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Bill Mefford

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Bill Mefford @billmefford.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Every time Markwayne Mullin says anything it sounds like he missed a crucial briefing he was supposed to sit through BEFORE he spoke. In his own mind, what he was gonna say was really good and important, but when he says it, everyone is like, what?
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The Festival Center @festivalcenter.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
festivalcenter.org/2026/09/08/h... Hospitality happens not in a place, but in the creation of spaces where people are fully themselves and are loved unconditionally
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Hospitality – The Festival Center
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The Festival Center @festivalcenter.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Great article by @samdelgado.bsky.social in the @51st.news about 3rd spaces in DC. Sam, you are welcome anytime to come by and see ours! We have been in Adams Morgan since 1989 and we rebirthed the work in 2023! 51st.news/dc-third-spa...
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DC is having a third space renaissance
At least half a dozen new community spaces have opened this year.
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The Festival Center @festivalcenter.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
The CEO of DoorDash seeks to undermine DC Home Rule. Here is our letter to him festivalcenter.org/2026/08/03/o...
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Our Letter to the DoorDash CEO – The Festival Center
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Bill Mefford @billmefford.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Hey @doordashhelp.bsky.social, I WAS a VIP Member. No more. My membership is canceled.
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Bill Mefford @billmefford.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
When we see the church maintaining the social, political, and economic order, this comes from both evangelicals and institutional liberals.
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The Festival Center @festivalcenter.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
How one soccer game reveals such blatant hypocrisy festivalcenter.org/2026/07/07/m...
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Make It Make Sense – The Festival Center
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Bill Mefford @billmefford.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
EVERYTHING donald trump touches turns to crap. Even if I was a conservative Republican I wouldn't get within 3 zip codes of the guy. He is a loser.
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The Festival Center @festivalcenter.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
To stop predatory behavior we must call out the secrets and theologies which undergird this sin. festivalcenter.org/2026/04/27/s...
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Systemic Secrecy
If we are to stop predatory behavior in the church we must uncover the systemic secrecies and theologies that undergird this kind of sin.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Effective 2025 federal tax rates paid by these corporations: Alphabet: 8.01% AT&T: 4.6% Meta: 3.57% General Motors: 3.09% Amazon: 1.37% Exxon Mobil: 1.31% Disney: -1.57% CVS Health: -3.88% Income tax rate paid by the typical American: 14.5% This is what a rigged system looks like.
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The Festival Center @festivalcenter.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
As the oversight hearing for DC Police is coming up here is a perspective that should be reflected on by the DC Council festivalcenter.org/2026/04/20/m...
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My Testimony at the MPD Oversight Hearing
Once again the DC Council is considering a budget that favors police control over community investment. Here is a perspective that is missing
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Bill Mefford @billmefford.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
It is fascinating to me to see conservative political elites say that Pope Leo should "tend to his flock" and stay out of politics while these same people are trying to destroy the Johnson Amendment and green light conservative religious elites to endorse politicians from the pulpit.
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Bill Mefford @billmefford.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
A satirical look at an all-too-true belief system.
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Bill Mefford @billmefford.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Why do I always think I am going to have way more time two weeks from now?
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Bill Mefford @billmefford.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
I have long felt that our salvation not only could be found outside the church, but frankly, is more and more necessarily found outside the church. Here are some thoughts.
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The Festival Center @festivalcenter.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Dietrich Bonhoeffer warned us about the dangers of stupidity and his writings are starkly relevant today. Here are some thoughts. festivalcenter.org/2026/03/16/r...
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Reflections on Stupidity
Dietrich Bonhoeffer warned us of the danger of stupidity and now we are seeing this live. Here are some reflections.
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The Festival Center @festivalcenter.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Even in the midst of chaos we find glimpses of liberation through community and celebration. Here is what we found just this week. festivalcenter.org/2026/03/09/g...
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Glimpses of Liberation
Even in the midst of the chaos of this administration we can find glimpses of liberation through community and celebration.
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The Festival Center @festivalcenter.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Rest in power Bernard Lafayette. Freedom fighter, civil rights leader, husband, father, hero. Thank you for your life of service and love.
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Bill Mefford @billmefford.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
OK, the rumors are true. We are considering hiring Kristi Noem. But she will have to get her own damn blanket. No free rides at the Festival Center. #sarcasm
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Fair Budget Coalition @fairbudgetdc.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Our newest Budget Platform is live! 🎉🎉🎉 "DC Takes Care of Our Own: A Budget for Care and Sustainability" is a deepening of our commitment to a shared vision of a DC with self-sustaining communities - ones that are TRULY invested in and cared for 🌱 Read the platform: bit.ly/WeGotUsDC #WeGotUsDC
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The Festival Center @festivalcenter.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
We stand wholeheartedly with @fairbudgetdc.bsky.social in urging the DC Council to pass a budget that ensures genuine public safety and that means stopping entirely the collaboration between ICE and MPD
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The Festival Center @festivalcenter.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
This is testimony given by @billmefford.bsky.social to the DC Council Committee on Public Safety on their complete lack of accountability of MPD festivalcenter.org/2026/03/02/a...
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An Unholy Collaboration
This testimony was offered at the DC Council Committee on Public Safety regarding the unholy collaboration between the Metropolitan Police Department and ICE. Thank you Chair Pinto for hosting this […...
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Bill Mefford @billmefford.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
So, the Supreme Court strikes down trump's tariffs, but they are totally cool if he is never held accountable for committing war crimes and mass corruption on a scale never seen before. SCOTUS is just as corrupt and morally vacuous as POTUS is.
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The Festival Center @festivalcenter.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Some thoughts on ordination as a calling more than a career festivalcenter.org/2026/02/16/o...
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Ordination
Ordination is not a career. It's a calling. It is a recognition of local believers who acknowledge the gifts for leadership of a particular person in a particular context.
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The Festival Center @festivalcenter.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Racism is endemic in the United States, but trump is reaching to new depths of hatred and bigotry. festivalcenter.org/2026/02/09/a...
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All-American Racists
Racism is endemic to U.S. culture and politics, but donald trump is committed to plumbing the depths of hatred and bigotry.
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The Festival Center @festivalcenter.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Our liberation is both a calling and a choice, the result of divine initiative and human free will. festivalcenter.org/2026/02/02/d...
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Dreams of Liberation
Almost two years ago I had a dream that helped bring healing and reminded me of my calling. It was a dream that brought liberation.
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Bill Mefford @billmefford.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
What drives me nuts is that it took videoing the murder of two people in Minnesota for elected Democrats to openly want to stop funding DHS and ICE. If Alex Pretti and Renee Good are not murdered, then they would be funding DHS without any hesitation. Why do we trust Democrats again?
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Bill Mefford @billmefford.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
If we want to save government spending can we please, for the love of God, STOP the military flyovers over games? This happens at almost every game and they are close to $40,000 a pop. Think of how many people we could feed and house and educate with that money.
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Bill Mefford @billmefford.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
The truth is ICE has been a group of domestic terrorists since it's inception. Yes, we need to resist them now and yes we need to defund them now. We should have never funded them under Obama or Bush. Defund them now. Defund them forever.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Man, I bet the NRA is going to be furious when they hear that jack-booted thugs from the federal government executed a law-abiding citizen for exercising his Second Amendment right to carry a handgun. Any second now, I'm sure. He was a white guy, if that helps? Hello? NRA?
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
If you're living somewhere outside the USA, one thing you can do is pressure your leaders to boycott World Cup and Olympic events here.
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Bill Mefford @billmefford.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
#BeBest
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Bill Mefford @billmefford.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
It's been a hard start to the year. But at least the Steelers lost tonight.
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The Festival Center @festivalcenter.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Whether it is ICE or local police departments, law enforcement in this country has long been a source of control and oppression. The murder of Renee Good is only the latest example. festivalcenter.org/2026/01/12/k...
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Keeping the Peace
Whether it is ICE or local police, law enforcement has long been an instrument of control and oppression. The shooting of Renee Good is the latest example.
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Bill Mefford @billmefford.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
It is long past time for the DC Council and the Mayor of DC to come out and demand ICE leave.
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Bill Mefford @billmefford.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
If the Baltimore Ravens hire Kevin Stefanski, I am rotting for the Ravens next year. Yep, I said it.
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The Festival Center @festivalcenter.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
While this administration continually chooses violence and death, we are reminded that the way of peace is challenging but also prosperous for all. festivalcenter.org/2026/01/05/9...
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The Way of Peace
This administration continually chooses violence and death, but the way of peace is challenging but so much more prosperous for all.
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The Festival Center @festivalcenter.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
We are promised peace through the presence of our military, but Advent reminds us peace is not found through force, but rather, linking ourselves with the most vulnerable in actions of solidarity. festivalcenter.org/2025/12/15/9...
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- The Festival Center
Military bases are promised to bring peace, but they bring anything but peace. This Christmas we are reminded that peace comes through unexpected means.
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Bill Mefford @billmefford.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
The time to end ICE-MPD collaboration is NOW!!
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
We've heard so much about the DOGE raids but have very little physical evidence of what they were actually like. It's weird to be able to see an instance of it actually happening—the mundanity of it all. how the cops were jovially complicit.
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Bill Mefford @billmefford.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
“I thought you worked for us” is another very common refrain. MPD does NOT work for DC residents
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Bill Mefford @billmefford.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
“We thought you were our friends” is a pretty common refrain for MPD and many members of the DC Council these days
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Spotify has laid off thousands in recent years, while reportedly paying artists $0.003 per stream. Spotify profits rose 28% in Q3. Its CEO is worth $9.8 billion. It's making money off ICE recruitment ads. Don't you think it's time put a wrap on corporate greed and exploitation?
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Bill Mefford @billmefford.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
We Keep Us Safe!!
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Janeese4DC @janeese4dc.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
The DC I know is worth fighting for. I’m Janeese Lewis George, and I’m running for Mayor. youtu.be/aOBD45c3wVM
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The DC I know
YouTube video by Janeese for DC
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Bill Mefford @billmefford.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
I do not doubt that Hegseth and trump committed war crimes. You know who else committed war crimes? Bush and Cheney. Let's start with them. Once we hold them accountable all other war crimes might actually stop.
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Bill Mefford @billmefford.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
I could not care less about Ole Miss and I hope Lane Kiffin never wins another game in his life
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The Festival Center @festivalcenter.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
The sadness of fall fading away and giving way to winter reminds us that no season lasts forever. And given our current political climate, that is a good reminder to have. festivalcenter.org/2025/11/24/9...
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Seasons Change
Though the beauty of fall lasts for so short a time, it reminds us that no season lasts forever.
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Bill Mefford @billmefford.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
I have seen this kind of poor leadership up close and personal. Indeed, we keep us safe.
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Bill Mefford @billmefford.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Shocking, the Browns drafted two really average quarterbacks. I have never called for Stefanski to be fired. But I’m getting closer and closer.
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