Jens-Kristian Kiel
@jenskiel.bsky.social
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Jens-Kristian Kiel
@jenskiel.bsky.social
· May 11
It's been six months since I left WVSU. It’s time to charter a new course. DM me if I may connect with you, your organization, resource, or personal contact to see how my expertise and experience in corporate communications can benefit them and excite me. #agresearch #extension #communications
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What happened to Senator Padilla in California today is outrageous. Senator Padilla is a respected leader of great dignity and he has every right to ask a question of Secretary Noem without being slammed down and handcuffed.
June 12, 2025 at 7:17 PM
What happened to Senator Padilla in California today is outrageous. Senator Padilla is a respected leader of great dignity and he has every right to ask a question of Secretary Noem without being slammed down and handcuffed.
It's been six months since I left WVSU. It’s time to charter a new course. DM me if I may connect with you, your organization, resource, or personal contact to see how my expertise and experience in corporate communications can benefit them and excite me. #agresearch #extension #communications
May 11, 2025 at 9:03 PM
It's been six months since I left WVSU. It’s time to charter a new course. DM me if I may connect with you, your organization, resource, or personal contact to see how my expertise and experience in corporate communications can benefit them and excite me. #agresearch #extension #communications
“The greatest tragedy is not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people."
–Dr. Martin Luther King jr.
–Dr. Martin Luther King jr.
January 21, 2025 at 12:46 AM
“The greatest tragedy is not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people."
–Dr. Martin Luther King jr.
–Dr. Martin Luther King jr.
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If Musk can buy Twitter and potentially buy TikTok, he or another billionaire can buy Substack. That is why Democracy Docket is built on its own platform that it owns.
No billionaires, no corporate overlords, no compromises.
www.democracydocket.com
No billionaires, no corporate overlords, no compromises.
www.democracydocket.com
Democracy Docket
Democracy Docket is the leading digital news platform dedicated to information, analysis and opinion about voting rights and elections in the courts.
www.democracydocket.com
January 14, 2025 at 1:50 PM
If Musk can buy Twitter and potentially buy TikTok, he or another billionaire can buy Substack. That is why Democracy Docket is built on its own platform that it owns.
No billionaires, no corporate overlords, no compromises.
www.democracydocket.com
No billionaires, no corporate overlords, no compromises.
www.democracydocket.com
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I was confused by Liz Cheney's mention of. areport responding to Loudermilk's. It is here.
democrats-cha.house.gov/sites/evo-su...
democrats-cha.house.gov/sites/evo-su...
January 7, 2025 at 3:31 PM
I was confused by Liz Cheney's mention of. areport responding to Loudermilk's. It is here.
democrats-cha.house.gov/sites/evo-su...
democrats-cha.house.gov/sites/evo-su...
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With zero enthusiasm but total clarity we are doing the appropriate thing, the patriotic thing, the constitutional thing. But that does not erase what many Republicans did four years ago. Just because we aren’t doing it back as retaliation doesn’t make the stain go away. Shame on them, forever.
January 6, 2025 at 5:13 PM
With zero enthusiasm but total clarity we are doing the appropriate thing, the patriotic thing, the constitutional thing. But that does not erase what many Republicans did four years ago. Just because we aren’t doing it back as retaliation doesn’t make the stain go away. Shame on them, forever.
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President Jimmy Carter has passed away at the age of 100. He was a symbol of what is best about America: kindness, compassion, duty and service. He will be missed, most of all by those who long for a return of that kind of country, led by a man with such strength of character.
December 29, 2024 at 9:15 PM
President Jimmy Carter has passed away at the age of 100. He was a symbol of what is best about America: kindness, compassion, duty and service. He will be missed, most of all by those who long for a return of that kind of country, led by a man with such strength of character.
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An article I wrote in 2020. Still amazing to me that Trump's supporters think of him as manly.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Donald Trump, the Most Unmanly President
Why don’t the president’s supporters hold him to their own standard of masculinity?
www.theatlantic.com
December 29, 2024 at 3:46 AM
An article I wrote in 2020. Still amazing to me that Trump's supporters think of him as manly.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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I think this should be kind of a big deal: Elon Musk tweeting at 1:03am, “Only the AfD can save Germany.”
The AfD is Germany’s neo-Nazi party.
The AfD is Germany’s neo-Nazi party.
December 20, 2024 at 11:25 AM
I think this should be kind of a big deal: Elon Musk tweeting at 1:03am, “Only the AfD can save Germany.”
The AfD is Germany’s neo-Nazi party.
The AfD is Germany’s neo-Nazi party.
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Ouch and spot on from Erik Wemple: “ABC News will never live down this capitulation. Never.”
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | A low, low point for ABC News
ABC News not only settled a defamation suit with Trump. It paid out $15 million. What?
www.washingtonpost.com
December 17, 2024 at 4:41 AM
Ouch and spot on from Erik Wemple: “ABC News will never live down this capitulation. Never.”
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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Patel is plainly unfit and unqualified to be FBI Director and the nomination is an unambiguously fascist decision by Trump, but Patel would uphold two of the FBI's most storied traditions: attacking civil rights leaders and passing secrets to the Russians.
My piece on Patel is up. (Gifted here. Thanks, Bluesky folks.)
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
The Kash Patel Principle
Trump’s choice for FBI director speaks volumes about his real second-term agenda
www.theatlantic.com
December 1, 2024 at 1:38 PM
Patel is plainly unfit and unqualified to be FBI Director and the nomination is an unambiguously fascist decision by Trump, but Patel would uphold two of the FBI's most storied traditions: attacking civil rights leaders and passing secrets to the Russians.
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Trump assembled a crew of advisers steeped in right-wing and social media — not in experience or expertise. Riddled with conflicts of interest, it’s “America’s first influencer administration, potentially transforming how Washington reaches everyday Americans.” www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
Trump and allies blur the lines between politician and influencer
The president-elect and some in his proposed Cabinet are adopting influencer tactics to hawk products, boost political points and promote their personal brands.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 1, 2024 at 1:49 PM
Trump assembled a crew of advisers steeped in right-wing and social media — not in experience or expertise. Riddled with conflicts of interest, it’s “America’s first influencer administration, potentially transforming how Washington reaches everyday Americans.” www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
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Sending big love to everyone who experiences Thanksgiving as emotional torture and pain,
and/or deep, deep loneliness.
And/or profound grief.
You’re not alone.
And I see you.
So do a lot of other people here.
❤️
and/or deep, deep loneliness.
And/or profound grief.
You’re not alone.
And I see you.
So do a lot of other people here.
❤️
November 28, 2024 at 4:14 PM
Sending big love to everyone who experiences Thanksgiving as emotional torture and pain,
and/or deep, deep loneliness.
And/or profound grief.
You’re not alone.
And I see you.
So do a lot of other people here.
❤️
and/or deep, deep loneliness.
And/or profound grief.
You’re not alone.
And I see you.
So do a lot of other people here.
❤️
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Good list from Bryan
My first Starter Pack:
These are all fellow TV people. Most of whom I’ve only met from resistance posting.
go.bsky.app/6ApqtrC
These are all fellow TV people. Most of whom I’ve only met from resistance posting.
go.bsky.app/6ApqtrC
November 19, 2024 at 7:15 AM
Good list from Bryan
With great pleasure, I would like to announce that later this Summer, I will receive the ACE Rising Star Award 2024 in Salt Lake City, Utah. I thank Zach Labin for the nomination and will work hard to own up to the advance praise! #milestones
aceweb.org/2024-ACE-Hon...
aceweb.org/2024-ACE-Hon...
ACE Award Winners 2024
aceweb.org
May 10, 2024 at 4:19 PM
With great pleasure, I would like to announce that later this Summer, I will receive the ACE Rising Star Award 2024 in Salt Lake City, Utah. I thank Zach Labin for the nomination and will work hard to own up to the advance praise! #milestones
aceweb.org/2024-ACE-Hon...
aceweb.org/2024-ACE-Hon...
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The Master said: “Your faults define you. From your very faults one can know your quality.”
The Pupil said: "You're a really bit sanctimonious Confucius, aren't you? Why not live a little?."
The Pupil said: "You're a really bit sanctimonious Confucius, aren't you? Why not live a little?."
March 3, 2024 at 12:19 PM
The Master said: “Your faults define you. From your very faults one can know your quality.”
The Pupil said: "You're a really bit sanctimonious Confucius, aren't you? Why not live a little?."
The Pupil said: "You're a really bit sanctimonious Confucius, aren't you? Why not live a little?."
D.C. bound tomorrow with the West Virginia delegation, and elated to represent 1890 Land-Grant interests and learning a lot along the way. Go State! 💛🖤🐝
February 24, 2024 at 12:51 AM
D.C. bound tomorrow with the West Virginia delegation, and elated to represent 1890 Land-Grant interests and learning a lot along the way. Go State! 💛🖤🐝
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A Republic, If You Can Keep It. 2024. Oil on canvas.
We're not a serious country.
We're not a serious country.
February 10, 2024 at 11:27 PM
A Republic, If You Can Keep It. 2024. Oil on canvas.
We're not a serious country.
We're not a serious country.
Remember in November! 👇🏼
Four years ago today
thehill.com/homenews/sen...
thehill.com/homenews/sen...
Collins: Trump has learned ‘a pretty big lesson’ from impeachment
Maine Sen. Susan Collins (R) on Tuesday defended her newly announced decision to vote to acquit President Trump in his Senate impeachment trial, saying he has learned “a pretty big lesso…
thehill.com
February 4, 2024 at 3:26 PM
Remember in November! 👇🏼
Spring 2024 Opening Town Hall at WVSU!
January 9, 2024 at 1:51 PM
Spring 2024 Opening Town Hall at WVSU!
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This holds up alarmingly well, especially the warnings of what would come if Trump were not immediately repudiated. It also captures the feeling of that day: a dark hope that now the worst had happened, all the dire predictions come true, it would somehow finally be over.
Three years ago we scrapped our planned afternoon taping as the mob stormed the capitol and decided to go live. we didn’t know what to say except to be honest and plainspoken about what we saw so I wrote this and am so proud to work for a show that aired it https://youtu.be/UOIFBKB4mIE
Seth Meyers Calls For Trump's Removal After Violent Insurrection at Capitol
Seth Meyers discusses the surreal and horrifying scenes of an armed insurrection incited, directed and encouraged by Donald Trump.Late Night with Seth Meyers...
youtu.be
January 7, 2024 at 2:33 AM
This holds up alarmingly well, especially the warnings of what would come if Trump were not immediately repudiated. It also captures the feeling of that day: a dark hope that now the worst had happened, all the dire predictions come true, it would somehow finally be over.
Celebrating the life of my mother. 🖤
January 5, 2024 at 12:48 PM
Celebrating the life of my mother. 🖤
