The justice department quietly added a provision barring the IRS from auditing Donald Trump’s tax returns on Tuesday, amending a widely criticized agreement that creates a secretive and loosely controlled $1.776bn fund to compensate allies of the president.

The addendum, signed by Todd Blanche, the acting attorney general, says the government is ā€œforever barredā€ and ā€œprecludedā€ from examining the tax returns of Trump, his family, company and ā€œrelated companiesā€. The agreement applies to anything filed before the agreement was reached. It was posted on the justice department website on Tuesday morning, a day after the department announced creation of the fund.

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    Because if you try to discuss what needs to be done on the typical means of communication in the 21st century (i.e., fascist-controlled social media), you’ll be censored (and possibly referred to the FBI for prosecution as a ā€œterroristā€) before you can even begin to get organized.