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In reply to the discussion: How many others feel the same? [View all]
OldBaldy1701E
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Feel it, and your post could have been my own, word-for-word; especially vexing is this:
Sogo
Aug 2025
#1
I completely agree and have talked to several other Dems who feel the same way. The DNC
spooky3
Aug 2025
#2
Be careful....when suggesting the same in other posts I get attacked for stating my opinion that you did
Pachamama
Aug 2025
#78
If one cannot speak their opinions and concerns especially when the stakes are so high - then we are doomed to fail
Pachamama
Aug 2025
#80
The concept of Act Blue to make it safer and easier to donate was good. In practice, not so much
Attilatheblond
Aug 2025
#4
In my past life (work life), I was responsible for keeping schools running safely. Especially prevent pornography......
usaf-vet
Aug 2025
#39
I have tried a similar structure example. It falls on deaf ears. Look what they did to David Hogg & LeadersWeDeserve....
usaf-vet
Aug 2025
#40
They banished him because he was disrupting their sandbox. He saw the urgency of getting rid of those who are doing ...
usaf-vet
Aug 2025
#61
There are those who deliberately suck us into conversations/debate that will never
summer_in_TX
Aug 2025
#63
That's good. I also block texts and unsubscribe (and/or block senders of) emails, but
spooky3
Aug 2025
#69
All I can say is the blocks have been totally effective for me. My in box used to be
GoodRaisin
Aug 2025
#73
Act Blue has become a creeping cancer. I regret ever giving them my email. I still donate, but on my (our) terms.
usaf-vet
Aug 2025
#76
1.7% of funds raised through those fundraising emails and texts go to the Democratic party.
iemanja
Aug 2025
#10
I'm sorry. Our local party uses ActBlue. With the exception of tips, the funds go directly to the local party.
LeftInTX
Aug 2025
#52
The Mothership Vortex: An Investigation Into the Firm at the Heart of the Democratic Spam Machine
Celerity
Aug 2025
#14
Don't donate to PACs that spring up overnight. We had that before Joe Biden resigned.
LeftInTX
Aug 2025
#56
No one should give even a nickel to the as@holes who send unsolicited texts, emails and certainly not telephone calls.
Wisky64
Aug 2025
#18
Save yourself-- in this case, the lifeline is Unsubscribe. Zap everything and start over. ...
Hekate
Aug 2025
#20
Especially annoying to me is receiving a "Thank you for your recent donation"
Totally Tunsie
Aug 2025
#33
So open a new email account, only for healthcare and maybe bank/finance accounts,
Jack Valentino
Aug 2025
#45
I did unsubscribe from all those emails. I have a relative running for the Senate, so
Scrivener7
Aug 2025
#53
Exactly! I go through and unsubscribe to literally 100 such emails for a few days of respite before they start up again
MLAA
Aug 2025
#62
Most email applications provide a way to "filter" the messages as they come in
Klondike Kat
Aug 2025
#72
I miss things, too, as a result of email avalanche, sometimes to my detriment.
BobTheSubgenius
Aug 2025
#82