Archive - Deep Midwest: Politics and Culture

Senator Tom Harkin says Trump and his team are "dedicated modern-day Nazis and fascists"

At the Iowa Farmers Union meeting in Ames

Dec 7, 2025 • Robert Leonard

Mahaska County Supervisor Doubles Down on using Racial Slur

And a brave woman pushes back...

Mar 18 • Robert Leonard

Trump Hammers Rural America

And he's just getting started...

Jun 26, 2025 • Robert Leonard and Matt Russell

If Iowa Democrats Gamble on Zach Wahls Instead of Voting for Josh Turek — They Risk Losing It All

May 1 • Robert Leonard

The Sins of JD Vance--one of them anyway...

A guest essay by Pastor John Keating Chrysostom...

Feb 23, 2025 • Robert Leonard

There is Blood on Their Hands

Just say it. Shout it. Scream it...

Jun 6, 2025 • Robert Leonard

An Authoritarian America Is Almost Here

A Dictatorship Rising

Feb 6, 2025 • Robert Leonard and Matt Russell

Prayers on the Wrestling Mat

And proposed "Christian" coercion in our public schools

Jan 26, 2024 • Robert Leonard

Pro-Trump Nazis at the Iowa Capitol

Protesting the existence of non-Aryan peoples and the LGBTQ+ community...

Mar 13, 2025 • Robert Leonard

Tears at a Restaurant in Storm Lake, Iowa

Come with me...

Apr 24 • Robert Leonard

A Drunk White Woman

Mexicans, a farmer, and Miller Lite...

Feb 1, 2025 • Robert Leonard

More Iowans Protest Trump than Attend his Rally in Clive

Iowans Stand with our Minnesota Neighbors...

Jan 29 • Robert Leonard

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