I just received a text to donate given Sen. Cory Booker filibuster. I looked the PAC up; HOLD THE LINE is a Republican/conservative independent PAC that contributed >$20k to Donald Trump in the last cycle. Is this 💩 even legal? - ThreadSky

dkm5.bsky.social • 5 days ago

I just received a text to donate given Sen. Cory Booker filibuster.

I looked the PAC up; HOLD THE LINE is a Republican/conservative independent PAC that contributed >$20k to Donald Trump in the last cycle.

Is this 💩 even legal?

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mrwilliamjones.bsky.social•5 days ago

So tired of these scam PACs.

jjstoller.bsky.social•5 days ago

There appear to be two different PACs called “Hold the Line”. https://Holdthelinepac.org appears to be Dem aligns. https://Holdthelinepac.com is MAGA shit.

roxieroxit.bsky.social•5 days ago

I’m pretty sure there are no laws or rules or even norms left.

warrenterra.bsky.social•5 days ago

I got the exact same text within a minute of reading this post.

From a different number, of course; the scammers don't have real phone numbers.

I recommend going into your texting app and muting "hldtheline.us".

newellbaldelli.bsky.social•5 days ago

I’m sure Creepy Elon Musk & DOGE will be all over that fraud.

lilmudda.bsky.social•5 days ago

Wow they are such grifters and thieves

nicholehiltz.bsky.social•5 days ago

It also looks like they are trying to trick people into thinking that this is “HOLD THE LINE” which is a true Democratic PAC, with Marcus Flowers.

They left out the “O”… these fuckers …. 😑 🤬

corriegt63.bsky.social•5 days ago

Whoa…that’s totally scummy.

nicholehiltz.bsky.social•5 days ago

Very…
This PAC 👇 everyone should follow @holdthelinepac.bsky.social 💙 💙
Definitely was not that text!
Have you seen this, Marcus? 🤔 👋 @marcus4georgia.bsky.social

marcus4georgia.bsky.social•5 days ago

Definitely not this PAC!

Check out https://www.holdthelinepac.org

nicholehiltz.bsky.social•5 days ago

👏 👏 👏 🙏

joshuasharp.bsky.social•5 days ago

Best advice I got: stop asking if it's legal and start asking who's going to stop them.

A much more useful question post-rule of law.

krunk42.bsky.social•5 days ago

Received as well.

northbynw.bsky.social•4 days ago

Sneaky bullsh*t - like the angry Trump donors who didn't realize they were added to 'every month' by default when giving on his website... 🤔

stepmonster2014.bsky.social•5 days ago

Seems illegal, but also? Good luck getting $$ out of pissed off Democrats! Every fundraising call and text I've gotten since November has received nothing but a block or a rant.

johndellaporta.bsky.social•5 days ago

Maybe the GOP goal is to engage that animosity. “Ugh, they’re fundraising off this?!” A false flag

adaroot.bsky.social•5 days ago

Don’t give during this chaos even when you think it’s good.
Take a deep breath, do your homework and then be sure before you give.
Republicans and their ilk are complete ripoff scumbags and won’t hesitate to stoop so low.
Don’t follow links.
Look up the org, double triple check, then give.

dagies.bsky.social•5 days ago

It's always a grift with trumpery

numb.comfortab.ly•5 days ago

Even if it were Democrats, screw them fundraising of this

omfproductions.bsky.social•5 days ago

Cory himself is the only one who should even try to ask for money off this.

cracked-pepper.bsky.social•5 days ago

He's a little busy at the moment

khmattson.bsky.social•5 days ago

I gave twice to Cory and will do so again when he’s done and once to DNC just to say « more of this please! »

fadergator.bsky.social•5 days ago

caborose.bsky.social•5 days ago

I stopped donating through any text. These seems wildly illegal or it should be!

mcclain142.bsky.social•5 days ago

I would definitely file a complaint, not sure where, though. Maybe call your state AG's office?

grace55.bsky.social•5 days ago

State AG may be the best.

rudelyvangelder.bsky.social•5 days ago

Also send to your local TV news -- they love “scammer” stories like this.

pattiagood.bsky.social•2 days ago

🤬🤬🤬 you have to check thank you

joqatana.bsky.social•5 days ago

Never EVER click on a link on a political text. Ever.
Look up the website.

sarahrain.bsky.social•5 days ago

That's an Orlando Florida area code too wtaf

khmattson.bsky.social•5 days ago

Right?

karlthewizardofahs.bsky.social•4 days ago

A$$holes.

brianomite.bsky.social•5 days ago

Maybe they've joined The Resistence™ 🤪

stayangry.bsky.social•5 days ago

This is why I never donate to PACs. Beyond that, all my donations are on hold indefinitely anyway.

mherringe.bsky.social•5 days ago

If it wasn’t election related, the FTC could shut it down. But the FEC is stacked with GOP demagogues.

luamada.bsky.social•5 days ago

Just got a text, too. Felt fish to me. Didn't donate, deleted and block the number. 🤬

siamesecats.bsky.social•5 days ago

I assume you didn't sign up to receive text messages from this group, so it may well be. It may also be because its misleading. Call your state AG's office and report it.

incith.bsky.social•5 days ago

Replying stop is sooo not worth it..just block the number

batfeathers.bsky.social•5 days ago

They just use another number. I’ve been inundated with texts. So badly I missed a text from my dad telling me he wanted to come over.
He texted me three times!’

incith.bsky.social•5 days ago

Lol...amazing

theeruthie.bsky.social•5 days ago

Wow scammers. Who is Stella Denn and why is she such the only name listed for this scam PAC

electricspacegirl.bsky.social•5 days ago

I got this one too.

radlein.bsky.social•5 days ago

As others have pointed out, this is PROBABLY the identically-named (but Georgia-based, like the phone number) Democratic Hold the Line PAC, so it's PROBABLY legit, but still

heidelyn.bsky.social•5 days ago

I get so many texts from organizations I've never heard of that capitalize on the news of the day to ask for donations to Democrats. I've always deleted, never looked them up . . . but, yeah, makes total sense that it's shady Republican groups. Lying seems to be their MO.

soundslikeyello.bsky.social•5 days ago

I got this as well. I decided to just look up Sen. Booker's ActBlue link myself. Phew was that a good decision!!!
(Here is his actual link: https://corybooker.com/)

pauletteparis1.bsky.social•5 days ago

😡😡

gtace24.bsky.social•5 days ago

Holy scameroni.

handlebarorionx.bsky.social•5 days ago

Oh great now I gotta monitor my political texts to make sure I didn't accidentally sub to or donate to a republican trojan horse during the 2020 ot 2024 elections and mid terms in between

grace55.bsky.social•5 days ago

Yep. Vigilant. I read an article about musk’s *PAC’s* he used RBG initials for one PAC.

farmcritter.bsky.social•5 days ago

This is not new unfortunately. We have to keep our eyes open.

e-vassar2.bsky.social•4 days ago

I don't respond to ANY txt messages of this sort, whether "R" or "D" or "I", and I block that number. I find other ways to donate to support worthy, verified causes.

mmingraham.bsky.social•5 days ago

Pieces of 💩

naveman.bsky.social•5 days ago

I got that too. Shady, shady.

bberit.bsky.social•5 days ago

Hmm.. not sure that's right? Looks like the support Democrats? https://holdthelinepac.org/endorsements/

dkm5.bsky.social•5 days ago

When I clicked through the link it was this pac

eldjee.bsky.social•5 days ago

https://hldtheline.us redirects me to https://holdthelinepac.org which appears to be the democratic one.

bberit.bsky.social•5 days ago

Wow, ok, maybe contact act blue about it and they know what to do? Because when you want to donate to hold the line what I linked it reroutes to act blue. They might want to know about this.
https://help.actblue.com/hc/en-us/requests/new

khmattson.bsky.social•5 days ago

I just got one too. Never heard of the org/PAC. They donated $0 to candidates in 2024. Super sus.

khmattson.bsky.social•5 days ago

Report to your state AG and your senators and reps. I’d say report to FEC, but I think they are currently hamstrung.

khmattson.bsky.social•5 days ago

And PSA for all: do not donate to ANY org or PAC that you do not already know or have researched thoroughly.

If you want to support Dems, donate directly to candidates or to DNC, DCCC etc.

And state Dem parties and trusted voting rights and GOTV orgs.

Skip the creepy PACs.

zenfinance.bsky.social•1 day ago

Until they purge their rat fuck Benedict Arnolds meeting with thiel and musk taking millions in NRx money, it’s like donating to a direct Elon PAC to give to DCCC.

rumpole-brief.bsky.social•5 days ago

I got a text from Booker's re-elect a couple hours ago linking here:

https://secure.ngpvan.com/yaPdF6GomUOjXyLStOjAsg2

unhwut.bsky.social•5 days ago

Looks like they are outwardly Democrat-aligned with their materials, but also googling shows that the deputy program director for the 2024 Republican national convention works for them.

unhwut.bsky.social•5 days ago

Someone mentioned there are two "hold the line" pacs, which I guess solves the problem.

jackbwuzhere.bsky.social•5 days ago

Report it to your Attorney General

parisdey.bsky.social•4 days ago

Wow I got a text too. Republican huh!!

maraleia.bsky.social•5 days ago

Report it as spam.

tahoemarta.bsky.social•5 days ago

Cory Booker will own this day in history! 🇺🇸
#FightLikeCory

bobbobbson.bsky.social•5 days ago

Apparently there are two Hold the Line PACs (not sure how that works):

https://holdthelinepac.com - Republican, based in New Jersey

https://holdthelinepac.org - Democrat, based in Georgia

bkindetroit.bsky.social•5 days ago

radlein.bsky.social•5 days ago

And 404 is a Georgia area code (ATL, FWIW), so it's PROBABLY to Dem one

gentlegroove.bsky.social•5 days ago

If you look up all the pacs that use “hold the line” in their name on the FEC’s website only one is giving money to the Dems. it’s called “women hold the line” and they are no longer active. that site claiming to be for dems out of georgia is still sus.

grace55.bsky.social•5 days ago

Thx!

phoenixwomanmn.bsky.social•5 days ago

In any event, if you like what Senator Booker is doing, donate directly to him here:

https://corybooker.com/

ethelmay.bsky.social•5 days ago

But the URL given is NEITHER of those.

bobbobbson.bsky.social•5 days ago

https://hldtheline.us redirects to the Georgia PAC's site (https://Holdtheline.gov). It could be a url shortener, but that's sort of stupid since it's only 2 characters shorter than the full url.

dkm5.bsky.social•5 days ago

Yeah there does appear to be 2 similar PACs. I looked up Hold the Line PAC and got the GOP one out of NJ. And in Open Secrets saw their donation to Trump.

At a minimum, the Dem org should avoid the confusion.

bobbobbson.bsky.social•5 days ago

Agreed.

It looks like this one was previously the election campaign for Marcus Flowers, and after he lost his primary he transitioned it into a Democrat PAC (is that possible?). He should've checked to see if anyone else used this name first.

https://www.opensecrets.org/political-action-committees-pacs/C00868976/summary/2024

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