The “somewhat threatening” messages sent to ActBlue users are part of a campaign of baseless allegations against the fundraising platform.

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    2 months ago

    Struggling to understand your point here

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        2 months ago

        And the guy I’m responding to is talking about “The Progressive Turnout Project”

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      ActBlue acting shady.

      On August 1, people who had given money to the Democratic presidential ticket began getting ominous messages suggesting their identities may have been stolen. Some received texts from an unknown sender asking them to confirm recent donations. Others told Mother Jones that they received emails warning that their donations had been “flagged” and asking them to click a box to “verify” that they had really contributed the money—or to click “no” if they did not recall doing so.

      The recipients of these messages have something in common: they’re listed in federal campaign filings as having donated to Joe Biden or Kamala Harris using ActBlue, a ubiquitous online platform that makes it simple to contribute to a vast array of Democratic candidates and liberal causes. ActBlue, a non-profit, has become central to Democrats’ grassroots fundraising efforts. For years, Republicans struggled to emulate its success.

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        2 months ago

        What you quoted here doesn’t explain why or how any of that happened or who did it