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Tax-exempt nonprofit censoring leading conservative author
American Thinker ^ | 1 Jun, 2023 | Thomas Lifson

Posted on 06/01/2023 6:08:06 AM PDT by MtnClimber

We received the following email from Brian Anderson, editor of the estimable City Journal on the censorship being imposed on author Christopher Rufo, a major writer of important conservative work.. This is alarming, and probably violates the charter of the nonprofit organization DocumentCloud. It represents the exercise of the institutional power of a tax exempt organziation to suppress conservative thinking and writing.

Given the politicization of the IRS, it is probably too much to hope for a serious investigation of the tax exempt status of DocumentCloud. But that would be yet another example of the corrupt politicization of the federal government.

Here is what Mr. Anderson wrote:

Last week, DocumentCloud – a 501c3 dedicated to providing an “open-source platform” for investigative journalists – cancelled our account and our ability to host and publish documents. Their reason for attempting to suppress our speech: Christopher Rufo’s recent work exposing evidence of a child sex-change program at Texas Children’s Hospital. This is the type of story that left-wing media and activist groups don’t want you to read; and it’s exactly why the work of City Journal’s bold journalists is so critical...

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: censorship; leftism

1 posted on 06/01/2023 6:08:06 AM PDT by MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber

The IRS will do nothing.


2 posted on 06/01/2023 6:08:19 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: MtnClimber

oh yes they will

they will audit rufo and anderson

no dissent

resistance is futile


3 posted on 06/01/2023 6:14:07 AM PDT by joshua c (to disrupt the system, we must disrupt our lives, cut the cable tv)
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To: MtnClimber

Liberal cash cows:

Academia

Government jobs

Non-profits


4 posted on 06/01/2023 6:33:08 AM PDT by qaz123
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To: MtnClimber

All non profits that do anything political violate the rules. We need them to start paying their fair share.


5 posted on 06/01/2023 6:56:22 AM PDT by pas
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To: MtnClimber

That is the purpose of almost all NGO’s — to push a political agenda for control and profit.


6 posted on 06/01/2023 7:46:49 AM PDT by bobbo666 (Baizuo)
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