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Trump’s “religious liberty” plan could turn tax-exempt churches into partisan political machines, financed through deductible donations and shielded from public scrutiny.

This is not about freeing the church. It is about recruiting it.

Read the EX POST!™ exposé.
@ExPostMedia

#ReligiousLiberty #JohnsonAmendment #ChurchAndState #Trump

https://open.substack.com/pub/ezroland/p/the-political-machine-hiding-inside?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=7qrh2h

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"The IRS emphasized that this position is 'consistent with a long-standing pattern of selective enforcement,' and referenced a 2017 executive order issued by then-President Trump directing the IRS not to pursue penalties against religious organizations engaged in political speech."

#USA #US #USpol #trump #IRS #TaxExemption #501C3 #religion #law #JohnsonAmendment
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https://natlawreview.com/article/irs-announces-churches-and-other-houses-worship-may-endorse-political-candidates

Judge rules Americans United can’t intervene in Johnson Amendment case

#AmericansUnited #johnsonAmendment
https://religionnews.com/2026/01/05/judge-rules-americans-united-cant-intervene-in-nrb-johnson-amendment-case/

The IRS decided to allow religious leaders to endorse political candidates from the pulpit. One expert said Texas — with more than 200 megachurches — will be the epicenter for pastors and congregations to test out their new influence.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/religion/2025/08/04/527863/texas-pastors-poised-to-wield-political-power-after-irs-says-churches-can-endorse-candidates/

#News #Politics #Religion #Texas #ChurchPolitics #Irs #JohnsonAmendment #ReligionInPolitics #TexasChurches #TexasPolitics

#ChurchStateSeparation #Flipboard #News:

Why the Founders Fought for the #SeparationofChurchandState

This #IRS move will pressure more #preachers to praise #DonaldTrump

Trump’s #religiouslibertycommission might be the end of #religiousfreedom for all

#Churches can endorse #politicians

#Americans United denounces #Trumpadministration’s unlawful proposal to exempt #housesofworship from the #JohnsonAmendment

#ChristianNationalism and #DelusionsofGrandeur

https://flipboard.com/@dustcircle/church-state-separation-g5hp0m0uy

#IRS Settlement Reinterprets #JohnsonAmendment – Allowing #Churches to Endorse #Political #Candidates

https://wildhunt.org/2025/07/irs-settlement-reinterprets-johnson-amendment-allowing-churches-to-endorse-political-candidates.html

Pour one out for the #JohnsonAmendment, I guess:

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/07/08/irs-church-candidates-tax-politics.html

#ProTrump #Texas #Pastor #RobertJeffress believes '#God has a plan' for #election.

The #evangelical #leader of #FirstBaptistDallas thinks the #JohnsonAmendment restricts #churches'

— It was a tradeoff for giving them #TaxExemptStatus, and to balance out their outsized ability to #influence their #congregations.

https://www.chron.com/culture/religion/article/trump-texas-pastors-presidential-election-19804418.php

#ChurchStateSeparation #NEWS -

‘We Dissent’: #Project2025 — A roadmap to hell

How a new generation of #Christiannationalists explain #Vance’s #MAGA appeal

In an Unprecedented Move, #Ohio is Funding the Construction of Private #ReligiousSchools

#Christian #Nationalists want to destroy the #JohnsonAmendment.

#Voting in #housesofworship: how you can find #secular alternatives

Why Christian Nationalists don't want you to #vote

https://flipboard.com/@dustcircle/church-state-separation-g5hp0m0uy

#separationofchurchandstate #sundayschool

I knew this was coming. Now that the #SupremeCourt is packed with #Christofascist #zealots with no respect for established precedent, and who have demonstrated an eagerness to rewrite #Constitution in their ideological image, #Christians are filing #lawsuits challenging the #JohnsonAmendment—the #IRS rule that prevents #religiousOrganizations from engaging in #politics, and influencing #legislation. This is another step towards merging #Christianity with the #government.

https://www.christianpost.com/news/unconstitutional-churches-file-lawsuit-against-johnson-amendment.html

Churches’ Role in Local Election Prompts Calls for Investigations
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West #Texas #voters rejected three conservative Christian candidates who sought to infuse religious values into local politics. But the campaign support the candidates received from local churches has prompted calls for state and federal probes.

#Church #Elections #Voting #Abilene #JohnsonAmendment #IRS

https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-abilene-churches-election-voting-investigation?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post