re: #254 Archangelus

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How the F**K is this shit legal??? Seems like mail fraud at the very least…

Unfortunately, except for the “President Trump has ordered…” bit (which is doubtful), this is precisely the sort of pseudo-“official” crap direct-mail pitchmen(/scamsters) have been using for years. And I’m guessing this stuff has been crafted by pros, and the language probably well gone over by legal staff to ensure it stays within (even if only by a hair) the strictest definition of “misleading” or “fraud”. And pitched at senior citizens, no doubt, in the hope that they’ll be more credulous of something marked “Official”…

Personally, it may be just because I’m a cynic (and, technically now a “senior”, so it makes me an old cynic!) but I’d never fall for a direct-mail scam like this in a million years - even taking into account the fact that as soon as I’d spot “Republican” anywhere on the mailer it would be immediately directed to the trash.