Trucker, Georgia Congressional Candidate Mike Collins on GoFundMe Freezing $10 Million Raised for ‘Freedom Convoy’: GoFundMe Executives Should Go to ‘Jail,’ ‘That’s Highway Robbery’

Georgia trucking business executive and congressional candidate Mike Collins reacted to GoFundMe freezing a fundraiser called “Freedom Convoy 2022” with over $10 million raised, telling Breitbart News on Saturday, “that’s highway robbery.”

“You know what, they’re [truckers protesting] out there on their own dime,” Collins told Breitbart News Saturday host Matthew Boyle. “When that truck’s not rolling down the road, they’re not making any money. There’s no such thing as them sitting still, making money.”

“And if our federal government had any guts, they’d put the GoFundMe executives in jail for what they’re doing to them,” Collins added. “That’s highway robbery.”

Collins and Boyle were discussing the U.S. trucker convoy — inspired by the Canadian trucker convoy — that is currently being organized to protest against vaccine mandates.

The U.S. trucker convoy was also censored by Facebook earlier this week, to which Collins reacted by saying, “It just goes to show how much control that social media and these media platforms have gotten, to where they think they can rule over everything that goes on in America.”

“It’s time to break up a lot of these mega media giants out there,” the congressional candidate added.

Collins also noted that the trucking industry “for decades,” has “been pummeled with regulations and taxes — it’s an industry that has been battered and beat down.”

“And then you throw in a pandemic that happened for well over a year, where not only was there nowhere to get food through truck stops — rest areas were closed down — but you had shippers and consignees that were scared to death. You might drive up, and they might be closed,” he added.

“It was just a very, very hard situation for drivers, and they’re out there, and they know how important their job is — they are the backbone of this country,” Collins affirmed. “They were out there, even as their families were at home, scared, and they were scared — we all were.”

The congressional candidate went on to say freedom is nonetheless still important to people, which is why a vaccine mandate “is just the final straw,” prompting protests among truckers in Canada, and soon, the United States.

“And it’s not just standing up for the trucking industry’s rights, but this is for American rights, the Canadian, the average person’s rights,” Collins said.

“These are not your Ivy League grads, and your elite celebrities out there, or your politicians that everybody knows,” he added. “This is just average, everyday, ordinary, blue collar people, and I think that’s what makes it probably more special than anything.”

After being asked what his message is to the truckers across America who are organizing their own freedom convoy, Collins said, “I guarantee you people will join in.”

“It’s time for us to take our country back, and we’re doing it with everyday, ordinary people,” he said. “We’re not doing it with the big celebs and all that, and that’s what makes this shine so bright.”

Collins is currently leading big in a crowded field of contenders hoping to replace Rep. Jody Hice (R-GA), according to a recent Trafalgar Group poll. The poll shows Collins with 35.6 percent, followed by former Rep. Paul Broun (R-GA) with 11.1 percent.

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/02/05/trucker-georgia-congressional-candidate-mike-collins-on-gofundme-freezing-10-million-raised-for-freedom-convoy-gofundme-executives-should-go-to-jail-thats-highway-robbery/

New Private Currency Uses Bills Filled With Real Gold

Modern currencies such as Bitcoin expect to find success in a more technological world, but a new currency known as Goldbacks might corner the post-apocalyptic currency market.

In 2019, Goldback president Jeremy Cordon said he had a dream in which he saw people paying for groceries using golden bills. Cordon had previously worked for years trying to make gold into functional money, but the dream gave him a new idea: What if a bill small enough to buy groceries could include a tiny percentage of gold?

“This felt like an epiphany because I saw people using gold as a regular money,” he said. “This fit into the vision that anyone anywhere could use gold as their currency of choice.”

For thousands of years, anyone who wanted to buy goods with gold faced “the small coin problem,” Cordon told The Epoch Times. A 1-ounce gold coin, worth about $2,000, is far too expensive for everyday use, but a cheap gold coin is impractically small.

“Gold is the best money, but it can’t buy a loaf of bread,” he said.

To solve this problem, Cordon used new technology to create a bill that sandwiches a particle-thin gold layer between two layers of polymer—the Goldback. The result can be worth as little as $3.80.

Be Prepared

At a time when Bitcoin has devoured most of the private and local currency market, Goldbacks have arrived late to the private currency world. In the 1980s and ’90s, private currencies experienced a boom around the United States, according to University of Central Oklahoma professor and local currency expert Loren Gatch. But since then, they’ve been on the decline.

“That’s something which [has] pretty much gone downhill in the last couple decades,” Gatch said.

Cities such as Ithaca, New York, and Berkshire, Massachusetts; businesses such as coal mining camps; and political groups such as left-wing activists and libertarian anti-government enclaves have all used private currencies.

But even amid a private currency decline, Goldback has $20 million of bills in circulation, according to Cordon. They’re recognized as legal tender in Utah and Wyoming and are legal for use in New Hampshire, Nevada, and South Dakota. This number puts Goldbacks at the top end of what private currencies have ever achieved.

https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/new-private-currency-uses-bills-filled-real-gold

Canadians Support Freedom Convoy with Food, Gas, and Rides: ‘Nothing but Caring, Sharing, and Giving’

Truckers in the Canadian Freedom Convoy are lauding the efforts of their fellow citizens and protesters on the ground in Ottawa, who are helping with food, gas, and rides.

Fox News’s John Michael Raasch has been in Ottawa covering the protest and caught up with a few truckers who detailed the tremendous support they are receiving from their fellow citizens.

One trucker named Mat says he has never been prouder to be a Canadian.

“There’s been so many people coming up to us and shaking our hands and helping us with food and drinks and whatnot,” he explained to Fox News.

“The support has been incredible,” he added. “I’ve never seen anything like it. I’ve never been more proud to be Canadian.”

Another trucker, Travis of New Brunswick, spoke regarding the outpouring of assistance.

“There’s people knocking on my door every five minutes wanting to give,” he told Fox News. “There has been nothing but caring, sharing and giving.”

“Do you see how caring these people are? That’s Canada. That is Canada. Let us be Canada again,” Travis explained.

Andrew, a third trucker, detailed that supporters offer him money, but he refuses.

“I’m not doing this to make money. I’m doing this for the choice, for everybody’s choice, for freedoms,” he said.

Breitbart News’s Robert Kraychik spoke with one man named Dave, who is supporting the Freedom Convoy. He said he traveled from Montreal to Ottawa and told Breitbart News he had been there since January 28.

“He was volunteering working a makeshift kiosk serving hot coffee and chocolate, tea, soups, and other food and drink provided by donations to trucker demonstrators and other protesters near Parliament Hill,” Kraychik reports.

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/02/05/canadiens-support-freedom-convoy-truckers-with-food-gas-and-rides/

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/02/05/canadiens-support-freedom-convoy-truckers-with-food-gas-and-rides/

One Dead, Two Wounded in Aurora, Colorado, Church Shooting

One person was killed and two others were wounded in an Aurora, Colorado, church shooting Friday night just after 8 p.m.

The Denver Post reported that the incident occurred at the Iglesia Faro De Luz Church in Aurora, located at 538 N. Olathe Street.

CNN said that the deceased individual was a 36-year-old woman; the two wounded are men in their 40s.

Police indicate that the attacker knew the victims and the shooting was targeted. The Post notes that police said “there was a relationship with the suspect and one of the individuals involved in the shooting.”

The shooting suspect fled the scene before police arrived, according to KDVR.

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/02/05/one-dead-two-wounded-aurora-colorado-church-shooting/