Brian Kolfage, a triple amputee veteran and Purple Heart recipient has raised more than $1 million on a Go Fund Me campaign to pay for a wall on the U.S. border with Mexico.

Kolfage, who has a verified Facebook page, wrote on the Go Fund Me page:

Like a  majority of those American citizens who voted to elect President Donald J Trump, we voted for him to Make America Great Again. President Trump’s main campaign promise was to BUILD THE WALL. And as he’s followed through on just about every promise so far, this wall project needs to be completed still.

As a veteran who has given so much, 3 limbs, I feel deeply invested to this nation to ensure future generations have everything we have today. Too many Americans have been murdered by illegal aliens and too many illegals are taking advantage of  the United States taxpayers with no means of ever contributing to our society.

I have grandparents who immigrated to America legally, they did it the correct way and it’s time we uphold our laws, and get this wall BUILT! It’s up to Americans to help out and pitch in to get this project rolling.

If the 63 million people who voted for Trump each pledge $80, we can build the wall. That equates to roughly 5 Billion Dollars, even if we get half, that’s half the wall. We can do this.

“We have contacted the Trump Administration to secure a point of contact where all funds will go upon completion. When [we] get this information secured we will update. We have many very high-level contacts already helping,” the Go Fund Me page states.

Kolfage writes that the Democrats will go to any lengths to deny Trump a victory on his wall promise and goes on to ensure the validity of his cause to those who want to donate, including sharing a link to his Facebook page and his website, BrianKolfage.com.

“This won’t be easy, but it’s our duty as citizens,” Kolfage writes. “This needs to be shared every single day by each of you on social media. We can do it, and we can help President Trump make America safe again!”

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Wednesday on CNN’s “The Lead,” the panel discussed the temporary deal that finances the government through New Year’s Day without funding for President Donald Trump‘s wall on the U.S.-Mexico border.

CNN contributor Amanda Carpenter was critical of Trump’s negotiating tack.

She said, “The Democrats just broke him before they’re even sworn in to take over the House. He threatened a shutdown, and then he ran away from that fight. This was his last best chance to get big funding for that wall, and it’s over. People are waking up to the fact that after two years of the Trump presidency, he got a tax cut, he got judges, and now you get investigations as far as the eye can see. There’s just a lot of fatigue that comes with that. Republicans take a lot of incoming supporting Trump. If they’re not getting anything out of it, they’re going to start to go away.”

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The House Freedom Caucus and Chairman Mark Meadows (R-NC) delivered a series of fiery speeches Wednesday night, calling on President Donald Trump and Congress to fund his promised border wall; Meadows said they will back Trump if he vetoes the spending bill.

The House Freedom Caucus led a special order on the House floor on Wednesday night, urging Congress and the president to continue fighting for the border wall.

Meadows said, “I rise to encourage my colleagues to stay in the fight to have the president deliver on a promise.”

The House Freedom Caucus proposed an amendment to the proposed spending bill that would fund $5 billion in border wall funding and close asylum loopholes, ending “catch and release.”

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) said on Wednesday that he will sponsor a continuing resolution (CR) that would fund the government through February 8, and kick the border wall funding fight to when Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) likely becomes the next Speaker of the House.

Meadows, along with Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), have often been described as President Trump’s “pit bulls,” noting their strong will to fight for Trump’s America First agenda.

The North Carolina conservative noted that the president said that he would not sign another spending bill that does not include border wall funding.

Rep. Meadows charged:

The president many, many, months ago said that he would not sign another funding bill unless we gave him wall funding. So what did this House do? It passed a bill to fund the Department of Defense, a short-term CR, and they said you know what, we’re going to have that fight after the midterms.

Mr. Speaker, it is after the midterms and we are here with a number of my colleagues tonight to say that we’re ready to fight on behalf of all the freedom loving americans to make sure that we have secure borders and to make sure that never again do we have to worry about terrorists and drug traffickers coming across our southern borders.

Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ) spoke after Meadows, saying, “Securing the border is a fundamental constitutional duty of the federal government.”

Congressman Paul Gosar (R-AZ), a doctor, spoke of the opioid crisis and how the lack of a border wall has only led to more American addiction and death through the opioid crisis.

“A study came out earlier this year that said that the opioid crisis is deadlier than the Vietnam war in 1968,” Gosar explained. “The study said that the opioid crisis cost more than 1.7 million years of life.”

Gosar said, “Securing the border is a matter of life and death.”

Our country can’t afford for Republican leadership to roll over to open border Democrats. The time to take a stand is today! We must keep our promise to the American people and #buildthewall. Watch here➡️https://t.co/CN3Rq07Bql pic.twitter.com/ysIqieFDG1

— Rep. Paul Gosar, DDS (@RepGosar) December 20, 2018

Rep. Scott Perry (R-PA), said, “We are here to talk about the promise we made to the American people.”

Perry said that “this is our last chance, Nancy Pelosi will not do this.”

“The American people are counting on us to do what we said we would do,” Perry said.

Congressman Jim Jordan (R-OH), a co-founder of the Freedom Caucus, slammed House Republican and Democrat leadership for fooling the American people into thinking that they would fund Trump’s proposed border wall.

“Everyone knows the line ‘fool me once shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me,’” Jordan said. “The new line should be, ‘fool the American people four times, shame on Congress.”

Jordan continued, “Now they’re talking about kicking it to February 8th, you got to be kidding me. February 8th? When Nancy Pelosi is Speaker? Four different times we promised something and then kicked the can down the road.”

Rep. Jordan said, “The House Freedom Caucus is sick of the games. The American people are sick of the games.”

A Morning Consult poll released on Wednesday found that building a wall on America’s southern border and immigration reform rank as two of the top issues for Republican voters.

Congressman Steve Pearce (R-NM), whose district lies on America’s southern border, said, “All we’re asking is secure the border. Will we secure the border? The answer should be yes.”

Congressman Jody Hice (R-GA), said, “We have the opportunity in the spending bill to finally deliver for the American people.”

“The border crisis is for real. The wall is not the whole answer, but it is the first step,” Hice added.

Hice then noted, “Walls work, wherever walls have been placed there have been great results. For example, a 92 percent reduction in traffic in San Diego.”

Meadows then wrapped up the special order, calling on President Trump to veto the proposed CR, contending that House conservatives will fight with him to secure America’s border.

Chairman Meadows said:

I think that it’s appropriate to remind the American people that there is a bad case of Potomac fever up here in Washington, D.C. They forget what they promised the American people and yet what they must do is not forget it this time. Mr. President we’re going to back you up if you veto this bill, we’ll be there, but more importantly, the American people will be there, they’ll be there to support you. [Emphasis added.]

“Let’s build the wall and make sure that we do our job in Congress,” Meadows said.

Facebook recently refused to run Christmas buying guide advertisements from Christian gaming review website “Christ Centered Gamer,” a decision the social media giant told Breitbart News was an “error,” but the company has made no move to reverse the decision and has not contacted Christ Centered Gamer since.

Popular Christian video game review website  Christ Centered Gamer ran into issues when attempting to advertise on Facebook recently when the social media platform refused to publish their advertisement. Christ Centered Gamer (CCG) publishes a yearly Christmas buying guide, listing some of the most fun and family-friendly games for Christian parents to purchase. The website attempted to run an advertisement on Facebook to promote its buying guide but the ad was refused by Mark Zuckerberg’s platform, the second largest digital advertiser in the world.

Christ Centered Gamer described the aim of its website in an email to Breitbart News stating: “When we review a game, we look at many factors, including gameplay, graphics, sound, stability, and controls, like many traditional reviews do.  From the moral perspective, we include violence, language, sexual content, occult/supernatural, and cultural/moral/ethical issues. ”

“As for sexual content, we point out any sex outside of Biblical marriage, including homosexual content.  Like other moral factors, we mention its presence and leave it up to the reader to decide if it’s for them or not.  Some readers may take offense to pointing these things out, but we strongly believe that following the Bible on what is right and wrong is very important to us.  On the flip side, it is often our attempt to be as objective as we can be that has drawn in many non-believers to our site.”

Christ Centered Gamer’s unique approach is to give video games separate scores for the two categories — a traditional gaming review score and a morality score. This has come to be appreciated even by non-religious gamers, who frequently struggle with progressive gaming blogs that mix politics with gaming.

Below is a screenshot of the advertisement provided by Christ Centered Gamer to Breitbart News. Below the advertisement, the words “Not Approved” can be seen highlighted in red, indicating that the ad was not approved to be shared on Facebook’s advertising network.

Breitbart News reached out to Facebook to question why Christ Centered Gamer’s advertisement was not allowed on the platform. Facebook responded that the refusal was, in fact, an “error.” A Facebook spokesperson told Breitbart News: “The ad was incorrectly rejected and we apologize for the error. We review millions of posts each week and sometimes we make mistakes. The ad is now live on Facebook.”

However, Christ Centered Gamer says they have yet to receive a notification that their advertisement is running on the platform. As of publication, the editorial staff of the site has not been contacted by Facebook.

Breitbart News will be following this story closely and updating as the situation develops.

On his nationally syndicated radio talk show, “The Mark Levin Show,” on Monday night, radio host Mark Levin said that the phrase “government shutdown” “is a lie,” and noted that 75 percent of the government is already funded, as reported by CNSNews.com.

“They don’t even tell you – what does that mean, ‘the government shut down’?” Levin asked. “First of all, that phrase is a lie; the government doesn’t shut down. You’ll be long dead – your children and your grandchildren too – before this government shuts down, unless it shuts down from a financial and economic collapse. But, legally? No.

“‘Seventy-five percent of the government[’s] already been funded’ – are you aware of this? – as they point out at CNSNews.com,” Levin continued.

Mark Levin’s remarks came in response to warnings of a potential “government shutdown” on Friday, Dec. 21, 2018 if Congress and President Donald J. Trump cannot agree on funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and other federal departments. The delay is due, in large part, to a stalemate over proposed funding for Trump’s southern border wall. During his remarks, Levin quoted from a news story on CNSNews.com.

 

Below is a transcript of Levin’s remarks from his show on Monday:

“So, this government shutdown business: ‘Will the government shut down, or not? Friday night, midnight! Will the government shut down, or not?’

“They don’t even tell you – what does that mean, ‘the government shut down’? First of all, that phrase is a lie; the government doesn’t shut down. You’ll be long dead – your children and your grandchildren too – before this government shuts down, unless it shuts down from a financial and economic collapse. But, legally? No.

“‘Seventy-five percent of the government[’s] already been funded’ – are you aware of this? – as they point out at CNSNews.com.

“He signed a minibus appropriations bill – the president did – ‘that funded the Department of Energy; Military Construction [and] Veterans Affairs; [and] the … Legislative Branch for the entirety of fiscal [2019].’

“That doesn’t end until September 2019, the 30th. 

“‘Then, on Sept. 28, Trump signed another ‘minibus’ law funding the Departments of Defense, Labor, Health [and] Human Services [(HHS)] and Education through the end of [the] fiscal year’ again – September 30, 2019.

“And, so, 75 percent of the government’s funded. Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid are specifically, as a matter of statute, carved out to be protected. The United States military and federal law enforcement: specifically carved out to be protected, should there be a government shutdown.

“Now, that’s 25 percent of the government that’s subject to a shutdown – but that’s not even true – because, of that 25 percent, they have what’s called essential and nonessential employees and tasks. A significant percentage of the 25 percent is said to be essential. And as I’ve told you before, many years ago, when I had Paul Ryan on this program, when he was actually conservative – I think he was heading the appropriations committee – he said, that under the worst of circumstances, 17 percent of the government is effectively shut down when we have a full shutdown. So, we cry crocodile tears.

“Now, those of us who live in the private sector, a shutdown is a shutdown. Those of us who live in the private sector, when you’re given a pink slip, you’re not reimbursed, later, for every dollar you would’ve earned but for the fact that there was quote, unquote, a shutdown. So, even nonessential employees never lose out. They might be inconvenienced, but in the private sector, you actually lose your d— job.

“I just discussed with you, in 3 1/2 minutes, something you have never heard on a cable TV show, on a network TV show or a satellite TV show – something you have never heard on a prime-time news program.

“Moreover, since the 1976 Budget Act – excuse me, 1974 Budget Act – 20 different occasions in which the government has shut down, quote, unquote shut down. Do you remember any of them in any significant way? Were you harmed by it? Were you harmed by it? No, you weren’t harmed by it, and yet, it is the only tool available to a president to get spending under control or to force his priorities on left-wing radical kooks, like Pelosi and Schumer, who do not believe in protecting the American people from criminals, terrorists and drug lords.”

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December 18, 2018 2:25 pm

The Connecticut Communist Party honored a pair of union organizers, including an official who nearly captured the Democratic nomination for lieutenant governor, at its annual awards ceremony.

The party presented the People’s World Amistad Awards to Eva Bermúdez Zimmerman in recognition of her upstart challenge against establishment Democrat, as well as longtime union official Shellye Davis. The party described the honorees as “fierce warriors in the forefront demanding workers’ and immigrant rights, social justice, peace and equality for a better and sustainable world” in an announcement. The award ceremony was held at a Methodist Church in New Haven on Dec. 8 to mark the 99th anniversary of the Communist Party USA.

Bermúdez Zimmerman made headlines in 2018 when she launched a long shot campaign to challenge Democratic gubernatorial nominee Ned Lamont’s lieutenant governor, former Connecticut secretary of state Susan Bysiewicz. Bermúdez Zimmerman, who is married to Connecticut SEIU state council associate director Stacey Zimmerman, took a leave of absence from her work as organizing director of the SEIU Local 2001 for the campaign. Her insurgent run garnered intense media interest as the state’s first Puerto Rican candidate for lieutenant governor and was hailed as a “fresh face” in Connecticut’s political scene. Despite being out fundraised by Bysiewicz, Zimmerman managed to capture 37 percent of votes in the the August Democratic primary. Lamont and Bysiewicz narrowly won the November election.

The state party also recognized the efforts of Shellye Davis, president of the AFL-CIO affiliated Greater Hartford Central Labor Coalition and a longtime official with the American Federation of Teachers, was also honored for her long history of labor activism. The announcement hailed her work as “leader for the rights of public sector union members and the people they serve, especially the youth.”

The Amistad Awards have often recognized union officials for their work in the Constitution State. The Yankee Institute, a pro-free market think tank in Connecticut, pointed out the recurring recognition granted to high ranking union officials, including the 2017 award to Davis’s predecessor, Peggy Buchanan, and the 2016 awards to two other union officials with SEIU and the American Federation of Teachers. The shared interests between the state Communist Party and local labor officials was a cause for concern for the institute, given the success of labor-endorsed candidates in the 2018 midterms.

“The award comes little more than a month after SEIU and other unions made a hard and largely successful push to back candidates in the Connecticut 2018 gubernatorial and legislative elections through canvassing, independent expenditures, disbursements and communications with their members,” the Yankee Institute said in its blog post.

Some unions have embraced the awards. The state chapter of the AFT posted notice of the 2015 awards ceremony on its website, despite the fact that no AFT officials were among the recipients that year.

Several phone calls placed to numbers associated with Zimmerman about the communist award ceremony went unanswered. Neither Davis nor the Coalition returned a phone message seeking comment.

Venezuelans are helpless against their brutal socialist government because of a 6-year-old gun control bill that banned the sale of firearms.

In 2012, the Venezuelan National Assembly enacted the “Control of Arms, Munitions and Disarmament Law,” under then-President Hugo Chavez, according to Fox News.

The anti-gun law, which went through with only minimal opposition, banned the sale of guns and private gun ownership, according to a BBC report from the time. After the law was enacted, only the government was allowed to purchase guns.

The government didn’t hesitate in confiscating weapons. Over 12,500 guns were confiscated by force in 2013 alone, according to Fox News.

Now, Venezuelans are unable to protect their freedoms in the face of a socialist dictatorship.

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A Venezuelan teacher of English now exiled in Ecuador, Javier Vanegas, told Fox News that an armed population could have deterred the dictatorship early on.

“Guns would have served as a vital pillar to remaining a free people, or at least able to put up a fight,” Vanegas said.

That’s a fact often overlooked by the left. Guns are great for self-defense, but they’re also great for defending freedom against dictatorships. There’s a reason the Founding Fathers made sure the right to bear arms was embedded in the Constitution. And there’s a reason dictators like to confiscate weapons.

Liberals, in their eternal yearning to be mollycoddled children of Big Government, chronically shy away from this fundamental Second Amendment truth: pic.twitter.com/So12rawhqz

— James Woods (@RealJamesWoods) March 29, 2018

“The government security forces, at the beginning of this debacle, knew they had no real opposition to their force. Once things were this bad, it was a clear declaration of war against an unarmed population,” Vanegas added.

Vanegas said his countrymen never thought that they’d have to defend themselves against their own government.

“Venezuelans didn’t care enough about it. The idea of having the means to protect your home was seen as only needed out in the fields. People never would have believed they needed to defend themselves against the government,” Vanegas said.

Venezuela’s socialist government wasn’t the only entity to benefit from the gun ban. Gangs of criminals have also taken advantage of the gun grab, causing the country’s violent crime rate to explode.

In 2015, nearly 28,00 people were murdered, compared to just under 10,000 people in 2012, according to Fox News.

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This seems to support the idea that guns make people safer, but liberals in America are still clamoring for strict gun control.

Guns allow citizens to fight back against criminals, corrupt governments, and land invasions. Without guns, citizens are helpless against all three.

Americans should pay attention to what’s happening in Venezuela.

If leftists get their way on guns here, this could be a reality in our country as well.

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If you believe the punishment should fit the crime, one Missouri judge agrees.

David Berry Jr. of Springfield was sentenced to over a year in prison after being found guilty on charges stemming from a poaching sting in early December. Unhappy with leaving it at that, Judge Robert George ordered Berry to watch “Bambi” at least once a month while behind bars, reports the Springfield News-Leader.

If that doesn’t earn Berry a catchy prison nickname, nothing will.

Berry, along with three of his family members, committed one of the worst crimes in the hunting world: Poaching. And this wasn’t just a few deer they harvested illegally — the family was involved in a massive poaching ring that took state, federal, and even Canadian law enforcement years to unravel.

The deer were not taken for their meat, either.

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The poachers would target trophy bucks for their heads and antler racks. Once a deer was downed, its head was removed and the body left to rot.

Wildlife agents speculated that hundreds of deer were illegally harvested in this manner. With deer weighing well over a hundred pounds on average, there were potential tons of wasted meat.

This appears to have been greed, pure and simple. Deer tags are easy to come by in many areas, especially in more rural states like Missouri. Hunting laws in most states also make waste of meat illegal, encouraging responsible stewardship of natural resources.

As a result of this grievous crime, Berry will also have his hunting and fishing privileges in Missouri revoked for life.

These “men” give all hunters a bad name.

Hunting has been on the decline in America. NPR reported in March that today’s hunters number at only half of what they did 50 years ago.

Draconian environmental laws, restrictive gun bans and increased license fees and taxes all chip away at the nation’s army of sportsmen. A pervasive anti-gun culture also ensures that many young Americans will reach adulthood without ever handling a firearm. Disinformation also plays a major part in the decline of hunting.

Perhaps one of the most damaging myths is the idea of hunters as bloodthirsty killers, only in the deer woods to legally kill a living creature.

In fact, just the opposite is true. Hunters contribute more to maintaining the ecological balance than most people realize.

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Recently, New York began experiencing a major upswing in rates of tick-borne disease. The outbreak was linked back to a massive deer population — something the state’s relatively few hunters have a hard time managing by themselves.

Fortunately, many state wildlife agencies understand this principle. Partnering with hunters and anglers has produced flourishing wildlife environments, free from large-scale disease and overpopulation. Hunters return the favor, keeping a watchful eye for anyone taking more than their fair share.

Operation Game Thief, a tip line to report poaching, is one result of this cooperation. The hotline is responsible for the arrest of Berry and his co-poachers, as well as a number of other wildlife thieves.

And with many states either already operating a tip line or planning to institute one, the message is clear: Poachers’ time is coming to an end.

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