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2024-07-09 18:01:33

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Yeah, it is primarily around this:
"Cannot be used for lobbying or influencing legislation or political campaigns"
with the key point being "lobbying or influencing legislation" - which is the key point of project 2025, their scorecards for politicians, etc.
I'm sure that:
1. They skirt the regulations, getting as close to what they can get away with w/o crossing the line
2. Count on the regulation being loosely defined. With things like "enhancing social welfare" having no defined measurements
3. Count on people not holding them accountable
4. Count on the IRS not having the time or resources to spend enforcing 501c3 compliance
Event Heritage Action is a 501c4 which has some limits as to what it can do politically (though it has more leeway).
All this being said, I have no background in law so I could be completely wrong.
But this is interesting: https://www.citizensforethics.org/reports-investigations/crew-reports/the-irs-is-not-enforcing-the-law-on-political-nonprofit-disclosure-violations/
As is this:
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/05/heritage-foundation-dark-money-voter-suppression-laws/

2024-07-09 17:14:29

Wait, the Heritage Foundation is a 501c3 and supporting a particular Candidate?
Is that pastor saying that his flock should vote a certain way?
Well I have the solution!
1. Make an anonymous email address
2. Fill out an IRS form 13909 and write up a formal complaint
3. Email that form to [email protected]
4. Tell your friends!
https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/irs-complaint-process-tax-exempt-organizations
Most state governments also have a similar complain process via the state's justice department.
Time to do our civic duty!

2024-07-09 02:13:11

Every right-wing conspiracy is a confession:
- Biden crime family > Trump gets convicted
- Deep State > people finally look at the Heritage Foundation and all of their fingers in the government
- Dem Pedos > Trump was friends with Epstein for years, Gaetz trafficked teens, Foley, Hastert, Moore - the list goes on
- Fake News > Fox has been busted on multiple occasions, InfoWars was shut down, NewsMax has little to no factual information
I mean, I could be wrong, but I'm seeing a pattern.

2024-07-03 02:10:27

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The nice thing about being human is that your actions aren't bound to instinct but thought. You can choose to be different.
Greed and power are societal constructs, not inherent behaviors (though there is some discussion regarding AVPR1A polymorphism and human pair-bonding behavior or AVPR1A and greed but..).
Hunter-gatherer societies tend and tended to be very collaborative and would shun greed, hubris, or other negative behaviors.
It takes things like hierarchies forced by religions or capitalism to make us think that the desire for power or greed are natural.
At some point humanity will make this agreement that the current state of things isn't working, that most of us just want the same damn things, and we'll stop listening to this minority of people who have decided that they should be the ones controlling us. But it won't be in my lifetime.
I wonder what I'll be able to take with me to the Trump Christian Reeducation Camp? See y'all there!

2024-05-23 18:13:27

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Rodrigo, just out of curiosity, is it just this issue that you won't spend time doing this with or is it other issues also? (I'm not trying to be a dick, I just want to understand)

2024-05-23 17:38:15

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Kyle is making a solid point though - we are all upset by what is going on in Gaza and the atrocities are numerous - due to this there is no reason to share unverified information when there is plenty of verified information that it just as bad or worse. We can't let ourselves fall into the same sort of trap that you often see people on the right fall into, sharing anger-bait with fabricated imagery. I'm not saying that is the case with this image, I'm merely stating that Kyle's point is valid.