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The City of Columbus has opened four new food scraps drop-off locations. You can now bring food scraps to:

Beatty Park Community Center: 247 N Ohio Ave

Howard Recreation Center: 2505 Cassady Ave

Linden Park Community Center (behind building): 1350 Briarwood Ave

Carriage Place Community Center: 4900 Sawmill Rd

These join our existing sites at Bill McDonald Athletic Complex, Dodge Park, Scioto Southland Park, and the two Waste and Reuse Convenience Centers. Accepted items include fruits, vegetables, grains, dairy, meat, bones, and soiled napkins.

Learn more at columbus.gov/foodwaste.

The American Empire, supported by of it's mainstream media propaganda mouthpiece, appears to be supporting both Biden's escalation in Russia and his continuing support for genocide. The American people, still in shock from the recent election of a narcissistic, racist, misogynist, rapist traitor to be the next President, apparently have no ability to change the course of the Empire's wars. To a large extent, mainstream media continues to be relevant, although many Americans are learning how to dig deeper into current events. Is it possible that President Bully Boy Dump could end the madness of the American Empire’s wars? He claims to want to end the wars while he appoints neocons to his cabinet. But maybe?

My view of the conflict in Russia and the genocide in Gaza is different from that of most Americans. It is informed by several great reporters and observers who are mentioned below. It is not informed by the New York Times, Washington Post, CNN, MSNBC, or any of the mouthpieces of Empire.

The Empire provokes the war in Ukraine.

Voting rights demonstration

The coalition of voting and civil rights organizations behind the Ohio Voters Bill of Rights releases the following statement in response to the Ohio Ballot Board rightfully certifying its proposed ballot measure as a single amendment:

“We are grateful that the Ohio Ballot Board made the correct decision today to keep our proposed Ohio Voters Bill of Rights amendment intact. This ruling affirms our position that the amendment relates to a single purpose: voting rights for eligible Ohioans. 

The decision marks another crucial milestone in our journey to put these popular and necessary pro-voter policies before the people of Ohio. 

The Ohio Voters Bill of Rights is fundamentally about restoring and protecting the people's power. We remain unwavering in our commitment to enshrining voting rights into our state constitution, ensuring that every eligible Ohioan has the opportunity to make their voice heard at the ballot box. And the positive outcome from the Ballot Board brings us one step closer to placing this vital issue on the ballot. 

Youth in a choir

As part of its 35th year as central Ohio’s premier LGBTQIA + performing organization, the Columbus Gay Men’s Chorus (“CGMC”) is very proud to announce that they are launching their first-ever Youth Performing Ensemble.

“I’m incredibly proud that we are launching this Youth Ensemble because there are very few opportunities like this across the country,” said CGMC’s Executive Director Donovan Jones. “It’s important to me that we create a space where LGBTQIA+ youth in Columbus can come together, feel seen, and express themselves through music.”

CGMC believes that we are living in a time where members of our vast LGBTQIA+ family are continuing to be persecuted for simply daring to exist as their authentic true selves. This horrific truth is evidenced by the numerous pieces of anti-LGBTQIA+ legislation that have been introduced in governing bodies all across our nation. Specifically, regarding LGBTQIA+ youth, there continues to be too few safe spaces where they can feel accepted and affirmed for being exactly who they are.

Mike Huckabee

According to the news wire service, Israel Ambassador nominee Mike Huckabee said hostages must be released. Does he mean the 2.2 million Palestinian hostages held in Gaza or the 12,000 Palestinians held in 13 Israeli concentration camps without charges or trial dates for years? Among the thousands of Palestinians (some Christians, yes, I said Christians) held in Israeli jails without due process, must also be released.  So now Mikey, as a professing Christian, how will he work on that one?

Since Huckabee said during his presidential campaign in 2015 that "There is no such thing as Palestinians, I assume he was referring to only the Israeli hostages. Huck spends a lot of time on Twitter. He thinks he's very funny and slick. The fact is he is boring, dull, and Islamophobic, and he will put you to sleep.

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Judging from Trump’s appointments so far – hard core Zionists like Elise Stefanik for ambassador to the United Nations and Mike Huckabee as ambassador to Israel – combined with the fact that he will have control of the House and Senate, and with the collusion of most Democrats, it’s going to be a committed Zionist administration.  It’s going to be brutal.

Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) Central Ohio is attempting to assess the impact of the election results on our efforts to promote to a world where all people – from the U.S. to Palestine — live in freedom, justice, equality, and dignity. We recently held a zoom program to address this. The recording can be accessed here. https://youtu.be/l9AMT2U4y6Y. At the national level, JVP is networking with Adalah Justice Project, US Campaign for Palestinian Rights, Arab Resource Organizing Center, Movement for Black Lives, and Rising Majority to develop a strategy for confronting these challenges.

Antisemitism is wrong—there’s no debate about that. By the same token, Islamophobia and anti-Palestinian racism are equally dangerous. Conflating criticism of Israel with antisemitism is not only misguided but also harmful. Ohio state Senator Terry Johnson’s proposed legislation does just that, threatening to undermine fundamental constitutional rights, stifle political expression, and open the door to discriminatory enforcement.

The recent vilification of student-led protests on college campuses, chief among them what happened on our own, The Ohio State University, was so dangerous that made many of us shiver.  

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