T.J. Stiles
@tj-stiles.bsky.social
American historian and biographer. Pulitzer Prize for History for "Custer's Trials: A Life on the Frontier of a New America" Pulitzer Prize for Biography & National Book Award for Nonfiction for "The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt”
Imagine looking at this and saying, "Oh no, the United States attracts the best and the brightest from around the world! We must stop this!"
Anthony Michael Kreis@anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 19h agoHi. I’d like to report a racist who is running for statewide office in Texas.
The King of England is doing more about the dangers of AI than the president of the United States. Rein in and reign on, Chuck.
Mike Walker@newnarrative.bsky.social · 14h agoKing Charles Will Convene A.I. Leaders Amid Calls to Slow Development www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/w...
Gee, maybe it was a *bad* idea to grant personal rule to an eighty-year-old crackpot.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 15h agoTrump says he will cut off all trade entirely with "some nations" unless the Fed lowers interest rates
Trump’s magical thinking runs so deep, he’s STILL talking about Venezuela as a template for the war with Iran.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 21h agoQ: What do you make of the Gulf nations meeting with Iran? TRUMP: I don't care. That's up to them. We'll ultimately get out. Unless we decide to stay and keep the oil! Like Venezuela
The King of England is doing more about the dangers of AI than the president of the United States. Rein in and reign on, Chuck.
Mike Walker@newnarrative.bsky.social · 14h agoKing Charles Will Convene A.I. Leaders Amid Calls to Slow Development www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/w...
“Yeah, but if you only poll voters who love Trump he has great numbers” is just a perfectly distilled Trump regime response.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 19h agoHassett dismisses Trump's bad economic polling: "They are surveying Democrats who hate President Trump, that's all. So therefore I disregard that number."
“We have plans to reduce the debt.” BA-HA-HAHAHAHAHA! And they say Smarmy Mike isn’t capable of dark irony.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 21h agoMike Johnson on Republican opposition to Trump's $5k bribe to voters: "It's a new creative idea ... we applaud the president for thinking outside the box"
The Fed raised interest rates at every meeting from March 2022 through the midterm election. Also hiked a few times in 2018 before a midterm election. Also hiked every meeting from June 2004 through a presidential election. And the Fed was tightening for all of 1994 prior to a midterm election.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 19h agoHassett threatens Warsh: "I'd be wary of a rake hike. The Fed has had hiked rates ahead of an election only a couple times all the way back to 1913. So I think if you want an independent Fed, one thing the Fed does is stay out of the way of elections."
It’s amazing how stupid the people running our government are. Nothing but grievances with zero thought.
Michael Clemens@mclem.org · yesterdayThe US President's new proposal to tax international students has been approved by the White House for release this week. It's an unprecedented $100,000 tax on int'l grads who stay to work after graduation on Optional Practical Training (most grads do), a crucial bridge to remaining by any channel.
A recurrent theme in this excellent story about China’s progress is that people there regard Trump as essential to their success, including his ability to drive scientific talent from the US www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Michael Clemens@mclem.org · yesterdayThe US President's new proposal to tax international students has been approved by the White House for release this week. It's an unprecedented $100,000 tax on int'l grads who stay to work after graduation on Optional Practical Training (most grads do), a crucial bridge to remaining by any channel.
Trump could well be remembered as the president whose swaggering foolishness led to the closing of the Strait of Hormuz AND the Suez Canal. It's looking like a long-term closure, too.
Angry@angrystaffer.bsky.social · 3d agoI hope folks realize this Bab al-Mandab situation will be much worse than the Strait of Hormuz if it’s not sorted out quickly. And it doesn’t currently look like it will be sorted out quickly.
The moral of the thread: Don't reach for relevance. Be true to your subject.
T.J. Stiles@tj-stiles.bsky.social · 2d agoOn 9/11, I was in my apartment in Brooklyn, revising my manuscript for my first biography: “Jesse James: Last Rebel of the Civil War.” I’d pitched it to publishers under the title, “American Terrorist.” I argued the so-called Robin Hood is best understood as a forerunner of the modern terrorist. 🧵
They're trying to erase our history by taking down our public sculptures.
The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · 2d agoPresident Trump called for the Smithsonian Institution to honor George Washington with a 30-foot statue outside the National Museum of American History, replacing the modernist “Infinity” sculpture, which has been there since 1967.
Thread!
Jacob T. Levy@jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 2d agoW/o getting drawn into the "seriously or literally" / "it'll never happen" trap, we need to stomp *hard* on the continuing effort to undermine Article 1 power of the purse by saying that this or that revenue stream makes something outside the normal budget process. 1/ www.nbcnews.com/business/eco...
Here’s a norm I would like to see re-established: We all recognize that bragging, even when it’s not all lies, is a sign of insecurity and pathetic weakness.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2d agoTrump in Ireland lies delusionally: "We had a rigged election. As you know, it was totally rigged. Because I won three times. I didn't win twice. I won three times."
Yeah, but he’s going to give everyone there $5,000, so it’ll be fine.
The New York Times@nytimes.com · 2d agoPresident Trump on Saturday said it would be “fantastic” if Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland unified, breaking with decades of U.S. neutrality on an issue rooted in a long history of violence.
On 9/11, I was in my apartment in Brooklyn, revising my manuscript for my first biography: “Jesse James: Last Rebel of the Civil War.” I’d pitched it to publishers under the title, “American Terrorist.” I argued the so-called Robin Hood is best understood as a forerunner of the modern terrorist. 🧵
Let's focus on what we can all agree on: hating Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish. On September 27, 1903, Marion Graves Anthon Fish tipped over her punch bowl of bile for the New York Times. Second only to Mrs. Astor in Newport & 5th Avenue prestige, she scorned all. Mere racism alone was not enough!
On the 25th anniversary of 9/11, Trump reminds Americans that he incited a mass attack on police officers and the United States Capitol. I must admit, it's a helpful reminder of what's at stake in this midterm election. 
Matthew Gertz@mattgertz.bsky.social · 3d agoThe president just posted to Truth Social his video from Jan. 6 in which he told the protesters who had taken the building that the election was stolen but that they should go home in peace. truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...
This man won his primary by 30 points.
Ed Markey@edmarkey.bsky.social · 3d agoIn Massachusetts, we have a responsibility to protect the vulnerable and stand up for those who need it. We don’t throw trans kids under the bus for political points. We protect them—and all of our neighbors—because trans rights are human rights.
Funny story: Energy prices are precisely what Trump promised to bring down, saying it would lower costs all around. And energy prices are what his chosen policies have caused to skyrocket.
Ben Casselman@bencasselman.bsky.social · 3d agoU.S. consumer prices rose 0.4% in August and were up 3.4% from a year earlier. “Core” prices, excluding the volatile food and energy categories, were up 0.3% month-over-month and 2.4% year-over-year. Data: www.bls.gov/news.release... Full coverage: www.nytimes.com/live/2026/09... #NumbersDay
My people had to get a last name because of that Norman bastard.
YouGov@yougov.co.uk · 4d agoAs the Bayeux Tapestry opens to the public at the British Museum, what impact do Britons think the Norman Conquest had on British history? Positive: 25% Neither: 25% Negative: 6% Don't know: 44% yougov.com/en-gb/daily-...
The regime is seriously talking about executing this plan to spike both inflation and interest rates. Borrowing $1.25 trillion for hand-outs right now is insane. Democrats always clean up Republican messes. The one Trump has made is staggering. It won’t be fun attacking the debt as it is.
Dear Americans: I do not care about your 9/11 story. I don’t care about mine, and I lived in New York. Only the experiences of victims and rescuers matter. For New York, 9/11 lasted months, years. The photos of the missing, the smoke, the smell of fire, disrupted subways, those who just vanished.
