Michael Bowman
@mrhemp.bsky.social
Proud Irish ☘️ descendant. Farm boy at heart. Executive Producer, film, food, travel, social justice, hemp advocate, regenerative agriculture, whiskey, #WillieNelson, #goodtrouble #DirtRoadDemocrat living in a concrete jungle.
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Michael Bowman
@mrhemp.bsky.social
· Dec 8
In June,’13 I penned the language that would legalize industrial hemp production in the 2014 Farm Bill. On July 4 we flew a hemp flag over the US Capitol. We opened the barn door; an industry was birthed (to the chagrin of DEA Administrator Leonhart). #Section7606
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19 point shift is a lot
Ds don't seem to be getting what they need out of Nashville. But if the margin lands at R+3, that's a D+19 shift from 2024 -- we're not talking a wave, we're talking tsunami
again @gelliottmorris.com says behn still has a chance but damn 3 points in this district is 🦇💩
December 3, 2025 at 2:45 AM
19 point shift is a lot
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While "peace" negotiations continue, remember that Russia could simply stop the war at any time.
December 2, 2025 at 2:04 PM
While "peace" negotiations continue, remember that Russia could simply stop the war at any time.
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Ireland is a militarily neutral & non-aligned nation. For the first time the state has declared itself not politically neutral for Ukraine. It harbours some 100,000 women & children refugees. Talks will, no doubt, touch on the Ireland lobby in the US*
Volodymyr Zelenskyy has arrived in Ireland
Volodymyr Zelenskyy has arrived in Ireland
LIVE: Volodymyr Zelenskyy has arrived at Government Buildings as visit to Ireland continues
Follow along for the latest updates here.
www.thejournal.ie
December 2, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Ireland is a militarily neutral & non-aligned nation. For the first time the state has declared itself not politically neutral for Ukraine. It harbours some 100,000 women & children refugees. Talks will, no doubt, touch on the Ireland lobby in the US*
Volodymyr Zelenskyy has arrived in Ireland
Volodymyr Zelenskyy has arrived in Ireland
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The Pentagon reporters who have been kicked out of the building continue to break huge stories every day while the right-wing New Media continue to post selfies of themselves hanging out in the Pentagon.
December 2, 2025 at 1:48 PM
The Pentagon reporters who have been kicked out of the building continue to break huge stories every day while the right-wing New Media continue to post selfies of themselves hanging out in the Pentagon.
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Pretty funny to see elected Republicans milk the “Aftyn hates Nashville” thing when Nashville has had 3 Republican congressmen and 2 Republican U.S. senators and between them they have held 0 town halls - as the GOP supermajority attacks & undermines Nashville constantly.
December 2, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Pretty funny to see elected Republicans milk the “Aftyn hates Nashville” thing when Nashville has had 3 Republican congressmen and 2 Republican U.S. senators and between them they have held 0 town halls - as the GOP supermajority attacks & undermines Nashville constantly.
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Tomorrow is going to be nerve wracking. PLEASE Tennessee 7, vote Aftyn
December 2, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Tomorrow is going to be nerve wracking. PLEASE Tennessee 7, vote Aftyn
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ICE raids are cruel, inhumane, and do nothing to serve public safety.
My responsibility is to be the mayor to each and every person that calls this city their home. That includes millions of immigrants— of which I am one.
My responsibility is to be the mayor to each and every person that calls this city their home. That includes millions of immigrants— of which I am one.
December 2, 2025 at 2:18 AM
ICE raids are cruel, inhumane, and do nothing to serve public safety.
My responsibility is to be the mayor to each and every person that calls this city their home. That includes millions of immigrants— of which I am one.
My responsibility is to be the mayor to each and every person that calls this city their home. That includes millions of immigrants— of which I am one.
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The magic of mushrooms is that you can find them everywhere. A fungal foray with a botanist or mycologist is a great introduction. Some taste astonishing & are wonderful. A lost tradition in Ireland*
December 1, 2025 at 8:57 PM
The magic of mushrooms is that you can find them everywhere. A fungal foray with a botanist or mycologist is a great introduction. Some taste astonishing & are wonderful. A lost tradition in Ireland*
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The same people who i used to fight with in the GOP, who wanted to withdraw American troops from everywhere, are now the ones justifying the murder of two survivors.
It’s almost like…. It was never about that
It’s almost like…. It was never about that
December 1, 2025 at 6:55 PM
The same people who i used to fight with in the GOP, who wanted to withdraw American troops from everywhere, are now the ones justifying the murder of two survivors.
It’s almost like…. It was never about that
It’s almost like…. It was never about that
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#ResistanceEarth
One thing we have in abundance here in New Mexico is wind. The $11 billion SunZia wind project, 20 years in the making, will go online in 2026, bringing renewable power to 11 million homes. It's also bringing millions of dollars in investment and tax revenue to rural communities.
One thing we have in abundance here in New Mexico is wind. The $11 billion SunZia wind project, 20 years in the making, will go online in 2026, bringing renewable power to 11 million homes. It's also bringing millions of dollars in investment and tax revenue to rural communities.
December 1, 2025 at 12:20 AM
#ResistanceEarth
One thing we have in abundance here in New Mexico is wind. The $11 billion SunZia wind project, 20 years in the making, will go online in 2026, bringing renewable power to 11 million homes. It's also bringing millions of dollars in investment and tax revenue to rural communities.
One thing we have in abundance here in New Mexico is wind. The $11 billion SunZia wind project, 20 years in the making, will go online in 2026, bringing renewable power to 11 million homes. It's also bringing millions of dollars in investment and tax revenue to rural communities.
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"Homelessness today isn't just the person sleeping outside a Walmart. It's often the cashier or worker stocking the shelves inside."
I joined @pbsnews.org to talk about There Is No Place for Us and the staggering rise of the "working homeless":
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
I joined @pbsnews.org to talk about There Is No Place for Us and the staggering rise of the "working homeless":
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
November 29, 2025 at 11:54 PM
"Homelessness today isn't just the person sleeping outside a Walmart. It's often the cashier or worker stocking the shelves inside."
I joined @pbsnews.org to talk about There Is No Place for Us and the staggering rise of the "working homeless":
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
I joined @pbsnews.org to talk about There Is No Place for Us and the staggering rise of the "working homeless":
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
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Watch special elections and retirement announcements for the next flashpoint.
November 30, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Watch special elections and retirement announcements for the next flashpoint.
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Private prison company GEO Group allegedly made immigration detainees work for no pay. Now it's at the Supreme Court trying to prevent the detainees from suing. bit.ly/4pfafj2
Supreme Court Considers Private Prison Case
A private prison company seeks a ruling that could help all government contractors evade liability.
www.brennancenter.org
November 27, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Private prison company GEO Group allegedly made immigration detainees work for no pay. Now it's at the Supreme Court trying to prevent the detainees from suing. bit.ly/4pfafj2
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Conservatives yell “socialism” at every initiative designed to help people.
Maybe you've heard the word a few times already today.
But this is nothing more than an old scare tactic.
A functioning government requires pooling resources for the common good. Let me explain.
Maybe you've heard the word a few times already today.
But this is nothing more than an old scare tactic.
A functioning government requires pooling resources for the common good. Let me explain.
Socialism Fear-mongering is Bananas | Robert Reich
Robert Reich
youtu.be
November 28, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Conservatives yell “socialism” at every initiative designed to help people.
Maybe you've heard the word a few times already today.
But this is nothing more than an old scare tactic.
A functioning government requires pooling resources for the common good. Let me explain.
Maybe you've heard the word a few times already today.
But this is nothing more than an old scare tactic.
A functioning government requires pooling resources for the common good. Let me explain.
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🎉
November 27, 2025 at 11:24 PM
🎉
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"Sounds crazy but Trump boasted to reporters about seeing Bolsonaro “in the very near future” before learning the convicted former Brazilian leader had just been arrested after the escape plot was foiled
www.signorile.com/p/was-trump-...
www.signorile.com/p/was-trump-...
Was Trump plotting to help Bolsonaro escape and give him asylum in the U.S?
Sounds crazy but Trump boasted to reporters about seeing Bolsonaro “in the very near future” before learning the convicted former Brazilian leader had just been arrested after escape plot was foiled.
www.signorile.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:43 AM
"Sounds crazy but Trump boasted to reporters about seeing Bolsonaro “in the very near future” before learning the convicted former Brazilian leader had just been arrested after the escape plot was foiled
www.signorile.com/p/was-trump-...
www.signorile.com/p/was-trump-...
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NIGHTS OF BLUE SKIES
(Sound up)
DAY 24 NOVEMBER 2025
🚨 SPECIAL SHOUT OUT
TO TENNESSEE 🚨
8 DAYS TO GO
Special Election in Tenn. Congressional District TN07
This is Red District in play
VOTER TURNOUT IS KEY
PLEASE tell everyone to
VOTE AFTYN BEHN
FLIP It BLUE
@aftynbehn.bsky.social
(Sound up)
DAY 24 NOVEMBER 2025
🚨 SPECIAL SHOUT OUT
TO TENNESSEE 🚨
8 DAYS TO GO
Special Election in Tenn. Congressional District TN07
This is Red District in play
VOTER TURNOUT IS KEY
PLEASE tell everyone to
VOTE AFTYN BEHN
FLIP It BLUE
@aftynbehn.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 12:35 AM
NIGHTS OF BLUE SKIES
(Sound up)
DAY 24 NOVEMBER 2025
🚨 SPECIAL SHOUT OUT
TO TENNESSEE 🚨
8 DAYS TO GO
Special Election in Tenn. Congressional District TN07
This is Red District in play
VOTER TURNOUT IS KEY
PLEASE tell everyone to
VOTE AFTYN BEHN
FLIP It BLUE
@aftynbehn.bsky.social
(Sound up)
DAY 24 NOVEMBER 2025
🚨 SPECIAL SHOUT OUT
TO TENNESSEE 🚨
8 DAYS TO GO
Special Election in Tenn. Congressional District TN07
This is Red District in play
VOTER TURNOUT IS KEY
PLEASE tell everyone to
VOTE AFTYN BEHN
FLIP It BLUE
@aftynbehn.bsky.social
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Radia Perlman is most famous for her invention of the Spanning Tree Protocol (STP), which is fundamental to the operation of network bridges, while working for Digital Equipment Corporation, thus earning her nickname "Mother of the Internet"
@goodplacejames.bsky.social
@goodplacejames.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Radia Perlman is most famous for her invention of the Spanning Tree Protocol (STP), which is fundamental to the operation of network bridges, while working for Digital Equipment Corporation, thus earning her nickname "Mother of the Internet"
@goodplacejames.bsky.social
@goodplacejames.bsky.social
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Still depressing that this isn’t THE story of his first year.
The numbers vary from study to study but hundreds of thousands of people have died because of Elon Musk and Marco Rubio illegally disbanding USAID — a body count on par with the first eight years of the Syrian civil war — In just seven months. It’s mass death that is simply unfathomable in scale.
USAID shutdown has led to hundreds of thousands of deaths | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
The Trump administration’s decision to shut down the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has resulted in hundreds of thousands of deaths from infectious diseases and malnutrition, accord...
hsph.harvard.edu
November 25, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Still depressing that this isn’t THE story of his first year.
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Sen. Mark Kelly on MS NOW: "I've had a missile blow up next to my airplane. I've been nearly shot down multiple times … My wife, Gabby Giffords, meeting with her constituents, shot in the head, six people killed around her … We know what political violence is. And we know what causes it, too."
November 25, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Sen. Mark Kelly on MS NOW: "I've had a missile blow up next to my airplane. I've been nearly shot down multiple times … My wife, Gabby Giffords, meeting with her constituents, shot in the head, six people killed around her … We know what political violence is. And we know what causes it, too."
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Mark Kelly: "My wife, Gabby Giffords, meeting with her constituents, shot in the head. Six people killed around her, a horrific thing. She spent six months in the hospital. We know what political violence is and we know what causes it too, The statements that Donald Trump made incites others."
November 25, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Mark Kelly: "My wife, Gabby Giffords, meeting with her constituents, shot in the head. Six people killed around her, a horrific thing. She spent six months in the hospital. We know what political violence is and we know what causes it too, The statements that Donald Trump made incites others."
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I've heard worse ideas.👀
Marc Elias for AG 🇺🇸
November 25, 2025 at 12:04 AM
I've heard worse ideas.👀
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What a day
MTG is resigning, Zohran Mamdani went to the Oval Office, and Stephen Miller is huddled in a corner of his lair ugly crying to his mannequins.
November 22, 2025 at 3:29 AM
What a day
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Earth is beautiful 🌏
Our only home …and she needs protecting at ANY cost
Our only home …and she needs protecting at ANY cost
November 21, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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If Congress will not pass a resolution condemning Trump’s unhinged calls for the imprisonment and execution of elected officials, they’re essentially giving him permission to keep pushing for political violence.
November 21, 2025 at 3:11 PM
If Congress will not pass a resolution condemning Trump’s unhinged calls for the imprisonment and execution of elected officials, they’re essentially giving him permission to keep pushing for political violence.