First things first… The crowdsourcing business called GoFundMe has destroyed their business model. If they remain in operation, they will be a shell of their former status. Wait a few months and you’ll see it. That is the scale of self-destruction chosen by the organization as an outcome of their political decision to freeze and redirect donor contributions of the Freedom Convoy protest. GoFundMe is done.
That said, GoFundMe justified their decision based on a definition of the Ottawa Freedom Convoy protest as an unlawful “occupation”. However, the same GoFundMe supported the Seattle “occupation” in 2020 known as CHAZ/CHOP. It’s not hypocrisy, it’s political alignment.
The backlash against the crowdfunding company was fast, massive and direct. Facing legal action, U.S. state lawsuits and massive charge-back fees from outraged donors contesting refunds through their banks and credit cards, GoFundMe had an overnight change in position:
The Freedom Protest will continue without missing a beat. The Truckers in Ottawa and around Canada are representing the majority of the Canadian people. Despite leftist Canadian media attempting to control the narrative against the Freedom movement overall, Middle Canadians can see through the nonsense, and they know which position is on the right side of history. The Freedom Convoy is winning!
The alternative crowdsourcing platform GiveSendGo has been overwhelmed by donations to FreedomConvoy2022 HERE. Their web service is overwhelmed with supporters. I’m sure they are also experiencing the snarky bot attacks from professional leftists and disruptions from the collaboration of North American govt. intelligence agencies. As a result, if you go to the site, you might experience a delay.
Meanwhile, several U.S. State Attorneys are looking into the deceptive and fraudulent business practices of GoFundMe. American readers might wonder why conservative Canadian government officials and various State Premiers are not taking legal action.
Within the answer to that inquiry, we realize the structural issue of the Conservative Party in Canada. They are controlled opposition who actually support leftist Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
Ezra Levant has been pointing out the Conservative Party issues for many years. Today he highlights the Canadian political “illusion of choice” problem by noting the absence of Conservative pushback.
Americans have our own reference points for the issue Levant is highlighting. However, the scale of the UniParty fraud in Canada is fundamentally much greater than currently exists in the U.S.
We in the United States have gone through a focused purging and challenging of conservative fraud since the Tea Party rose up to confront politicians in 2009 and 2010. The 2010, 2011, 2012, Tea Party evolved into the 2015, 2016 MAGA party that supported Donald Trump.
In the U.S. we have slowly been removing corrupt republican politicians (House and Senate) since the 2010 primary races. We still have a long way to go, but we are slowly removing them. Liz Cheney, Adam Kinzinger, Dan Crenshaw and many more are on the current 2022 target list.
Unfortunately, Canada has yet to begin this type of widescale political purge. That is why the current state of Canadian politics is so weak. However, the Freedom Convoy is providing the spark that just might be the Canadian version of the 2010 Tea Party influence.
We are right beside you Canada. We are cheering for you and supporting you in all ways possible.
Just sent email to our Texas Attorney General ( Ken Paxton) requesting he bring charges of fraud and theft against Go Fund Me owners and Board of Directors.
On the behalf of all Texans who made donations to the Canadian Truckers movement.
https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/
I wonder if a lawsuit is filed what discovery might bring and who might have been talking to GFM?
I was thinking the same thing!
Good for you! As Sundance wrote, “Go Fund Me is Dead.” Doesn’t matter if they are “refunding” the money. It’s too late for them.
Their business model was really a grand idea, until they succumbed to political correctness. Please pull your pants up already. Don’t need to see your *ss hanging out anymore. Go Fund Yourself
Teamwork!!!
Two foolish statements, back-to-back. Wrong on both.
Did the people who control GoFundMe really think that they could just walk off with those donations, doing what ever they wanted with them, and not have major blow-back?
There’s a lesson to be learned here: Never underestimate the power of peaceful protest. By simply gathering several thousand people and the trucks that they drive, these protesters have sent the PM of the great nation of Canada scurrying for shelter, gathered support from around the globe, and now they have turned major financial institutions on their ear as GFM exposes themselves as who they really are, and causes them to fall on their sword. It’s not just the dollar amount here. It’s the sheer volume of people that made those donations. How many bank/credit card companies now must process a refund? Talk about a force multiplier! Everyone that wanted to pass of these protestors as just a small band of simpletons that refuse to comply with some program have been shown that when push gets to shove it’s the people that do run things.
I rather expect that the liberals in Canada convinced them that if they play nice with them. They’d look the other way if they stole the cash. They convinced them that it was a Canadian issue and they would let it slide
Liberals, living within their bubble, have yet again underestimated the power of reality.
It constantly boggles my mind what slow thinkers they are. No thought to the consequences of their decisions. Seriously, how did the owners of the GFM site think nobody who donated funds to the truckers would care or not take action to recover their money when GFM blithely decided they were diverting the donations to other causes?????? Who is that stupid or arrogant or both? GFM ownership is, I guess.
These lefty orgs. and believers, truly think everyone thinks like they do. They cannot comprehend they are in the minority and that they are wrong on just about everything. It is crazy to watch sometimes.
Hope they go out of business. Hope they get pulled into court and have to pay out oodles of dollars trying to protect themselves and their business. Hope the backers of the GFM site get put under the public spotlight once and for all.
Aman
The reason this protest is effective is because they didn’t just show up for a day with signs and speeches they stayed….kind of like a sit-in in the 60’s. Just staying is what gets their attention..they can ignore a one day protest but not a sit-in that disrupts theirnnormal lives.
They also had great big machines to hold the line, lots of supplies, places to sleep and stay in those big trucks and they are not that easy to move out of the way once in place. The police cannot tear gas them or water cannon them easily. Huge difference from a protest on foot.
There are convoys of support throughout Canada, from East to West. Thousands of people are on the streets to support throwing out the Puppet who bows to the World Economic Forum like a naive child.
Politicians of every stripe are going to have to decide whether Mongolian (Chinese) tanks will have to be brought in (and likely aim their cannons at the Politicians) or acknowledge that they have a Rump Prime Minister kowtowing to Big Dirty Money.
“Did the people who control GoFundMe really think that they could just walk off with those donations, doing what ever they wanted with them, and not have major blow-back?”
Yes, the left is THAT clueless and THAT arrogant. They figured the donors would be too afraid to ask for their money back. After all they already maligned them as terrorists.
“Did the people who control GoFundMe really think that they could just walk off with those donations…?”
Yes they did, because:
“The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppose”
Frederick Douglass
And the elitist limusine caviar Left that run GFM very badly understimated the peasants.
That great man would despise these cretinous leftists.
Trudeau phoned his surrogate Mother Nancy Pelosi, Pelosi pulled the strings at GoFundMe, just like she did on Jan 6th.
They did, say goodbye to GoFundMe as they are toast.
Bless the sweet hearts of Gov. DeSantis and AG Paxton. Thank you God for putting them in their position for this time.
Thank you Sundance for recommending GiveSendGo as a crowd source. I will pray they don’t get greedy.
OR get strong-armed or threatened into doing the same thing that GoFu**Me did.
GiveSendGo, doesn’t collect the money and then distribute in batches. The money goes directly to the recipient. At least that is my understanding.
Teamwork!!!
Submit the request anyway…make them pay!
I agree. Besides who can be sure they won’t renege most recent statement to refund all. They have proven themselves dishonest brokers at minimum.
Yup, trust but verify. Same as with the Soviet Communists.
“Submit the request anyway…make them pay!”
ABSOULUTELY! If you have not yet gotten a refund, dispute the charge to your credit company as a suspected fraudulent charge.
If the CC company asks if we tried to resolve it with them, the answer is that GoF’Me has no contact number for suspected fraud.
I think we just saw a giant sand storm.
Those folks deserve “Wolverine pancakes” for breakfast!
I could not understand the idea of BLM getting the $$$ while they have millions unaccounted for!
“Patriotism is not dying for one’s country, it is living for one’s country. And for humanity. Perhaps that is not as romantic, but it’s better.” Agnes Macphail
Agnes Campbell Macphail became the first woman elected to Canada’s House of Commons.
someone once said something like this, “this is not the end, it is not the beginning of the end, but perhaps it is the end of the beginning. ” gird thy loins.
Winston Churchill
That was Winston Churchill♡
Yup.
Tennessee residents and posters. I’ve seen several references about contacting the AG in TN regarding GoFundMe.
My experience with the AG of TN is that this is a weak office. It is appointed (or at least was) and is usually a very passive office. The previous AG, for example, would not enjoin other like-minded States when they sued over Obamacare. Notice the absence of the TN AG in the election lawsuits. It’s a weak office and it’s perpetually occupied by a weak person. The law/TN constitution needs to be changed so this becomes an elected position.
https://www.tn.gov/attorneygeneral/about-the-office/attorney-general-slatery.html
More info on the weak office of TN AG. Note, the position is appointed by the Supreme Court of the State. Barf.
Also, the current occupant is a sycophant of Bill Haslem. While a nice man, Haslem was a typical RINO governor who tripped all over himself to make sure everyone understood that while he thought PDJT had some good policies his ‘tone’ and whatnot was just not ‘christian’.
Grand Theft, Internet!
Me likee !
So who wants to bet that, if the AG’s have enough balls to go all the way with this, we find out that people in very high political office are the ones that requested that GFM withhold the 10million?
R.I.C.O.
It is like RICO was custom written for the for the Biden and Trudeau administrations.
Discovery could be Juicy!
Excellent!
I’d like to start a Go Fund Me to create a start-up to compete with Go Fund Me
Just now….Raised: USD $1,292,875
https://www.givesendgo.com/FreedomConvoy2022
I finally got through. I quadrupled my GFM donation and gave GSG the tip.
Freedom!
USD $1,309,114
how did you get in, it is blocking me.
With a mil-three to donate he got right in! Or maybe that was just the tip!!!??? 🤣🤣🤣
Their servers are overwhelmed by having so many people donating. Just keep trying, or wait a while and try again.
Teamwork!!!
I wish I could be at Go fund me’s Monday morning board meeting. I hope whoever the Dumbass(s) are that made the initial decision are cleaning out their desks this weekend. Good luck on your new jobs as janitors.
Question……wondering if Go Fund ME make the decision on their own, or were they told to confiscate the donations? I’m thinking it was someone in the Trudeau camp that’s the root cause of all this. If so, maybe a White Knight type whistleblower inside the fundraiser camp can expose what happened.
More likely the international money that controls Trudeau, Biden and the banking industry among other things. This a drop in the bucket for GFM’s operations. They’ll be made whole. The Communists have very deep pockets.
Like Bidet, Justin Castro is just a puppet dancing on Soros’ and Schwab’s strings.
I suspect they were contacted by twinkle socks’ people as well as Ottawa’s “law enforcement” goons. However, they did not need to be persuaded. They are leftists. They were probably planning on messing with the funds. Their partners in the Canadian gubmint forced their hand.
Trudeau’s dirty hands all over this fiasco.
The bot attacks were confirmed by GIVESENDGO. This is a fight to the death between the globalists and the free individual.
I can’t get to the site; won’t let me in…
Just keep trying, lots of traffic is a good thing. Boys bad, but hopefully they can ease the effect of they’re having on access.
Should be called GO F–K ME, that would give users a heads up.
The Canadian Conservative Party are collaborators, like the Vichy French.
Perhaps we’ll see the rise of the PPC and, in the U.S. a party inspired by MAGA. Clearly, the current political scheme isn’t working, at least for hundreds of millions of ordinary citizens.
What a BRILLIANT meme, I hope it catchs up!
GO F-K ME
I kinda like one proposed elsewhere on this thread Go Fund Yourself. Modify as you choose, maybe, and make it the Let’s Go Brandon of the crowdfunding tech industry.
ALSO: That ten% times how many donors = $1 mil retained in breach of contract. Written or implied, donors contracted to pay 10% taken out of each donation to assure delivery of contracted monies to the cause chosen.
When the contractor fails to perform by wilfully redirecting the monies, and retains money after breaching contract, isn’t the contractor committing breach of contract for failure to perform the contract obligation? And fraud? Hmmm… the air in the back room gets thick… And at $10 mil involved, where does grand larceny and all sorts of conspiracy to commit kick in?
I should think a good lawyer could round up enough of the offended to make a class action suit with some interesting repurcussions.
The original and stupid decision will hurt their business…..they caved to the govt. goons.
GoFundMe is a money-laundering operation for leftists, fascists and Constitution haters.
It’s used to funnel money to Marxists during public operations (think “Kavanaugh hearing ‘witnesses'” ; or anything Gloria Allred types are involved with). The financing is then hidden / camouflaged under the cover of ‘public donations’ to avoid any scrutiny.
A reckoning is coming. The Pubic is becoming too aware of these types of shenanigans and as more sunlight is cast, public outrage will increase.
Oh how I hope you are right. But —–
Exactly 💯
Republican Attorneys General Across U.S. Announce Plans To Probe GoFundMe For Pulling Freedom Convoy
“Several Republican Attorney Generals from across the U.S. have already publicly announced that their offices will be looking into whether GoFundMe violated any state laws in response to the fundraising website canceling a fundraiser for Canadian truckers and initially stating that they would send the funds to other charities.”
Link ~ https://www.dailywire.com/news/republican-attorneys-general-across-u-s-announce-plans-to-probe-gofundme-for-pulling-freedom-convoy?%3Futm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=dwtwitter
Teamwork!!!
The problem you highlighted above re the Canadian UniParty, is almost a mirror image of Australia. We have Conservatives in, who act more like your Democrats, and will likely lose the coming election, forcing us into even more draconian laws.
We simply do not have the numbers to get much reaction, but we are certainly trying.
They are now injecting 5-11, want to do the babies, and now say 3 jabs is normal to be ‘vaccinated’, but Andrews here in Vic is saying he see us needing 4-5, and will not rule out mandating that. He has already tried to pressure our PM into mandating jabs.
That’s terrible, Cass. What are you going to do?
We had a decent (probably 10,000+) protest at parliament this weekend, but we need more.
Way more!!!
Elect Pierre Poilievre Prime Minister!
Who would ever trust GFM again?
This is epic. Books will be written about GFM’s self immolation.
One of the most interesting statements in this article is that the Tea Party evolved into the MAGA Party. Indeed, the Tea Party IS the quiet majority in this nation. The left took unprecedented measures to crush this movement only to find that it NEVER dissolved. It quietly strengthened and it was this movement that Donald Trump galvanized. Now these same leftists are similarly deceived into thinking they can destroy this movement by incapacitating Trump. They are rapidly discovering that this is not really the party of Donald Trump – it is the party of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson and John Dams.
I have been saying this about the TEA Party for years. I’m happy to see other people saying/realizing the same thing.
Totally agree. The Tea Party got infiltrated and co-opted at the top and so faded from the public eye. It did not go away in principle though. People still believed and adhered to the principles of the Tea Party movement and when PTrump came along with MAGA, the movement was flooded with the tea party believers.
It’s because it is the movement of America loving patriots, truth promoting, Constitution loving, independent thinkers, God loving and strong family members, military supporters, rational and intelligent thinkers and planners, hardworking, happy and competent people. The left is none of those things. And the leftists are mean, vindictive and liars.
The tea party believers are the Americans that made and make this country work and succeed and remain strong.
John Dams? Probably missed the “A” in Adams?
GoFundMe like Sundance said is in deep financial trouble and will be at Witt’s end in a few months.
Years ago as recall reading Liberal professor wrote a book about his study in regards to who freely donated their hard earned money to charity or just to help other people. This professor went in believing Progressives/Liberals donated the most. As I recall he found just the opposite.
Conservatives give $6 for every $1 a Progressive/Liberals give.
GoFundMe is in deep trouble. They are just one of many Big Tech sites we all must walk away from – NOW!
Liberal professor was under that misconception because Liberals self-anoint themselves with all the high-minded qualities, despite them being wholly unwarranted and wholly unearned
“We’re the tolerant ones”
“We’re the open-minded ones”
“We’re the generous ones”
“When they go low we go high”
yada yada yada
Like I said, “self-anoint themselves” and
“wholly unwarranted and wholly unearned”
Just looked up First Degree Grand Theft in Florida. GoFundMe is in some deep schiff!
No they didn’t “Destroy their business model”. No, they didn’t “Comit suicide”. No, ” they are now going to act smart”. No “Smart business leader will now step in and act like a grownup”.
Gofundme is a leftwing corporation owned by leftist. Quit hoping that this was an “accident” or “They learned their lesson”. Stop using them. Just stop.
For those who donated, let’s Cloward-Piven their ass by continuing to ask for charge backs even after a refund has been received.
“Within the answer to that inquiry, we realize the structural issue of the Conservative Party in Canada. They are controlled opposition who actually support leftist Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.”
This is what the people of Canada needed to see on public display, not told, not informed but seen.
Like us.
They are awakening. I was so hopeful when the Freedom Truckers refused to accept the grifting “conservative” Canadian party’s attempt to use them as political leverage.
They are all elitist scum and should be treated as such.
They still were successful keeping this money from where it was intended to go for at least a week. These people should be put out of business. But since this has been a way to funnel money to people who cooperate with the deep state, it will probably survive.
The original theft of this money infuriated me and I hoped this political tool would be sued into oblivion.
I’m glad the money and my donation and every other donation will finally be returned. Their lawyers must have convinced them to reverse their decision.
But I still hope this despicable “American for-profit crowdfunding platform” and its local branches are eliminated or severely impacted by the future loss of countless donations. I certainly will never use them again. Announcing their political decision to confiscate all of the donation money should alone ensure the justified end of their platform.
Fortunately, CTH uses Paypal for now.
Attorney Generals from multiple states announce plans to probe GFM for pulling freedom convoy.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/republican-attorneys-general-across-u-s-announce-plans-to-probe-gofundme-for-pulling-freedom-convoy
Teamwork!!!
GoFraudMe, like all Big Tech, is the enemy and needs to be treated accordingly.
Fabulous!
The Bee is the Bomb!!!
The fake news from BB———-IS THE WORST KIND OF BS—-THAT CAN DESTROY THIS MOVEMENT!!!!!!
Don’t fall for it —- PLEASE !!!!!!! The TEa PARTY was killed by The IRS———–helped by TP area
money collectors, who when pressured by Gov.—–they turned over ” DONATION LISTS ” to the IRS——
and then tried to lie about it later! I know—–I was fingered in DEC 2012———-FALSELY–BY IRS
AND FORCED TO “PROVIDE ACOUNTING” TO MY “STATE TAX DEPT. for “unpaid tax” within 30 days under threat of FINES!!!!!! Government seems to love to “stick-it -to-you—–just before CHRISTMAS.
TRUCKERS MUST STAND NON-VIOLENT & SMILING
GOD IS WITH YOU & TRUMP WON IN 2020!
It is quite marvelous, is it not? The Canadian Truckers chose to use Go Fund Me and there were worries about that expressed here and I imagine elsewhere by supporters of the truckers that GFM might do something sneaky, snakey.
So, sure enough, GFM came through with flying colors with their absurd announcement yesterday.
This was actually a miracle, I think. God works his miracles, his wonders to perform.
Teamwork!!! Yeah God!!!
Shining more of His glorious light into the evil darkness.
Go Fund Me just blew it big time.
But this is great, stuff like this gets us conservatives off our duff, as we now ALL know the Left has infiltrated industry as well.
My wife and I talk about this… we are finally getting REALLY pissed off. It started with Obola The Magnificent, but the theft of the ’20 election was the trigger and now it just gets worse and worse.
Why are we pissed off? Simple, we want to be left alone, we don’t want to be forced to think about politics all the time, as the Left does. If those cabrones would just think about politics but not bug us, we’d all be fine, but given the Left seems to think that spending all of their time thinking about what to tell us to do… well, those hijos de puta are in for a surprise.
Go F^*^*ck Me… And I’ll F(^&ck you.
The problem is the left cannot allow anyone to be out from under their totalitarian rules, because those under their rules will see a viable alternative & choose to leave…
So the tyrants of the state will force you into the same misery under which they dwell… that way at least they can rule you into a miserable existence too.
Gov. DeSantis is incredible. I wish we had a Conservative leader like him.
The only national so called “Conservative” newspaper and online outlet is the National Post. I recently wrote a comment describing the Canadian Parliament as being comparable to the DC Uniparty. A justified term I learned from CTH. I was angered when the comment was censored into oblivion but it wasn’t the first time. It will likely be my last. The NP commentariat however does have many knowledgeable Conservatives that manage to find ways to avoid being censored.
The lack of a reliable MSM site to voice your opinion, including uncomfortable truths, is one of the main reasons the “the current state of Canadian politics is so weak.” Again, this is not a knock on Rebel News but it was marginalized by a vicious organized and successful push to disparage them to most Canadians.
The Libs managed to greatly weaken and label Rebel as Racist due to one report from an inexperienced young reporter. The fact that Ezra is Jewish and has never exhibited a hint of racism did not factor in. He’s only worked hard to make Canada freer etc
I had the great honor to meet Ezra last weekend (on Parliament Hill). I was so excited to see him in person that I took my mitt off to shake his hand!!! That’s a great show of respect in minus 25C weather!!!
Our Creator might have allowed the GFM fraud to occur so that evil could be openly displayed to the masses worldwide.
Teamwork!!! Yeah God!!!
So, are they going to change their name to Oh Fu*k Me? I can’t help but wonder what hubris made them think they could actually steal citizens’ money? That is the government’s job. They’re obviously not as financially savvy as the thieves over at BLM/Antifa either. Just sayin
Rumble has reached out to GiveSendGo with an offer to help and they have accepted!
http://www.smalldeadanimals.com/2022/02/05/just-when-you-thought-this-great-day-couldnt-get-any-better/
That is awesome!!! One of the commenters on the site said they are over $2 million now! Woohoo!!!
Teamwork!!!
Totally agree with Sundance on the fate of GoFu<#Me. When you handle other people’s money, you have to be 100% above reproach. GFM made a huge miscalculation and have lost too much credibility to survive
The freedom convoy in Canada is awesome. I’m offering my support, respect, and admiration from America.
I saw people white knighting for GoFundMe in the Treehouse about a week ago and it drove me nuts that some conservatives, libertarians, patriots, and Christians would still support it.
Legally, GFM is a “fiduciary agent.” They disburse other people’s money as its owners direct. Just as your bank does when you tell them to “pay to the order of.” (Also notice that your bank can’t refuse to honor your check because they politically disagree with your reasons for writing it …)
They do not own the money so they do not control it. They cannot “divert” it. In fact, they have no choice but to timely and exactly do what you told them to do with YOUR money. They are not a party to the transactions they facilitate. The concept of “agency” is hundreds of years old. Strange how they pretend not to know that …
To all Canadians who want change and are working on the world’s citizens’ behalf – Love from Australia!!
Hey mate! Teamwork!!!
The Canadian Cons sound alot like their fellow stateside Rinos to me.
And everyone who donated should still file a chargeback with their credit card. Make them pay or they WILL do it again.
Re Levant s comment…..for the same reason the truckers protest had to start in Canada….sometimes you ‘re to close to the problem to see it……Americans have recognized the uniparty, now Canada does. Canadians truckers realized first the vac mandate was an attempt to force them out of work and into poverty, Americans are just waking up to that concept
There were convoys of support all over Canada on Saturday. The one through the Okanagan was 20 miles long.
Trudeau, unwittingly, has united a broken country, Canada.
I have heard they have changed their name to Fund Who We Want To!
GFM has made it easy to see why no one should ever use their site again. Oh that it were so obvious for Facebook, Twitter, Google, Amazon, etc. Just as harmful but not as obvious. Please stop putting using these sites that are so anxious to snuff out our freedom and to censor. Jeff Bezos, et al, do not need one more dime of our money.
Trudeau will forever be known as the leader who united Canada. It may have been unintended, but he united them nevertheless.
Here’s hoping Clueless Joe can be just as effective.
It comes down to my Governor to get the legal ball rolling!!! Go get em Ron!! LGB !!! FJT!!!!