DONALD TRUMP HAS made no secret of his desire for revenge.
On the campaign trail, he joked about being a dictator on “day one” in office, pledged to jail journalists, and threatened to retaliate against political foes who he felt had wronged him.
Now, just days after he secured a second term in the White House, Congress is already moving to hand a resurgent Trump administration a powerful cudgel that it could wield against ideological opponents in civil society.
Up for a potential fast-track vote next week in the House of Representatives, the Stop Terror-Financing and Tax Penalties on American Hostages Act, also known as H.R. 9495, would grant the secretary of the Treasury Department unilateral authority to revoke the tax-exempt status of any nonprofit deemed to be a “terrorist supporting organization.”
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The House is set to vote Tuesday on a bill that would let the administration destroy nonprofits it claims support terrorism.
The House is set to vote Tuesday on a bill that would let the administration destroy nonprofits it claims support terrorism.
The House is set to vote Tuesday on a bill that would let the administration destroy nonprofits it claims support terrorism.
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