I'm being overwhelmed

[BeneteauBum]

I donated generously to Kamala in 2024 and more recently to Mark Kelly during his attack by Hegseth. Now, it seems that every institution looking for support has my number, address, and e-address.

I receive a dozen emails/text messages daily looking for monetary support from different coalitions to combat this administration. In addition, alternative news media is relentless……they can’t get along without me. Also, candidates whom I’m not aware of from other states send their requests for support. Finally, there is the good cause platitudes.

I think what’s even more annoying is the mail I receive almost daily from various Democratic ideologues. I don't mind sending in replies to surveys, however, when I think of the cost of these types of mass mail outs, I just shake my head.

I’m just a boomer on a modest pension. I know I can ignore or block all of this. I just think there is a lot of money not being spent in judicious manner from the progressive party.

Peace ☮️

[cloudbase]

1. As they say, no good deed goes unpunished.

It happened to me as well. I finally had enough and started marking every fund raising text and email as spam. It took a while, but I no longer receive any.

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

2. Ive began to unsubscribe..one after another.. replying End2End to texts

I was getting 15 texts a day!! Insane

[Wuddles440]

10. Same! Beyond annoying...

and it just makes me more resistant to ever donating to these groups.

[City Lights]

41. I'm doing the same!

I will decide which candidates to support and resent all these extra texts/emails begging for money.

[buzzycrumbhunger]

3. I hear you

I’m determined not to sign any more petitions. In the last couple weeks, I’ve been getting TONS of come-ons to donate to something or other (hello—I’m POOR!), and now they’re starting to come as messages via my PHONE NUMBER, as well! I NEVER include my number on petitions, so what the hell? They’re coming from politicians, from every possible cause, and from people I can’t even figure out who they represent because there are so damned many of them.

Apparently, everything must be monetized now, and there is no such thing as privacy. Big money in creating a “cause,” it would seem.

I’m more than a little pissed.

[OldBaldy1701E]

37. Welcome to the United States of Capitalism!

That will be $85.50, please!

[Skittles]

4. I think the overwhelming, chronic begging backfires

I know in my case it has caused me to donate less.

[mr715]

5. It never stops.

Constant fundraising texts.

No matter how many times I unsubscribe, I just keep getting them.

I think it is a big problem that our fundraising apparatus needs to address. Not everyone can fundraise like Obama. Not every message needs to be "I'm so, so sorry but this is urgent! Send $5 today"

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

17. "Sand Hook Promise" was emailing me a few times a day!! so much that I suspected it was a scam

[FHRRK1]

6. I was a Harris supporter

Going back to the 2020 Primaries. By Sept. 2024 election I became annoyed, due to the daily barrage of emails asking for $.

Now, I don’t think anyone who donated didn’t vote for her. But if she runs in 2028, she won’t start at the top of my list. I can think of five potential Dems that would be my choice over her.

Huge mistake by her campaign IMO.

[2naSalit]

7. Here's what I think...

Since everyone's info is in the hands of unknown entities, I am not willing to blame the original contact. I suspect that there is some kind of hack that sends a multiple of any that you may have welcomed at some point. Especially if it's a political donation thing.

The objective is to cause you to be annoyed at those you donated to so that you'll not only be disinclined to do so again, you'll sour on the candidate as well when they have no control over the number of contacts you receive.

[BeneteauBum]

9. When we have a candidate to run against the orange creature

I’ll donate again. The midterms will just have to take care of themselves. At the moment, this ignorant creature is doing everything to alienate the population. A blue wave will make the last two years of its reign even more frustrating…..perhaps resulting in a premature its ouster.

Peace ☮️

[SWBTATTReg]

8. I donated once before, never again. All it took was one time, and it then took me years to finally get rid of all of

the following junk emails and stuff, asking for yet more donations. I'll never donate again to a cause. Never.

[Norrrm]

11. Same same for both dems and reps. Even worse is automatic repeat donations unless you decline.

The decline option is somewhat hidden.

Some have an automatic cut going to the initial collectors of the donation.

I saw one that had two cuts taken out as it finally forwarded to the politician/cause.

[hedda_foil]

12. I've taken to marking all of them as spam.

If I want to donate to a candidate or the party, I'll do it without the incessant texts.

[Rebl2]

13. I gave

up a few years ago and unsubscribe to many of them. I still get a few, but they don’t fill up my email inbox anymore.

[debsy]

14. Same here...

Fortunately, iPhones can put messages from unknowns in a separate bucket that is easily disposed of. I just can’t afford to give to the hundreds of causes that have bombarded me over the past year!

[littlemissmartypants]

15. Have you tried unsubscribing? It works! ❤️

[BeneteauBum]

28. Yes

To many. New hopefuls still find me.

Peace ☮️

[littlemissmartypants]

33. Well, it does take persistence, but I finally worked on it until...

I finished my list, and my email is a breeze and not a quagmire anymore.

You should be able to stop those texts immediately with a single click. It does take more effort and persistence for the email, though.

Stay encouraged, BeneteauBum. ❤️

[BeneteauBum]

34. Oh, I'm fine

Had to rant about the paper being wasted…..received more ‘please donate’ today in my mailbox.

Peace ☮️

[Escape]

18. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland is running for governor here..

in New Mexico. She is leading by about 40% in the primary and will easily be our next governor.

But....my wife and I went to a Democratic get together months ago, gave her people our contact info, and we get texts from them every day begging for $15.

Seriously, probably 7 or 8 texts each week for both of us.

I wonder if the candidates even know that their campaign staffs are hounding supporters for money.

I look forward to Secretary Haaland becoming our next governor, but my wife and I have had to block her texts on our devices.

[FSogol]

36. You wrote: "I wonder if the candidates even know that their campaign staffs are hounding supporters for money.

They do know that. Politicans are under a lot of pressure to raise money especially if they aren't the types to receive cash from nefarious special interest groups. Funding is a daily concern until the system changes. Of course it is impossible for most people to donate as much as needed.

Some points:

I donate occasionly to prefered local reps but never via cell phone. Any political or social issue text i receive gets blocked and reported as spam. Never give your number to a candidate or cause. I can't always tell who is sending the request. I've been getting 5 a day asking to donate money to buy sign making smaterials for the No Kings Protest. Sure. Wasn't born yesterday.

Email solicitations go into a spam filter where i can view and delete them emass. I usually isn't worth unsubscribing since that just encorages them.

Don't blame the candidate due to the system. We will need a super majority to change the system and the billionaire class doesn't want it to change.

[Escape]

38. Thanks for the info...

Taking "money out of politics" is on the long, long list of changes we have to get done.

Where are our new generation of Bernie Sanders clones?

[ecstatic]

19. I set up a routine that automatically responds with STOP

to any message with certain key words. It works beautifully. Next, I turned on spam protection in Google Messages. Between the spam protection and my automatic responses, things are much much easier for me now.

The only group on my safe list is the Georgia Democrats because I still want to get invites to big events.

My key words that trigger an automatic "STOP" response:

democratic, Congress, Elon musk, Democrats, maga, governor, Senate, trump, supreme Court, Gaza, actblue.com, republican, election, campaign, republicans, Biden

If you set this up, 99% of your political spam will be resolved.

[patphil]

20. I'm getting 5-6 solicitations a day from politicians, to health issues, to native american organizations, and beyond.

I'm retired on a fixed income and can't help these people. I contribute to a few causes on a regular basis. I give to my regional food bank, planned parenthood, red cross, national organization for women, and a couple others.
The rest I give to my local landfill.
I bet I get several hundred pounds of junk solicitations each year. What a waste!

This just the actual physical mail, I also get about a dozen e-mail solicitations a day. They go in the electronic trash; I don't even open them.

[AnotherMother4Peace]

21. Fundraising is a necessity. I never begrudge them asking for support.

[BeneteauBum]

31. It is necessary

Just the volume of physical mail astounds me. I wonder if there is data generated on the efficacy of these types of mail outs. Is the cost of postage, material, and printing worth the reciprocal value?

Peace ☮️

[Ilsa]

22. Yeah, I sent money to the ACLU three weeks ago,

and today they called trying to talk me into becoming a "guardian" member with a monthly contribution.

I stopped a bunch of texts, but I still get 10-15 per day. It's exhausting, and stopping the texts is only partially helpful.

[SunSeeker]

23. We don't have publicly funded campaigns, so campaigns are forced to do this.

They don't like it any more than you do, but money is necessary to win.

Just type "Stop" or delete the text.

[johnnyplankton]

24. I've learned to hit 'Unsubscribe' without guilt and just pick my spots...

[drumpfsucks]

25. OVERWHELMED......

I gave generously last year to many DEM politicians and/causes....

This year I decided to be VERY PICKY.... So far, I have NOT donated AT ALL.

I really feel that My "INFO" gets run up a flagpole for ALL TO USE.

Inundated from far away States....

Sorry guys, but I am deleting ALL requests.

[fujiyamasan]

26. Ignore them or block them for now

Return if you feel financially secure or if you feel your money is better spent.

Don’t feel guilty and look out for yourself. I have the same concerns as you. I think there are too many people grifting off the party. Too many so called “consultants” providing absolutely no value.

[Martin68]

27. When I start getting daily emails they get blocked and permanently junked.

First, I unsubscribe if they are too persistent.

[Tetrachloride]

29. New email. New phone and register the

phone under another name.

and change your credit card

[kimbutgar]

30. Same I got a bunch of mail today and the emails ugh!!!!

Agreed 100% with you!

[Qutzupalotl]

32. A good way to donate is through

https://oath.vote — they don’t spam you or sell your info to other groups. Wealthy folks like former DUer brooklynite use it. They can spread their money around without getting inundated, but we working stiffs can use it too.

[betsuni]

35. But if PACs spend money on their campaigns they're accused of being corrupt, "taking" money from billionaires

and oligarchs and why they "don't fight.". A BS purity test to discourage support of Democrats.

Of course this gives the advantage to Republicans with unlimited funding.

And of course, blame Democrats, not the BS accusers. Everyone needs to push back when Democrats are slandered.

[MerryBlooms]

39. I donate to food banks and direct homeless.

Only way my money get to people truly in need.
Good luck getting off the spam

[D_Master81]

40. Yes this is a no problem

I had a friend that gave money to a smaller lesser known candidate years ago and after that they would get hit up for money all the time through the mail. He figured he gave them like $50 and they would send something in the mail every week asking for more money. It’s like I essentially paid for you to keep sending me mailers begging for more money.

[BeneteauBum]

42. Exactly

Peace ☮️