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Harvey Ward

@hlward.bsky.social
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Husband, Dad, Mayor of Gainesville, Gator. Standing guard, keeping the flame, keeping the faith.

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Harvey Ward @hlward.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
It’s (past) time for Graham Platner to step aside.
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Fact check: True
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Harvey Ward @hlward.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
The actual president says the housing bill that has now passed both the house and the senate with big bipartisan numbers is, “A big yawn.” That guy is not living in the real world in any way at all. ANY elected official who is out here talking to regular people knows housing affordability is HUGE.
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Harvey Ward @hlward.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
People like Paul Rieckhoff are going to be the reason I eventually give up on MSNOW at some point.
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Harvey Ward @hlward.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
“I love inflation” -Donald J Trump, 6/10/26
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Harvey Ward @hlward.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
It’s possible to firmly believe someone is remarkably, historically, intentionally, even potentially criminally bad at his job and still advocate against his political assassination.
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Harvey Ward @hlward.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
The Strait of Hormuz was open all day every single day of the Biden administration. Every day.
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Harvey Ward @hlward.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
I’m glad some folks in right-wing media are apologizing for promoting 47. I accept their apologies, for what they are worth … BUT … their political judgment is on display and is found lacking. Their opinions cannot and should not ever be trusted. They sold snake oil once, they’ll try it again.
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Harvey Ward @hlward.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
I just read the president’s social media post from 8:03 this morning, and, guys, I don’t know how to tell you this, but I don’t think he understand what Easter is all about. I’m sure I’m misunderstanding.
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Harvey Ward @hlward.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
after 5 weeks we still do not have air superiority. this is the poorly executed war. ever.
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Harvey Ward @hlward.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Noem, Bondi, who’s next? Will he fire a man at any point?
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Harvey Ward @hlward.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
So, the Strait of Hormuz was OPEN before the trump-Vance administration started bombing Iran, we, as American taxpayers have spent AT LEAST $60,000,000,000 on this war in a little more than a month, and the war dead include 168 elementary schoolchildren. Don’t forget, don’t get gaslit.
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Harvey Ward @hlward.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
The calendar pages blow away in the wind, but the quarterly deadline for political donations does not. Whatever comes in by midnight tonight (3/31) is what we report. If you’ve been meaning to donate to my re-election campaign there’s no time like the present. secure.actblue.com/donate/harve...
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Harvey Ward @hlward.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
#PayTSA
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Harvey Ward @hlward.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
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Harvey Ward @hlward.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
I plan to drive my current car until it stops being drivable, but I’m never going to buy a gas-powered car again. They cause wars.
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Harvey Ward @hlward.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Tell everybody.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
“.. National average gasoline price is now up by 10.8% over the past 4 days ... the only other time we've seen a larger increase was in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.” - Schwab ⛽️
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Harvey Ward @hlward.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
I don’t know about you, but gas cost me 20% more this week than two weeks ago.
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Harvey Ward @hlward.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
This Democrat is opposed to this war.
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Harvey Ward @hlward.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
“No stupid rules of engagement” What a fool. What a godDAMN fool.
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Harvey Ward @hlward.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
So that hospital boat thing was a straight-up lie, right?
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Harvey Ward @hlward.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
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Harvey Ward @hlward.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Y’all don’t actually expect Dubya to forcefully speak up about 47 do you?
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
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Harvey Ward @hlward.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
AI can be a huge benefit to humanity or it can be the Devil. Left unregulated, it will almost certainly be the Devil. Show me how it powers itself without being a burden to the world we all share. Solve some Big Problems. Once it does that I will begin to believe in its positive potential.
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Harvey Ward @hlward.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
There is no excuse for what the president posted on social media. Your first response would normally be “Which post?” But today you know exactly what I mean. It’s disgusting, it’s hurtful and it’s intentional. It damages all of us.
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Harvey Ward @hlward.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
The worst-kept secret in Gainesville is out - I’m running for re-election! You deserve a mayor you can trust to deliver for working families across Gainesville. I always have, and I always will. I’m asking for your vote and your trust once more on August 18th. Thank you!
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Harvey Ward @hlward.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
You want a non-partisan statement? I stand with this one from the US Conference of Mayors as well.
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Harvey Ward @hlward.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
I stand with Mayor Jacob Frey and the Democratic Mayors Association. @democraticmayors.bsky.social
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Harvey Ward @hlward.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Just data, no judgement. I’ve tracked the same seven grocery items at the same store nearly every week for a year. As of yesterday, 1/23/26, it would have cost 2.74% more to buy this basket of groceries than it did the week the current president was sworn-in.
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Harvey Ward @hlward.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
As of this posting, none of the first 11 headlines in my NYT feed includes the T word. It is a glorious afternoon to be alive.
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Harvey Ward @hlward.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
The polling represented here was completed before ICE abducted a five-year-old child. I don’t imagine the 61% figure would be lower today. This foolishness must end.
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Harvey Ward @hlward.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
This has been a spectacularly stupid day in American economic history.
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Harvey Ward @hlward.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
You know who doesn’t wear masks? Your local police. You know, actual law enforcement officers.
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Harvey Ward @hlward.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
If you were a former KGB agent trying to functionally ruin the US, what would you do differently than what is currently happening?
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
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Harvey Ward @hlward.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
This Greenland thing is not in the best interests of the American people. That ought to be obvious, but here we are.
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Harvey Ward @hlward.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
In July of 2024 Kevin Roberts at the Heritage Foundation (Project 2025) said, on Steve Bannon’s podcast, that the “Second American Revolution” was in process and that it would be bloodless “If the left allows it to be.” And America responded, “Yeah, but Joe Biden is old and Harris laughs too loud.”
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Harvey Ward @hlward.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
I’m not saying the current administration is filled with Russian agents. I’m asking how much different the actions of the administration would be if it WERE filled with Russian agents. I don’t think there’s a lot of daylight between the two.
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Harvey Ward @hlward.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
Remember when we invaded Venezuela to stop the flow of fentanyl?
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Harvey Ward @hlward.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
And through it all, Dubya remained silent.
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Harvey Ward @hlward.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Hey, TV news producers: Nobody elected Miller. You don’t owe him screen time. But when you give it to him, you lose me as a viewer. You DO owe your advertisers viewership. Consider carefully.
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Harvey Ward @hlward.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
I watched the video. You should watch the video. Download it before it disappears.
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Harvey Ward @hlward.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
The image I choose to remember from January 6, 2021 is this one of Andy Kim, then a sitting member of the US House and now a US Senator, doing the literal work of cleaning up after a violent, but failed, coup. This is what leadership and patriotism look like in the real world. Photo credit NBC
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Harvey Ward @hlward.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
When we invade a country and the president - any president - tells you it won’t cost us anything you should hold on to your wallet tightly.
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Harvey Ward @hlward.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
The War Powers Act and the AUMF have been, generally speaking, failures at keeping presidents from making durable war. What is a better system?
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Harvey Ward @hlward.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
The imperial presidency is bad, but hard to rein-in. My team likes the part of it that makes building things and systems possible. The other team likes the part that makes breaking stuff possible. Neither team wants to give up their part in exchange for long, drawn-out legislative processes.
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Harvey Ward @hlward.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Many things can be, and are, true at once. -Maduro is a bad man. -Many good Americans welcome this action for that reason. -There are long-term consequences for invading a sovereign nation. -Access to oil/resource profits are why we took did this. -This provides intra-party political cover.
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