Dave Troy :toad:

Investigative journalist; entrepreneur; investor. Tech pioneer. Columnist, Washington Spectator. Speaker. Cook. Pilot. More at https://davetroy.com

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2025-02-25 16:56:42

📻 NEW EPISODE: "Henry Wallace and the World That Wasn't" Before Trump, there was Henry Wallace, who was groomed by the Stalin to unite America and Russia, running for president in 1948. Historian Benn Steil tells this critically important history.
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dave-troy-presents/id1610914569?i=1000695842506

2024-12-10 21:12:07

This alleges to be the 'real' 262-word manifesto. The substack post floating around yesterday is almost certainly fan fiction. And if you're expecting details or sound reasoning here, well, prepare to be disappointed.
https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/luigis-manifesto

2024-12-09 19:06:36

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2/Here is the school's coverage of the graduation ceremony. I was present at this graduation ceremony; my son was in the same class, so also graduated that day. A sad turn of events, and it is also sad that people tried to use this for their own purposes.
https://www.gilman.edu/cf_news/view.cfm?newsid=2180

2024-12-09 19:05:53

1/Luigi Nicholas Mangione '16 graduated as valedictorian of Gilman School in Baltimore. Hear his speech at his graduation ceremony here.
https://youtu.be/EbPVJTv5c6Q?si=LHsA5KedPOz7vWCj&t=884

2024-12-05 20:13:20

📄 NEW: New House Committee Report Suggests US Intelligence Community is Hiding Information about Electronic Warfare
https://america2.news/new-house-committee-report-suggests-us-intelligence-community-is-hiding-information-about-electronic-warfare/

2024-12-04 15:42:41

As "Trump" mulls replacing Hegseth with DeSantis, it's worth remembering that DeSantis was the Musk/Thiel nominee before they cut a deal with Trump, upon realizing DeSantis couldn't win. The goal here is a decapitation strike at DoD, in fulfillment of Putin's demands.

2024-12-03 22:09:32

📄 NEW: Will Elon Musk and Mike Johnson use their influence and power to bankrupt the United States? Republicans who aren't on board with a global catastrophe must prepare to block them.
https://america2.news/we-seriously-need-to-talk-about-the-debt-ceiling-2/

2024-12-01 17:30:04

📃 NEW: Kash Patel at FBI would represent an apex of the Kremlin's efforts to capture the United States, transforming the bureau into a police force in the service of the President.
"Patel at FBI: Proof of Death for the American Experiment"
https://america2.news/patel-at-fbi/

2024-11-28 12:10:20

Anyone still not seeing that Musk is carrying out a Project Russia / Duginist agenda to accelerate American collapse is either dim, on a delusional dose of hopium.

2024-11-26 23:59:10

This is going to sound stupid but watch for the Putin proxies to increasingly push towards a single global, vague, Christian-ish “religion” as a mechanism for establishing control. It’s part of the doctrine.
https://files.toad.social/media_attachments/files/113/551/969/322/713/723/original/d43668411ac1a141.jpeg
https://files.toad.social/media_attachments/files/113/551/969/334/815/621/original/6d477ba3c27a8487.jpeg

2024-11-26 22:13:49

📻 NEW EPISODE: Big tech companies are playing an outsized role in our world and are increasingly involved in creating policy that has negative impacts on democracies. Dave discusses "The Tech Coup" with Marietje Schaake.
https://america2.news/dave-troy-presents-the-tech-coup-with-marietje-schaake/

2024-11-26 17:35:51

Excellent piece from American Prospect on why Sen. Lummis' harebrained "Strategic Bitcoin Reserve" idea is really just a way to turn the Federal Government into the world's largest bag-holder and line the pockets of speculators. Kill this with 🔥.
https://prospect.org/power/2024-11-26-crypto-plot-against-americas-gold-reserves/

2024-11-26 12:54:03

Pay close attention to who, specifically, is repeatedly threatening you with nuclear annihilation. Those people are on Team Putin and it’s part of a very specific program of information warfare, with a long history.
https://america2.news/putins-nuclear-psychosis-ploy-has-deep-roots-dont-fall-for-it-again/

2024-11-26 09:40:55

Everybody is freaking out about tariffs, and rightly so. But bear in mind on January 20, we will be nearly three weeks into a debt ceiling crisis and potential US default. Tariffs will be the least terrifying thing happening.
https://washingtonspectator.org/peter-thiel-and-the-american-apocalypse/

2024-11-25 19:45:39

📄NEW: Young men are drawn to the allure of getting rich in cryptocurrency like a moth to flame — but if they actually do, it will be at our collective expense.
"Your idiot nephews are going to wreck your retirement. Stop them."
https://america2.news/your-idiot-nephews-are-going-to-wreck-your-retirement-stop-them/

2024-11-25 13:02:10

Going to be dropping some important content this week on my new site, America 2.0 News. Recommend that you subscribe now (for free, or paid, as you prefer) to get the latest stories as soon as they are available. 🙏🏼
https://america2.news

2024-11-23 21:02:53

For the record, I want to recommend the “Icecubes” Mastodon app for iOS. It is extremely fast, easy to use, featureful, and in my estimation gives a great first impression to users who may be moving to Mastodon for the first time, or used to X or Bsky. It’s been my main Mastodon client for a good while now and I couldn’t be more pleased with it.
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ice-cubes-for-mastodon/id6444915884

2024-11-22 23:23:25

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3/Here's the final story with lots of references. See endnotes.
https://america2.news/without-sky-social-media-and-the-end-of-reality/

2024-11-22 22:08:07

NEW: "Without Sky: Social Media and the End of Reality"
Users are flocking to Bluesky in droves, but creators and users should think critically about the risk of capture by potentially hostile investors.
https://america2.news/without-sky-social-media-and-the-end-of-reality/

2024-11-20 09:25:45

The Kremlin is creating a “nuclear psychosis,” hoping the West will give up on Ukraine. But this strategy goes back decades to the Cold War, and the later, lesser-known Primakov Doctrine. Get the full story here.
https://america2.news/putins-nuclear-psychosis-ploy-has-deep-roots-dont-fall-for-it-again/

2024-11-19 17:46:26

Following up on my piece today on "nuclear psychosis" this NYT op-ed by Mikhail Zygar is the most accurate assessment of what Russia wants in US media so far: the total dissolution of the United States. Discount this at our peril.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/19/opinion/putin-trump-russia-america.html

2024-11-19 16:34:02

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@nprofile…5qlu all they need is one.

2024-11-19 16:05:12

NEW: As Moscow's drumbeat of nuclear threats accelerates, it's important to view them in historical context.
Putin’s “Nuclear Psychosis” Ploy Has Deep Roots. Don’t Fall For It (Again).
https://america2.news/putins-nuclear-psychosis-ploy-has-deep-roots-dont-fall-for-it-again/

2024-11-18 22:42:04

Soft launching something tonight.
The American collapse was avoidable, but we failed to meet the moment. Now, we need to preserve our democratic values in a rapidly changing world. America 2.0 is all about what comes next. Join us.
https://america2.news/welcome-to-america-2-0/

2024-11-17 23:48:01

As folks spread nuclear fears, read up on the Primakov Doctrine and also the “nuclear psychosis” being promoted by Musk’s pal Sergei Kriyenko. Nuclear threats are their only leverage, and it’s their doctrine.
https://carnegieendowment.org/research/2019/06/the-primakov-not-gerasimov-doctrine-in-action?lang=en

2024-11-17 04:35:15

X Corp's new CFO, Mahmoud Reza Banki, received pardon from Donald Trump along with Steve Bannon and others on January 20, 2021.
https://archive.ph/SAKgQ

2024-11-16 16:15:32

Another very practical consequence of the X -> BS migration is that it makes each population more homogenous and reactive, and thus subject to behavior control — a step for realizing a fully programmable society in 2025-2035. More info here.
https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/R/bo163195227.html

2024-11-16 15:58:05

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2/Be aware you are effectively operating behind enemy lines. It may be tactically useful to do so, but don’t pretend there is anything “good” happening here. For all the talk about critical thinking, folks could try using some for once. 🤦
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/joecardillo_bluesky-bigtech-socialmedia-activity-7263206291139932161-BTim

2024-11-16 15:58:04

1/There is nothing more embarrassing than watching hordes of liberals willingly herd themselves into a pen funded by Russian capital. Blue sky’s principal funder Blockchain Capital LLC is run in part by Kirill Dorofeev, who also works for VK, Russia’s state social network.
https://files.toad.social/media_attachments/files/113/493/450/022/471/290/original/4c7ba3bb121768f3.jpeg
https://files.toad.social/media_attachments/files/113/493/450/024/461/437/original/1ca0997a98dcea4b.jpeg
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2024-11-15 18:58:10

I've made some updates to this briefing on financial instability and economic warfare heading into 2025. Everybody should be prepared for what's coming next. Please share.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vQZj9-tPe4uvyqobUYd1BUs7xjeDSWUH-TGgy8VHFQwrLK8zZIGcYBf_dhWUhZ69pe-jgO6FNimCOra/pub

2024-11-15 13:36:30

1/Here is a preview of what Musk and Putin intend for their supranational governance model. Let’s be real: no one gives a crap about governing Mars because no one is going to live there anytime soon. This model? It’s intended for Earth.
https://files.toad.social/media_attachments/files/113/487/235/376/198/134/original/29ce065ac609f196.jpeg

2024-11-13 21:14:19

As everyone is now in a sufficient state of shock, what we are seeing now is the rollout of the plan for fast and total capture and destruction of the United States, as outlined in "Project Russia." See paper below. Other democracies are next.
https://web.archive.org/web/20190428031337id_/https://muse.jhu.edu/article/690692/pdf

2024-11-13 17:24:23

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9/The company should try to address this by publishing a clear and convincing "trust story" that offers assurances about its funders and their motives, similar to an S-1 prior to an IPO. Creators deserve to have a clear picture so they can decide whether and how to invest. Basic transparency.

2024-11-13 17:24:04

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8/From Bluesky's press release:
"[Blockchain's] Kinjal Shah will join our board. Kinjal shares our vision for a social media ecosystem that empowers the people who use it, and we are glad to have her support as we invest in driving the adoption of decentralized social."
https://bsky.social/about/blog/10-24-2024-series-a

2024-11-13 17:23:30

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7/And the next investment they took was from anarchocapitalist cryptobros with ties to Russia? Doesn't add up.
For those interested, here's the original post I shared here back in 2023 re: the TPOT DNA and origins of the network.
https://www.easyzoom.com/imageaccess/884cb1c001cd48e79aca92232bd24a04

2024-11-13 17:23:01

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6/Possibly Bluesky can address this by discussing their funding in detail, the expectations of the funders, and whether the TPOT/PostRat community is still a principal driver of the vision for the "company." But this all points to another rug pull in progress, and a lot of credulous people hurt.
While it is reasonable that the company acknowledged that Dorsey's vision of "moderation by protocol" was unfeasible, it sets up a highly centralized model that is now subject to capture.

2024-11-13 17:22:15

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5/Eric Adams was a frequent guest on Pierce's jet. Steve Bannon helped Pierce raise $60mm from Goldman Sachs 20 years ago for his "World of Warcraft" mining arbitrage play, Internet Gaming Entertainment. So you probably don't want anything to do with Bluesky long term.
https://nypost.com/2021/11/23/eric-adams-flew-to-puerto-rico-on-bitcoin-billionaire-jet-report/

2024-11-13 17:21:51

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4/🚨It gets worse. Blockchain Capital LLC was co-founded by Steve Bannon pal Brock Pierce, a major crypto advocate, perennial presidential candidate, and close friend of Eric Adams. Pierce has dozens of other shady MAGA/Russia ties as well.
https://universeodon.com/@cryptadamist/113472115447080382

2024-11-13 17:21:21

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3/Now that Dorsey has bailed as a board member and principal funder, Bluesky’s DNA is basically TPOT people. Who is going to win in that scenario? I don’t know, but I’m not putting money on the users. The most recent funding came from Blockchain Capital LLC...
https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/5/24149543/jack-dorsey-gone-bluesky-board

2024-11-13 17:20:48

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2/One network called TPOT (‘that part of Twitter’) was instrumental. It carried over into Bluesky’s founding DNA.
Someone made this visualization in 2023, showing the TPOT/EA network quite clearly. EA as you know is part of TESCREAL and the belief systems that have driven Sam Bankman Fried and Elon Musk. SBF also put money into Musk’s Twitter buy.
https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/subcultures/tpot-postrat
https://files.toad.social/media_attachments/files/113/476/790/518/918/175/original/171de71e6e137855.png

2024-11-13 17:19:39

1/IMPORTANT thread about Bluesky funding and origins. Many folks know that it was seeded by Jack Dorsey around a libertarian vision of a magical network that wouldn’t need moderation because it would be decentralized and baked into a protocol (somehow).
The people who aided Dorsey in pursuing this vision were other libertarian/post-rationalists connected with effective altruism and other online anarchist movements.

2024-06-28 16:00:32

Some real talk: even if Biden had performed at 2012 levels last night, the SEC and Chevron SCOTUS decisions are sufficient to send American government into the stone age.
Project 2025's proscriptions are largely superfluous in the wake of those decisions. Decimating the civil service through executive order is of little consequence if the agencies themselves are unconstitutional.

2024-06-20 15:29:28

Besides for the immunity case, SEC vs. Jarkesy is another one with massive implications. It basically will determine whether federal government agencies are legal — or not.

2024-04-30 21:31:13

📄NEW: If Donald Trump is elected, what will it mean for US and global security? The history behind his motivations runs deep and is tightly connected to Putin's nuclear ambitions and his KGB past. My latest, and maybe most important, piece in Washington Spectator.
https://washingtonspectator.org/wide-angle-nuclear-blackmail/

2023-07-03 13:02:30

Elon is such a liar.
1. Rate limits aren’t how you address scraping. Can easily be done with firewalls.
2. He is intentionally breaking the service.
3. No, it’s not because he didn’t pay a bill; but failing to pay bills is also an intentional, strategic choice.
People need to accept the fact that he is conducting a controlled demolition. The appropriate question then is “why?”
The answer is: to warp the information space.