The Daily Populous Friday February 6th, 2026 evening edition
Authored by pbs.org and submitted by edbegley1

President Donald Trump on Thursday falsely claimed he had eliminated a provision of the U.S. tax code that bans 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations, including churches, from endorsing or opposing political candidates.

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"People like me and like a lot of people, they want to hear ministers," Trump said. "They want to hear from priests. They want to hear from them. and you were restricted from talking about very important things like who to elect."

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The president made the remarks during the 74th National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, D.C.

tapdancinghellspawn on February 6th, 2026 at 04:51 UTC »

Trump is the most fragile snowflake of all the MAGA snowflakes.

laffnlemming on February 6th, 2026 at 04:38 UTC »

That sounds like extortion.

Morganrow on February 6th, 2026 at 04:33 UTC »

It'll be hilarious to see that in the tax code.