style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;color:#000;=
direction:ltr;font-family:Arial,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif;font-=
size:16px;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:0;line-height:1.2;text-align:left;=
mso-line-height-alt:19px;" color=3D"#000"><p style=3D"box-sizing:border-box=
;line-height:inherit;margin:0;margin-bottom:16px;"><span style=3D"box-sizin=
g:border-box;word-break:break-word;color:#000000;" color=3D"#000000">Fellow=
American, I think you’ll agree that this is not only a ridiculous wa=
ste of money by the IRS – <em style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;">it's a=
dangerous one, too.</em></span></p><p style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;line-=
height:inherit;margin:0;"> <span style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;word-break:=
break-word;color:#0068a5;" color=3D"#0068a5"><u style=3D"box-sizing:border-=
box;"><strong style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;"><a href=3D"[link removed]
ndfree.com/c/7/eyJhaSI6OTkyNjA2OTcsImUiOiJtZy1lbmM6OE0zZ2JZTDZydExUZFVpd09r=
N0Z6OEl2YW05Y3BCNTFDc3ZUS3l1S2kxND0iLCJyaSI6IjEzNTEyODA1ODUiLCJycSI6IjAyLWI=
yNTI4OS03MzFkM2U2NzY5MTU0MjNjODRiNGE4OGVlYmJlZGU2ZCIsIm0iOmZhbHNlLCJ1aSI6Ij=
UiLCJ1biI6IiIsInUiOiJodHRwczovL3NlY3VyZS5hbmVkb3QuY29tL29wZW50aGVib29rcy8yY=
2YzYWNlNy1jZDViLTRiZjItODA4MC0xY2EyYzhmZTkzNTI_c291cmNlX2NvZGU9QUxMNzE4NzEi=
fQ/bPqD3JIhfHx8Wd_EYGFZHg" target=3D"_blank" style=3D"box-sizing:border-box=
;text-decoration:underline;color:#0068A5;" rel=3D"noopener" color=3D"#0068A=
5"><u style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;"><strong style=3D"box-sizing:border-b=
ox;">What better way to join the transparency revolution with me than by si=
gning the petition to disarm the IRS today?</strong></u></a></strong></u></=
span></p></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table class=3D"button_block block=
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=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0"><tr><td><![endif]--><div class=3D"alignment" align=
=3D"center" style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;"><a href=3D"[link removed]
free.com/c/7/eyJhaSI6OTkyNjA2OTcsImUiOiJtZy1lbmM6OE0zZ2JZTDZydExUZFVpd09rN0=
Z6OEl2YW05Y3BCNTFDc3ZUS3l1S2kxND0iLCJyaSI6IjEzNTEyODA1ODUiLCJycSI6IjAyLWIyN=
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e7-cd5b-4bf2-8080-1ca2c8fe9352?source_code=3DALL71871" style=3D"height:42px=
;width:262px;v-text-anchor:middle;" arcsize=3D"10%" fillcolor=3D"#b32925"><=
v:stroke dashstyle=3D"Solid" weight=3D"0px" color=3D"#b32925"/><w:anchorloc=
k/><v:textbox inset=3D"0px,0px,0px,0px"><center dir=3D"false" style=3D"colo=
r:#ffffff;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><![endif]--> <span c=
lass=3D"button" style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;background-color:#b32925;bor=
der-bottom:0px solid transparent;border-left:0px solid transparent;border-r=
adius:4px;border-right:0px solid transparent;border-top:0px solid transpare=
nt;color:#ffffff;display:inline-block;font-family:Arial,'Helvetica Neue',He=
lvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-weight:400;mso-border-alt:none;paddi=
ng-bottom:5px;padding-top:5px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-ali=
gn:center;width:auto;word-break:keep-all;letter-spacing:normal;" bgcolor=3D=
"#b32925" color=3D"#ffffff"><span style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;word-break=
:break-word;line-height:32px;"><strong style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;">Yes=
! I Want to Disarm the IRS</strong></span></span><!--[if mso]></center></v:=
textbox></v:roundrect><![endif]--></a></div><!--[if mso]></td></tr></table>=
<![endif]--></td></tr></tbody></table><table class=3D"text_block block-9" w=
idth=3D"100%" border=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"10" cellspacing=3D"0" role=3D"pre=
sentation" style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspa=
ce:0;word-break:break-word;table-layout:inherit;"><tbody style=3D"box-sizin=
g:border-box;"><tr style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;"><td class=3D"pad" style=
=3D"box-sizing:border-box;"><div style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;font-family=
:Arial,sans-serif;"><div class=3D"" style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;font-siz=
e:14px;font-family:Arial,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif;mso-line-hei=
ght-alt:16.8px;color:#000;line-height:1.2;" color=3D"#000"><p style=3D"box-=
sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit;margin:0;font-size:16px;mso-line-heig=
ht-alt:19.2px;"><span style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;word-break:break-word;=
font-size:16px;color:#000000;" color=3D"#000000">Fellow American, transpare=
ncy is the first principle of Open the Books.</span></p><p style=3D"box-siz=
ing:border-box;line-height:inherit;margin:0;font-size:16px;mso-line-height-=
alt:16.8px;"> </p><p style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;line-height:inheri=
t;margin:0;font-size:16px;mso-line-height-alt:19.2px;"> <span style=3D"box-=
sizing:border-box;word-break:break-word;font-size:16px;color:#000000;" colo=
r=3D"#000000">I believe it’s the building block of representative gov=
ernment that makes all the other freedoms you and I enjoy possible.</span><=
/p><p style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit;margin:0;font-size=
:16px;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px;"> </p><p style=3D"box-sizing:border-=
box;line-height:inherit;margin:0;font-size:16px;mso-line-height-alt:19.2px;=
"><span style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;word-break:break-word;font-size:16px=
;color:#000000;" color=3D"#000000">America’s founders thought so, too=
.</span></p><p style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit;margin:0;=
font-size:16px;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px;"> </p><p style=3D"box-sizin=
g:border-box;line-height:inherit;margin:0;font-size:16px;mso-line-height-al=
t:19.2px;"><span style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;word-break:break-word;font-=
size:16px;color:#000000;" color=3D"#000000">That’s why they put this =
foundational principle in the Constitution:</span></p><p style=3D"box-sizin=
g:border-box;line-height:inherit;margin:0;font-size:16px;mso-line-height-al=
t:16.8px;"> </p><p style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit;=
margin:0;font-size:16px;margin-left:40px;mso-line-height-alt:19.2px;"> <spa=
n style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;word-break:break-word;font-size:16px;color=
:#000000;" color=3D"#000000"><em style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;">“A =
regular Statement and Account of the Receipts and Expeditions of all public=
Money shall be published from time to time.”</em></span></p><p style=
=3D"box-sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit;margin:0;font-size:16px;mso-l=
ine-height-alt:16.8px;"> </p><p style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;line-he=
ight:inherit;margin:0;font-size:16px;mso-line-height-alt:19.2px;"> <span st=
yle=3D"box-sizing:border-box;word-break:break-word;font-size:16px;color:#00=
0000;" color=3D"#000000">I highly doubt our founders would approve of a wea=
ponized IRS, much less ANY government agency operating without transparency=
.</span></p><p style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit;margin:0;=
font-size:16px;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px;"> </p><p style=3D"box-sizin=
g:border-box;line-height:inherit;margin:0;font-size:16px;mso-line-height-al=
t:19.2px;"> <u style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;"><span style=3D"box-sizing:b=
order-box;word-break:break-word;font-size:16px;color:#000000;" color=3D"#00=
0000"><span style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;word-break:break-word;color:#006=
8a5;" color=3D"#0068a5"><a href=3D"[link removed]
OTkyNjA2OTcsImUiOiJtZy1lbmM6OE0zZ2JZTDZydExUZFVpd09rN0Z6OEl2YW05Y3BCNTFDc3Z=
US3l1S2kxND0iLCJyaSI6IjEzNTEyODA1ODUiLCJycSI6IjAyLWIyNTI4OS03MzFkM2U2NzY5MT=
U0MjNjODRiNGE4OGVlYmJlZGU2ZCIsIm0iOmZhbHNlLCJ1aSI6IjciLCJ1biI6IiIsInUiOiJod=
HRwczovL3NlY3VyZS5hbmVkb3QuY29tL29wZW50aGVib29rcy8yY2YzYWNlNy1jZDViLTRiZjIt=
ODA4MC0xY2EyYzhmZTkzNTI_c291cmNlX2NvZGU9QUxMNzE4NzEifQ/NGVgJuWr_3yUNmG-LJ2i=
Aw" target=3D"_blank" style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;text-decoration:underl=
ine;color:#0068a5;" rel=3D"noopener" color=3D"#0068a5"><strong style=3D"box=
-sizing:border-box;">But here’s a story of citizen activism and accou=
ntability – the kind you’re engaging in by signing our Disarm t=
he IRS petition – our founders </strong><strong style=3D"box-sizing:b=
order-box;"><em style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;">would</em></strong><strong=
style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;"> appreciate:</strong></a></span></span></=
u></p><p style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit;margin:0;font-s=
ize:16px;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px;"> </p><p style=3D"box-sizing:bord=
er-box;line-height:inherit;margin:0;font-size:16px;mso-line-height-alt:19.2=
px;"><span style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;word-break:break-word;font-size:1=
6px;color:#000000;" color=3D"#000000">Fellow American, do you remember when=
the IRS targeted and harassed conservative nonprofits during the Obama pre=
sidency?</span></p><p style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit;ma=
rgin:0;font-size:16px;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px;"> </p><p style=3D"bo=
x-sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit;margin:0;font-size:16px;mso-line-he=
ight-alt:19.2px;"> <span style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;word-break:break-wo=
rd;font-size:16px;color:#000000;" color=3D"#000000">One of the agency&rsquo=
;s top directors even had to publicly apologize for her office using terms =
like “tea party” to decide which groups to set its sights on.</=
span></p><p style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit;margin:0;fon=
t-size:16px;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px;"> </p><p style=3D"box-sizing:b=
order-box;line-height:inherit;margin:0;font-size:16px;mso-line-height-alt:1=
9.2px;"> <span style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;word-break:break-word;font-si=
ze:16px;color:#000000;" color=3D"#000000"><strong style=3D"box-sizing:borde=
r-box;">Transparency brought that figurative weaponization to light.</stron=
g></span></p><p style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit;margin:0=
;font-size:16px;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px;"> </p><p style=3D"box-sizi=
ng:border-box;line-height:inherit;margin:0;font-size:16px;mso-line-height-a=
lt:19.2px;"> <span style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;word-break:break-word;col=
or:#0068a5;" color=3D"#0068a5"><u style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;"><span st=
yle=3D"box-sizing:border-box;word-break:break-word;font-size:16px;"><strong=
style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;"><a href=3D"[link removed]
7/eyJhaSI6OTkyNjA2OTcsImUiOiJtZy1lbmM6OE0zZ2JZTDZydExUZFVpd09rN0Z6OEl2YW05Y=
3BCNTFDc3ZUS3l1S2kxND0iLCJyaSI6IjEzNTEyODA1ODUiLCJycSI6IjAyLWIyNTI4OS03MzFk=
M2U2NzY5MTU0MjNjODRiNGE4OGVlYmJlZGU2ZCIsIm0iOmZhbHNlLCJ1aSI6IjgiLCJ1biI6IiI=
sInUiOiJodHRwczovL3NlY3VyZS5hbmVkb3QuY29tL29wZW50aGVib29rcy8yY2YzYWNlNy1jZD=
ViLTRiZjItODA4MC0xY2EyYzhmZTkzNTI_c291cmNlX2NvZGU9QUxMNzE4NzEifQ/W0XntbrdvG=
mIq-vAuyw5ew" target=3D"_blank" style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;text-decorat=
ion:underline;color:#0068a5;" rel=3D"noopener" color=3D"#0068a5">Now you ca=
n help bring the literal militarization of the IRS further into the public =
eye by adding your voice TODAY to the millions who have already signed Open=
the Book’s petition to disarm the IRS.</a></strong></span></u></span=
></p><p style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit;margin:0;font-si=
ze:16px;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px;"> </p><p style=3D"box-sizing:borde=
r-box;line-height:inherit;margin:0;font-size:16px;mso-line-height-alt:19.2p=
x;"><span style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;word-break:break-word;font-size:16=
px;color:#000000;" color=3D"#000000">Transparency can transform how we gove=
rn ourselves – including how we hold federal agencies accountable whe=
n they bulk up on ballistics they don’t need.</span></p></div></div><=
/td></tr></tbody></table><table class=3D"button_block block-10" width=3D"10=
0%" border=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"10" cellspacing=3D"0" role=3D"presentation"=
style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;table=
-layout:inherit;"><tbody style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;"><tr style=3D"box-=
sizing:border-box;"><td class=3D"pad" style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;"><!--=
[if mso]><table align=3D"center" border=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=
=3D"0"><tr><td><![endif]--><div class=3D"alignment" align=3D"center" style=
=3D"box-sizing:border-box;"><a href=3D"[link removed]
aSI6OTkyNjA2OTcsImUiOiJtZy1lbmM6OE0zZ2JZTDZydExUZFVpd09rN0Z6OEl2YW05Y3BCNTF=
Dc3ZUS3l1S2kxND0iLCJyaSI6IjEzNTEyODA1ODUiLCJycSI6IjAyLWIyNTI4OS03MzFkM2U2Nz=
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-AykcA" target=3D"_blank" style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;color:#ffffff;text=
-decoration:none;" color=3D"#ffffff"><!--[if mso]><v:roundrect xmlns:v=3D"u=
rn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:w=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:w=
ord" href=3D"[link removed]
-1ca2c8fe9352?source_code=3DALL71871" style=3D"height:42px;width:262px;v-te=
xt-anchor:middle;" arcsize=3D"10%" fillcolor=3D"#b32925"><v:stroke dashstyl=
e=3D"Solid" weight=3D"0px" color=3D"#b32925"/><w:anchorlock/><v:textbox ins=
et=3D"0px,0px,0px,0px"><center dir=3D"false" style=3D"color:#ffffff;font-fa=
mily:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><![endif]--> <span class=3D"button" s=
tyle=3D"box-sizing:border-box;background-color:#b32925;border-bottom:0px so=
lid transparent;border-left:0px solid transparent;border-radius:4px;border-=
right:0px solid transparent;border-top:0px solid transparent;color:#ffffff;=
display:inline-block;font-family:Arial,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-seri=
f;font-size:16px;font-weight:400;mso-border-alt:none;padding-bottom:5px;pad=
ding-top:5px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:center;width:a=
uto;word-break:keep-all;letter-spacing:normal;" bgcolor=3D"#b32925" color=
=3D"#ffffff"><span style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;word-break:break-word;lin=
e-height:32px;"><strong style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;">Yes! I Want to Dis=
arm the IRS</strong></span></span><!--[if mso]></center></v:textbox></v:rou=
ndrect><![endif]--></a></div><!--[if mso]></td></tr></table><![endif]--></t=
d></tr></tbody></table><table class=3D"image_block block-11" width=3D"100%"=
border=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"5" cellspacing=3D"0" role=3D"presentation" sty=
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mso]><table align=3D"center" border=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"=
0"><tr><td><![endif]--><div class=3D"alignment" align=3D"center" style=3D"b=
ox-sizing:border-box;"><!--[if mso]><table width=3D"400" border=3D"0" cellp=
adding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0"><tr><td><![endif]--><div class=3D"fullWidth"=
style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;max-width:400px;"><a href=3D"[link removed]
htandfree.com/c/7/eyJhaSI6OTkyNjA2OTcsImUiOiJtZy1lbmM6OE0zZ2JZTDZydExUZFVpd=
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DcxIn0/qgj_j0_g7VAWfRV67sFPmg" target=3D"_blank" style=3D"box-sizing:border=
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dfront.net/images/lid87/OTB_DisarmtheIRS.jpg" style=3D"box-sizing:border-bo=
x;outline:none;max-width:100%;text-decoration:none;-ms-interpolation-mode:b=
icubic;display:block;height:auto;border:0;width:100%;" width=3D"400" alt=3D=
"Disarm the IRS" title=3D"Disarm the IRS" height=3D"auto"></a></div><!--[if=
mso]></td></tr></table><![endif]--></div><!--[if mso]></td></tr></table><!=
[endif]--></td></tr></tbody></table><table class=3D"text_block block-12" wi=
dth=3D"100%" border=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"10" cellspacing=3D"0" role=3D"pres=
entation" style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspac=
e:0;word-break:break-word;table-layout:inherit;"><tbody style=3D"box-sizing=
:border-box;"><tr style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;"><td class=3D"pad" style=
=3D"box-sizing:border-box;"><div style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;font-family=
:Arial,sans-serif;"><div class=3D"" style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;font-siz=
e:14px;font-family:Arial,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif;mso-line-hei=
ght-alt:16.8px;color:#000;line-height:1.2;" color=3D"#000"><p style=3D"box-=
sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit;margin:0;font-size:16px;mso-line-heig=
ht-alt:19.2px;"><span style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;word-break:break-word;=
font-size:16px;color:#000000;" color=3D"#000000"><strong style=3D"box-sizin=
g:border-box;">Fellow American, it’s past time bureaucrats left the w=
eaponry to law enforcement.</strong></span></p><p style=3D"box-sizing:borde=
r-box;line-height:inherit;margin:0;font-size:16px;mso-line-height-alt:19.2p=
x;"> <span style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;word-break:break-word;font-size:1=
6px;color:#000000;" color=3D"#000000"> </span></p><p style=3D"box-sizi=
ng:border-box;line-height:inherit;margin:0;font-size:16px;mso-line-height-a=
lt:19.2px;"><span style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;word-break:break-word;font=
-size:16px;color:#000000;" color=3D"#000000">After all, American taxpayers =
have enough to worry about without wondering if an IRS agent is going to sh=
ow up on their doorstep with a gun instead of a pocket calculator.</span></=
p><p style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit;margin:0;font-size:=
16px;mso-line-height-alt:19.2px;"> <span style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;wor=
d-break:break-word;font-size:16px;color:#000000;" color=3D"#000000"> <=
/span></p><p style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit;margin:0;fo=
nt-size:16px;mso-line-height-alt:19.2px;"><span style=3D"box-sizing:border-=
box;word-break:break-word;font-size:16px;color:#000000;" color=3D"#000000">=
You should be able to decide for yourself whether you’re happy about =
the federal government spending your hard-earned tax dollars on 87,000 new =
agents and paying for their arms training.</span></p><p style=3D"box-sizing=
:border-box;line-height:inherit;margin:0;font-size:16px;mso-line-height-alt=
:19.2px;"> <span style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;word-break:break-word;font-=
size:16px;color:#000000;" color=3D"#000000"> </span></p><p style=3D"bo=
x-sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit;margin:0;font-size:16px;mso-line-he=
ight-alt:19.2px;"><span style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;word-break:break-wor=
d;font-size:16px;color:#000000;" color=3D"#000000"><strong style=3D"box-siz=
ing:border-box;">But you can’t make that decision unless you know tha=
t’s how the IRS is spending the money in the first place.</strong></s=
pan></p><p style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit;margin:0;font=
-size:16px;mso-line-height-alt:19.2px;"> <span style=3D"box-sizing:border-b=
ox;word-break:break-word;font-size:16px;color:#000000;" color=3D"#000000">&=
nbsp;</span></p><p style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit;margi=
n:0;font-size:16px;mso-line-height-alt:19.2px;"> <span style=3D"box-sizing:=
border-box;word-break:break-word;font-size:16px;color:#0068a5;" color=3D"#0=
068a5"><u style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;"><strong style=3D"box-sizing:bord=
er-box;"><a href=3D"[link removed]
iOiJtZy1lbmM6OE0zZ2JZTDZydExUZFVpd09rN0Z6OEl2YW05Y3BCNTFDc3ZUS3l1S2kxND0iLC=
JyaSI6IjEzNTEyODA1ODUiLCJycSI6IjAyLWIyNTI4OS03MzFkM2U2NzY5MTU0MjNjODRiNGE4O=
GVlYmJlZGU2ZCIsIm0iOmZhbHNlLCJ1aSI6IjExIiwidW4iOiIiLCJ1IjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9zZWN1=
cmUuYW5lZG90LmNvbS9vcGVudGhlYm9va3MvMmNmM2FjZTctY2Q1Yi00YmYyLTgwODAtMWNhMmM=
4ZmU5MzUyP3NvdXJjZV9jb2RlPUFMTDcxODcxIn0/Pf8LlVqKWfmsYeKlPL94Qw" target=3D"=
_blank" style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;text-decoration:underline;color:#006=
8a5;" rel=3D"noopener" color=3D"#0068a5">That’s why I hope you’=
ll join the transparency revolution and sign Open the Book’s petition=
to disarm the IRS today.</a></strong></u></span></p><p style=3D"box-sizing=
:border-box;line-height:inherit;margin:0;font-size:16px;mso-line-height-alt=
:19.2px;"> <span style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;word-break:break-word;font-=
size:16px;color:#000000;" color=3D"#000000"> </span></p><p style=3D"bo=
x-sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit;margin:0;font-size:16px;mso-line-he=
ight-alt:19.2px;"><span style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;word-break:break-wor=
d;color:#000000;font-size:16px;" color=3D"#000000">John Hart</span></p><p s=
tyle=3D"box-sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit;margin:0;font-size:16px;m=
so-line-height-alt:19.2px;"><span style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;word-break=
:break-word;color:#000000;font-size:16px;" color=3D"#000000">CEO, Open the =
Books</span></p><p style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit;margi=
n:0;font-size:16px;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px;"> </p><p style=3D"box-s=
izing:border-box;line-height:inherit;margin:0;font-size:16px;mso-line-heigh=
t-alt:19.2px;"><span style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;word-break:break-word;f=
ont-size:16px;color:#000000;" color=3D"#000000">P.S. Elon Musk and DOGE hav=
e announced plans to audit the IRS – good!</span></p><p style=3D"box-=
sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit;margin:0;font-size:16px;mso-line-heig=
ht-alt:16.8px;"> </p><p style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;line-height:inh=
erit;margin:0;font-size:16px;mso-line-height-alt:19.2px;"> <span style=3D"b=
ox-sizing:border-box;word-break:break-word;font-size:16px;color:#000000;" c=
olor=3D"#000000"><em style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;">But they also need to=
shine a light on the money being wasted on weaponizing the IRS</em><strong=
style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;">.</strong></span></p><p style=3D"box-sizi=
ng:border-box;line-height:inherit;margin:0;font-size:16px;mso-line-height-a=
lt:16.8px;"> </p><p style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit=
;margin:0;font-size:16px;mso-line-height-alt:19.2px;"> <span style=3D"box-s=
izing:border-box;word-break:break-word;font-size:16px;color:#000000;" color=
=3D"#000000"><strong style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;">Fellow American, cons=
ider these numbers found by my organization, Open the Books, that Elon and =
his team are using as they dig into how the IRS militarized itself:</strong=
></span></p><ul style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;line-height:1.2;mso-line-hei=
ght-alt:19.2px;font-size:16px;"><li style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;"><span =
style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;word-break:break-word;font-size:16px;color:#=
000000;" color=3D"#000000">$35 million spent on guns, weapons, and ammuniti=
on since 2006;<br style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;"><br style=3D"box-sizing:=
border-box;"></span></li><li style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;"> $2.5 million=
spent on ballistic shields and tactical gear;<br style=3D"box-sizing:borde=
r-box;"><br style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;"></li><li style=3D"box-sizing:b=
order-box;">More than $500,000 spent on ballistic helmets and body armor;<b=
r style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;"><br style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;"></l=
i><li style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;">Nearly $1 million was spent on Smith=
& Wesson rifles and Berretta tactical shotguns.</li></ul><p style=3D"box-s=
izing:border-box;line-height:inherit;margin:0;font-size:16px;mso-line-heigh=
t-alt:19.2px;"><span style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;word-break:break-word;f=
ont-size:16px;color:#000000;" color=3D"#000000"><em style=3D"box-sizing:bor=
der-box;">Bureaucrats don’t need that kind of weaponry.</em></span></=
p><p style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit;margin:0;font-size:=
16px;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px;"> </p><p style=3D"box-sizing:border-b=
ox;line-height:inherit;margin:0;font-size:16px;mso-line-height-alt:19.2px;"=
> <span style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;word-break:break-word;color:#0068a5;=
" color=3D"#0068a5"><u style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;"><span style=3D"box-=
sizing:border-box;word-break:break-word;font-size:16px;"><strong style=3D"b=
ox-sizing:border-box;"><a href=3D"[link removed]
TkyNjA2OTcsImUiOiJtZy1lbmM6OE0zZ2JZTDZydExUZFVpd09rN0Z6OEl2YW05Y3BCNTFDc3ZU=
S3l1S2kxND0iLCJyaSI6IjEzNTEyODA1ODUiLCJycSI6IjAyLWIyNTI4OS03MzFkM2U2NzY5MTU=
0MjNjODRiNGE4OGVlYmJlZGU2ZCIsIm0iOmZhbHNlLCJ1aSI6IjEyIiwidW4iOiIiLCJ1IjoiaH=
R0cHM6Ly9zZWN1cmUuYW5lZG90LmNvbS9vcGVudGhlYm9va3MvMmNmM2FjZTctY2Q1Yi00YmYyL=
TgwODAtMWNhMmM4ZmU5MzUyP3NvdXJjZV9jb2RlPUFMTDcxODcxIn0/j8w9eduo1VJt1HhF30bA=
hQ" target=3D"_blank" style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;text-decoration:underl=
ine;color:#0068a5;" rel=3D"noopener" color=3D"#0068a5"><u style=3D"box-sizi=
ng:border-box;"><span style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;word-break:break-word;=
font-size:16px;"><strong style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;">Will you help me =
shine a light on this abuse of taxpayer dollars today by signing this petit=
ion telling Congress to disarm the IRS?</strong></span></u></a></strong></s=
pan></u></span></p><p style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit;ma=
rgin:0;font-size:16px;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px;"> </p><p style=3D"bo=
x-sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit;margin:0;font-size:16px;mso-line-he=
ight-alt:19.2px;"><span style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;word-break:break-wor=
d;font-size:16px;color:#000000;" color=3D"#000000">Your signature helps adv=
ance the transparency revolution that could disarm the IRS immediately.</sp=
an></p></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table class=3D"button_block b=
lock-13" width=3D"100%" border=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"10" cellspacing=3D"0" r=
ole=3D"presentation" style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;mso-table-lspace:0;mso-=
table-rspace:0;table-layout:inherit;"><tbody style=3D"box-sizing:border-box=
;"><tr style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;"><td class=3D"pad" style=3D"box-sizi=
ng:border-box;"><!--[if mso]><table align=3D"center" border=3D"0" cellpaddi=
ng=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0"><tr><td><![endif]--><div class=3D"alignment" ali=
gn=3D"center" style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;"><a href=3D"[link removed]
ndfree.com/c/7/eyJhaSI6OTkyNjA2OTcsImUiOiJtZy1lbmM6OE0zZ2JZTDZydExUZFVpd09r=
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$2.5 million spent on ballistic shields and tactical gear;
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style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;"><div class=3D=
"" style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;font-size:14px;font-family:Arial,'Helveti=
ca Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px;color:#000;line-he=
ight:1.2;" color=3D"#000"><p style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;line-height:inh=
erit;margin:0;font-size:16px;mso-line-height-alt:19.2px;"><span style=3D"bo=
x-sizing:border-box;word-break:break-word;font-size:16px;color:#000000;" co=
lor=3D"#000000">Fellow American,</span></p><p style=3D"box-sizing:border-bo=
x;line-height:inherit;margin:0;font-size:16px;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px;">=
</p><p style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit;margin:0;fo=
nt-size:16px;mso-line-height-alt:19.2px;"><span style=3D"box-sizing:border-=
box;word-break:break-word;font-size:16px;color:#000000;" color=3D"#000000">=
You probably feel the IRS has you in their crosshairs every April 15th.</sp=
an></p><p style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit;margin:0;font-=
size:16px;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px;"> </p><p style=3D"box-sizing:bor=
der-box;line-height:inherit;margin:0;font-size:16px;mso-line-height-alt:19.=
2px;"> <span style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;word-break:break-word;font-size=
:16px;color:#000000;" color=3D"#000000"><em style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;=
">I bet you didn’t count on their crosshairs being literal.</em></spa=
n></p><p style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit;margin:0;font-s=
ize:16px;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px;"> </p><p style=3D"box-sizing:bord=
er-box;line-height:inherit;margin:0;font-size:16px;mso-line-height-alt:19.2=
px;"><span style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;word-break:break-word;font-size:1=
6px;color:#000000;" color=3D"#000000">My organization, Open the Books, has =
found that the IRS has spent $35 million on guns, ammunition, and military =
weaponry since 2006...</span></p><p style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;line-hei=
ght:inherit;margin:0;font-size:16px;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px;"> </p>=
<p style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit;margin:0;font-size:16=
px;mso-line-height-alt:19.2px;"><span style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;word-b=
reak:break-word;font-size:16px;color:#000000;" color=3D"#000000">...and tha=
t’s AFTER the agency stockpiled a cache of 5 million rounds of ammo a=
nd 4,500 guns – including 15 submachine guns.</span></p><p style=3D"b=
ox-sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit;margin:0;font-size:16px;mso-line-h=
eight-alt:16.8px;"> </p><p style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;line-height:=
inherit;margin:0;font-size:16px;mso-line-height-alt:19.2px;"> <span style=
=3D"box-sizing:border-box;word-break:break-word;font-size:16px;color:#00000=
0;" color=3D"#000000">Today, nearly 2,100 IRS agents have the authority to =
use a firearm.</span></p><p style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;line-height:inhe=
rit;margin:0;font-size:16px;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px;"> </p><p style=
=3D"box-sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit;margin:0;font-size:16px;mso-l=
ine-height-alt:19.2px;"><span style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;word-break:bre=
ak-word;font-size:16px;color:#000000;" color=3D"#000000"><em style=3D"box-s=
izing:border-box;">That’s more than police departments in most major =
cities have, Fellow American!</em></span></p><p style=3D"box-sizing:border-=
box;line-height:inherit;margin:0;font-size:16px;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px;=
"> </p><p style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit;margin:0;=
font-size:16px;mso-line-height-alt:19.2px;"><span style=3D"box-sizing:borde=
r-box;word-break:break-word;font-size:16px;color:#000000;" color=3D"#000000=
"><strong style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;">The militarization of the IRS &n=
dash; which has already been figuratively weaponized against taxpayers &nda=
sh; MUST stop.</strong></span></p><p style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;line-he=
ight:inherit;margin:0;font-size:16px;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px;"> </p=
><p style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit;margin:0;font-size:1=
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-break:break-word;color:#0068a5;" color=3D"#0068a5"><u style=3D"box-sizing:=
border-box;"><span style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;word-break:break-word;fon=
t-size:16px;"><strong style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;"><a href=3D"[link removed]
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NzE4NzEifQ/v7i_o-ihDPzNvfZ_Gkk67w" target=3D"_blank" style=3D"box-sizing:bo=
rder-box;text-decoration:underline;color:#0068a5;" rel=3D"noopener" color=
=3D"#0068a5">Add your voice to the millions of Americans demanding action f=
rom Congress – Sign Open the Books’ petition to disarm the IRS =
today.</a></strong></span></u></span></p></div></div></td></tr></tbody></ta=
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or=3D"#ffffff"><!--[if mso]><v:roundrect xmlns:v=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-c=
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ecure.anedot.com/openthebooks/2cf3ace7-cd5b-4bf2-8080-1ca2c8fe9352?source_c=
ode=3DALL71871" style=3D"height:42px;width:262px;v-text-anchor:middle;" arc=
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der-box;background-color:#b32925;border-bottom:0px solid transparent;border=
-left:0px solid transparent;border-radius:4px;border-right:0px solid transp=
arent;border-top:0px solid transparent;color:#ffffff;display:inline-block;f=
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l;letter-spacing:normal;" bgcolor=3D"#b32925" color=3D"#ffffff"><span style=
=3D"box-sizing:border-box;word-break:break-word;line-height:32px;"><strong =
style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;">Yes! I Want to Disarm the IRS</strong></sp=
an></span><!--[if mso]></center></v:textbox></v:roundrect><![endif]--></a><=
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I6OTkyNjA2OTcsImUiOiJtZy1lbmM6OE0zZ2JZTDZydExUZFVpd09rN0Z6OEl2YW05Y3BCNTFDc=
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%;text-decoration:none;-ms-interpolation-mode:bicubic;display:block;height:=
auto;border:0;width:100%;" width=3D"400" alt=3D"Disarm the IRS" title=3D"Di=
sarm the IRS" height=3D"auto"></a></div><!--[if mso]></td></tr></table><![e=
ndif]--></div><!--[if mso]></td></tr></table><![endif]--></td></tr></tbody>=
</table><table class=3D"paragraph_block block-5" width=3D"100%" border=3D"0=
" cellpadding=3D"10" cellspacing=3D"0" role=3D"presentation" style=3D"box-s=
izing:border-box;mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;word-break:break-wor=
d;table-layout:inherit;"><tbody style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;"><tr style=
=3D"box-sizing:border-box;"><td class=3D"pad" style=3D"box-sizing:border-bo=
x;"><div style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;color:#000;direction:ltr;font-famil=
y:Arial,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-weight:40=
0;letter-spacing:0;line-height:1.2;text-align:left;mso-line-height-alt:19px=
;" color=3D"#000"><p style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit;mar=
gin:0;margin-bottom:16px;">Fellow American, these shocking numbers are part=
of Open the Books’ proprietary database of public spending at all le=
vels of government – the largest of its kind in human history.</p><p =
style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit;margin:0;margin-bottom:1=
6px;"> <strong style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;">My team and I are dedicated=
to posting EVERY dime the government spends online, in real time, in servi=
ce of the transparency and accountability our government sorely needs.</str=
ong></p><p style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit;margin:0;marg=
in-bottom:16px;">Our work has its roots in the Federal Funding Accountabili=
ty Act of 2006, a landmark transparency bill that led to ALL federal spendi=
ng being put online in a searchable database for the first time.</p><p styl=
e=3D"box-sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit;margin:0;margin-bottom:16px;=
"> <strong style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;">This was a good first step towa=
rd launching the transparency revolution.</strong></p><p style=3D"box-sizin=
g:border-box;line-height:inherit;margin:0;margin-bottom:16px;"><em style=3D=
"box-sizing:border-box;">But it wasn’t enough.</em></p><p style=3D"bo=
x-sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit;margin:0;margin-bottom:16px;">It to=
ok too long to post the data, and federal agencies stonewalled the law&rsqu=
o;s efforts to shine a light on their operations.</p><p style=3D"box-sizing=
:border-box;line-height:inherit;margin:0;margin-bottom:16px;"> So in 2011, =
our late founder, Adam Andrzejewski, started Open the Books to provide real=
time oversight into public spending and government waste, fraud, and abuse=
.</p><p style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit;margin:0;margin-=
bottom:16px;">Now, thanks to our database, Open the Books stands alone in i=
ts ability to assess tens of trillions of dollars in public spending.</p><p=
style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit;margin:0;"><strong styl=
e=3D"box-sizing:border-box;">This includes spending by the IRS to arm itsel=
f – literally – against American taxpayers.</strong></p></div><=
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padding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0"><tr><td><![endif]--><div class=3D"fullWidth=
" style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;max-width:400px;"><a href=3D"[link removed]
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bic;display:block;height:auto;border:0;width:100%;" width=3D"400" alt=3D"Di=
sarm the IRS" title=3D"Disarm the IRS" height=3D"auto"></a></div><!--[if ms=
o]></td></tr></table><![endif]--></div><!--[if mso]></td></tr></table><![en=
dif]--></td></tr></tbody></table><table class=3D"paragraph_block block-7" w=
idth=3D"100%" border=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"10" cellspacing=3D"0" role=3D"pre=
sentation" style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspa=
ce:0;word-break:break-word;table-layout:inherit;"><tbody style=3D"box-sizin=
g:border-box;"><tr style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;"><td class=3D"pad" style=
=3D"box-sizing:border-box;"><div style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;color:#000;=
direction:ltr;font-family:Arial,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif;font-=
size:16px;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:0;line-height:1.2;text-align:left;=
mso-line-height-alt:19px;" color=3D"#000"><p style=3D"box-sizing:border-box=
;line-height:inherit;margin:0;margin-bottom:16px;"><span style=3D"box-sizin=
g:border-box;word-break:break-word;color:#000000;" color=3D"#000000">Fellow=
American, I think you’ll agree that this is not only a ridiculous wa=
ste of money by the IRS – <em style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;">it's a=
dangerous one, too.</em></span></p><p style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;line-=
height:inherit;margin:0;"> <span style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;word-break:=
break-word;color:#0068a5;" color=3D"#0068a5"><u style=3D"box-sizing:border-=
box;"><strong style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;"><a href=3D"[link removed]
ndfree.com/c/7/eyJhaSI6OTkyNjA2OTcsImUiOiJtZy1lbmM6OE0zZ2JZTDZydExUZFVpd09r=
N0Z6OEl2YW05Y3BCNTFDc3ZUS3l1S2kxND0iLCJyaSI6IjEzNTEyODA1ODUiLCJycSI6IjAyLWI=
yNTI4OS03MzFkM2U2NzY5MTU0MjNjODRiNGE4OGVlYmJlZGU2ZCIsIm0iOmZhbHNlLCJ1aSI6Ij=
UiLCJ1biI6IiIsInUiOiJodHRwczovL3NlY3VyZS5hbmVkb3QuY29tL29wZW50aGVib29rcy8yY=
2YzYWNlNy1jZDViLTRiZjItODA4MC0xY2EyYzhmZTkzNTI_c291cmNlX2NvZGU9QUxMNzE4NzEi=
fQ/bPqD3JIhfHx8Wd_EYGFZHg" target=3D"_blank" style=3D"box-sizing:border-box=
;text-decoration:underline;color:#0068A5;" rel=3D"noopener" color=3D"#0068A=
5"><u style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;"><strong style=3D"box-sizing:border-b=
ox;">What better way to join the transparency revolution with me than by si=
gning the petition to disarm the IRS today?</strong></u></a></strong></u></=
span></p></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table class=3D"button_block block=
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border-box;"><!--[if mso]><table align=3D"center" border=3D"0" cellpadding=
=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0"><tr><td><![endif]--><div class=3D"alignment" align=
=3D"center" style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;"><a href=3D"[link removed]
free.com/c/7/eyJhaSI6OTkyNjA2OTcsImUiOiJtZy1lbmM6OE0zZ2JZTDZydExUZFVpd09rN0=
Z6OEl2YW05Y3BCNTFDc3ZUS3l1S2kxND0iLCJyaSI6IjEzNTEyODA1ODUiLCJycSI6IjAyLWIyN=
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e7-cd5b-4bf2-8080-1ca2c8fe9352?source_code=3DALL71871" style=3D"height:42px=
;width:262px;v-text-anchor:middle;" arcsize=3D"10%" fillcolor=3D"#b32925"><=
v:stroke dashstyle=3D"Solid" weight=3D"0px" color=3D"#b32925"/><w:anchorloc=
k/><v:textbox inset=3D"0px,0px,0px,0px"><center dir=3D"false" style=3D"colo=
r:#ffffff;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><![endif]--> <span c=
lass=3D"button" style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;background-color:#b32925;bor=
der-bottom:0px solid transparent;border-left:0px solid transparent;border-r=
adius:4px;border-right:0px solid transparent;border-top:0px solid transpare=
nt;color:#ffffff;display:inline-block;font-family:Arial,'Helvetica Neue',He=
lvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-weight:400;mso-border-alt:none;paddi=
ng-bottom:5px;padding-top:5px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-ali=
gn:center;width:auto;word-break:keep-all;letter-spacing:normal;" bgcolor=3D=
"#b32925" color=3D"#ffffff"><span style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;word-break=
:break-word;line-height:32px;"><strong style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;">Yes=
! I Want to Disarm the IRS</strong></span></span><!--[if mso]></center></v:=
textbox></v:roundrect><![endif]--></a></div><!--[if mso]></td></tr></table>=
<![endif]--></td></tr></tbody></table><table class=3D"text_block block-9" w=
idth=3D"100%" border=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"10" cellspacing=3D"0" role=3D"pre=
sentation" style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspa=
ce:0;word-break:break-word;table-layout:inherit;"><tbody style=3D"box-sizin=
g:border-box;"><tr style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;"><td class=3D"pad" style=
=3D"box-sizing:border-box;"><div style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;font-family=
:Arial,sans-serif;"><div class=3D"" style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;font-siz=
e:14px;font-family:Arial,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif;mso-line-hei=
ght-alt:16.8px;color:#000;line-height:1.2;" color=3D"#000"><p style=3D"box-=
sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit;margin:0;font-size:16px;mso-line-heig=
ht-alt:19.2px;"><span style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;word-break:break-word;=
font-size:16px;color:#000000;" color=3D"#000000">Fellow American, transpare=
ncy is the first principle of Open the Books.</span></p><p style=3D"box-siz=
ing:border-box;line-height:inherit;margin:0;font-size:16px;mso-line-height-=
alt:16.8px;"> </p><p style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;line-height:inheri=
t;margin:0;font-size:16px;mso-line-height-alt:19.2px;"> <span style=3D"box-=
sizing:border-box;word-break:break-word;font-size:16px;color:#000000;" colo=
r=3D"#000000">I believe it’s the building block of representative gov=
ernment that makes all the other freedoms you and I enjoy possible.</span><=
/p><p style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit;margin:0;font-size=
:16px;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px;"> </p><p style=3D"box-sizing:border-=
box;line-height:inherit;margin:0;font-size:16px;mso-line-height-alt:19.2px;=
"><span style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;word-break:break-word;font-size:16px=
;color:#000000;" color=3D"#000000">America’s founders thought so, too=
.</span></p><p style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit;margin:0;=
font-size:16px;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px;"> </p><p style=3D"box-sizin=
g:border-box;line-height:inherit;margin:0;font-size:16px;mso-line-height-al=
t:19.2px;"><span style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;word-break:break-word;font-=
size:16px;color:#000000;" color=3D"#000000">That’s why they put this =
foundational principle in the Constitution:</span></p><p style=3D"box-sizin=
g:border-box;line-height:inherit;margin:0;font-size:16px;mso-line-height-al=
t:16.8px;"> </p><p style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit;=
margin:0;font-size:16px;margin-left:40px;mso-line-height-alt:19.2px;"> <spa=
n style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;word-break:break-word;font-size:16px;color=
:#000000;" color=3D"#000000"><em style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;">“A =
regular Statement and Account of the Receipts and Expeditions of all public=
Money shall be published from time to time.”</em></span></p><p style=
=3D"box-sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit;margin:0;font-size:16px;mso-l=
ine-height-alt:16.8px;"> </p><p style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;line-he=
ight:inherit;margin:0;font-size:16px;mso-line-height-alt:19.2px;"> <span st=
yle=3D"box-sizing:border-box;word-break:break-word;font-size:16px;color:#00=
0000;" color=3D"#000000">I highly doubt our founders would approve of a wea=
ponized IRS, much less ANY government agency operating without transparency=
.</span></p><p style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit;margin:0;=
font-size:16px;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px;"> </p><p style=3D"box-sizin=
g:border-box;line-height:inherit;margin:0;font-size:16px;mso-line-height-al=
t:19.2px;"> <u style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;"><span style=3D"box-sizing:b=
order-box;word-break:break-word;font-size:16px;color:#000000;" color=3D"#00=
0000"><span style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;word-break:break-word;color:#006=
8a5;" color=3D"#0068a5"><a href=3D"[link removed]
OTkyNjA2OTcsImUiOiJtZy1lbmM6OE0zZ2JZTDZydExUZFVpd09rN0Z6OEl2YW05Y3BCNTFDc3Z=
US3l1S2kxND0iLCJyaSI6IjEzNTEyODA1ODUiLCJycSI6IjAyLWIyNTI4OS03MzFkM2U2NzY5MT=
U0MjNjODRiNGE4OGVlYmJlZGU2ZCIsIm0iOmZhbHNlLCJ1aSI6IjciLCJ1biI6IiIsInUiOiJod=
HRwczovL3NlY3VyZS5hbmVkb3QuY29tL29wZW50aGVib29rcy8yY2YzYWNlNy1jZDViLTRiZjIt=
ODA4MC0xY2EyYzhmZTkzNTI_c291cmNlX2NvZGU9QUxMNzE4NzEifQ/NGVgJuWr_3yUNmG-LJ2i=
Aw" target=3D"_blank" style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;text-decoration:underl=
ine;color:#0068a5;" rel=3D"noopener" color=3D"#0068a5"><strong style=3D"box=
-sizing:border-box;">But here’s a story of citizen activism and accou=
ntability – the kind you’re engaging in by signing our Disarm t=
he IRS petition – our founders </strong><strong style=3D"box-sizing:b=
order-box;"><em style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;">would</em></strong><strong=
style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;"> appreciate:</strong></a></span></span></=
u></p><p style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit;margin:0;font-s=
ize:16px;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px;"> </p><p style=3D"box-sizing:bord=
er-box;line-height:inherit;margin:0;font-size:16px;mso-line-height-alt:19.2=
px;"><span style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;word-break:break-word;font-size:1=
6px;color:#000000;" color=3D"#000000">Fellow American, do you remember when=
the IRS targeted and harassed conservative nonprofits during the Obama pre=
sidency?</span></p><p style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit;ma=
rgin:0;font-size:16px;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px;"> </p><p style=3D"bo=
x-sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit;margin:0;font-size:16px;mso-line-he=
ight-alt:19.2px;"> <span style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;word-break:break-wo=
rd;font-size:16px;color:#000000;" color=3D"#000000">One of the agency&rsquo=
;s top directors even had to publicly apologize for her office using terms =
like “tea party” to decide which groups to set its sights on.</=
span></p><p style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit;margin:0;fon=
t-size:16px;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px;"> </p><p style=3D"box-sizing:b=
order-box;line-height:inherit;margin:0;font-size:16px;mso-line-height-alt:1=
9.2px;"> <span style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;word-break:break-word;font-si=
ze:16px;color:#000000;" color=3D"#000000"><strong style=3D"box-sizing:borde=
r-box;">Transparency brought that figurative weaponization to light.</stron=
g></span></p><p style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit;margin:0=
;font-size:16px;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px;"> </p><p style=3D"box-sizi=
ng:border-box;line-height:inherit;margin:0;font-size:16px;mso-line-height-a=
lt:19.2px;"> <span style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;word-break:break-word;col=
or:#0068a5;" color=3D"#0068a5"><u style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;"><span st=
yle=3D"box-sizing:border-box;word-break:break-word;font-size:16px;"><strong=
style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;"><a href=3D"[link removed]
7/eyJhaSI6OTkyNjA2OTcsImUiOiJtZy1lbmM6OE0zZ2JZTDZydExUZFVpd09rN0Z6OEl2YW05Y=
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M2U2NzY5MTU0MjNjODRiNGE4OGVlYmJlZGU2ZCIsIm0iOmZhbHNlLCJ1aSI6IjgiLCJ1biI6IiI=
sInUiOiJodHRwczovL3NlY3VyZS5hbmVkb3QuY29tL29wZW50aGVib29rcy8yY2YzYWNlNy1jZD=
ViLTRiZjItODA4MC0xY2EyYzhmZTkzNTI_c291cmNlX2NvZGU9QUxMNzE4NzEifQ/W0XntbrdvG=
mIq-vAuyw5ew" target=3D"_blank" style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;text-decorat=
ion:underline;color:#0068a5;" rel=3D"noopener" color=3D"#0068a5">Now you ca=
n help bring the literal militarization of the IRS further into the public =
eye by adding your voice TODAY to the millions who have already signed Open=
the Book’s petition to disarm the IRS.</a></strong></span></u></span=
></p><p style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit;margin:0;font-si=
ze:16px;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px;"> </p><p style=3D"box-sizing:borde=
r-box;line-height:inherit;margin:0;font-size:16px;mso-line-height-alt:19.2p=
x;"><span style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;word-break:break-word;font-size:16=
px;color:#000000;" color=3D"#000000">Transparency can transform how we gove=
rn ourselves – including how we hold federal agencies accountable whe=
n they bulk up on ballistics they don’t need.</span></p></div></div><=
/td></tr></tbody></table><table class=3D"button_block block-10" width=3D"10=
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-layout:inherit;"><tbody style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;"><tr style=3D"box-=
sizing:border-box;"><td class=3D"pad" style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;"><!--=
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mily:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><![endif]--> <span class=3D"button" s=
tyle=3D"box-sizing:border-box;background-color:#b32925;border-bottom:0px so=
lid transparent;border-left:0px solid transparent;border-radius:4px;border-=
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f;font-size:16px;font-weight:400;mso-border-alt:none;padding-bottom:5px;pad=
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=3D"#ffffff"><span style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;word-break:break-word;lin=
e-height:32px;"><strong style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;">Yes! I Want to Dis=
arm the IRS</strong></span></span><!--[if mso]></center></v:textbox></v:rou=
ndrect><![endif]--></a></div><!--[if mso]></td></tr></table><![endif]--></t=
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adding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0"><tr><td><![endif]--><div class=3D"fullWidth"=
style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;max-width:400px;"><a href=3D"[link removed]
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icubic;display:block;height:auto;border:0;width:100%;" width=3D"400" alt=3D=
"Disarm the IRS" title=3D"Disarm the IRS" height=3D"auto"></a></div><!--[if=
mso]></td></tr></table><![endif]--></div><!--[if mso]></td></tr></table><!=
[endif]--></td></tr></tbody></table><table class=3D"text_block block-12" wi=
dth=3D"100%" border=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"10" cellspacing=3D"0" role=3D"pres=
entation" style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspac=
e:0;word-break:break-word;table-layout:inherit;"><tbody style=3D"box-sizing=
:border-box;"><tr style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;"><td class=3D"pad" style=
=3D"box-sizing:border-box;"><div style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;font-family=
:Arial,sans-serif;"><div class=3D"" style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;font-siz=
e:14px;font-family:Arial,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif;mso-line-hei=
ght-alt:16.8px;color:#000;line-height:1.2;" color=3D"#000"><p style=3D"box-=
sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit;margin:0;font-size:16px;mso-line-heig=
ht-alt:19.2px;"><span style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;word-break:break-word;=
font-size:16px;color:#000000;" color=3D"#000000"><strong style=3D"box-sizin=
g:border-box;">Fellow American, it’s past time bureaucrats left the w=
eaponry to law enforcement.</strong></span></p><p style=3D"box-sizing:borde=
r-box;line-height:inherit;margin:0;font-size:16px;mso-line-height-alt:19.2p=
x;"> <span style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;word-break:break-word;font-size:1=
6px;color:#000000;" color=3D"#000000"> </span></p><p style=3D"box-sizi=
ng:border-box;line-height:inherit;margin:0;font-size:16px;mso-line-height-a=
lt:19.2px;"><span style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;word-break:break-word;font=
-size:16px;color:#000000;" color=3D"#000000">After all, American taxpayers =
have enough to worry about without wondering if an IRS agent is going to sh=
ow up on their doorstep with a gun instead of a pocket calculator.</span></=
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You should be able to decide for yourself whether you’re happy about =
the federal government spending your hard-earned tax dollars on 87,000 new =
agents and paying for their arms training.</span></p><p style=3D"box-sizing=
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d;font-size:16px;color:#000000;" color=3D"#000000"><strong style=3D"box-siz=
ing:border-box;">But you can’t make that decision unless you know tha=
t’s how the IRS is spending the money in the first place.</strong></s=
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8a5;" rel=3D"noopener" color=3D"#0068a5">That’s why I hope you’=
ll join the transparency revolution and sign Open the Book’s petition=
to disarm the IRS today.</a></strong></u></span></p><p style=3D"box-sizing=
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:19.2px;"> <span style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;word-break:break-word;font-=
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ight-alt:19.2px;"><span style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;word-break:break-wor=
d;color:#000000;font-size:16px;" color=3D"#000000">John Hart</span></p><p s=
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:break-word;color:#000000;font-size:16px;" color=3D"#000000">CEO, Open the =
Books</span></p><p style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit;margi=
n:0;font-size:16px;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px;"> </p><p style=3D"box-s=
izing:border-box;line-height:inherit;margin:0;font-size:16px;mso-line-heigh=
t-alt:19.2px;"><span style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;word-break:break-word;f=
ont-size:16px;color:#000000;" color=3D"#000000">P.S. Elon Musk and DOGE hav=
e announced plans to audit the IRS – good!</span></p><p style=3D"box-=
sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit;margin:0;font-size:16px;mso-line-heig=
ht-alt:16.8px;"> </p><p style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;line-height:inh=
erit;margin:0;font-size:16px;mso-line-height-alt:19.2px;"> <span style=3D"b=
ox-sizing:border-box;word-break:break-word;font-size:16px;color:#000000;" c=
olor=3D"#000000"><em style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;">But they also need to=
shine a light on the money being wasted on weaponizing the IRS</em><strong=
style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;">.</strong></span></p><p style=3D"box-sizi=
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izing:border-box;word-break:break-word;font-size:16px;color:#000000;" color=
=3D"#000000"><strong style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;">Fellow American, cons=
ider these numbers found by my organization, Open the Books, that Elon and =
his team are using as they dig into how the IRS militarized itself:</strong=
></span></p><ul style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;line-height:1.2;mso-line-hei=
ght-alt:19.2px;font-size:16px;"><li style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;"><span =
style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;word-break:break-word;font-size:16px;color:#=
000000;" color=3D"#000000">$35 million spent on guns, weapons, and ammuniti=
on since 2006;<br style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;"><br style=3D"box-sizing:=
border-box;"></span></li><li style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;"> $2.5 million=
spent on ballistic shields and tactical gear;<br style=3D"box-sizing:borde=
r-box;"><br style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;"></li><li style=3D"box-sizing:b=
order-box;">More than $500,000 spent on ballistic helmets and body armor;<b=
r style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;"><br style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;"></l=
i><li style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;">Nearly $1 million was spent on Smith=
& Wesson rifles and Berretta tactical shotguns.</li></ul><p style=3D"box-s=
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der-box;">Bureaucrats don’t need that kind of weaponry.</em></span></=
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You probably feel the IRS has you in their crosshairs every April 15th.
I bet you didn’t count on their crosshairs being literal.
My organization, Open the Books, has found that the IRS has spent $35 million on guns, ammunition, and military weaponry since 2006...
...and that’s AFTER the agency stockpiled a cache of 5 million rounds of ammo and 4,500 guns – including 15 submachine guns.
Today, nearly 2,100 IRS agents have the authority to use a firearm.
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Fellow American, do you remember when the IRS targeted and harassed conservative nonprofits during the Obama presidency?
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Fellow American, it’s past time bureaucrats left the weaponry to law enforcement.
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You should be able to decide for yourself whether you’re happy about the federal government spending your hard-earned tax dollars on 87,000 new agents and paying for their arms training.
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P.S. Elon Musk and DOGE have announced plans to audit the IRS – good!
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Fellow American, consider these numbers found by my organization, Open the Books, that Elon and his team are using as they dig into how the IRS militarized itself:
$35 million spent on guns, weapons, and ammunition since 2006;
$2.5 million spent on ballistic shields and tactical gear;
More than $500,000 spent on ballistic helmets and body armor;
Nearly $1 million was spent on Smith & Wesson rifles and Berretta tactical shotguns.
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