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Kaitlin Francis
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Protect your peace ✌️ #Crew96 #VamosColumbus #CBJ
I’m so happy I came to this. What a neat way to watch the game. Thanks CAPA for letting us use your house. 💛
August 31, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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"In Charlotte, co-founder of the Mint City Collective has seen the occasional Israeli flag in support of Israeli forwards Abada & Toklomati. An MLS spokesperson said no exemption had been granted to Charlotte."

#Crew96 supporters have to ask permission for 🇵🇸, Charlotte supporters don't for 🇮🇱?
August 29, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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Also, why was a fan punished for wearing a national team jersey of our player?
August 29, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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What does exist, MLS says, is a "moratorium" on Palestine and Israel flags at games — which, now, for the first time, conflicts with fans wanting to support a Palestinian star player.

As Kourtney Sullivan, the Nordecke chair, told me: “They're lying to us, and trying to control how we fan.”
MLS flag policy sparks defiance: ‘Fans should not be punished for supporting their player’
Amid a lack of clarity over MLS policy, Columbus Crew fans say security threatened ejections, bans for the presence of Palestinian flags
www.nytimes.com
August 29, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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Sometime over the past few weeks, as the Crew brought in Palestinian striker Wessam Abou Ali, the club updated its stadium website to include this, about an MLS policy on national flags. (It also referred fans to the policy.)

That policy, as the club now admits, does not exist.
August 29, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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One Crew fan was ejected, and others say there were threats of one-year stadium bans, for bringing Palestinian flags to a game.

They defied an MLS policy, but the Crew had misstated that policy... and fans in other cities think the policy is something different.

Inside the tension:
MLS flag policy sparks defiance: ‘Fans should not be punished for supporting their player’
Amid a lack of clarity over MLS policy, Columbus Crew fans say security threatened ejections, bans for the presence of Palestinian flags
www.nytimes.com
August 29, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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The Crew admits that they lied to their fans.
Sometime over the past few weeks, as the Crew brought in Palestinian striker Wessam Abou Ali, the club updated its stadium website to include this, about an MLS policy on national flags. (It also referred fans to the policy.)

That policy, as the club now admits, does not exist.
August 29, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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We’d like our country how we like our whiskey…
…Neat… 🚫🧊😤
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Available in colors for people everywhere. 🤝

Proceeds to benefit:
CRIS & United We Dream
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Only from Supporter Supply Co.
www.supportersupply.co
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#Crew96 | #vamoscolumbus | #MySuppco
June 17, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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The NEAT shirt that we made for the #Crew96 game on Saturday kinda took off around the league. So we made one that comes in every color, so that every fan of every team in MLS can show how they like their drinks.

Neat. With NO ICE. ✊

www.supportersupply.co/product/neat...
NEAT Unisex T-shirt | Supporter Supply Co.
This is a NEAT t-shirt. Choose your own shirt and print color.Available only from Supporter Supply Co.Proceeds to benefit:CRIS (Community Refugee & Immigration Services)& United We Dream- 52/4...
www.supportersupply.co
June 17, 2025 at 12:16 PM
I’m gonna get mushy here for a second. I’m glad these two found each other and decided that yes- they were gonna be best buds. As a mom that’s always been the most important thing for me. These two have so much in common and love each other. Who woulda thought. ☺️❤️
June 15, 2025 at 1:21 AM
1. Turn Face ID off for unlocking your iPhone. Protests or not, just turn it off for unlocking your phone. It still can work for password autofill which- let’s be fair that’s where the usefulness is.
2. If you *do* have Face ID on, turn “Require Attention for Face ID” on.
June 14, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Really glad we are getting so many “spring feeling” days this year. Absolutely nothing wrong with mostly cloudy and 65. This is one of the longer spring seasons I can remember. It makes me want to buy a kite.
May 5, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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I was a social security recipient from the age of 12 through 18. That’s not some weird thing or corruption. It’s called survivors’ benefits. You don’t have to know this. You’re blessed if you don’t. But if you’re going to speak publicly abt the program you need to know this.
Jeanine: We found out there are people who are between the ages of one and four who are getting social security

Jessica: That's the benefit for kids whose parents are dead.
April 10, 2025 at 9:49 PM
"Hope is like the sun: if you only believe in it when you see it, you'll never make it through the night."

- General Leia Organa
January 21, 2025 at 1:19 AM
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Want to find your favorite Crew Supporters Groups on this platform? Check out our new Starter Pack!

If your SG is missing from this list, tag them in the comments so we can add them!
#Crew96 #VamosColumbus

go.bsky.app/9jSwKQf
November 14, 2024 at 6:31 PM
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2024 Nordecke Memberships are now on sale! There are options with or without merch, and you can now purchase as a gift for someone else too!
nordecke.com/shop/members...
February 1, 2024 at 3:53 PM
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A Statement on the 2024 Nordecke Board Election:

Crew96| VamosColumbus
February 8, 2024 at 11:37 PM
I was born to live barefoot, in blue jeans shorts and an oversized t-shirt.
February 7, 2024 at 11:30 PM
Today, I’m eight years smoke free. Two more years and I’ll hit ten. It feels amazing. I feel amazing. In three years I’ll have been smoke free longer than I’d been smoking. I’m really proud of myself. 💕
January 16, 2024 at 1:57 PM
It’s a Raiders of the Lost Ark, Starbucks and snuggling under an electric blanket kind of day. 🥶

Which is your favorite of the Indiana Jones movies?
January 15, 2024 at 6:16 PM
Submitted without context. 💙💚
January 8, 2024 at 5:38 AM
Simmer pot ❤️
January 6, 2024 at 4:19 PM
Tossing out way too expired spices today and decided to make a simmer pot so some of them wouldn’t totally go to waste. My house smells like cinnamon and cloves. On top of that, it’s snowing. I’m ✨ so ✨ in heaven right now. ❄️
January 6, 2024 at 3:57 PM
“I must learn to be content with being happier than I deserve.” — Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen
January 6, 2024 at 3:13 AM