CBP has been confiscating and rummaging through telephones and computers for years. They don't need your FB password if they can break into your computer. http://www.wnyc.org/story/my-d...

This is not a scam to get people to donate to Dems (tho I hope that they do). It is legitimate. Try it out and reverse the charge later if you want.

Are we sure his name isn't Macro Marsala?

I'm guessing the poster is a native-born Seattlite, since s/he uses "The Times" to refer to the The Seattle Times, seemingly unaware the this means The New York Times or The London Times to most of the world. I lived in Seattle a couple of times, and it was clear that most people there thought that Seattle was the center of world. It wasn't and it isn't, but I wish them luck with their tunnel.