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@charitylawyer

Lawyer for Nonprofits practicing in Washington state and Arizona

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Beware the Supreme Court’s ‘Shadow Docket’ - Truthdig A secretive set of emergency rulings is expanding presidential power and undermining precedent.

A secretive set of emergency rulings is quietly expanding presidential power while eroding long-standing precedent.

www.truthdig.com/articles/bew...

08.06.2025 19:01 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Trump’s War on OSHA Could Spell the End for Biden-Era Heat Protections A proposed rule from the Biden administration would protect 36 million workers from the hazards of extreme heat.

A proposed rule from the Biden administration would protect 36 million workers from the hazards of extreme heat.

08.06.2025 15:00 👍 46 🔁 15 💬 0 📌 4
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From the Museum of Communism, Prague

12.04.2025 11:51 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1

If they can use force to break into independent nonprofits - where is the line? Are private companies next? Is the concept of private property under threat?

18.03.2025 01:29 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

Same

25.02.2025 05:35 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Disgusting that no one helped her everyone just sits there and films

24.02.2025 07:33 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Musk’s DOGE seeks access to personal taxpayer data, raising alarm at IRS Musk’s DOGE seeks access to personal taxpayer data at IRS

Trump weaponized audits against his perceived enemies in his first term (e.g. James Comey).

Expect 100X the same, plus targeting of nonprofit orgs, foundations, universities, members of Congress, prosecutors.

No one is safe.

www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

18.02.2025 00:27 👍 7 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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Whisper Networking A nonprofit, Psst, aims to help whistleblowers build strength in numbers.

A nonprofit, Psst, aims to help whistleblowers build strength in numbers—and connect them with journalists who can tell their stories. www.cjr.org/politics/whi...

18.02.2025 00:35 👍 22 🔁 8 💬 2 📌 2
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Minnesota committee advances HF 72 to restrict nonprofits from influencing elections HF 72 aims to ensure nonprofit funds benefit public good, not political campaigns.

A new bill in Minnesota aims to restrict nonprofits from using tax dollars to sway elections, pushing back against the influence of "dark money" in politics.

Click to read more!

#MN #PublicBenefit #MinnesotaNonprofits #CampaignFinance #PoliticalTransparency #CitizenPortal

18.02.2025 00:51 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

I can’t think of one legitimate reason why Elon Musk needs individual tax data on every taxpayer. I can think of lots of illegitimate ones. Has Congress lost its mind?

18.02.2025 04:11 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Musk’s DOGE seeks access to personal taxpayer data, raising alarm at IRS Musk’s DOGE seeks access to personal taxpayer data at IRS

Elon Musk is demanding access to IRS data that "includes detailed financial information about every taxpayer, business and nonprofit in the country." What does Elon Musk want with your personal financial information? How could he use it against you? www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

18.02.2025 02:42 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1
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Nonprofits Self-Censoring in Wake of Trump Actions - Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly Nonprofits are scrambling to protect federal funding. Some have chosen self-censorship.

Nonprofits are starting to censor themselves in wake of Trump maneuvers. Our latest via @npquarterly.bsky.social by @girardinl.bsky.social
#npsky #nonprofits #nonprofitsky #nonprofit
nonprofitquarterly.org/nonprofits-s...

14.02.2025 07:09 👍 14 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 6
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Tips for Nonprofits: Preparing for the Possibility of a Politically Motivated Attack - Alliance for Justice

Tips from Bolder Advocacy about how a nonprofit can prepare for a politically motivated attack.
afj.org/resource/tip...

13.02.2025 06:26 👍 10 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

Has anyone seen anything like this? A nonprofit had Google Ads running for the past year. 3 ads were flagged this week for violations because of the phrases "removing barriers to education" "equity in music education." #GoogleAds #Google #Censorship

13.02.2025 04:09 👍 5 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0

👏👏👏👏👏

13.02.2025 04:53 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Enough opining. Get in the streets Some advice from an expert on what will stop Trump. Plus: a new book on what it means to lose your country to a dictator

Everyone is asking: What, practically, can we do?

Here is an answer, from Anat Shenker-Osorio.

the.ink/p/lessons-fr...

07.02.2025 13:05 👍 184 🔁 64 💬 7 📌 4
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Department of Government Efficiency An Independent, Progressive Journal of News and Opinion.

Department of Government Efficiency

13.02.2025 03:00 👍 2 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 0

That water release was a threat. CA needs to harden its infrastructure. All blue states do.

08.02.2025 11:06 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Zuckerberg visits White House to discuss advancing ‘American tech leadership abroad’: Meta Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg visited the White House on Thursday to discuss Meta’s role in helping the Trump administration with America’s international tech leadership, the company confirm…

I remember a public hearing in 2019 when @aoc.bsky.social exposed Zuckerberg’s inadequacy as the head of any organisation, by showing that he was unwilling to answer questions about how his company undermines democracy by profiting from targeted disinformation campaigns. thehill.com/policy/techn...

08.02.2025 09:42 👍 191 🔁 47 💬 3 📌 1
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Why Is Elon Musk So Hell-Bent on Bulldozing the Government? Silicon Valley insiders tell Vanity Fair what they think is behind the mega-billionaire’s DOGE crusade. “Elon believes he should be emperor of the world,” one close associate says.

"Elon believes he should be emperor of the world," one close associate says.

www.vanityfair.com/news/story/e...

08.02.2025 09:59 👍 8 🔁 9 💬 5 📌 0
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What does Elon Musk believe? The man given free rein by Trump to crusade against the federal government supported Democrats until 2022. But some of Musk’s longstanding positions lead a straight line to his far-right sympathies Elon Musk is not a people person, as millions around the…

What does Elon Musk believe?

08.02.2025 10:07 👍 114 🔁 37 💬 46 📌 15
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BREAKING NEWS: A federal judge in New York barred Elon Musk and other allies outside the Treasury Department from accessing any sensitive payment records — and ordered any who have received such info to destroy it — until at least Feb. 14. - Politico’s Kyle Cheney

08.02.2025 10:09 👍 191 🔁 29 💬 11 📌 4

This is an act of violence. This is a coup. This is a Fascist take-over.

08.02.2025 10:04 👍 652 🔁 226 💬 33 📌 5
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Looks like they’re still hiring.
This was posted to Reddit in the last few hours from FB.
Marcello has a considerable digital footprint

08.02.2025 10:11 👍 6 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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The US Government Is Not a Startup Elon Musk is moving fast and breaking things that can’t afford to be broken.

Elon Musk is moving fast and breaking things that can’t afford to be broken.

07.02.2025 12:24 👍 3503 🔁 958 💬 121 📌 70

What the chances Musk is feeding our data to his ai?

08.02.2025 10:34 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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A non-government business that contracts with the federal government received notice today that in order to do business with the government they must certify that they don’t participate in DEI. So it’s not just the feds, it’s any private biz that contracts with the feds. Here’s the message they got:

07.02.2025 20:40 👍 14539 🔁 6685 💬 1638 📌 654
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Oops 😬

08.02.2025 01:50 👍 77310 🔁 19347 💬 986 📌 845
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How reliant are nonprofits on government grants? Candid insights | Delve into data to learn how many nonprofits rely on government grants--including which types of organizations and U.S. states receive them most--and discover what a potential freeze...

Candid.org has a new analysis of how government grants help #nonprofits help Americans. Losing these funds would harm veterans and people who put in long hours but still struggle to live. blog.candid.org/post/how-man...

07.02.2025 22:51 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Trump Issues Sweeping Memo to Defund Nonprofits, NGOs - Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly The nonprofit sector is responding to a White House memo directing a review of federal funding for all nongovernmental organizations, both foreign and domestic.

Trump admin is going after the #nonprofit / NGO sector *hard.* Latest WH memo calls for "review" of *all* federally funded orgs and stop funding any that "that undermine the national interest." #npsky #nonprofitsky

Our latest via @npquarterly.bsky.social:

nonprofitquarterly.org/trump-issues...

08.02.2025 02:15 👍 5 🔁 6 💬 1 📌 0