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.

Submission statement: Democratic fundraising messaging has a particular desparate tone which reads are borderline “scammy” to many younger people, but apparently does a good job of fetching large sums of cash from especially older folks. This article I think is useful for examining that phenomenon, how it affects these repeat donors, and what this approach to fundraising might mean in the future.