I LOL'd a bit

I mean I think it’s retarded that America has raised more money for it than the dude we elected to build it could so far. But I’d sure as hell buy Wall bonds if he created them. So I understand the gofundme donators in that way.

I still think it’s obscene that we aren’t taxing remittance payments.

No, but I've heard the word "tooken" used by them a lot.

Stupid. Even if money is raised through crowdfunding it is still up to congress for appropriation

We could raise $500 billion and it still would be meaningless if congress doesn't sign off

Peopel's hearts are in the right place and I feel badly but this is a pointless exercise

Is all the land on the border owned by the feds? CAH bought land recently on the border to stop the Wall, so I assumed they could buy land and a contractor to build the wall lol

Agreed it’s overall insane that private citizens are doing more than he is

No there are private areas that would require eminent domain but most of them are already secured by individual homeowners

The residential areas basically already having walling around them, some even got "boxed out" so they're on the mexican side of the wall and have to have a personal entrance to get through

The unsecured areas are largely far between points of entry, not particularly residential, and owned by the govt., though there are exceptions

Triple Amputee Vet Raises $1,361,421 to Build Wall in Two Days — $1 Billion Goal

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Triple Amputee Vet Raises $1,361,421 to Build Wall in Two Days — $1 Billion Goal

@MPI - VA I don't think that's true. From my understanding congressional permission is needed to get taxpayer funding, but I don't think government agencies need their permission every time they want to build something as long as they find a way to get the money on their own.

It's up to 2 million.

Average donation around $60

Pretty remarkable honestly

Yep..saw one for a $1,000. This is kind of a big deal if it keeps going. People taking power into their own hands..or at least threatening to.

Imagine the psychological effect of this

It's already the 110th biggest crowdfund in history

And it's been 2 days

If we manage to raise $5,048,214, we'll have raised more than what was raised to restore Martin Luther King Chapel

That's would be a huge psychological victory

Senate passed CR today. Hopefully cocaine Mitch gets primaried in 2020.

I need help finding a news article

There was one posted in here a while ago, I think it was about a black baby sitter who murdered a white kid

or something similar

Not sure if this is the same, but it's recent https://pilotonline.com/news/local/crime/article_711e36fe-e2aa-11e8-b11b-ab64e5395caf.html no detailed info on victim

Happens all the time

This one was a kidnapping https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5987507/Baby-boy-kidnapped-set-fire-left-dead-railroad-tracks.html

@Jacob

thanks

and wow that's insane

both of those

Uplifting stuff

sorry I'm not trying to ruin the mood in here

Disgusting how anyone can do that to any human being.

Anyway, I'd like to point out the snow here is almost gone. Things sure have changed since I was a kid.

Same here. It was like 40 degrees here today