Politicians' Total Disregard for Personal Possessions and Infringement of Peace

This admittedly is a bit of a rant. I thought the need for it would go away in November, but it has not. So if someone can get this to people who can make a difference, please do. And if you’re reading this and are dealing with the same thing I am, please let us know in the comments.

I donated one time during the 2024 presidential election—one time. It was a mistake—not because the cause wasn’t worth it, but because it opened the door to what felt like the total takeover of my life. Text messages from politicians came in to the tune of what felt like 30 or 40 a day: early in the morning, late at night, Sundays, holidays…it didn’t matter; they poured in. I sought advice from every direction. I deleted, blocked, unsubscribed, reported as junk…nothing worked. When deleting, I received a message that it would be removed from all devices, but it was not. It had to be manually deleted from every single device.

My phone would go off while trying to work, at the store, at a restaurant—constantly. One after another, and I could not stop it because when I blocked one number, messages from another number came—all day, every day. I remember feeling so overwhelmed I wanted to scream and throw my phone against the wall. It is not hyperbolic to say I felt like I had been violated.