“Neil, Can I count on you…?”

      Jasmine Crockett. MoveOn, Chuck Schumer, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Chris Murphy, Blue Amp, Cory Booker. Adam Schiff. Gabby Giffords.

      Also: Katie Porter, Mobilize, Chris Murphy, Allison Riggs, MoveOn, Ken Martin, MarcusforGeorgia, CommonCause.org, Barack Obama, Jon Ossoff.

      And in addition: Swing Left, Elizabeth Warren, Gavin Newsom, Hold the Line, Trust for Public Land, Indivisible, Tammy Duckworth and of course, Democrats.org.

      This is a (probably incomplete) list of the fundraising emails I have received since just this morning.

      If I’m away from my inbox for any amount of time, I come back to find an avalanche of emails warning me, urging me, imploring me—to give money, sign a petition, call my representatives, and, by the way, give money.

      I understand: they are sending off millions of emails, as easy as sending out one, hoping to just hear back from a few, hoping to raise any money they can for their campaigns.

      In the past, I have given money to some progressive candidates and to some progressive organizations. I have supported some groups and have signed some petitions. I understand that my information is shared among office holders I have supported, candidates whom I have never heard of and organizations with similar political stances.

      And I acknowledge that the inbox isn’t nearly as overflowing as it was those few weeks before the election when I think every progressive candidate running for every possible office was beseeching me to just donate whatever I could, even if it’s just five bucks.

      But, please: stop.

      Sending me the occasional email asking for my support is one thing. But inundating me—and lots of others—with email after email after email, frequently from the same account, really does no good. It only, frankly, just pisses me off. And we end up clicking and deleting, clicking and deleting, without even reading.

      Katie Porter, I like you. I liked you when you were in Congress. I think I support your run for governor of California. But really, you don’t need to send me half a dozen emails a day to remind me who you are and what you stand for. And ask me for money.

      I think I speak on behalf of lots of us with overflowing inboxes: lighten up, please.