Minnesotan. Historian. Not the Sleepy Eye athletic director. 📖: When Democrats Won the Heartland: press.uillinois.edu/books/?i…. Views mine only
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New job! As of yesterday, I'm Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist in Civic Engagement and Public History @SDState. I'll run our Museum Studies minor, SD National History Day, and new statewide history programs.
Not good at #EarsUp yet, can't wait to start. #GoJacks 🐰
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Cory Haala retweeted
To be VERY clear, the idea of progressive populism in a U.S. wave election the YEAR I published a book on it being equated to "that Chip Kelly Northwestern shit" might be my self-hating academic life and self-hating sports life converging in the most perfect way possible.
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Say what you want about any college football coach in the world, any other professor in the world...my aesthetic will ALWAYS be Chuck Martin.
Short sleeve mock turtleneck? CHECK. Sweater vest? CHECK. Disbelief at what I'm seeing? OF COURSE. Double-chin? I'M OFFENDED YOU ASKED.
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It's Election Day, so...I'm doing an #AMA?
THAT'S RIGHT! Come to @askhistorians and ask me about When Democrats Won the Heartland (@IllinoisPress), researching and writing political history, the Midwest...whatever you'd like (within reason, I think): teddit.net/r/AskHistorians/c…
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you know what, I would read the PANTS off a book that covers that exact set of midterms in the Midwest (and how the Democratic Party fumbled that energy both in Congress and the subsequent presidential election)!
i think this is my favorite midterm of all time, reagan had an era defining victory and then two years later dems netted 8 senate seats
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If you're near #KCMO or like my made-for-newspaper voice, tune in/stream Heartland Labor Forum on KKFI 90.1 FM, Thursday (10/29) at 6pm! I join at 6:30 to talk When Democrats Won the Heartland, farm-labor populism, and grassroots organizing.
#laborradiopod
kkfi.org/program-episodes/ro…
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Here's a little on what the coherent policy and economic vision of populism actually ARE, from me being interviewed in the @guardian last weekend: theguardian.com/us-news/2026…
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One of my favorite "call the ambulance, but not for me" races was Quentin Burdick's 1988 Senate race in North Dakota: at 84, after being hospitalized for a colon cancer scare, he released his medical records and committed some mild assault on his opponent:
coryhaala.org/midwest/north-…
Lula pulled a reverse Biden. He seemed old and washed, but a viral debate moment helped him pull off the win.
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