Political Spam Today: Democrats, Republicans, and Libertarians Alike

I admit it. I’ve been hesitant to talk about the flood of political spam that is hitting my spamtraps because there’s so much of it that I don’t know where to start. But the situation is crazy and getting worse by the day. So welcome to the new Political Spam Today report on the MainSleaze blog.

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Rep. Alan Grayson: Contribute, or Romney’s Dog will Suffer!

The re-election campaign of U.S. Congressman Alan Grayson of Florida is soliciting contributions to save Mitt Romney’s dog from years of torment as first pooch. The ESP is Salsalabs, the ESP side of liberal U.S. political activist group Wired for Change.

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Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee: Emailing More Spamtraps

The Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee (DLCC), about whom I already blogged a couple of weeks ago, has apparently added some more email addresses that did not opt-in to its list in the last couple of weeks and is spamming them. The ESP is still Salsalabs, the ESP side of liberal U.S. political activist group Wired for Change.

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Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee: Emailing Spamtraps

The Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee (DLCC), an organization that supports the campaigns of Democratic candidates for state legislatures, is sending bulk email to an email address that was closed in 2008. The ESP is Salsalabs, the ESP side of liberal U.S. political activist group Wired for Change.

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Julia Ager, Salsa Labs: A Spamtrap “Expressed Interest”?

SalsaLabs, the ESP side of liberal U.S. political activist group Wired for Change, is mailing an email address that has not been live for many years (since before the 2008 presidential election), thanking it for expressing interest in Salsalabs’ services (like, *when*?) and asking for the person behind it to watch a demonstration. It appears that SalsaLabs ignored bounces to email to their own list and continues to send email for years despite not having received any responses. This is really lame, Salsalabs. A professional ESP should know better than to keep pounding email addresses that don’t respond!

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SalsaLabs: Inviting Spamtraps to Seminars?

SalsaLabs, the ESP side of liberal U.S. political activist group Wired for Change, is mailing several email addresses that have not been live for many years, soliciting their attendance at a fundraising webinar (web-based seminar). It appears that SalsaLabs ignored bounces to email to their own list. However, you’d think that SalsaLabs would realize that none of these email addresses had responded to any emails in several years, since significantly before the last U.S. presidential campaign.

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