Blessed Relief from Endless Fundraising
If It Wasn't from Al Franken I Wouldn't Have Read the Second Paragraph (Every third e-mail these days is from a pol asking for money. That's counterproductive with me.) Then came: Dear Current (?), Former (?) Supporter, You may have received one or two or 20 “end-of-quarter” emails this week. That’s because it’s the end of the first full quarter of the 2024 election cycle. So far, we’re almost $3 million short of our $3 million goal for the quarter. All that we need is an illegal donation of $2,987,623 to hit the goal we unrealistically set for ourselves last December 31st. Alternatively, we could receive 2,987,623 $1 donations which would have the benefit of being entirely legal, though hard to process by end of quarter. Instead, we are asking for just 1,000 contributions of $2,987.62. Again, entirely legal, and I would personally make up the $3. Every cent will go to Democrats and Independents who share the progressive values of Midwest Values P...