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Notable Events of the Week:
- Donald Trump, Jr. admitted that “he met with a Kremlin-linked lawyer shortly after his father clinched the Republican nomination, hoping to get information helpful to the campaign”, which, according to The New York Times, was information damaging to Hillary Clinton. Time
- After receiving information that the New York Times would publish the emails setting up the meeting with the Kremlin-linked lawyer, Donald Trump, Jr. released them, which immediately led to claims that they were “the “smoking gun” in the investigation into whether the Trump campaign colluded with Russia to take down the Clinton candidacy.” Washington Post
- Wednesday was the ““Net Neutrality Day of Action,” an online protest day on which thousands of websites, people and services called attention to the impending revocation of net neutrality rules by the FCC.” TechCrunch
Top 10 Nonprofit Tweets:
- National Council of Nonprofits: Statement on #JohnsonAmendment provision: #Nonprofits to Congress: Don’t Politicize Houses of Worship http://bit.ly/2ukLlpP
- CalNonprofits: Protect nonprofit nonpartisanship! Info on the threat to #JohnsonAmendment & action here: http://bit.ly/ActionJohnsonAmendment
- Gene: Texas Appeals Court Upholds IRS Test For [Tax-Exempt] Status Law360.com … Revenue Ruling 2004-6
- Benjamin Soskis: Very good background on non-regulation of 501c4 “dark money” nonprofits. Read to the depressing final line. Int’l Business Times
- Venable: Estate Taxes and #Charity via NYT
- Gene: Business or Charity? An Update on Property Tax Exemptions Under Fire NPQ
- Nonprofit Quarterly: In today’s media landscape, what does #activism look like? NPQ
- Nonprofit Quarterly: New study reveals mainstream #LGBTQ organizations are perceived as not welcoming to people of color NPQ
- Lucy Bernholz: how digital threatens civil society #nonprofits/#foundations take note Philanthropy 2173
- Michael Foerster: ACC Chief Legal Officers 2017 Survey – Executive Summary https://lnkd.in/di2u-Hz [Ed. Survey is “the largest global study of the issues and challenges facing chief legal officers … in corporate legal departments.”]
Themed Media Selection:
Iceberg twice size of Luxembourg breaks off Antarctic ice shelf (Guardian)