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Greg Shill
@gregshill.com

“Whether or not those who operate this fundraising model recognize or intend it, fundraising spam runs on similar psychological levers to those that federal law enforcement and consumer-protection groups identify as hallmarks of elder financial exploitation…”

Henry Farrell@himself.bsky.social

Hook and squeeze: how Democratic fundraising strategies are increasingly dependent on a relatively small number of elderly donors data4democracy.substack.com/p/hook-and-s...

data4democracy.substack.comHook and SqueezeHow Democratic consultants, committees, and party leaders built a fundraising spam pipeline that funnels money from a captive pool of elderly donors into their own operations.

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betsymendelsohn.bsky.social
@betsymendelsohn.bsky.social

My Mom was overwhelmed by fundraising spam in her 90s (around 2020). I unsubscribed from each message but I think that particular campaign just proliferated email lists and started fresh. She wanted to be engaged politically but was turned off to the candidate because his fundraisers were dumb.