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The Community Festival is an independent, volunteer-organized celebration of creativity and activism in Columbus, OH. Founded in 1972, its purpose is to build bridges between progressive non-profit organizations, artists, and volunteers to raise awareness

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ComFest Columbus Ohio @communityfestival.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
2026 ComFest Street Fair applications are officially open and in a brand new digital format! 🌐 now accepting submissions for arts & crafts, community & non-profit, food, and promotional vendors, applications are due by 11:59pm on April 20th, 2026. ✏ Apply today at sites.google.com/comfest.com/...
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ComFest Columbus Ohio @communityfestival.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Don't forget to apply by 3/1/2026! 🔗 forms.gle/6royf9GkFrF6... #comfest2026 #comfest #communityfestival
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ComFest Columbus Ohio @communityfestival.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
2026 is heating up. Logo art being accepted now.
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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
We are not the first people, or the first country, to suffer under a tyrannical government that does not respect our lives, or our rights. There is a method for how to effectively resist, and eventually topple, such a regime. We can learn from others who came before us. This is my favorite guide.
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CANVAS Core Curriculum: A Guide to Effective Nonviolent Struggle | ICNC
You may also be interested in: A Guide to Nonviolent Activism (Ekta Parishad)Ekta Parishad is a mass-based peoples’ movement for land rights with an active membership of 250,000 landless poor and is r...
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Mike Luckovich @mluckovich.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Everything Stephen Miller and DHS say should be presumed to be a lie, without exception.
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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 24/01/2026
An overhead view of protesters gathering at the scene of the shooting. Live coverage: www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi... 📽️ Aaron Lavinsky/The Minnesota Star Tribune
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 24/01/2026
TONIGHT: Organizers in Minnesota are asking you to shine a light for their state.
SHINE A LIGHT FOR MINNESOTA
TONIGHT AT 7:00PM
STEP OUTSIDE AND LIGHT A CANDLE ON OUR STREET CORNERS.
WITH OUR NEIGHBORS.
FOR OUR COMMUNITIES AND ALEX.
ICE OUT NOW
SAT. JAN 24, 7:00 PM
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Good's murder "brings America one step closer to a civil war between cities and states defending their citizens and a Trump administration using fascist-style tactics to have a secret police force provoke confrontations, arrests, and in this case, a killing." Read: prospect.org/2026/01/08/i...
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The ICE Murder and the Broader Battle - The American Prospect
Wednesday’s murder by an ICE agent of a peaceful legal observer brings America one step closer to a civil war as cities defending their citizens.
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Scott Lemieux @lemieuxlgm.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Vance: you will be summarily executed by state agents you pose no danger to and like it www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2026/01/vanc...
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Vance: you will be summarily executed by state agents you pose no danger to and like it - Lawyers, Guns & Money
Former NYT contributing opinion writer JD Vance says that the peons should appreciate masked, armed, unidentified state agents doing Kavanaugh searches of neighborhoods: JD Vance: "It was a legitimate...
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VoteVets @votevets.org · 08/01/2026
Donald Trump wants to send as much as $100,000 in cash to each person in Greenland. With 56,000 people, that's $5.6 BILLION. Meanwhile they're slashing Veterans care, while Americans can't afford groceries. Here's our response: F*** No.
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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
They still somehow feel justified in saying they aren’t Nazis
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Hours After US Citizen Shot Dead by ICE, JD Vance Says ‘Door-to-Door’ Operations Are Coming | Common Dreams
"This is starting to look disturbingly like Germany in the 1930s."
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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Police states are only rarely openly violent. It's all about scaring people off from asserting their rights. The fact that Trumpism--which has to my knowledge openly celebrated violence since the first rally I reported, Spring '16--is increasingly openly violent may signal something even worse.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Tell me another one about how protests don’t matter… www.newhavenindependent.org/2026/01/07/a...
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Avelo To Exit Deportation Biz - New Haven Independent
Avelo Airlines plans to stop running deportation flights for the Trump administration later this month after deciding that its participation in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) program is too...
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
It's time to state clearly that if MAGA and Republicans can't condemn any part of this shooting, continue to blame the victim for it, and even hint that it's a just outcome that others "deserve," that's a crossing of the line that the rest of us won't ever be able to forget.
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5 Calls @5calls.org · 08/01/2026
Getting lots of reports of full DC and local office voicemail boxes. Keep it up 😎📞🔥
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ComFest Columbus Ohio @communityfestival.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Very important thread here: the shooter was ignoring his training as well as the law.
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Columbus Free Press @columbusfreepress.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
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Monica @softtail65.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Columbus, OH
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ComFest Columbus Ohio @communityfestival.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
ICE Agents Can Be Charged With Murder prospect.org/2026/01/07/i...
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ICE Agents Can Be Charged With Murder - The American Prospect
As a killing in Minneapolis is documented, the law clearly stipulates that federal agents do not have universal immunity.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
This is the 7th person whose sentence was commuted by Trump that has been rearrested on new charges. And don't pretend Trump cares about fraud in MN. This guy bilked over a $1 billion and Trump let him go.
Screenshot of an X post by BigBlueWaveUSA claiming Trump pardoned Philip Esformes, described as a Minnesota healthcare fraudster. Below the post is a linked NBC News image showing a smiling man in a suit posing at a formal event.
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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
“When’s the next nationwide protest?” You might be asking yourself. Here’s a big one that’s happening in less than a month! Jan 20th. Free America Walkout. Women’s March, 50501, & More. Be There.
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❌ 👑 Indivisible01027 @indivisible01027.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
This is illegal and repugnant. Anti-American.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 29/12/2025
A thread of critical immigration coverage from our very own @isabelaalhadeff.bsky.social 🧵:
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Common Dreams @commondreams.org · 29/12/2025
The increase in military spending is a policy choice; it is the only way to avoid economic collapse.
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Our Unequal Economy Means the US Can't Quit War
​The unprecedented concentration of wealth in the hands of a group of oligarchs pushes the United States toward a military economy.
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Matthew Thomas Miller (He/Him) @mtmiller.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
“…New York City’s election was not a poll. It was a radical education in what’s possible, what workers really want, and who the working class really is. It was an education about capitalism that workers need.“ www.thenation.com/article/poli...
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A Movement-Building Strategy for All Workers
Why we need a freedom agenda.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
America's Sleeping Giant roared when police attacked civil rights marchers. And after tens of thousands of young Americans were killed in Vietnam. And when Nixon tried to cover up Watergate. Today it roars once more — at the tyrant in the Oval Office.
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Trump Has Awakened America's Sleeping Giant
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MoveOn @moveon.org · 05/08/2025
Vaccines have saved 154 million lives in the last 50 years. That’s 6 lives every minute. Say it with us: Vaccines are safe. Vaccines save lives.
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Wolf Conservation Center 🐺 @nywolforg.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
Breaking news! A federal judge in Missoula ruled USFWS broke the law when it denied protections for gray wolves in the western U.S. The agency must now reconsider using the best available science. A major step forward for wolf recovery. Read more: 🔗 wildearthguardians.org/press-releas...
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Court: Western wolves wrongly denied Endangered Species Act protections
Western wolves wrongly denied Endangered Species Act protections
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FWC Indivisible @fwcindivisible.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Christian nationalism opposes public assistance to the poor, unless the money passes through church coffers, favors people of color being submissive to white people, favors use of physical punishment of kids, & favors minimal workers rights. Say "NO"!
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Support our campaign to oppose MAGA extremists
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ComFest Columbus Ohio @communityfestival.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
There is no bottom ...
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Sandy Theis @sandytheis.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
youtube.com/shorts/P3wCY... Hey Central Ohio patriots: please join us Aug. 9 and bring your friends. If we work together, we can protect our Constitution.
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Hands Along High Street, Columbus Ohio. Be a Link in the Chain! Join Us August 9th 2025
YouTube video by Indivisible: Central Ohio
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Lynn Tramonte @lynntramonte.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Unreal. 18 year old gets in a car accident while driving under the speed limit, gets cited and shows up to court, gets arrested by ICE. Now he’s in the Butler County Jail, probably scared out of his mind. www.wosu.org/politics-gov... #AbolishICE
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ICE arrests 18-year-old at Franklin County courthouse as public defenders criticize court rules
ICE detained 18-year-old Mainor Anavisa-Bueso Monday and brought him to the Butler County Jail. The Franklin County Public Defenders are calling on the Franklin County Municipal Court not to cooperate...
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AltYellostoneNatPar @altyellonatpark.org · 06/08/2025
Don't let your feed be all doom and gloom. Find uplifting accounts with positive content and follow them Hint hint wink wink
Bison calves in a field of sage with their larger halves standing over them.
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Columbus Free Press @columbusfreepress.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
www.commondreams.org/news/2026-el...
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Under Trump, 'The Federal Government Itself Is a Threat': Report Details Plot to Subvert 2026 Elections | Common Dreams
The Brennan Center for Justice's new report, The Trump Administration's Campaign to Undermine the Next Election, aims to "connect the dots" on a host of maneuvers by the White House ahead of 2026.
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Alt_Pythia @thepythia.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
Please find it in your heart to donate to your local animal rescue. Trump's mass deportation policies have left animals abandoned, sometimes locked in a house, without anyone noticing for weeks. The rescues are already stretched thin, and they need fosters. Free article - no paywall. wapo.st/3UKkVc0
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Pets are being abandoned, surrendered amid Trump’s immigration crackdown
The heightened need is colliding with a shelter system already stretched thin by post-pandemic overcrowding, chronic staffing shortages and plummeting adoptions.
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5 Calls @5calls.org · 02/08/2025
Congress needs to do some major oversight here to make sure the Trump administration doesn't now cook the books for political gain. Call your reps 👉 5calls.org/issue/bureau...
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Condemn Trump’s Firing of Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner ⭑ 5 Calls
On August 1st, Trump personally directed his administration to fire Erika McEntarfer, the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). This …
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ComFest Columbus Ohio @communityfestival.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
"We cannot wait until it’s time to count the graves of the children who have perished, declare it a famine — or indeed, a genocide — and say, simply, “Never again.”
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ComFest Columbus Ohio @communityfestival.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
The fact that the people making these decisions do. not. care. about the optics of this comparison is deeply disturbing.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting announced today that it will begin phasing out its operations, following Congress’s recent decision to revoke previously allocated federal funding. CPB said it is initiating an “orderly wind-down” after nearly six decades.
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Tankbag @tankbag.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
The Republican Party supports and encourages child sex traffickers.
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edeath @edithcharles.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Has anyone considered expanding rights rather than curbing them? Sorry if anyone already thought of this
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
If you’re feeling uneasy, it’s probably because we now know we live in a country built on the blackmail of a dead pedophile who is Too Big to Fail, so Congress has to go home for a couple of months to figure out how talk about it without defenestrating the president and collapsing the economy.
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Moms Demand Action @momsdemandaction.org · 21/07/2025
Gun violence is the leading killer of college-aged people in America. We are failing them by allowing this scourge to continue.
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Moms Demand Action @momsdemandaction.org · 21/07/2025
Gun violence stole the life of Corey Adams—an 18-year-old freshman football player at Ole Miss, a top recruit, and a young man with endless potential. Corey was more than a gifted athlete—he was a son, a friend, a teammate, and so deeply loved. He should still be here.
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League of Women Voters of Ohio @lwvohio.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
🏛Today, the Ohio House met to vote on 3 veto overrides ☎️We believe it's because they didn't have the votes to override the other 2, and that's because of YOU— your calls and emails made the difference! It's now up to the Ohio Senate to schedule their session We’ll be keeping the pressure up.
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FWC Indivisible @fwcindivisible.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
Want to talk to someone who believes a lie? Start by highlighting what you share. Remember, we all want accountable government and safe kids! #TruthBrigade #DisinfoBuster
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Join the Indivisible Truth Brigade!
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Joan Walsh @joanwalsh.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
The Tiffany Network should now be known as the Tiffany Trump Network. It has a long history of bowing to the right. How CBS Decided It Couldn't Afford to Let Stephen Colbert Speak His Mind www.thenation.com/article/arch...
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How CBS Decided It Couldn't Afford to Let Stephen Colbert Speak His Mind
The network claims it's canceling The Daily Show for financial reasons, but the real bottom line here is Trump appeasement.
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Mors Tyrannis @gravity-thief.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
Live in Ohio? Want things to get better? Read this WHOLE thread. Ramaswamy is not what Ohio needs! He’s yet another Trump-style con man.
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