Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Revoking federal tax-exempt status (Sara Gottlieb) (Cohousing-L Digest, Vol 255, Issue 20)

[Kate C (katetx2001]

Re “ There are well-established procedures for revoking federal tax exemption.”

I think it’s worth noting that there are also well-established and 
constitutional procedures for deporting people with due process, which are 
being ignored. Just so we don’t become complacent.
Best wishes,

🏳️‍🌈 Kate C 
(she/her/hers)
** Vote. For a safer tomorrow **

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>   1. Fwd: The Global Story of Cohousing (Fred-List manager)
>   2. Re: Revoking federal tax-exempt status (Sara Gottlieb)
>   3. Snopes [was Revoking federal tax-exempt status (Sharon Villines)
>   4. Re: Snopes [was Revoking federal tax-exempt status (Liz Ryan Cole)
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> Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2025 07:08:52 -0500 (CDT)
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> Subject: [C-L]_ Fwd: The Global Story of Cohousing
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> Joel Bartlett <altairecovillage [at] gmail.com>
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> --------------------  FORWARDED MESSAGE FOLLOWS --------------------
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> An excellent article on Cohousing from *Solidarity.*
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> https://notesfromthecommonhouse.substack.com/p/the-global-story-of-cohousing
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> Joel at Altair in SE PA.
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> Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2025 08:49:57 -0400
> From: Sara Gottlieb <sara.gottlieb [at] gmail.com>
> To: cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org
> Subject: Re: [C-L]_ Revoking federal tax-exempt status
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> https://www.eenews.net/articles/white-house-says-its-not-targeting-green-groups-tax-status/
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> E&E NEWS PM | The White House is not drafting or considering an order
> targeting nonprofit organizations? tax-exempt status, a White House
> official said Tuesday.
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> The comments come after rumors swirled in energy and environmental policy
> groups in recent days that President Donald Trump might attempt to revoke
> green groups? tax-exempt status, potentially on Earth Day.
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> Asked Tuesday whether the president was considering any actions to target
> nonprofit organizations, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told
> reporters she would check in with the White House policy team.
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> In response to a request for additional comment, a White House official
> told POLITICO?s E&E News later Tuesday in an email, ?No such orders are
> being drafted or considered at this time.?
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> Environmentalists? concerns were amplified when Trump suggested last week
> that Harvard University should lose its tax-exempt status after the school
> defied the administration?s demands.
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> Donations to major environmental groups that have 501(c)(3) status are
> considered charitable and tax-deductible, and losing that status could hurt
> green groups? fundraising efforts.
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> The president does not have the legal authority to request tax
> investigations into particular people or entities. A broad presidential
> directive to target nonprofits? tax-exempt status could also encompass
> conservative organizations.
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>> Today's Topics:
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>>   1. Revoking federal tax-exempt status (Was Re: Cohousing in DC
>>      paper The Hill today) (Liz Ryan Cole)
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>> Message: 1
>> Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2025 05:45:48 -0400
>> From: Liz Ryan Cole <lizryancole [at] me.com>
>> To: cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org, seaheidi [at] earthlink.net
>> Subject: [C-L]_ Revoking federal tax-exempt status (Was Re: Cohousing
>>        in DC paper The Hill today)
>> Message-ID: <63C99130-424F-41D6-83C6-4EA67F6ECB82 [at] me.com>
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>> There is a lot of fear out there. Fight fear with facts. (Maybe also
>> listen to All Shall Be Well Again Gordon Bok, Ann May Muir, and Ed
>> Trickett)  :)
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>> This is from The Non-Profit Times.
>> Neither the president, the U.S. Department of Justice, the U.S. Department
>> of the Treasury, or the IRS have the ability to revoke the federal
>> tax-exempt status of any entity through Executive Order or with the mere
>> stroke of a pen. There are well-established procedures for revoking federal
>> tax exemption.
>> 
>> Those procedures require individual case-by-case IRS audits of each
>> organization, with ample opportunity for the entity to defend itself, and
>> including multiple routes of appeal.
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>> https://thenonprofittimes.com/npt_articles/under-fire-how-the-irs-can-and-cant-revoke-exempt-status/
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>> 
>> liz
>> Loch Lyme Lodge, Inc.
>> Future home of Pinnacle Cohousing
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> Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2025 09:19:46 -0400
> From: Sharon Villines <sharon [at] sharonvillines.com>
> To: Cohousing-L <cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org>
> Subject: [C-L]_ Snopes [was Revoking federal tax-exempt status
> Message-ID: <90F393E4-6581-4F31-89B0-DDE97FC3078A [at] sharonvillines.com>
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> Snopes has revived itself after much adversity in funding as an ad-supported 
> and subscription website. They have a daily newsletter and are planning a 
> forum for people engaged with fact-checking in one way or another. They also 
> mentioned a database of information ? not a clear explanation of it yet.
> 
> https://www.snopes.com/
> 
> For example the claim that Trump ordered a change in the name of the Gulf of 
> Mexico. They give the text of the speech, the context, the history of naming, 
> other examples of water with several names ? one sea has 5 names depending on 
> which country you are in.
> 
> What I like about Snopes is that they give the full context ? not just true, 
> false, maybe. Reading Snopes is a good way to learn how to evaluate claims.
> 
> Sharon
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> Sharon Villines
> Takoma Village Cohousing, Washington DC
> http://www.takomavillage.org
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> Message: 4
> Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2025 09:57:15 -0400
> From: Liz Ryan Cole <lizryancole [at] me.com>
> To: cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org
> Subject: Re: [C-L]_ Snopes [was Revoking federal tax-exempt status
> Message-ID: <4BE91543-7AA1-4027-80AC-577C8C3670AB [at] me.com>
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> Thank you Sharon.  I have been a supporter of Snopes for some years and am 
> glad to see them reinvigorated. If you are a person with extra time you might 
> want to join the forum Sharon mentions.
> 
> liz
> Loch Lyme Lodge, future home of Pinnacle Cohousing.
> lochlymelodge.com <http://lochlymelodge.com/>
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>> On Apr 23, 2025, at 9:19?AM, Sharon Villines via Cohousing-L <cohousing-l 
>> [at] cohousing.org> wrote:
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>> Snopes has revived itself after much adversity in funding as an ad-supported 
>> and subscription website. They have a daily newsletter and are planning a 
>> forum for people engaged with fact-checking in one way or another. They also 
>> mentioned a database of information ? not a clear explanation of it yet.
>> 
>> https://www.snopes.com/
>> 
>> For example the claim that Trump ordered a change in the name of the Gulf of 
>> Mexico. They give the text of the speech, the context, the history of 
>> naming, other examples of water with several names ? one sea has 5 names 
>> depending on which country you are in.
>> 
>> What I like about Snopes is that they give the full context ? not just true, 
>> false, maybe. Reading Snopes is a good way to learn how to evaluate claims.
>> 
>> Sharon
>> ----
>> Sharon Villines
>> Takoma Village Cohousing, Washington DC
>> http://www.takomavillage.org
>> 
>> 
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