Business Insider: “President Donald Trump’s campaign is locked in a battle with the biggest US cellphone carriers over an effort to blast millions of cell users with often annoying texts coaxing them to contribute or vote.”
“The showdown got serious at the start of July when Trump’s team sent a blast of texts to people who hadn’t signed up for them.”
“A third-party firm hired to screen such messages for the major cellphone companies blocked the texts. Trump’s campaign didn’t appreciate the move, according to two Republicans familiar with the effort, and Jared Kushner, the president’s top adviser and son-in-law, called the CEOs of AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile to complain.”