TELL THE IRS: Trump is using NSPM-7 to attack his political opponents. The national security memo attempts to silence free speech and end protests against the White House. It also weaponizes the IRS to strip the nonprofit status of organizations fighting Trump. Sign the petition: Urge government leaders to protect protesters and nonprofits from Trump's authoritarian crusade!

Trump signed a sweeping national security memo that empowers agencies across his administration to go after people and organizations that oppose Trump's agenda. That means Pam Bondi's DOJ, Kash Patel's FBI, Stephen Miller, and even the IRS are coming after Trump's political opponents.

This broad directive, called “Countering Domestic Terrorism and Organized Political Violence” or NSPM-7, puts anyone that the Trump regime determines to hold “anti-American” beliefs or “extreme” views on topics like race, gender, “American values,” or immigration at serious risk of targeted political persecution.1

It specifically weaponizes the IRS to strip the nonprofit status of organizations that the broad memo considers a threat to the Trump administration.2 This presents a direct threat to the First Amendment and the groups fighting Trump's agenda.

Sign the petition: Block Trump's crusade against dissent. Don't let the IRS shut down organizations fighting Trump's agenda!

As the ACLU says in its report on NSPM-7, “The memo is a fever dream of conspiracies, outright falsehoods, and the president's distorted equation of criticism of his policies by real or perceived political opponents with ‘criminal and terroristic conspiracies.’”3 It's the basis for an authoritarian assault on our rights and freedoms, and the most basic principles of American democracy.

Trump recently escalated his crackdown on dissent when he officially designated four anti-fascist groups in Europe as “foreign terrorist organizations.”4 This could lay the groundwork for the FBI and DOJ to come after anyone and any organization his administration believes is associated with these groups.

Most nonprofit organizations wouldn't survive if the IRS followed through on the threats outlined in NSPM-7. Our leaders must stop MAGA's unconstitutional attack on free speech and dissent.

Sign the petition: Block Trump's assault on his political opponents.

Thanks for taking action,

Joey and the Demand Progress team

Sources:

  1. Ken Klipperstein, "Trump’s NSPM-7 Labels Common Beliefs As Terrorism “Indicators”,” September 27, 2025.
  2. The White House Presidential Memoranda, "Countering Domestic Terrorism and Organized Political Violence,” September 25, 2025.
  3. ACLU, "How NSPM-7 Seeks to Use "Domestic Terrorism" to Target Nonprofits and Activists,” October 15, 2025.
  4. The Guardian, "US designates four European anti-fascist groups as terrorist threats,” November 13, 2025.

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