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Posted on 10/14/2018 6:16:58 PM PDT by Theo
Mark Zuckerberg must need money because he just robbed a triple-amputee Iraq War vet blind.
Brian Kolfage joined the Air Force just before 3000 Americans were killed in the September 11, 2001 terror attacks that also destroyed the Twin Towers in New York City. He wanted to serve. He wanted to keep what had happened to thousands of his fellow Americans from happening again. It was his duty, he believed.
During Brian's second tour in the Middle East, he volunteered for a dangerous mission in Iraq.
On September 11th, 2004, exactly 3 years to the day since the 9/11/01 attacks, a 107 mm rocket landed feet from Airman Kolfage. Instantly, he lost both of his legs just below the hip and his right hand.
Kolfage wasn't expected to survive, let alone walk again, but he did.
After almost a year recovering at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Kolfage walked out of the facility.
Airman Kolfage continued overcoming the odds by going back to work for the Air Force as a base security manager. He also served on Congresswoman Gabrielle Gifford’s Veterans Advisory Committee. Brian went on to enroll at the University of Arizona’s School of Architecture. He learned to draw with his left hand as his dominant right was gone. Kolfage graduated from university and was also awarded the prestigious Pat Tillman Scholar award.
In 2014 Brian was bestowed the George C. Lang Award for Courage, for his fearlessness and also his selfless actions taking care of other wounded veterans.
Today, Brian makes trips to Walter Reed Medical Center and travels the country motivating veterans & others.
In the midst of all this, Senior Airman Kolfage got married & has two wonderful kids.
Even with all of that, Kolfage wasn't done. He became interested in news publishing and began managing pages on Facebook for news websites. He also co-founded a coffee company, Military Grade Coffee, which donates 10% of all profits back to veteran organizations.
You might not have known it, but Airman Kolfage ran the Right Wing News Facebook page and had been involved with the brand for several years among starting others. That is, until a few days ago when Facebook decided they didn't agree with Brian's conservative views. The page had 3.6 million fans, and Brian was a major factor behind its new growth and revitalization.
Over the years, Kolfage invested $315,000 to grow brands on Facebook. Facebook requested admins of pages to invest tons of money to grow and reach larger audiences for the brands he managed. Zuckerberg had no problem taking Brian's money. But now Zuckerberg & Facebook decided they couldn't allow the popular conservative page to get in the way of the 2018 mid term elections after it became a pivotal part of President Trumps 2016 upset to Hillary Clinton. Facebook headed up by Zuckerberg used a well planned opportunity to take out actual bad pages and lumped in Airman Kolfage's conservative network.
They robbed him blind, they did him dirty. They took $315,000 from his company rolled it up and laughed at his sacrifice. This was purely political, they attacked his personally. But Facebook made one fatal flaw, they underestimated the power of a triple amputee veteran. The underestimated the huge PR mess they are about to be slapped with when trump has Airman Kolfage in his oval office in front of the media, they underestimated the will power of veteran who lost so much.
Airman Kolfage wrote that because of Facebook's actions:
"My income as a father and husband is threatened.
This isn’t the right to free speech I gave my legs and arm to defend. Three limbs wasn’t enough for some … now my livelihood is gone with it.
It is true: I have been managing the Right Wing News Facebook page, and have been involved with the brand for many years.
And just today, Facebook took down our Facebook page, cutting off all contact we had with the millions of people who signed up to follow us, the millions of people who liked what we were sharing online.
I took over managing the page when John Hawkins decided to step aside to pursue other endeavors. John and I have a great relationship and I was honored to have the torch passed down to me. We had a coveted, verified blue check mark 3.5 Million fans, and I invested over $300,000 in ads at Facebook’s own request, nearly begging us to spend spend spend just to reach our fans … whom they kept making more difficult to reach with every passing year.
Never once did Facebook come to us to say there was any issue with Right Wing News or our other pages. Never. But they sure loved taking our money.
We did run multiple Facebook pages; Facebook allows businesses to have more than one page, and we did own them and had them for years. We were not “spamming,” we were not using fake accounts, we were not doing anything “wrong” … except we supported President Trump, and apparently that’s not allowed.
Facebook also deleted my other business page. I own a coffee company called Military Grade Coffee company. We don’t post politics, we sell coffee and support veteran charities. Facebook is maliciously attacking my way of life because of my beliefs, and they don’t care.
What Facebook has done is illegal. It’s a malicious coordinated attacked on everything I fought for and everything generations of Americans fought for. And this is exactly why a Facebook Engineer making 6 figures a year walked out and quit his job today, over the assault on conservative beliefs within his former company.
The New York Times even stated that Facebook made this calculated move to silence thousands of voices (and millions of forwarded messages) because of the upcoming midterm elections."
I've known Brian for years and had the pleasure of working with him on several projects. As the editor of Right Wing News, I saw how hard he worked to manage the Facebook page, and to ensure it grew in popularity. He is a tireless worker, and extremely proud of what he has accomplished for others on social media. And now Zuckerberg & his company, Facebook, have robbed him of it & his investments. I mean, they even took down his coffee company page. That's some serious hatred for the man right there. Facebook is literally stripping him of his means to provide for his family. Didn't he give enough for his country, not to mention, to Facebook? He overcame odds most in this world will never experience, only to be ripped off by Zuckerberg????
That's a GD shame.
DON'T STOP SHARING THIS UNTIL BRIAN GETS JUSTICE!
Follow Brian on his personal verified page for updates on what happens next.
Brian Kolfage alive day from Brian on Vimeo.
This is discrimination.
It is a civil rights violation.
If the shoe were on the other foot, AG Eric Holder would prosecute. AG Sessions should do the same.
Is that Barack Hussein Obama on the right (left) side there?
Yes, (left) on purpose for more than one reason.
OK< I despise Zuckerberg as much as I do Bezos, Dorsey and Pichai, but I doubt that Zuckerberg actually, personally stole the money, Probably didn’t even know that Brian Kolfage exists. He has minions to do stuff like that.
And while I very much hope that Kolfage gets his money back, with interest and huge punitive damages... I’m not changing my long held personal opinion that anyone who uses a leftist run platform like facebook etc. to operate their business, or even uses it for personal activities pretty much deserves what they get.
I find it funny an argument gets hot with both sides on basically the same side. We are here to voice our opinions without a hard limit except for some civility. Something the left refuses to understand. Your comment was spot on. We may want to try to have the discussion prior to naming our seconds. Wait until ordered to turn and shoot. Period.
Thank u!
My list is always growing.
I will add yours.
Zuckerberg.
Lock him up.
Doesn't matter. If they don't fit the definitive, legal description of a media outlet per the FCC or the IRS guidelines, then there's nothing you can do about it. Except tell your Congresscritter to pass legislation then.
Should FR be forced to allow liberals to have their own platforms or blogs here?
What is so hard about creating your own website and incorporating many of the features found in FB or Twitter?
I guess I don't understand why Facebook is a big deal.
so...can Brian create his own website or social media site and get his news and product out that way?
HE HAS ALREADY BUILT UP THE SITE, SOLD THE CONCEPT AND PRODUCT AND DONE THE TOUGHEST PART OF IT ALL MADE THE CONTACTS TO MOVE AND GROW EVERYTHING..
CAN you MAKE EVERY THING JUST POP OUT OF THIN AIR.
Is Facebook stopping him from doing just that ? YES!!! PURELY BECAUSE OF POLITICAL CRAP.WHY DON’T YOU TRY SUCKING A BOLWLING BALL THROUGH A STRAW AND SEE HOW MUCH WORK IT IS!!!!!!!
BYE...
OMG! I'VE ALREADY SAID FB SHOULD COMPENSATE HIM!!
Your mouse has a scroll wheel in the center. Please wheel it down and go up thread where I said just that.
FB must adhere to what is spelled out in its prospectus.
I haven't read it myself.
If investors weren't told about FB chasing away users, then FB may have some SEC issues, maybe not.
Also, advertisers may have a gripe with FB if they don't have access to all of the eyeballs that FB promised.
I don't have the answers, but I do know that FR doesn't have to deal with this stuff because they don't contract with advertisers and they're not publicly traded.
FB is in a much more complex situation and must be more careful or they could sink their own ship with a dumb mistake.
Is Facebook stopping him from doing just that?
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OK -- so...can Domino's Pizza create their own highway system to delivery product to their franchises and telephone network to connect to their customers?
Is Facebook stopping him from doing just that? YES
I’m not the one shouting here.
And you are doing the name calling - likening me to the fag loving Pope. Project much?
No. Everyone who has tried to start up an alternative to fascistbook has been bankrupted by naziberg and his minions.
LOL — Wrong “Francis”.
Irrelevant. Until Fakebook is subjected to FCC communication regulations or IRS tax laws, then this point is moot.
FB must adhere to what is spelled out in its prospectus.
Have you read it?
I haven't read it myself.
Well, that answers that question.
If investors weren't told about FB chasing away users, then FB may have some SEC issues, maybe not.
Maybe the topic just never came up? The investors were too busy thinking about the champagne and escorts that will be provided to them to the parties after the site went public?
Also, advertisers may have a gripe with FB if they don't have access to all of the eyeballs that FB promised.
Haven't heard any other advertisers complaining. Other than conservatives being stupid to trust FB to begin with instead of seeking out alternatives.
I don't have the answers, but I do know that FR doesn't have to deal with this stuff because they don't contract with advertisers and they're not publicly traded.
FR doesn't have to "deal with it" because their mission statement is right on the homepage, which means sniveling liberals will immediately get the message and can go and create their own blogs or websites then.
I always thought his “mark” was a bullseye superimposed on his head.
That's a piss-poor specious analogy. Zuckerberg doesn't own the Internet.
MeWe has?
MySpace is still available. It simply got out-competed by Facebook.
Classmates.com....GeoCities...Angelfire....Usenet....these all existed before Fakebook.
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