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”
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”
If the Democratic Party were Google, it would be a LOT more powerful now.
November 30, 2025 at 8:42 PM
If the Democratic Party were Google, it would be a LOT more powerful now.
He also wrote (because annual messages to Congress were written then, not delivered as a State of the Union address):
"It should be as much the aim of those who seek social betterment to rid the business world of crimes of cunning as to rid the entire body politic of crimes of violence."
"It should be as much the aim of those who seek social betterment to rid the business world of crimes of cunning as to rid the entire body politic of crimes of violence."
November 30, 2025 at 8:40 PM
He also wrote (because annual messages to Congress were written then, not delivered as a State of the Union address):
"It should be as much the aim of those who seek social betterment to rid the business world of crimes of cunning as to rid the entire body politic of crimes of violence."
"It should be as much the aim of those who seek social betterment to rid the business world of crimes of cunning as to rid the entire body politic of crimes of violence."
Pledging not to be evil and fighting evil are two different things. Also one is a f*#%ing megacorporation and the other is democracy. I know you’re retired, but keep up!
November 30, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Pledging not to be evil and fighting evil are two different things. Also one is a f*#%ing megacorporation and the other is democracy. I know you’re retired, but keep up!
I have an ad line for Democrats:
No more evil.
No more evil.
November 30, 2025 at 5:40 PM
I have an ad line for Democrats:
No more evil.
No more evil.
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November 28, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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