Post AtA9mgoabTbRMd7PrE by tarheel@mstdn.io
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(DIR) Post #AtA4NNYqYJYAdernaC by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-04-16T21:44:25Z
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100% ILLEGAL#Trump administration asks #IRS to revoke #Harvard’s #TaxExempt status
The directive to the IRS is a significant escalation of Trump’s feud with #HarvardUniversity & other Ivy League institutions & other #nonprofit groups his admin views as “woke.”#law #AcademicFreedom #Constitution #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech #AbuseOfPower #ExecutivePower #Autocracy #Tyranny #AntiIntellectualism #censorship #Dictatorship https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/04/16/trump-harvard-tax-exempt-irs/
(DIR) Post #AtA4lC310ihBseKjWi by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-04-16T21:48:46Z
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#TaxExempt status is available to charitable, religious & #educational orgs, as well as social welfare groups. But the organizations must strictly adhere to tax laws that prohibit them from engaging in certain political activity. There is NO proof that #Harvard violated any of those guardrails.
“The #IRS is supposed to administer the tax rules impartially, not pursue political #vendettas against exempt organizations,”said Steve Rosenthal, who served as snr fellow at the #TaxPolicy Center.#law
(DIR) Post #AtA54zKU0SjKE8wVbU by michaelbrien@mstdn.social
2025-04-16T21:52:18Z
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@Nonilex Perhaps they can do that right after revoking it from churches.
(DIR) Post #AtA5Dd08OKw1aFXpIm by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-04-16T21:53:54Z
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The #authority to investigate & change #TaxExempt statuses rests solely w/ #IRS, & the president is BARRED from directly or indirectly requesting that the agency exercise that #power against taxpayers [including #universities].Andrew De Mello, the IRS’s acting chief counsel, received the request Wed from ofcls in the #Treasury Dept…
The Trump admin has displaced numerous IRS leaders to empower political allies…
Trump on Tues [YESTERDAY] appointed Gary Shapley the agency’s acting commissioner….
(DIR) Post #AtA5SP3KX9lKfQ5JSK by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-04-16T21:56:34Z
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@michaelbrien 🙏😜 ffrf
(DIR) Post #AtA5p6gJ0JxCLk8o2y by peteriskrisjanis@toot.lv
2025-04-16T22:00:38Z
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@Nonilex again with "should". Is there real way for court to block this?I suspect this will be more doable than immigration, but still.
(DIR) Post #AtA60zXFOncXf4ZTkW by MillardPhillmore@mastodon.social
2025-04-16T22:02:47Z
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@Nonilex he found the ultimate cheat code... Installing 100% yes men in the enabling positions. His first term didn't have this feature.
(DIR) Post #AtA9mgoabTbRMd7PrE by tarheel@mstdn.io
2025-04-16T22:45:01Z
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@NonilexThis isn't Trump. Trump's a moron. This is P25 and whatever far-right "thinkers" he's listening to.
(DIR) Post #AtAUkMHQ4yIQ8NKjSq by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-04-17T02:39:54Z
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#IRS Is Actually Said to Be Considering Whether to Revoke #Harvard’s #TaxExempt Status — Cuz #USA Is An #Autocracy NowThe move would be a major violation of the law upon orders from the #Trump admin as it attempts to choke off federal money & support for #research & #academia in US #universities.[Jiminy Cricket am I editorializing & cursing in print more & more now that muther f⁕⚠︎er is in office!]#law #AntiIntellectualism #RevengePolitics #extortion #MafiaState https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/us/politics/trump-irs-harvard.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=45189BD7-601D-485A-8FE9-6A8489FF334F
(DIR) Post #AtAUtVeOboZnnpRaUq by CindyWeinstein@zirk.us
2025-04-17T02:41:34Z
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@Nonilex If this illegality happens, I would imagine it'll go to the Supreme Court, where 4 of the 9 Justices are Harvard law school grads.
(DIR) Post #AtAUuAzktJ1W1wkiyu by katrinakatrinka@infosec.exchange
2025-04-17T02:41:42Z
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@Nonilex That's interesting. Who's gonna enforce it, though? Not the incapable AI they're replacing everyone with.
(DIR) Post #AtAUzpwM5LrUT2rSue by D3jaBr3w@stranger.social
2025-04-17T02:42:41Z
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@Nonilex Tell them to do churches next!!!
(DIR) Post #AtAWJWjjIGISecuOvo by DonnieHarris@mastodon.social
2025-04-17T02:57:28Z
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@Nonilex No doubt this news is going to prevent religious organizations from asking themselves what Jesus would do when the cruelty escalates. They'll turn the other cheek and herd the voters to worship false idols for a lot longer under threat of the collection plate getting taxed.
(DIR) Post #AtAb3TrKiuM4rrdJY0 by ZBennoui@dragonscave.space
2025-04-17T03:50:32Z
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@Nonilex This admin is about to get whats coming to them, I haven't lost hope yet and neither should anyone else. If the justice system doesn't come through for us, the people will, I can promise you that.
(DIR) Post #AtAcCCwF6UlwwueeUS by acsawdey@fosstodon.org
2025-04-17T04:03:22Z
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@Nonilex You don’t think Harvard could manage to get an injunction preventing IRS action, and then slow walk this in the courts for a decade?