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Joined March 2011
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Portland John retweeted
Yesterday, Amari Avery became the first black player to win in the 46-year history of the Epson Tour.
The local takes home the #IOAChamp title 🏆
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Portland John retweeted
Never accept a counteroffer—even if it’s a 100% hike. Being in HR, I’ve seen this play out more times than you think. A candidate I was hiring for was earning 100,000. He got a new offer of 170,000, a solid jump. But within 15 minutes of the offer letter hitting his inbox, he backed out. His current company dangled a 190,000 counter-offer and he accepted it immediately. Fast forward 4 months… The same candidate messaged me again. His company had laid him off and replaced him with a cheaper resource. His message started with: Hi sir, I’m really sorry… do you have any openings? This is exactly why I keep saying this: 👉 A counter-offer is not a reward. It’s a strategy to buy time until they find someone cheaper. 👉 Loyalty doesn’t magically increase with money. 👉 If they valued you, they wouldn’t wait until your resignation to pay you fairly. Please don’t fall for counter-offers. It looks like a win… until it isn’t.
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Portland John retweeted
25 Aug 2025
BREAKING: A source close to the US Ryder Cup team says that Keegan Bradley wants to hand co-captaincy to Phil Mickelson so Bradley can select himself for Team USA. A contingent of PGA Tour brass responded with threats to Bradley for him not to do it. A huge political battle is playing out behind the scenes as the PGA Tour once again stands in the way of what golfers and the fans want.
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Portland John retweeted
Replying to @GovBobFerguson
Bob Ferguson: - Signed the largest tax increase in state history into law - Prioritizes Illegal alien criminals over law-abiding Washingtonians You are a disgrace to the governor's office. And that's saying something considering we were stuck with Inslee for 12 years.
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Portland John retweeted
Started the day watching a 15-year-old light up the LPGA. Ended the day writing about a 72-year-old who broke her age in a USGA championship. Only golf!
21 Aug 2025
Oldest player in U.S. Senior Women's Open field breaks her age with 71, trails by 1 golfweek.usatoday.com/story/…
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Portland John retweeted
HOLY CRAP The illegal alien truck driver who kiIIed 3 people, FAILED an English Language Assessment, getting only 2/12 answers right and identifying only 1/4 highway traffic signs. It was also discovered that WA and CA issued Singh a commercial driver's license despite not being eligible for it. Authorities in New Mexico also failed to issue ELP tests when Singh was stopped there for speeding..
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Portland John retweeted
🚨 WHAT IS THIS?? James O’Keefe has footage of evidence of Universal Music Group, Fidelity, Bank of America, and Goldman Sachs PAYING OFF local governments TO NOT COOPERATE with federal agents Also paying them off to “stop deportation flights”

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Portland John retweeted
20 Aug 2025
Replying to @DefiantLs
That’s nothing. They are spending a fortune to remodel every restaurant with a more “urban” look. Money flush. Could have put together a few training teams and hit the restaurants over 12 months to work on food quality, customer service and cleanliness. Fire the CEO and anyone else who thought this was a great idea.
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Portland John retweeted
A few days ago, I got this message. Our @driveftf does everything we can to take care of all the requests we get for those in need. Even when it doesn’t make sense from a budget standpoint. Today we ordered this young man a brand new set of @CallawayGolf clubs. Play Well.
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Portland John retweeted
How is this happening? The victim is sentenced to prison? Here’s a thought for anyone not wanting to get shot, Don’t Steal🤦‍♂️
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Portland John retweeted
The more I watch Scottie in ’24-25, the more I wonder… is this run actually more impressive than Tiger’s early 2000s stretch?
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Portland John retweeted
19 Aug 2025
If you could play golf only one final time what course would you play? Can be a course you’ve already played. Can be a course you’ve never played. Anything goes. It’s your last round of golf. Ever. Where is it? And why?
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Portland John retweeted
I recently attended a a three credit professional training called “The Impact of Donald Trump on America- A Cultic Studies Perspective”, which instructed therapists to hate their Trump supporting patients. The course was held online on August 7, 2025. I was “taught” that if you voted for Trump, you are a part of a “cult on a national scale” that “presents an image of bringing the country back to a white majority and white power”. 🧵
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I'm gonna say @Mike_kim714 most engaging tour pro on @X
What's the biggest scam in human history?
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American Nick Carlson’s season on the @HPlanner_Tour is pretty phenomenal considering 14 months ago he was coaching a D3 college team and living at his parents house. After college Carlson played professionally but as many players do, ran out of money often. So he worked whatever jobs he could and then take that money and play mini-tour events. Delivery driver, substitute teacher, etc. Then last year won a @NEXTGolfTour event and the next day quit his job as a D3 coach. Then he got thru all three stages of Euro Q-school and earned HP status. He went to South Africa to start the year, and put the trip on his credit card. That pressure is hard to comprehend, which many players go thru. He had to play well or face the fact his season might be over before it started. Made the cut the first week, finished 12th, and made $6,000. That helped get to the next few events, but travel is expensive and he ran out of money a couple more times. In fact in India he didn’t even have a flight home before he teed it up, he couldn’t afford it. Another made cut that week helped keep the season going. 10 events into the season Carlson finished T5. “Before that the bank account hit zero many times” And in the last nine weeks has been on an outstanding run. He’s made 9 of 9 cuts, including 6 top-25s. And has four top-12s in his last five events. He has moved all the way to 19th in points, the top 20 at the end of the season get their DP card. Pretty outstanding
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Portland John retweeted
Replying to @acaseofthegolf1
It’s 50/50 but the appreciation will grow each day I think
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Portland John retweeted
Replying to @BarackObama
Hello President Obama, When the Affordable Care Act took effect in 2010, the average family premium was about $13,000. We were told costs would go down. Today, it’s $23,968, far above the inflation-adjusted $19,381. For my self-employed family, health insurance is our single largest expense. Here’s why the ACA drives costs up: In 2017, I had jaw surgery. The cash price was $13,000. My insurer was billed $38,000, and paid it. Every appointment requires hours of administrative wrangling between doctors and insurers. That labor cost is baked in. And when government and employers subsidize most premiums, market pressure to lower costs is weak. The average family now pays the equivalent of one or two major surgeries per year in premiums, often without seeing real value, since deductibles eat up the benefit for those who rarely use care. Since your presidency, life expectancy has dropped. Chronic disease rates have climbed. Obesity is peaking only because $1,000/month Ozempic prescriptions mask it. This is not a healthier America. The ACA may be “affordable” for those with large subsidies, but it is unaffordable for many small businesses and self-employed families. It is very affordable, however, for insurance companies; Blue Cross made over $400M in profit last year. You celebrate the ACA as a success. For many of us, it is the reason health care is our biggest financial burden. If your question is whether we can let others weaken Obamacare, my answer is: Yes. We can.
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