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Jan 12, 2019 07:47:13   #
slatten49 Loc: Lake Whitney, Texas
 
Washington (AFP) - An Iraq war veteran canceled his plan to crowdsource $1 billion to help President Donald Trump build a wall on the Mexico border Friday after raising only $20 million and drawing questions about his online activities.

Triple-amputee veteran Brian Kolf*ge launched a GoFundMe account in December, quickly piling up donations as Trump was unable to get Congress to fund the wall -- leading to a now three-week-old partial shutdown of the government.

But donations slowed and Kolf*ge said the group had concluded that the government won't be able to make use of them in the foreseeable future.

In addition, Kolf*ge was put on the defensive late Thursday by a BuzzFeed News article that raised questions about his use of funds from a previous GoFundMe campaign, and alleged he ran an operation to fabricate f**e news against liberal groups and politicians in order to generate traffic and profits from advertising.

Kolf*ge said on his GoFundMe page that he will refund donations or, if donors agree, will put them toward a new company that will build sections of the wall itself on private property along the frontier.

"Our highly experienced team is highly confident that we can complete significant segments of the wall in less time, and for far less money, than the federal government," he wrote on his fundraising page.

The non-profit company, We Build the Wall, Inc., is led by Kolf*ge and other prominent anti-immigration activists including private security expert and regular Trump consultant Erik Prince; David Clarke, the former Milwaukee sheriff and a favorite of Trump; and Kris Kobach, the conservative secretary of state of Kansas.

Kolf*ge announced the move Friday after condemning the BuzzFeed article as "absolute lies to trick Americans" to not support the new venture.

BuzzFeed noted that Facebook had cancelled accounts he had for pages that promoted right-wing views that Facebook deemed "inauthentic activity," its term for spam and click-bait focused pages, often known for f**e news.

BuzzFeed also said that a 2015 GoFundMe campaign started by Kolf*ge raised over $16,000 for a veteran mentorship program.

But it reported that three military hospitals named by Kolf*ge said they never received any funds from him.

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Jan 12, 2019 08:23:30   #
Canuckus Deploracus Loc: North of the wall
 
Hoping this isn't a case of egg on my face...

Thanks Slatten...

Hope this doesn't result in a fryingpan headache

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Jan 12, 2019 08:30:41   #
Lonewolf
 
Wish I could find my post about the possibility of these funds disappearing!
And I hope the people who donated to this leave the money with this upstanding citizen.







quote=slatten49]Washington (AFP) - An Iraq war veteran canceled his plan to crowdsource $1 billion to help President Donald Trump build a wall on the Mexico border Friday after raising only $20 million and drawing questions about his online activities.

Triple-amputee veteran Brian Kolf*ge launched a GoFundMe account in December, quickly piling up donations as Trump was unable to get Congress to fund the wall -- leading to a now three-week-old partial shutdown of the government.

But donations slowed and Kolf*ge said the group had concluded that the government won't be able to make use of them in the foreseeable future.

In addition, Kolf*ge was put on the defensive late Thursday by a BuzzFeed News article that raised questions about his use of funds from a previous GoFundMe campaign, and alleged he ran an operation to fabricate f**e news against liberal groups and politicians in order to generate traffic and profits from advertising.

Kolf*ge said on his GoFundMe page that he will refund donations or, if donors agree, will put them toward a new company that will build sections of the wall itself on private property along the frontier.

"Our highly experienced team is highly confident that we can complete significant segments of the wall in less time, and for far less money, than the federal government," he wrote on his fundraising page.

The non-profit company, We Build the Wall, Inc., is led by Kolf*ge and other prominent anti-immigration activists including private security expert and regular Trump consultant Erik Prince; David Clarke, the former Milwaukee sheriff and a favorite of Trump; and Kris Kobach, the conservative secretary of state of Kansas.

Kolf*ge announced the move Friday after condemning the BuzzFeed article as "absolute lies to trick Americans" to not support the new venture.

BuzzFeed noted that Facebook had cancelled accounts he had for pages that promoted right-wing views that Facebook deemed "inauthentic activity," its term for spam and click-bait focused pages, often known for f**e news.

BuzzFeed also said that a 2015 GoFundMe campaign started by Kolf*ge raised over $16,000 for a veteran mentorship program.

But it reported that three military hospitals named by Kolf*ge said they never received any funds from him.[/quote]

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Jan 12, 2019 08:40:42   #
Boo_Boo Loc: Jellystone
 
The go fund me is still up and raising money. He is offering an option.. we the people can raise the money and build the wall if Democrats are so intent in keeping the government closed. If you wish to read his alternative, go to https://www.gofundme.com/TheTrumpWall

TO ALL... THE GO FUND ME FOR BUILDING THE WALL canceled or taken down.
Your donations are still welcome and needed.

slatten49 wrote:
Washington (AFP) - An Iraq war veteran canceled his plan to crowdsource $1 billion to help President Donald Trump build a wall on the Mexico border Friday after raising only $20 million and drawing questions about his online activities.

Triple-amputee veteran Brian Kolf*ge launched a GoFundMe account in December, quickly piling up donations as Trump was unable to get Congress to fund the wall -- leading to a now three-week-old partial shutdown of the government.

But donations slowed and Kolf*ge said the group had concluded that the government won't be able to make use of them in the foreseeable future.

In addition, Kolf*ge was put on the defensive late Thursday by a BuzzFeed News article that raised questions about his use of funds from a previous GoFundMe campaign, and alleged he ran an operation to fabricate f**e news against liberal groups and politicians in order to generate traffic and profits from advertising.

Kolf*ge said on his GoFundMe page that he will refund donations or, if donors agree, will put them toward a new company that will build sections of the wall itself on private property along the frontier.

"Our highly experienced team is highly confident that we can complete significant segments of the wall in less time, and for far less money, than the federal government," he wrote on his fundraising page.

The non-profit company, We Build the Wall, Inc., is led by Kolf*ge and other prominent anti-immigration activists including private security expert and regular Trump consultant Erik Prince; David Clarke, the former Milwaukee sheriff and a favorite of Trump; and Kris Kobach, the conservative secretary of state of Kansas.

Kolf*ge announced the move Friday after condemning the BuzzFeed article as "absolute lies to trick Americans" to not support the new venture.

BuzzFeed noted that Facebook had cancelled accounts he had for pages that promoted right-wing views that Facebook deemed "inauthentic activity," its term for spam and click-bait focused pages, often known for f**e news.

BuzzFeed also said that a 2015 GoFundMe campaign started by Kolf*ge raised over $16,000 for a veteran mentorship program.

But it reported that three military hospitals named by Kolf*ge said they never received any funds from him.
Washington (AFP) - An Iraq war veteran canceled hi... (show quote)

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Jan 12, 2019 09:07:48   #
JoyV
 
slatten49 wrote:
Washington (AFP) - An Iraq war veteran canceled his plan to crowdsource $1 billion to help President Donald Trump build a wall on the Mexico border Friday after raising only $20 million and drawing questions about his online activities.

Triple-amputee veteran Brian Kolf*ge launched a GoFundMe account in December, quickly piling up donations as Trump was unable to get Congress to fund the wall -- leading to a now three-week-old partial shutdown of the government.

But donations slowed and Kolf*ge said the group had concluded that the government won't be able to make use of them in the foreseeable future.

In addition, Kolf*ge was put on the defensive late Thursday by a BuzzFeed News article that raised questions about his use of funds from a previous GoFundMe campaign, and alleged he ran an operation to fabricate f**e news against liberal groups and politicians in order to generate traffic and profits from advertising.

Kolf*ge said on his GoFundMe page that he will refund donations or, if donors agree, will put them toward a new company that will build sections of the wall itself on private property along the frontier.

"Our highly experienced team is highly confident that we can complete significant segments of the wall in less time, and for far less money, than the federal government," he wrote on his fundraising page.

The non-profit company, We Build the Wall, Inc., is led by Kolf*ge and other prominent anti-immigration activists including private security expert and regular Trump consultant Erik Prince; David Clarke, the former Milwaukee sheriff and a favorite of Trump; and Kris Kobach, the conservative secretary of state of Kansas.

Kolf*ge announced the move Friday after condemning the BuzzFeed article as "absolute lies to trick Americans" to not support the new venture.

BuzzFeed noted that Facebook had cancelled accounts he had for pages that promoted right-wing views that Facebook deemed "inauthentic activity," its term for spam and click-bait focused pages, often known for f**e news.

BuzzFeed also said that a 2015 GoFundMe campaign started by Kolf*ge raised over $16,000 for a veteran mentorship program.

But it reported that three military hospitals named by Kolf*ge said they never received any funds from him.
Washington (AFP) - An Iraq war veteran canceled hi... (show quote)


You need to fire Buzzfeed if you don't want to make a fool of yourself regurgitating such obvious f**e news. Or at least do a minimal of checking the story. The page is still up. The total is now $20,258,710.00
https://www.gofundme.com/TheTrumpWall

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Jan 12, 2019 09:14:29   #
Weasel Loc: In the Great State Of Indiana!!
 
Pennylynn wrote:
The go fund me is still up and raising money. He is offering an option.. we the people can raise the money and build the wall if Democrats are so intent in keeping the government closed. If you wish to read his alternative, go to https://www.gofundme.com/TheTrumpWall

TO ALL... THE GO FUND ME FOR BUILDING THE WALL canceled or taken down.
Your donations are still welcome and needed.


Thank you Pennylynn for posting on this topic.
I have been very suspect concerning recent post from these I***ts. It seems that TDS- -
Syndrome has really taken over their lives.
Well that, and Beer.

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Jan 12, 2019 09:18:25   #
Canuckus Deploracus Loc: North of the wall
 
Weasel wrote:
Thank you Pennylynn for posting on this topic.
I have been very suspect concerning recent post from these I***ts. It seems that TDS- -
Syndrome has really taken over their lives.
Well that, and Beer.


Don't insult beer... It's bipartisan

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Jan 12, 2019 09:55:22   #
lpnmajor Loc: Arkansas
 
slatten49 wrote:
Washington (AFP) - An Iraq war veteran canceled his plan to crowdsource $1 billion to help President Donald Trump build a wall on the Mexico border Friday after raising only $20 million and drawing questions about his online activities.

Triple-amputee veteran Brian Kolf*ge launched a GoFundMe account in December, quickly piling up donations as Trump was unable to get Congress to fund the wall -- leading to a now three-week-old partial shutdown of the government.

But donations slowed and Kolf*ge said the group had concluded that the government won't be able to make use of them in the foreseeable future.

In addition, Kolf*ge was put on the defensive late Thursday by a BuzzFeed News article that raised questions about his use of funds from a previous GoFundMe campaign, and alleged he ran an operation to fabricate f**e news against liberal groups and politicians in order to generate traffic and profits from advertising.

Kolf*ge said on his GoFundMe page that he will refund donations or, if donors agree, will put them toward a new company that will build sections of the wall itself on private property along the frontier.

"Our highly experienced team is highly confident that we can complete significant segments of the wall in less time, and for far less money, than the federal government," he wrote on his fundraising page.

The non-profit company, We Build the Wall, Inc., is led by Kolf*ge and other prominent anti-immigration activists including private security expert and regular Trump consultant Erik Prince; David Clarke, the former Milwaukee sheriff and a favorite of Trump; and Kris Kobach, the conservative secretary of state of Kansas.

Kolf*ge announced the move Friday after condemning the BuzzFeed article as "absolute lies to trick Americans" to not support the new venture.

BuzzFeed noted that Facebook had cancelled accounts he had for pages that promoted right-wing views that Facebook deemed "inauthentic activity," its term for spam and click-bait focused pages, often known for f**e news.

BuzzFeed also said that a 2015 GoFundMe campaign started by Kolf*ge raised over $16,000 for a veteran mentorship program.

But it reported that three military hospitals named by Kolf*ge said they never received any funds from him.
Washington (AFP) - An Iraq war veteran canceled hi... (show quote)


Sounds like my business to help drought stricken Texans a few years ago: for $19.99, you could get a dozen packets of dehydrated water, just put one packet of the powder in a gallon container, add water and BOOM - a gallon of water!

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Jan 12, 2019 09:59:09   #
slatten49 Loc: Lake Whitney, Texas
 
Weasel wrote:
Thank you Pennylynn for posting on this topic.
I have been very suspect concerning recent post from these I***ts. It seems that TDS- -
Syndrome has really taken over their lives.
Well that, and Beer.

Weasel, maybe the following link will sit better with you...

https://fox43.com/2019/01/12/border-wall-gofundme-campaign-to-refund-donations-after-missing-goal/

Border wall GoFundMe campaign to refund donations after missing goal

Posted 9:50 AM, January 12, 2019, by Tribune Media

A Florida veteran’s GoFundMe campaign to raise money for a border wall will be refunding money to its donors after falling short of the $1 billion goal.

Brian Kolf*ge, 37, created the fundraiser titled “We The People Will Fund The Wall,” which had raised around $20 million as of Friday afternoon.

Kolf*ge, a triple-amputee Air Force veteran, has since created a 501(c) (4) nonprofit “We Build the Wall, Inc.,” and is asking people to send their donation to the new organization instead. Kolf*ge blamed Washington gridlock in part, saying that “the federal government won’t be able to accept our donations anytime soon.”

GoFundMe Director of North America Communications Bobby Whithorne said in a statement that all donors will automatically receive a refund unless they decide to send the money to Kolf*ge’s nonprofit, which is classified by the IRS as a “social welfare organization.”

“There was a change in the use of funds,” Whithorne said. “When the campaign was created, the campaign organizer specifically stated on the campaign page, ‘If we don’t reach our goal or come significantly close we will refund every single penny.'”

Among the members of “We Build the Wall,” Kolf*ge names former Wisconsin Sheriff David Clarke, Blackwater founder Erik Prince and former Kansas Secretary of Sate Kris Kobach, among others.
Kolf*ge believes the organization can complete “significant segments of the wall” faster than the government, according a statement he added to the GoFundMe description.

Kolf*ge, who urged donors to look him up to make sure the campaign was legitimate, was running a page titled Right Wing News – along with affiliated sites – which was purged by Facebook for publishing false news and conspiracy theories, according to NBC News.

He also operates a website Fight4FreeSpeech that was created shortly after Right Wing News was taken down, according to NBC News. There is a GoFundMe campaign owned by Kolf*ge under the same name with the update, “We have moved our campaign to a new website,” with a link to an outside site.

Kolf*ge told NBC he didn’t disclose the fundraising effort in the wall GoFundMe because he didn’t want to “mix the two,” saying, “my personal issues have nothing to do with building the wall.”

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Jan 12, 2019 10:11:25   #
Boo_Boo Loc: Jellystone
 
So.. how many did you buy? Democrats must be begining to worry, the go fund me has raised over $20 million and still growing quickly, so they put out disinformation that the site has been taken down or the veteran, without an arm or his legs, must be running a s**m.
And how dare he have Angel Moms and Dads helping to keep track of the money or explore alternatives to build a wall. No.... he has to be up to no good....

Is he and many of us saying to Democrats... WE CAN GET THIS DONE without you. Go ahead, hold the nation hostage for years if you want.... Many of us are saying... we do not need some of these overpaid government workers. So... go ahead and show us how many we can function quite easily without. Keep the government closed... Soon we will realize that those Democrats are indeed nonessential. I hope when the government is reopened, our President does not make their pay retroactive.... Perhaps the next time, they will pass a budget that is more than what they want, but what the citizens need.

lpnmajor wrote:
Sounds like my business to help drought stricken Texans a few years ago: for $19.99, you could get a dozen packets of dehydrated water, just put one packet of the powder in a gallon container, add water and BOOM - a gallon of water!

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Jan 12, 2019 10:15:16   #
slatten49 Loc: Lake Whitney, Texas
 
Pennylynn wrote:
The go fund me is still up and raising money. He is offering an option.. we the people can raise the money and build the wall if Democrats are so intent in keeping the government closed. If you wish to read his alternative, go to https://www.gofundme.com/TheTrumpWall

TO ALL... THE GO FUND ME FOR BUILDING THE WALL canceled or taken down.
Your donations are still welcome and needed.

An excellent link for contributor's options on funding the wall.

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Jan 12, 2019 10:16:50   #
Jakebrake Loc: Broomfield, CO
 
slatten49 wrote:
Washington (AFP) - An Iraq war veteran canceled his plan to crowdsource $1 billion to help President Donald Trump build a wall on the Mexico border Friday after raising only $20 million and drawing questions about his online activities.

Triple-amputee veteran Brian Kolf*ge launched a GoFundMe account in December, quickly piling up donations as Trump was unable to get Congress to fund the wall -- leading to a now three-week-old partial shutdown of the government.

But donations slowed and Kolf*ge said the group had concluded that the government won't be able to make use of them in the foreseeable future.

In addition, Kolf*ge was put on the defensive late Thursday by a BuzzFeed News article that raised questions about his use of funds from a previous GoFundMe campaign, and alleged he ran an operation to fabricate f**e news against liberal groups and politicians in order to generate traffic and profits from advertising.

Kolf*ge said on his GoFundMe page that he will refund donations or, if donors agree, will put them toward a new company that will build sections of the wall itself on private property along the frontier.

"Our highly experienced team is highly confident that we can complete significant segments of the wall in less time, and for far less money, than the federal government," he wrote on his fundraising page.

The non-profit company, We Build the Wall, Inc., is led by Kolf*ge and other prominent anti-immigration activists including private security expert and regular Trump consultant Erik Prince; David Clarke, the former Milwaukee sheriff and a favorite of Trump; and Kris Kobach, the conservative secretary of state of Kansas.

Kolf*ge announced the move Friday after condemning the BuzzFeed article as "absolute lies to trick Americans" to not support the new venture.

BuzzFeed noted that Facebook had cancelled accounts he had for pages that promoted right-wing views that Facebook deemed "inauthentic activity," its term for spam and click-bait focused pages, often known for f**e news.

BuzzFeed also said that a 2015 GoFundMe campaign started by Kolf*ge raised over $16,000 for a veteran mentorship program.

But it reported that three military hospitals named by Kolf*ge said they never received any funds from him.
Washington (AFP) - An Iraq war veteran canceled hi... (show quote)


And this does what slatts? Make you happy?

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Jan 12, 2019 10:27:48   #
slatten49 Loc: Lake Whitney, Texas
 
Jakebrake wrote:
And this does what slatts? Make you happy?

A GoFundMe account to raise money for President Trump's wall has no effect upon me one way or the other, Jake. This thread is simply an update on the account...with PennyLynn's link an update on options.

GoFundMe accounts are, after all, voluntary.

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Jan 12, 2019 10:58:15   #
Jakebrake Loc: Broomfield, CO
 
slatten49 wrote:
A GoFundMe account to raise money for President Trump's wall has no effect upon me one way or the other, Jake. This thread is simply an update on the account...with PennyLynn's link an update on options.

GoFundMe accounts are, after all, voluntary.


Exactly, and I donated fifty bucks. What are your personal views on the 'wall' and border security? If you have made them known previously, I apologize for missing them.

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Jan 12, 2019 11:18:06   #
slatten49 Loc: Lake Whitney, Texas
 
Jakebrake wrote:
Exactly, and I donated fifty bucks. What are your personal views on the 'wall' and border security? If you have made them known previously, I apologize for missing them.

No need to apologize for being unaware of all that may have been posted on this forum. No one can expect to be up-to-date on all individual posts.

Simply put, I see border security as important to any nation. But, IMO, the wall is overrated as a deterrent, an infringement of landowner's rights and thus, a misuse (waste?) of taxpayer's money. Technological advances make other options likely more viable. Also, IMO, stronger enforcement of current laws would go a long way towards improvement in controlling immigration.

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