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Kiel Christianson

@golfwriterkiel.bsky.social

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Professor, University of Illinois —Educational Psychology. Psycholinguistics is my real job. Golf writer, editor, & publisher for 26 years, 10 with The Golf Channel — that’s my side job. Publisher of MidwesternGolf.com. Poet, dad, husband, progressive.

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Kiel Christianson @golfwriterkiel.bsky.social · 31m

Outrages and illegalities on a daily basis.

Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 1h

1. Last week, there were 3 Trump corruption scandals in 4 days that would define any other presidency.

Most people are probably not even AWARE of all three scandals.

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3 Scandals in 4 Days That Would Define Any Other Presidency

During the second Trump administration, corruption scandals that would typically define a presidency receive a day or two of coverage.

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Kiel Christianson @golfwriterkiel.bsky.social · 47m

Big baby. all he does is fuss and whine and shit his pants.

Kiel Christianson @golfwriterkiel.bsky.social · 11h

The suggestion I saw is that they or members of the House should go work in existing food kitchens and food banks.

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 13h

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Kiel Christianson @golfwriterkiel.bsky.social · 13h

Excellent idea! Manned by House members and their staff highlighting how the House is shut down, but they’re still working for Americans. @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social — you listening?

Daniel Abraham @abraham.bsky.social · 17h

If I were running the DNC, there would be Democratic Party sponsored food relief banks across the country right now that specifically welcomed anyone regardless of party affiliation.

Along with the food, there could be voter registration and links to runforsomething.net

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Ed Markey @edmarkey.bsky.social · 14h

Measles was declared eliminated in the United States in 2000.

RFK Jr. must resign.

Screenshot of headline reading: Measles spreading beyond the center of the Utah-Arizona outbreak

Cases are now popping up in more touristy areas of Utah, according to a health official.

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Kiel Christianson @golfwriterkiel.bsky.social · 17h

WTAF??

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 18h

This video from Portland is a metaphor for what is going on in America. ICE trying so hard to get Americans to cross a line and if they don't, dragging them across the line and violently attacking.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 18h

I still can’t believe Scott Bessent, whose net worth is $521 million, went on TV and claimed that he “has felt the pain” of the trade war because he is a “soybean farmer.”

And he claims to be a “farmer” not because he grows things, but because he is a landlord of some farmers.

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SaltyBitchables @saltybitchables.bsky.social · 21h

I have speculated that tRump is building a bomb shelter to protect himself in the event someone decides to retaliate against the US for the his unprovoked attacks. It would explain the projected $400mil price tag and the location of his ballroom. ‘Donations’ would mean that there’s no oversight.

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Kiel Christianson @golfwriterkiel.bsky.social · 17h

This — this! — is domestic terrorism!

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 1d

Communities are being gassed despite having a restraining order
Chicago

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Thomas E. DeCaulp @decaulp.bsky.social · 17h

Yet another #TrumpAirDisaster

Flights to Los Angeles International Airport halted due to air traffic controller shortage

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Flights to Los Angeles International Airport halted due to air traffic controller shortage

The Federal Aviation Administration said flights departing for Los Angeles International Airport were halted Sunday morning due to a staffing shortage at a Southern California air traffic facility.

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Hart Cunningham @hpsc24.bsky.social · 19h

👺When you steal $40b from USA farmers, as 42M Americans can’t eat, drink, sleep safely🇺🇸😢

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Mike Okuda @mikeokuda.bsky.social · 1d

Back in the 1960s, the Smothers Brothers made fun of President Lyndon Johnson and his policies many times on their popular television show. The president wrote them a letter in response.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Kelly: "You gotta remember in Trump's big legislation they added $4t to the debt to give a big tax cut for wealthy people on the backs of the American people & what their healthcare costs. That's why these [subsidies] have gone away. They didn't want it to be $6t. They wanted it to just be $4t."

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Kiel Christianson @golfwriterkiel.bsky.social · 1d

A strategy known as “commit yet another felony.”

Kiel Christianson @golfwriterkiel.bsky.social · 1d

Gee, what will all those service members do without their <checks the math> one-time payment of $65?

Kiel Christianson @golfwriterkiel.bsky.social · 1d

The professors whom my university hires are not “low-wage workers.” And trust me, we do hire only the best and the brightest. And universities cannot pay $100K per international hire. The senator’s statement is at the very best only accurate for a fraction of HB-1 visa applicants.

Kiel Christianson @golfwriterkiel.bsky.social · 1d

They create a lot of debris.

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 1d

The federal government spent $7.010 trillion in fiscal year 2025.

That’s a 3.9% increase from $6.746 trillion spent in FY2024.

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Kiel Christianson @golfwriterkiel.bsky.social · 1d

Should read “Half Walnut Wholes”

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Duncan Weldon @duncanweldon.bsky.social · 1d

I know this is obvious. And I know we all know this.
But if the President can raise taxes because an advert annoyed him, without even consulting Congress, then the US constitution is simply not functioning as intended.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d

Democrats should hold a press conference and announce that if Mike Johnson has no interest in running the House they'd be happy to do it for him

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 1d

Mike Johnson has dissolved Congress. Why?

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Kiel Christianson @golfwriterkiel.bsky.social · 1d

Terroristic vandal

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1d

Angus: This is a guy who showed an AI video of himself dumping diarrhea on his own citizens. So the fact that he’s freaking out because we showed a video that just had Ronald Reagan speaking shows he’s not trustworthy.

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