Friend,
Trump’s National Security Presidential Memorandum, or NSPM-7, misleadingly titled “Countering Domestic Terrorism and Organized Political Violence,” is intended to intimidate and silence free speech and the freedom of the press.
Employing vague terms like “anti-American,” “anti-capitalist,” and “anti-Christian,” Trump orders agencies to investigate or penalize individuals and groups based on their beliefs rather than their actions.
Most worryingly for nonprofit newsrooms, the memo authorizes the IRS commissioner to strip nonprofit organizations of their tax-exempt status if the administration believes they are “directly or indirectly financing political violence or domestic terrorism,” as well as refer “organizations, and the employees and officers of such organizations, to the Department of Justice for investigation and possible prosecution.”
The stakes are very real. Most nonprofit organizations and newsrooms would be unable to survive if the IRS commissioner were to follow through on the threats outlined in NSPM-7.
We cannot allow for the freedom of the press to be effectively destroyed simply for reporting on the size of a protest, taking a photo of a demonstration, or interviewing a nonviolent activist. Please take action to protect nonprofits from Trump’s NSPM-7!
Add your name now to tell Acting IRS Commissioner Scott Bessent: Free speech, freedom of the press, and the right to protest are not “domestic terrorism.” Do not punish nonprofit organizations and newsrooms for expressing their constitutional rights.
