Keith Orejel
@keithorejel.bsky.social
Historian, Cat Lover, Dave and Busters enthusiast
Siblings amirite?
January 23, 2026 at 6:37 PM
Siblings amirite?
I just got a lot of feelings dad.
January 23, 2026 at 5:17 PM
I just got a lot of feelings dad.
Richard Nixon created a Rural Affairs Council, he created a Task Force on Rural Development, and he passed a Rural Development Act. He also got a larger proportion of the rural vote than any other president in the postwar period. Rural economic interests in action.
January 23, 2026 at 4:46 PM
Richard Nixon created a Rural Affairs Council, he created a Task Force on Rural Development, and he passed a Rural Development Act. He also got a larger proportion of the rural vote than any other president in the postwar period. Rural economic interests in action.
I’m just gonna pull a DJT and blackmail a recipient so I can say I won the Bancroft Prize
January 17, 2026 at 4:02 PM
I’m just gonna pull a DJT and blackmail a recipient so I can say I won the Bancroft Prize
In the second half of the twentieth century, rural and small town America basically built an entirely new economy within the crater created by the massive decline of agricultural employment.
January 11, 2026 at 3:38 AM
In the second half of the twentieth century, rural and small town America basically built an entirely new economy within the crater created by the massive decline of agricultural employment.
Iran, Venezuela, Greenland. Like how many countries are we actively attacking right now? I can’t keep track.
January 11, 2026 at 3:13 AM
Iran, Venezuela, Greenland. Like how many countries are we actively attacking right now? I can’t keep track.
In some ways I’m almost optimistic about the future of American politics. I think the Trump Administrations overreach and economic failures, along with the fecklessness of the Democratic neoliberal establishment, is creating an opening for a significant political realignment.
January 11, 2026 at 2:30 AM
In some ways I’m almost optimistic about the future of American politics. I think the Trump Administrations overreach and economic failures, along with the fecklessness of the Democratic neoliberal establishment, is creating an opening for a significant political realignment.
I would like to reiterate that the economy is already in the toilet and the AI bubble still has yet to burst.
U.S. employers added 50,000 jobs in December, according to a report from the Labor Department Friday. Measured annually, job gains in 2025 were the slowest since 2020. n.pr/4bmQzG7
Hiring slows in December to end the weakest year of job growth since the pandemic
U.S. employers added 50,000 jobs in December, according to a report from the Labor Department Friday. Measured annually, job gains in 2025 were the slowest since 2020.
n.pr
January 11, 2026 at 2:24 AM
I would like to reiterate that the economy is already in the toilet and the AI bubble still has yet to burst.
Can scholars have midlife crises? Because all the sudden I’m way too obsessed with the War of 1812.
January 11, 2026 at 2:22 AM
Can scholars have midlife crises? Because all the sudden I’m way too obsessed with the War of 1812.
Dad. I suffer from ennui. I am an ennui-niedog
January 9, 2026 at 8:27 PM
Dad. I suffer from ennui. I am an ennui-niedog
If this happened in a different country the headlines would read “right wing security services murder single mother in broad daylight”
January 7, 2026 at 11:45 PM
If this happened in a different country the headlines would read “right wing security services murder single mother in broad daylight”
People love to invoke the horseshoe theory of politics but leftists had a massive falling out with Biden and the Dems over Gaza because they actually believe in things where as right wingers immediately abandoned non interventionism for regime change because The Leader said so
January 5, 2026 at 5:05 PM
People love to invoke the horseshoe theory of politics but leftists had a massive falling out with Biden and the Dems over Gaza because they actually believe in things where as right wingers immediately abandoned non interventionism for regime change because The Leader said so
Just in case this hasn’t made it to BlueSky yet
December 26, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Just in case this hasn’t made it to BlueSky yet
He keeps stealing food from people at Christmas and it’s angering my family.
December 25, 2025 at 7:02 PM
He keeps stealing food from people at Christmas and it’s angering my family.
After WWII, the Solid Democratic South dissolved into three distinct political zones: Mountains, metropolitan, and Black Belt. Mountains came to behave like all rural America, and metro South came to resemble all metro America. The Black Belt is the one truly distinctive zone
December 25, 2025 at 3:13 AM
After WWII, the Solid Democratic South dissolved into three distinct political zones: Mountains, metropolitan, and Black Belt. Mountains came to behave like all rural America, and metro South came to resemble all metro America. The Black Belt is the one truly distinctive zone
I like watching history documentaries with my dad and answering his questions.
December 24, 2025 at 5:25 PM
I like watching history documentaries with my dad and answering his questions.
Can’t believe Lenin named his program the “New Economic Policy.” Like dude barely even tried.
December 23, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Can’t believe Lenin named his program the “New Economic Policy.” Like dude barely even tried.
Little fucker stole a tamale
December 23, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Little fucker stole a tamale
The historiography on the 1990s is utterly fascinating because it is dominated by two polar opposite narratives. It is either the dawn of polarization and an era of partisan fury. Or it is the age of neoliberal consensus when there was no difference between Dems and Reps.
December 21, 2025 at 6:57 PM
The historiography on the 1990s is utterly fascinating because it is dominated by two polar opposite narratives. It is either the dawn of polarization and an era of partisan fury. Or it is the age of neoliberal consensus when there was no difference between Dems and Reps.
Oh wow. Jimmy Carter was named Young Businessman of the year in 1970. Almost like he wasn’t really a peanut farmer but a small town business leader whose centrist political ideology was formed by his booster background. Someone should write about this
December 17, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Oh wow. Jimmy Carter was named Young Businessman of the year in 1970. Almost like he wasn’t really a peanut farmer but a small town business leader whose centrist political ideology was formed by his booster background. Someone should write about this
Oh Jimmy Carter was the head of an economic development corporation while a small town businessman in Plains, Georgia? You don’t say.
December 16, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Oh Jimmy Carter was the head of an economic development corporation while a small town businessman in Plains, Georgia? You don’t say.
His poor little paws got hurt today on the snow and rock salt and he just started crying and screaming and it was so sad
December 14, 2025 at 4:50 PM
His poor little paws got hurt today on the snow and rock salt and he just started crying and screaming and it was so sad
Basically every poll known to man has shown for the last fifty years or so that voters think Republicans are stronger on the economy. This is a fundamental reality that Democrats have to reckon with.
December 14, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Basically every poll known to man has shown for the last fifty years or so that voters think Republicans are stronger on the economy. This is a fundamental reality that Democrats have to reckon with.
The Populist’s Omaha Platform nailed it in 1892 and has only become more true since: “The fruits and toil of millions are boldly stolen to build up colossal fortunes for a few, unprecedented in the history of mankind; and the possessors of those, in turn, despise the republic and endanger liberty.”
December 14, 2025 at 5:18 AM
The Populist’s Omaha Platform nailed it in 1892 and has only become more true since: “The fruits and toil of millions are boldly stolen to build up colossal fortunes for a few, unprecedented in the history of mankind; and the possessors of those, in turn, despise the republic and endanger liberty.”