I have never donated to Bernie

[Tavarious Jackson]

So why am I getting flooded with him asking for donations to my e-mail? I donated to Hillary not Bernie EVER. I sent a scathing e-mail and unsubscribed... even tho I never subscribed. Is the DNC selling my info?

[RandySF]

1. Donor lists get sold all the time.

Is he raising money for himself or others?

[Tavarious Jackson]

2. DNC list get sold?

I did not know! I will be calling them on Monday.

[Blue_true]

37. Yes. It gets sold to a lot of organizations.

List for almost everything get sold. You like puppies and donate to dog shelters? Expect the list with your name as an animal lover to get sold.

It is a gross invasion of people's privacy, but it happens regularly and is now standard practice.

Good luck getting your name removed, it is likely on many new lists by now.

[Tavarious Jackson]

3. For " progressive candidates"

Which means this.... NO THANKS!

:large

[Demsrule86]

23. I like your word pic...I often quote that when people act like Our Revolution is a Democratic

organization because it is not. I believe they hate Democrats in general.

[sarah FAILIN]

4. It might not have been from a DNC list.

Trump got my email from some sort of shady site I had to enter an email for. I know this because he used a nickname that I don't actually use which I put on shady sites so I know to not open email to that name.

I have never signed up for or donated to any republicans.

[LunaSea]

5. Everybody is selling your email!

Sign up for one groups email, expect your address to get passed around to several.

And when you unsubscribe, don't give them a reason.
I asked to be relieved of emails from a certain progressive group that was getting
too pushy in their requests, simply told them I was getting too many emails.
The bastards took my name off their list, and passed it on to some chinese firm that has been pouring crap into my inbox.

[Tavarious Jackson]

6. Uggg!

That's aweful

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

27. Yeah... I've been sold too.

[Snackshack]

7. Yes.

Donor lists get sold all the time.

[sinkingfeeling]

8. I get emails asking for donations from just about any Democrat running

in any state, from VA to WA. Probably average 20 a day.

[Blue_true]

38. I just ignore the entreaties until I am ready to donate.

I am very freaking good at ignoring people when I don't want to deal with them as they aggravate me.

[pangaia]

9. I still get stuff from AARP after years of trying to get them to stop.

Don't take it personally.

[BainsBane]

10. I started receiving them suddenly in Jan 2016

It wasn't because the DNC sold it but rather because they suffered a databreach.


Why is he raising money now? What does he say it's for?

[ucrdem]

24. I started noticing them after that too.

A couple of months before the California primary in June I started getting regular Sanders emails. I also assumed this was a result of the data breach discussed here:

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2015/dec/22/bernie-s/Sanders-take-Clinton-voter-data/

[Demsrule86]

34. It is pretty obvious with the Women's convention thingie...and all this money he is raising...he

plans to run in 2020. He needs to do it as an Independent...and if the DNC is foolish enough to allow a run as a Democrat, we will see more division and a 2020 loss in my opinion. I don't believe he can win a primary...but the division such a run would create could lose the election for us. We need new candidates period for 2020...not Clinton and no Sanders.

[Blue_true]

41. Your worry is my worry.

The "burn down the house to save it" mindset is strong in some people.

I can see Bernie launching attacks on perfectly good Democrats, attacks that republicans catalog to use against the Dem later. And the bad thing is that once the negative picture is painted of the Dem, no serious effort is made to undue that image and tell the truth.

[Demsrule86]

47. Nope...we could lose again. And then those that refuse to see the truth will announce it is the Dems

fault.

[SunSeeker]

11. Any time you "sign" one of those online petitions, your email can be sold.

You may have gotten on a Bernie fundraiser's email list because of past causes/petitions you have given your email to.

[Tavarious Jackson]

12. Well, I hope the unsubscribed works nt

[safeinOhio]

15. If not, send them all to "spam".

For some reason they don't like that.

[Spider Jerusalem]

13. Same reason I'm getting emails from Kamala Harris asking me to donate to Dianne Feinstein (n/t)

[Tavarious Jackson]

14. Thanks not really the same

They're both Democrats. Bernie is not and his " our revolution" admits they may endorse republicans

[safeinOhio]

16. Did you miss The Weekly Democratic Address?

What part of his talk do you call undemocratic?

[Tavarious Jackson]

17. I won't even watch

I seen enough of him in the primary. He is not a dem by his own admission and his organization admits they will endorse republicans

[safeinOhio]

19. Very open minded of you.

I would use President Obama as an example of working with and nominating republicans to his staff. The only time change will take place is when we put country above party, now where did I hear that?

[safeinOhio]

20. My case in point.

Old enough to remember when George Wallace won the Michigan Democratic Primary. At the time I rejected my party and would have voted against Wallace if he had won the National race.

[Demsrule86]

32. I would add also that there has never been nor will be an avowed racist running in the Democratic

election...thus always vote Democratic.

[Demsrule86]

22. And how did that work out?

Not well...so after months of Sen. Sander's supporters complaining about Dems working with the GOP now he thinks we should...sorry...not happening. The GOP stole our judicial nomination...and now we should play nice...NO.

[safeinOhio]

28. Like I said

I didn't support George Wallace because he had a D in front of his name. Now tell me what part of Sander's Democratic Message posted above do you disagree with.

[Demsrule86]

30. George Wallace was running in a primary...He never ran as a Democrat for the presidency. He did run

as an independent...so what you are saying is not pertinent. When you reach the election, always vote Democratic...and we will not work with then GOP except in very important matters such as health care and only if they truly want to fix it. I can't think of a single other thing we should cooperate with GOP type on.

[safeinOhio]

36. Why either or statements never work out.

"400 bills have my name on them either as a sponsor or a co-sponsor. You don’t get that done unless you work with folks on the other side."
Claimed by: Hillary Clinton

[Demsrule86]

39. That was then...now is quite different...Obama was obstructed for eight years, the GOP is willing to

kill millions of Americans by destroying the ACA, they stole our judicial nominee...clearly the situation has changed...there can be no compromise with the GOP. The GOP wants Dem cooperation but never offer any when it is there turn...way to one sided...and we must utterly destroy this evil party the sooner the better.

[safeinOhio]

42. it was 3 repubs that stopped

the repeal of ACA. Might take a couple to stop the tax bill.

Black and White Issues are always gray, unless you are a tea bagger

[Demsrule86]

46. The ACA is destroyed anyway...with Trump executive order...on a Tuesday in November when the repukes

stole and election...it became very dark for America...and I for one will not advocate working with the GOP on their issues period. We should refuse to vote on any legislation until the executive order is rescinded.

[ucrdem]

29. I watched it. You're not missing anything.

There's a thread discussing it that I made comments in but the weirdest thing is that he refuses to name the ACA -- he calls it "your insurance." Once you notice him doing it you can't miss it. He also neglects to mention the recent executive order eliminating ACA subsidies.

[Demsrule86]

31. I saw that...the support has been lukewarm and considering that there is not chance of getting

any form of single payer for years...I don't understand it. Thousands, perhaps millions are at risk of dying...and we talk taxes...all about the economics. I only listened because if I am going to comment, I must listen to what is said.

[ucrdem]

33. Yes he's great at taking credit after it's over.

But when the danger was greatest he was out there complaining about our horrible health care system and pitching his no-there-there alternative.

[Demsrule86]

40. I know it...very disappointing.

[dembotoz]

18. It is why it called junk mail

Welcome to big data.
Perhaps no one sold ur name but in a computer u look like a plausible target. And it produces enough results that they keep doing it.

[Demsrule86]

21. No, more than likely someone gave them your name. An acquaintance or a friend.

I only donate to Democrats myself.

[Voltaire2]

25. Omfg.

I think there needs to be an investigation.

[DFW]

26. I did, but I don't get too many solicitations

Not that I notice, anyway. I don't look at most of them if I don't recognize the true sender right off, and if there's one thing I know, it's that I don't get personal email from Rob Reiner or Robert Redford, or whoever's lending their name to today's solicitation campaign.

Bernie was my first primary donation because I wanted his voice heard a part of the discussion. I soon gave up after the discussion became only about him.

[MuseRider]

35. Happens to us too but not from Bernie.

We did donate to Bernie and subscribed to some of the groups that supported him so yes, we do get them from him. Every now and then I will get a request from someone else, mostly from someone I do not know of or a well known D and occasionally from an R (I live in Kansas, they think we all love them).

I find it annoying too but not enough to write about it.

[mountain grammy]

45. Yes me too

I'm still getting requests from Hillary, and for the entirety of Obama's presidency I got requests for cash from every Democratic fundraiser out there.. but if it comes from Bernie, it must be subversive.

[NightWatcher]

43. Do you ever sign Progressive petitions?

I’ve found that the biggest reason for organizers to setup petitions is not to (whatever the petition says) but to gather emails for solicitations later.

[Tavarious Jackson]

44. No, I don't.

I find them useless. Nothing comes of those petitions