My feeling is that the political INDUSTRY will cheerfully beggar all of us to keep their fund-raising jobs at the full! FRUSTRATED!
Kill your phone.
I had this happen for about a week. After blocking and labeling them as SPAM, they finally quit.
I once donated to McCain/Palin. It was the only time I have ever donated to a political campaign. Ever since then I have been getting ads pretty much constantly. I have unsubscribed successfully but they come from other groups.
Incidentally I have worked on the computer of someone who is a liberal and the format of the emails she gets is nearly identical except opposite. Instead of saying Pelosi they say McConnell is the threat. Imagine the messages we get from Republicans and turn everything around and you know what they get. This tells me that the same people work both sides. The deep divisions help them make money.
“Is there any way that my fellow FReepers have found to handle this? “
i use a flip-phone instead of a smart phone, rarely use it, and don’t give out the number ...
I left every social media site except for an anonymous account on Twitter with zero followers. I unsubscribed from every news source except for 2. I ended paid subscriptions for sites I never thought would sell my info only to discover the small print.
I only trust Free Republic.( My name doesn’t appear on the donor list this time for some reason even though I donated. It’s ok. Next time. I get a lot of bang for my buck. I’m grateful. I informed Chris and he said he doesn’t know how to fix it.)
With all the eliminations, my messages, emails, and cell phone calls have dropped by 75%. I still get 20 calls every single day from Police Charities and Firefighter relief funds.
This is the new life. You can’t even answer the phone you pay for. No one ever leaves a message. I feel more isolated than ever.
For what it is worth, here is my regimen:
I don’t use text messages, period. For these I respond with the single word STOP. Seems to work well.
I use Thunderbird for emails. For these, I set up filters that automatically direct the emails to the trash folder. Once a week I empty the trash.