The Dark Side of Political Fundraising: Targeting and Exploiting Elderly Donors

Must-Read Adam Bonica: “Hook and Squeeze: How 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.” #ELB

Adam Bonica: This investigation was originally developed for The New York Times, where it underwent eight months of editing, multiple rounds of fact-checking, and independent replication of the underlying methodology. The piece had a scheduled publication date when requests… Continue reading The post Must-Read Adam Bonica: “Hook and Squeeze: How Democratic consultants, committees, and party leaders built a fundraising spam pipeline that funnels …

The Dark Side of Political Fundraising: Targeting and Exploiting Elderly Donors

Many of you may remember reading about Mothership Strategies last year. If you don’t remember those articles, the gist of them is that there is a network of…