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It’s time to let these fucking text messages be done with

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56% Informative

The Supreme Court in 2021 made it easier for telemarketers to send these kinds of messages without your consent.

As many as 25 billion — that’s billion with a b — messages have been sent this political cycle, according to one estimate.

Text messages are also more likely to be checked immediately because of their implicit sense of urgency, unlike emails that go unread.

There are a few steps you can take to try to stem the SMS onslaught.

But as this vote nears the end, all that’s left to do is send our own final message: STOP. DECLINE. UNSUBSCRIBE. STOP.

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48

Informative language

42

Neutral language

48

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

43

Offensive language

offensive

Hate speech

possibly hateful

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detected

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Time-value

short-lived

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