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I'm sure there will be some that will use any article on the opinion page that criticizes the government to use this to fight the non-profit status. After all, if there is one thing that stands out in the political landscape at the moment it is that the government is at war with those segments of the media that are critical of it.

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It's quite possible that there will be a court challenge to the non-political requirement. The recent case[1] about union dues for public-sector employees made clear that SCOTUS doesn't want to be in the business of deciding what is political speech versus some non-political opinion.

[1] https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/17pdf/16-1466_2b3j.pdf

This looks to be the case, but consider the source of the vitriol hurled down. The par for the course, mcluhan-esque media manipulation is one thing, but this latest round we're referring to comes from a different source with much different motivations.

My guess is this slides under the radar, catching a tweet at best. Could give this outfit a few years to spin up, and by then, who's to say?

This might make for an interesting relationship between the paper and the LDS Church, which is itself a 501(c)3 that gets involved in politics a lot.

Many non-profits have one or more sister 527 organizations that actually do the electioneering and other political activities.

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