f{"id":50002,"date":"2026-09-04T12:36:04","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T19:36:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=50002"},"modified":"2026-09-04T12:36:05","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T19:36:05","slug":"tomorrow-it-could-be-any-of-us-dems-probe-trump-plan-to-aim-irs-at-left-leaning-nonprofits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2026\/09\/04\/tomorrow-it-could-be-any-of-us-dems-probe-trump-plan-to-aim-irs-at-left-leaning-nonprofits\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Tomorrow, It Could Be Any of Us\u2019: Dems Probe Trump Plan to Aim IRS at Left-Leaning Nonprofits"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/media-library\/us-treasury-secretary-scott-bessent-accompanied-by-president-donald-trump.jpg?id=63523317&amp;width=1200&amp;height=400&amp;quality=70&amp;coordinates=0%2C347%2C0%2C1320\" alt=\"US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, accompanied by President Donald Trump\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, accompanied by President Donald Trump, speaks to members of the media aboard Air Force One on October 27, 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00a0(Photo by Andrew Harnik\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u201cOrganizations should never face IRS scrutiny because political officials disapprove of their views.\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/author\/jake-johnson\">Jake Johnson<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sep 03, 2026 (CommonDreams.org)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A pair of Senate Democrats on Thursday launched an investigation into reports that the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/tag\/trump-administration\">Trump administration<\/a>&nbsp;is planning to weaponize the Internal Revenue Service against left-leaning nonprofits, targeting the tax-exempt status of groups seen as political enemies of the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/tag\/white-house\">White House<\/a>&nbsp;and potentially burying the organizations with huge penalties without adequate due process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sens.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/tag\/ron-wyden\">Ron Wyden<\/a>&nbsp;(D-Ore.) and Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) announced their inquiry in response to recent reporting by the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/tag\/right-wing\">right-wing<\/a>&nbsp;New York Post, which&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/08\/27\/business\/trump-admin-set-to-target-george-soros-nonprofit-in-tax-crackdown\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a>&nbsp;late last month that US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and the IRS \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/01\/30\/business\/scott-bessent-eyes-top-cop-for-treasury-to-crack-down-on-shady-nonprofits\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">could revoke the tax-free status<\/a>&nbsp;of left-wing nonprofits such as George Soros\u2019 Open Society Foundations, the Southern&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/tag\/poverty\">Poverty<\/a>&nbsp;Law Center, and the Council on American-Islamic Relations.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">RECOMMENDED&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/news\/nspm-7\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/media-library\/u-s-secretary-of-state-marco-rubio.jpg?id=66692095&amp;width=1200&amp;height=1200&amp;quality=70&amp;coordinates=738%2C0%2C739%2C0\" alt=\"U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/news\/nspm-7\">House Democrats Probe Use of Trump\u2019s NSPM-7 to Target \u2018Left-Leaning Political Groups\u2019<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/news\/trump-left-wing\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/media-library\/federal-agents-increase-immigration-enforcement-in-minneapolis.jpg?id=63519307&amp;width=1200&amp;height=1200&amp;quality=70&amp;coordinates=789%2C0%2C789%2C0\" alt=\"Federal Agents Increase Immigration Enforcement In Minneapolis\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/news\/trump-left-wing\">\u2018Outrageous\u2019: Trump Officials Investigated Left-Wing Groups After Alex Pretti Killing in Minneapolis<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wyden, the top Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee, and Warnock called the story \u201cdisturbing\u201d and argued it suggests \u201cpolitical considerations\u2014including the timing of the 2026 midterm elections\u2014are influencing\u201d the administration\u2019s targeting of left-leaning nonprofits. The NY Post, which cited three unnamed sources familiar with the matter, reported that \u201cBessent\u2019s inner circle is drafting a blueprint that could ultimately strip non-compliant organizations of their 501(c)(3) status.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe reviews could result in massive back payments and civil penalties,\u201d the outlet added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Democratic senators noted in a letter to Bessent and Frank Bisignano, the chief executive of the IRS, that Section 7217 of the Internal Revenue Code prohibits senior executive branch officials from \u201cdirectly or indirectly\u201d requesting that the IRS conduct or terminate an investigation into any particular taxpayer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe New York Post\u2019s reporting fits a wider pattern of the Trump administration actively using national security directives to weaponize the IRS against protected&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/tag\/first-amendment\">First Amendment<\/a>&nbsp;speech,\u201d Wyden and Warnock wrote, citing the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/news\/nspm-7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">presidential memorandum known as NSPM-7<\/a>. \u201cRather than targeting actual violence, these directives explicitly conflate terrorism with subjective political viewpoints\u2014such as \u2018anti-capitalism,\u2019 \u2018anti-Christianity,\u2019 and views on race, migration, and gender.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wyden and Warnock demanded that the Treasury Department and IRS turn over the reported \u201cblueprint\u201d crafted by Bessent\u2019s inner circle as well as \u201call policies, directives, guidance, criteria, and other documents concerning Treasury and IRS implementation of NSPM-7 as it relates to tax-exempt organizations, including criteria for selecting organizations for examination or possible revocation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The senators also demanded to know whether any executive branch officials in the Trump administration have \u201cidentified or recommended\u201d particular organizations\u2014including any of those named in the Post report\u2014for IRS investigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAmericans of every political persuasion must be able to trust that the IRS applies the tax code objectively under one set of rules,\u201d Wyden and Warnock wrote. \u201cOrganizations that violate section 501(c)(3) should face appropriate enforcement regardless of their politics\u2014and organizations should never face IRS scrutiny because political officials disapprove of their views.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The senators launched their probe as two Democrats in the House of Representatives&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/doggett.house.gov\/media\/press-releases\/doggett-and-sewell-introduce-proof-act-stop-weaponization-irs-against\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">introduced legislation<\/a>&nbsp;aimed at guaranteeing that the IRS can\u2019t strip nonprofit organizations of their tax-exempt status \u201cwithout evidence and without a fair process.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Reps. Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas) and Terri Sewell (D-Ala.), the lead sponsors of the Protecting the Rights of Organizations Fairly (PROOF) Act, note that \u201cunder current law, many due process protections that are supposed to apply when the IRS examines most nonprofits exist only in the agency\u2019s own internal manual\u2014guidance the IRS can rewrite or suspend on its own authority through an internal memo with no public comment, no rulemaking, and no vote, and that carries no force of law.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe IRS should never be a weapon to punish a president\u2019s political enemies,\u201d Doggett said in a statement on Thursday. \u201cNo organization\u2014left, right, or center\u2014should lose its tax-exempt status on an accusation, without evidence, and without a fair chance to be heard.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe PROOF Act is simple,\u201d he added. \u201cIf the government wants to take away a nonprofit\u2019s status, it has to show its proof and follow the law. Today, it may be an organization to which the Trump regime objects. Tomorrow, it could be any of us.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our work is licensed under Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0). Feel free to republish and share widely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/author\/jake-johnson\">Jake Johnson<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jake Johnson is a senior editor and staff writer for Common Dreams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/author\/jake-johnson\">Full Bio &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, accompanied by President Donald Trump, speaks to members of the media aboard Air Force One on October 27, 2025. \u00a0(Photo by Andrew Harnik\/Getty Images) \u201cOrganizations should never face IRS scrutiny because political officials disapprove of their views.\u201d Jake Johnson Sep 03, 2026 (CommonDreams.org) A pair&#8230; <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2026\/09\/04\/tomorrow-it-could-be-any-of-us-dems-probe-trump-plan-to-aim-irs-at-left-leaning-nonprofits\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2461],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50002","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-irs"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>\u2018Tomorrow, It Could Be Any of Us\u2019: Dems Probe Trump Plan to Aim IRS at Left-Leaning Nonprofits -<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2026\/09\/04\/tomorrow-it-could-be-any-of-us-dems-probe-trump-plan-to-aim-irs-at-left-leaning-nonprofits\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"\u2018Tomorrow, It Could Be Any of Us\u2019: Dems Probe Trump Plan to Aim IRS at Left-Leaning Nonprofits -\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, accompanied by President Donald Trump, speaks to members of the media aboard Air Force One on October 27, 2025. \u00a0(Photo by Andrew Harnik\/Getty Images) \u201cOrganizations should never face IRS scrutiny because political officials disapprove of their views.\u201d Jake Johnson Sep 03, 2026 (CommonDreams.org) A pair... 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