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Is the federal government torturing Brian Kolfage?

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Posted By: Judy W., 8/15/2021 6:28:10 AM

Brian Kolfage, an airman who survived losing both legs and an arm in Iraq, started a fundraiser to build a wall on our Southern border. The project took off, a lot of money flowed in, and the federal government promptly went after Kolfage, accusing him of defrauding those who donated money. This post is not about Kolfage’s guilt or innocence on the charges against him. It is, instead, about allegations that the government is effectively torturing him by denying him access to a medicine that controls the nerve pain resulting from his leg amputations. We know that the government has been exceptionally vicious in its prosecution against Kolfage.

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They're just letting us know the kind of treatment we will face when the big crackdown comes and we defy them.

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Reply 1 - Posted by: Periwinkel 8/15/2021 7:23:13 AM (No. 879488)
What do we expect from a government that worships at the altar of fascism, socialism and communism?
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Reply 2 - Posted by: KatieJo 8/15/2021 7:36:25 AM (No. 879501)
Unconscionable. To whom do we go for justice? I really think they are trying to push us over the brink.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: Georgia Peach 8/15/2021 8:11:27 AM (No. 879532)
How would you feel if you gave three limbs for your country and were then treated like this? And you are correct...it's intended as a warning.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: ussjimmycarter 8/15/2021 8:27:20 AM (No. 879552)
Our government is firmly in the hands of the ruler of this world! He is dancing through the halls of our once great institutions!
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Reply 5 - Posted by: Boni 8/15/2021 8:56:00 AM (No. 879601)
Who are we as a people if we allow our politicians to conduct show trials and torture prisoners?
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Reply 6 - Posted by: Chiritwo 8/15/2021 9:44:48 AM (No. 879656)
Where are the republicans? Why aren't they trying to help him out. Forgot, most are spineless wonders.
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Reply 7 - Posted by: judy 8/15/2021 10:03:01 AM (No. 879677)
The fake republicans are silent like they were during the Mueller mess.....
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Reply 8 - Posted by: thomthomp 8/15/2021 10:25:18 AM (No. 879700)
"Never again, " we said. "It can't happen here," we thought. Yet it appears our society houses some number of little Eichmanns and wannabe Dr. Mengeles ready and willing to inflict torture and deprivation on those who disagree. And some have found their natural home in corrupt government insptitutions with police power. Apparently it not only CAN happen here, it is.
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Reply 9 - Posted by: Toodles3956 8/15/2021 2:16:59 PM (No. 879933)
The next insurrection {their words, not mine} at the capitol better be done with a million people with weapons, buckets of tar and bags of feathers. Do it right next time!
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Reply 10 - Posted by: 4Justice 8/15/2021 7:26:04 PM (No. 880255)
THE Feds are evil and have been, even before Ruby Ridge and Waco. In 1981, a friend, who I met many years after he turned his life around, had 68 alleged bank robberies. He's a good guy now. Anyway, when he first went to Federal prison, Lewisburg, they immediately sent him to the hole and 4-point strapped him naked for 3 years onto the cement slab (max should be a couple weeks at most). Usually they use slab for checking for drugs ( 3 bowel movements). He was given an indeterminate sentence and didn't get out until they transferred him three years later. They hosed him down with fire hose once a day in evening and only allowed him to stretch once every 3 days and look at the sun once every 30 days. If that isn't torture and cruel and unusual punishment, then nothing is. My friend told me of lots of horror stories from his time inside. People who disappeared and died mysteriously. It's bad. This is not the "Club Fed" where rich embezzlers go. This is a place where most everyone else convicted of federal crimes go.
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