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James48

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19. I know this-

Reply to Botany (Original post)

Tue Jan 27, 2026, 06:41 PM

Tuesday

All of my donations are public information, and is available upon request from the filings of the federal election commission. Many candidates purchase lists of public ally available info.

Ask Open Secrets who are the people who donate in any particular zip code, and you can see all donations and names. In there.

So don’t think it’s Act Blue, per se. There are a ton of places selling your data.

And I get ten texts a day now from Congressional candidates, and even some state level candidates in other states. I ignore 99% of those.

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Attn Act Blue [View all] Botany Tuesday OP

Does Act Blue provide our contact info to other candidates? yellow dahlia Tuesday #1

I believe they sell our information to other candidates. Botany Tuesday #2

That gets a big old laugh out of me. yellow dahlia Tuesday #3

Isabel Crawley to Lady Violet*, "How you hate to be wrong." niyad Tuesday #15

Yes. A fabulous character. yellow dahlia Tuesday #25

If it were just candidates, maybe I could live with that. Bluetus Tuesday #6

Interesting. Thanks for the info. yellow dahlia Tuesday #10

We need to find out Wallace-Jones' number and text her our disapproval. Totally Tunsie Tuesday #28

We don't know the facts. We should not assume the worst. She has a facebook account Bluetus Tuesday #29

No, they don't progressoid Tuesday #9

Hmmm. Yet more information. yellow dahlia Tuesday #11

That's the letter I received too dickthegrouch Tuesday #13

I seem to remember some small print saying I agree to blah blah. quaint Tuesday #4

I agree we deserve to know what ActBlue does with our info Bluetus Tuesday #5

They don't sell your name. But lots of other people do including the DNC progressoid Tuesday #7

Thanks for more follow up. yellow dahlia Tuesday #12

Thanks prigressoid ... you bring useful facts once again... KPN Tuesday #17

Please retract your OP because it is incorrect. W_HAMILTON Tuesday #8

Retract? Edit would be sufficient, no? KPN Tuesday #18

Edit it with what? The point was to blame and criticize ActBlue for something they don't actually even do. W_HAMILTON Tuesday #24

She said a couple other things in the post. So to be clear, you want Botany to retract everything he or she wrote, KPN Tuesday #30

It was all about criticism stemming from an entirely false claim and... W_HAMILTON Yesterday #31

Who could have imagined? Another silly conspiracy theory attacking Democrats! lol tritsofme Tuesday #26

There's a better way to donate. Qutzupalotl Tuesday #14

I get e-mails from Democrats looking for money and daily texts purporting to be from Mark Kelly. TomSlick Tuesday #16

I know this- James48 Tuesday #19

Recommended , I posted something similar without even seeing your Tribetime Tuesday #20

It's likely "third party brokers" or even "friends" of the candidate you donated to. progressoid Yesterday #32

Ty progressoid Tribetime 22 hrs ago #33

Were they hacked? Does our criminal federal goverment have something to do with it? mysteryowl Tuesday #21

ditto joanbarnes Tuesday #22

If you are happy withTrump, keep your money in your pocket. Fichefinder Tuesday #23

My experience Tadams01KC Tuesday #27