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Harvey Ward @hlward.bsky.social · 1d

Yes, but that doesn’t let them off the hook.

Harvey Ward @hlward.bsky.social · 1d

Most local media has made no effort to localize the shutdown story. It’s been covered as yet another distant DC thing, when in fact it hurts people in every community.

This is why folks treat elections the way they do - no one is showing people how it directly affects them.

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Harvey Ward @hlward.bsky.social · 2d

The president is spending the weekend golfing at his private estate (on your dime) while his lawyers (also on your dime) sue states to keep them from distributing your tax money so your neighbors can buy food.

Thank you for your attention to this matter, and Happy Sunday!

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Harvey Ward @hlward.bsky.social · 3d

If you find yourself angry that the new mayor of a city you don’t live in wants free bus rides for everybody in his city but you don’t care that the president CAN release money for people having a hard time to buy groceries, but WON’T… this might be a good time to quietly reconsider your positions.

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Harvey Ward @hlward.bsky.social · 4d

Send more detail, please, to wardhl@cityofgainesville.org.

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Harvey Ward @hlward.bsky.social · 4d

This is an appeal to vote, hard and without fail, for candidates who have demonstrated that helping our neighbors be fed, housed and medically cared for is something they will use your tax dollars to do.

Elected officials at every level are showing you who they are right now.

Don’t forget it.

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Harvey Ward @hlward.bsky.social · 6d

Seriously, though, where are the “Republicans in Disarray” headlines?

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Harvey Ward @hlward.bsky.social · 7d

The Democratic Tent is BIG. There’s room for all sorts of voters, and all sorts of elected officials, as long as they’re committed to a better deal for EVERYONE who chooses to call this nation home.

Also in this Big Tent you will find ten Democratic women governors, BTW.

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Harvey Ward @hlward.bsky.social · 7d

Gainesville Voters: Polls are open 7-7 today - make your voice heard!

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Harvey Ward @hlward.bsky.social · 9d

The inability of congressional leadership to effectively lead has created a real food crisis in every community in the nation.

If you are in my community please consider donating to Bread of the Mighty (now,) and if not, please donate (money) to A food bank.

breadofthemighty.org/donate

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Harvey Ward @hlward.bsky.social · 10d

Bread of the Mighty is basically the backbone/distribution/warehouse for most of the local network. That is where I’m focusing.

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Harvey Ward @hlward.bsky.social · 10d

If you or someone you care about are one of the 42 million Americans who buy groceries with SNAP benefits, you should know that on the night before those benefits ended, your president held a lavish, expensive private party at his estate in Palm Beach.

That is how much he cares about you.

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Harvey Ward @hlward.bsky.social · 11d

I hear Speaker Johnson refuses to bring the House back in session because he believes he will lose his speakership to a handful of Rs siding with the Ds.

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Harvey Ward @hlward.bsky.social · 11d

I’ve been tracking the same seven items at the same grocery store since the week this president was inaugurated. As of today that basket of groceries is 9.5% more expensive than it was on January 22.

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Harvey Ward @hlward.bsky.social · 14d

If we don’t get the 2026 elections right, the question of how many terms a president can serve will be moot.

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

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Harvey Ward @hlward.bsky.social · 14d

Please keep the people of Jamaica in your heart today.

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Harvey Ward @hlward.bsky.social · 15d

There are off-cycle elections in communities across the nation a week from tomorrow (11/4) and they all need your participation. If you can’t vote, you can still help.

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

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Harvey Ward @hlward.bsky.social · 16d

Get your health advice from your physician, not your president.

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

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Harvey Ward @hlward.bsky.social · 17d

One defense of party politics, and of not falling in love with out-of-nowhere, splash-making candidates is that years of vetting generally keeps us from getting surprised by nazi tattoos.

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Harvey Ward @hlward.bsky.social · 17d

It’s really hard to know what to say about this.

Just remember it every time you vote for the rest of your life.

Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 17d

Whoaaaaa

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/u...

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Harvey Ward @hlward.bsky.social · 17d

If he weren’t such an unskilled writer it might be easier to put up with his token-conservative content.

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Harvey Ward @hlward.bsky.social · 17d

As repulsive as it is that US armed forces could be privately funded, it is also performative and silly.

There are about 2.1 million active duty members of US armed forces. Divide $130 million by that number and you get (or rather THEY would get) … sixty-two bucks each.

Smoke and mirrors.

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Harvey Ward @hlward.bsky.social · 18d

Happy FEST, Gainesville!

If you love (or just kinda like, or are curious about) punk rock, downtown is where you want to be through Sunday.

If not, enjoy the rest of our excellent community and the millions of dollars FEST brings us every year.

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 19d

Normal people: wow, it really sucks that Trump is destroying the whole East Wing

MAGA: ☝️ well ackschully, in 1948…

Shut the fuck up.

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Harvey Ward @hlward.bsky.social · 19d

They will pay a few hundred million (although I’m betting once the vast unpopularity strikes them those commitments will dry up,) but straight-up tax dollars will end up paying at least nine figures.

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