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2026-02-21 05:35:59 GMT

We have a real problem brewing with the "Board of Peace" and it needs much more attention.
1) There is no legal entity for "Board of Peace" organized under the laws of any country, meaning it is subject to NO country's laws.
2) Trump is acting like the US is party to it as a treaty organization, but only Congress has the power to approve that.

2026-01-28 14:53:18 GMT

🚨SCOOP: Trump's Board of Peace trademarks are being held by the United States Patent and Trademark Office, an apparently unprecedented use of executive branch power to protect the interests of a murkily defined supranational organization.
https://america2.news/board-of-peace-trademark-filings-reveal-its-murky-legal-status/

2026-01-10 19:18:49 GMT

People are feeling disoriented and unsure what to do. I wrote this piece a little over a year ago with evergreen suggestions for how to stop doomscrolling, make a difference, and stay sane in difficult times.
https://america2.news/what-to-do-when-there-is-nothing-to-be-done/

2026-01-06 18:14:14 GMT

🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Our investigation finds that Trump's actions in Venezuela and Greenland are the product of a long-running Russian influence campaign that began during his first term. Read + share the complete report.
https://america2.news/the-russian-roots-of-trumps-venezuela-and-greenland-operations/

2025-09-27 18:27:31 GMT

📄 EXCLUSIVE: Epstein was close with Vitaly Churkin, a Russian Ambassador with close ties to KGB head Vladimir Kryuchkov. Kryuchkov and Churkin brought Trump to Moscow in 1987, and may be the link to Robert Maxwell. New, original reporting.
https://america2.news/part-four-making-sense-of-epsteins-russia-ties/

2025-09-12 14:26:58 GMT

Where will you be on November 1? Join us in Washington, D.C. for TEDxMidAtlantic 2025: FAST FORWARD. A day full of fascinating speakers and inspiring ideas... all that's missing is you!
https://mailchi.mp/tedxmidatlantic/2025-fast-forward-speakers-4764201?e=ca91266c8c
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2025-08-28 21:10:06 GMT

I'm hearing from a lot of people who are feeling hopeless and despondent about the state of America and the world. This piece I wrote back in December is evergreen, and is perhaps more important now than ever. "What to Do When There is Nothing to Be Done"
https://america2.news/what-to-do-when-there-is-nothing-to-be-done/

2025-08-28 19:24:25 GMT

1/EXCLUSIVE: Was Jeffrey Epstein part of Russia's broader war on the West? In our new multi-part investigation into Epstein's influence activities, we examine new evidence that suggests his work in Santa Fe was likely more strategic than previously known.
https://america2.news/part-one-just-what-was-jeffrey-epstein-doing-in-santa-fe/

2025-08-28 16:21:58 GMT

Those reporting on left-hand path (which, n.b. is NOT "left wing") violent extremism may find this visualization useful. Reporters interested in access to this dataset, please contact me.
https://cdn.toad.social/media_attachments/files/115/107/304/943/371/139/original/ad27ade0384fb495.png

2025-07-25 21:04:14 GMT

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Wexner has largely avoided scrutiny because he disavowed Epstein and said he didn't know of his criminal activities, and has been charged with no crimes. One can see how Epstein would be attracted to the brand, the company, and the affinity it provided him.

2025-06-30 23:52:36 GMT

📄 NEW: Elon Musk threatens Republicans and Democrats with promise to create the "America Party" if Trump's Big Bill is passed. Here's what that might look like, and why Pakistan may be up next for "denuclearization." My latest.
https://america2.news/libertarian-anti-war-backers-have-buyers-remorse-as-trumps-agenda-unfolds/

2025-06-17 20:35:48 GMT

Democrats need to get up to speed on crypto and understand it as nothing less than a threat to the rule of law, and nation states themselves. There is no 'political compromise' to be had here.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/opinion/genius-act-stablecoin-crypto.html

2025-06-14 16:43:43 GMT

Today at 1pm EDT I'll be participating in an online 'No Kings' event on Zoom + YouTube with several other speakers and organizers. Please join! Here's a preview of the message I'll be sharing.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81964856391?pwd=vMYnMQAidWZ36no6YimGoIYynAAHSN.1
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2025-05-13 16:18:47 GMT

Republicans have inserted language into the budget reconciliation bill that would ban states from regulating AI in any capacity for 10 years. States are the only ones who can even try to regulate AI in the US, since Congress has been captured by Big Tech.
https://cdn.toad.social/media_attachments/files/114/501/428/447/740/744/original/e7e7bcb8314aa665.jpg

2025-05-11 17:42:00 GMT

📄 NEW: In the absence of effective political leadership, Pope Leo may provide an important cultural counterbalance to emergent global fascism — and the beginnings of a pathway out.
https://america2.news/the-papacy-and-the-pathway-out/

2025-05-03 19:49:44 GMT

I took this photo in 2020 in Berlin while passing by a playground. If you notice, there is AfD propaganda spray painted on this low wall where (self evidently) it would be visible to small children. Sick to see a long game being executed like this. BfV did the right thing.
https://cdn.toad.social/media_attachments/files/114/445/633/354/964/404/original/86ce7c0c3694de30.jpeg

2025-04-29 15:49:22 GMT

China can remain totalitarian longer than we can remain solvent. Never screw with people who have total control over their domestic information environment.

2025-04-07 00:28:06 GMT

📄 NEW: The Trump tariffs have caused shockwaves inside MAGA, breaking down the fragile coalition that propelled him to a second term. Democrats should seize the opportunity to map the fissures and exploit the chaos.
https://america2.news/tariffs-expose-rifts-in-fragile-maga-coalition/

2025-04-05 18:54:53 GMT

Baltimore stands against fascism. #HandsOff
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2025-04-03 15:23:11 GMT

I first started reporting on the Republican-Russian-Musk plan to crash the US economy back in early 2021. Here's my piece from summer 2024. No one can say no one knew this was coming.
https://washingtonspectator.org/peter-thiel-and-the-american-apocalypse/

2025-04-03 14:51:20 GMT

Trump's economy, YTD (as of right now):
DJIA -4%
S&P -7.44%
NASDAQ -13.75%
Russell 2000 -7.29%
Liberation, indeed.

2025-04-03 03:01:43 GMT

To the rest of the world: we are aware that the United States has been captured by insane sociopaths and apologize for this inconvenience. These policies are wildly unpopular and we will try to fix this in due course. In the meantime, carry on without us and accept our apologies.

2025-04-02 17:12:47 GMT

Musk's role in government was always limited to 130 days as a 'special government employee.' He can obviously continue to do what he's been doing through designated proxies of various kinds — and there is zero reason to expect otherwise.

2025-04-02 15:54:03 GMT

📄 NEW: Trump is calling his big tariff announcement "Liberation Day," but it all looks like a big fat gift to Vladimir Putin, and a controlled demolition of the United States as a world power.
https://america2.news/liberation-day-marks-americas-slide-towards-irrelevance/

2025-03-24 21:32:44 GMT

The fact that this gang of criminals is using public rather than officially designated tools to communicate tells you they are executing against this government rather than on its behalf. It’s a hostile takeover. Respond accordingly.

2025-03-24 13:10:14 GMT

ICYMI: Substack is part of the broader "Network State" movement to destabilize democracies. Pro-democracy creators are advised to migrate off the platform. Read the details here, and share with others.
https://america2.news/the-substack-dilemma-how-creators-are-inadvertently-fueling-americas-failure/

2025-03-23 16:44:31 GMT

Hilarious/depressing hearing the Sunday shows try to make sense of the fact that Trump hasn't soured on Musk yet, and Musk is still in control. Y'all still don't get it: Trump belongs to Musk (and his allies).

2025-03-22 04:18:17 GMT

Significant evidence suggests that anti-Tesla protests that encourage physical violence are being driven by bad actors aiming to accelerate violence and martial law. The public should engage in economic boycott and anti-Tesla information operations, but AVOID physical engagement.
Again, this appears to be a setup. Media covering this are welcome to reach out for a briefing at davetroy.69 on Signal. Thanks.

2025-03-21 14:53:34 GMT

📻 NEW: "The Nerd Reich with Gil Duran" Tech bros don't want to run the federal government, they want to eliminate it. Journalist @npub1q0j…x3m8 joins me to discuss the Network State and Neoreactionary movements, and how to counter them.
https://america2.news/the-nerd-reich-with-gil-duran/?ref=mastodon

2025-03-20 20:35:41 GMT

📄 NEW: "It's Time for Democrats to Carve Up the GOP" Democrats must have the courage to identify and exploit the weaknesses in the fragile GOP coalition. Here are five myths about the GOP, with matching recommendations about how to go on the offense.
https://america2.news/democrats-dont-understand-republicans-and-heres-why-that-matters-2/

2025-03-16 12:09:17 GMT

People are in denial about how close to the edge we really are. There are zero reasons to think that popular assumptions about how the world works will remain true in a year, in a month, or a week.

2025-03-15 03:11:10 GMT

The debt ceiling has not been addressed in this CR. That situation will lead to another standoff in about 60-75 days. Start preparing for that now, and make no assumption that R’s want to avoid default. Musk, Putin, and Xi don’t.

2025-03-12 03:26:41 GMT

I’m interested in talking to anyone who may have been at Elon Musk’s birthday party in June 2017. Hit me up on Signal at davetroy.69. Thanks.

2025-03-11 18:14:43 GMT

The White House is lying, saying this is a "transition period," requiring short term pain. This is a controlled demolition of entire economies. There is no truth to anything they are saying, and no path to prosperity on this route. It's raw, unbridled terrorism.

2025-03-07 13:22:43 GMT

"Is it a coincidence that the president would set the world’s richest man loose inside all of the government’s computers — allowing access to everything the government knows about you — at the same moment he could be preparing to impose martial law?"
https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/openforum/article/insurrection-act-president-trump-20201819.php

2025-03-04 14:22:43 GMT

📄 NEW: "The Four Memos Quietly Rocking Washington" A set of memos about Elon Musk, the Neoreactionary movement, DOGE, and financial instability is making waves in Washington. But will they lead to a tipping point? Not unless Republicans take action.
https://america2.news/the-four-memos-quietly-rocking-washington/

2025-03-01 17:09:44 GMT

📄 NEW: Yesterday's Oval Office ambush of Volodymyr Zelenskyy shocked the world, but it was predictable if you understand Trump as an agent of long-term KGB influence in the name of "peace." A quick summary of how we got here. More to follow.
https://america2.news/americas-darkest-turn/

2025-03-01 08:11:57 GMT

📄 NEW: "Elon Musk and DOGE are a meatspace problem, not an ideaspace problem. He needs to be physically restrained, and now." Stop Musk Now Or Face Certain Collapse — my latest for Washington Spectator.
https://washingtonspectator.org/the-wide-angle-stop-musk-now-or-face-certain-collapse/

2025-02-24 20:47:58 GMT

Anyone remotely surprised by the US vote in the UN regarding Ukraine today needs to read this. This is what's going on.
https://america2.news/donald-trump-isnt-the-first-presidential-candidate-groomed-by-the-kgb/

2025-02-22 12:26:11 GMT

The rate of descent into lawlessness in the United States continues to accelerate. Until that descent is arrested, and we can assess what institutions still hold, the country and its citizens are fundmantally unsafe.

2025-02-22 08:19:29 GMT

Trump is doing things that are unpopular and hurt Americans because he knows there won’t be any more elections. He believes he is untouchable.

2025-02-09 18:54:22 GMT

It is impossible to mount resistance from Substack. Everyone presently publishing there is going to need to move off. This will take time, but it’s the truth. Don’t give them your money.

2025-02-08 15:14:05 GMT

Here’s fake, illegitimate US Attorney Ed Martin on January 6th. Now he’s threatening people who question DOGE’s legitimacy and legality. This is a coup by insurrectionists who should be in jail.
https://files.toad.social/media_attachments/files/113/968/915/338/692/840/original/98ae52f021e4d1bf.jpeg
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2025-02-08 08:58:38 GMT

For folks wondering “why” Musk is sucking down data from government systems, don’t be shocked if it all ends up on Wikileaks soon.

2025-02-06 04:01:38 GMT

A group of anonymous authors has published this well-sourced memorandum on Musk and the Neoreactionary movement. Please share widely. The threat is not well understood. Take a moment to read the one page executive summary now; then call Congress.
https://america2.news/content/files/2025/02/Musk-NRx-Memo-February-5-2025.pdf

2025-02-05 20:22:27 GMT

People have no idea what a massive de-facto destimulus package is being rammed through right now. Slamming the brakes on federal spending with nothing to replace it is only going to spark a recession. This doesn't "free money up" for something else. It's just de-growth.

2025-02-03 09:59:38 GMT

The events unfolding now are, in several material ways, worse than estimated. There are still major issues to address (budget; debt ceiling) but the capture of the treasury and dismantling of agencies by force is beyond even P2025. This is an attack by hostile foreign powers.

2025-02-03 09:29:46 GMT

Beyond everything else that Musk has done, nullifying the rule of law is by far the most consequential. This will have massive implications for decades to come, and the biggest question now is what it will take to restore rule of law again.

2025-02-03 05:23:15 GMT

Musk, Ramaswamy, and Sen. Joni Ernst just gave themselves unilateral power to delete statutorily authorized agencies. They claimed that if the agencies should exist, Congress can just authorize them again. THEY ALREADY DID. YOU HAVE NO AUTHORITY HERE. YOU ALL BELONG IN PRISON.

2025-02-01 13:08:52 GMT

📄 NEW: "A First Hand Account of a Brazen Crypto Scam" This week, I woke up to news that my name had been used to promote a naked crypto scam. It imploded in two hours, but not before 17,000 people made $45 million in trades.
https://america2.news/odpl-a-first-hand-account-of-a-brazen-crypto-scam/

2025-01-31 20:41:03 GMT

Good time to bump this back up. Read and bookmark if you haven’t already. We’re hitting the main points.
https://america2.news/what-to-expect-when-youre-expecting-fascism/

2025-01-26 08:31:28 GMT

Multiple first hand reports from Europeans at Davos indicate that the US has been captured by a cult. Some are trying to appeal to the cult, while others are distancing and dealing with the fallout. But make no mistake: Trump/Musk is a cult.

2025-01-24 14:17:52 GMT

📄 NEW: "Now, we rebuild: Why 'defending democracy' hasn't worked" Defending democracy failed because it also required defending the status quo. Now we are called to create a future worth fighting for. My latest.
https://america2.news/now-we-rebuild-why-defending-democracy-hasnt-worked/

2025-01-20 12:29:21 GMT

A good practice right now, and I will have trouble doing it but am sure going to try, is to withhold reactions to provocations as long as possible. Allow time for the frontal cortex to engage rather than just letting the amygdala react without reflection.

2025-01-19 16:45:48 GMT

As we prepare for tomorrow, here are some things to look for in the first week. “What to Expect When You’re Expecting Fascism” Mostly, be prepared for sensory overload.
https://america2.news/what-to-expect-when-youre-expecting-fascism/

2025-01-18 21:08:19 GMT

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In particular, pay attention to the ads which ran on Russian TV. They speak to the same desperation and dissatisfaction fueling modern crypto schemes, even as they cynically undermine any efforts to actually improve income inequality. Evil shit.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGGSHibJ8BE&t=64s

2025-01-18 20:59:27 GMT

As folks try to process Trump’s idiotic crypto grift, it would be a good idea to familiarize oneself with one of its predecessors: a scam “currency” in Russia called MMM whose only purpose was to “get rich,” and didn’t hide that it was a naked fraud.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MMM_(Ponzi_scheme_company)

2025-01-12 08:42:34 GMT

European countries should simply either block or tax the parasitic US big tech companies that insist on violating their laws and roiling their internal affairs. Promote local competition. You don’t need these toxic, retrograde companies.

2025-01-11 17:28:43 GMT

📄 NEW: "Who Can Stop Elon Musk?" Musk is "all in" in his bid for world domination, but he's also on the fast track to becoming a global pariah, and on a collision course with Trump's incoming Chief of Staff, Susie Wiles. My latest @ Washington Spectator.
https://washingtonspectator.org/who-can-stop-elon-musk/

2025-01-09 23:21:30 GMT

📄 NEW: "What To Expect When You're Expecting Fascism"
National Emergency, Insurrection Act, PEADs, DOGE, and Debt Default got you down? Here's how to deal with the cognitive overload of the second Trump administration.
https://america2.news/what-to-expect-when-youre-expecting-fascism/

2025-01-08 09:58:31 GMT

For the record, any assertions that current concerns are just for the “next four years” are fully misguided. We are on a path to permanently breaking existing systems; any fixes will come in building new ones. Prepare for that work, which will take the rest of your life.

2025-01-04 18:00:15 GMT

The Musk/Trump regime isn't going to support Ukraine. Be prepared for this reality.

2024-12-23 00:50:22 GMT

📄NEW: "What To Do When There Is Nothing To Be Done"
Understanding our reality can feel immobilizing, but it doesn't have to be. Here are strategies you can use to fight for the future you want — even when it seems like there is nothing you can do.
https://america2.news/what-to-do-when-there-is-nothing-to-be-done/

2024-12-22 03:46:28 GMT

I just emailed several members of Congress who are engaged on the topic of the attacks on the US being waged by Putin, Musk, and their proxies. I have offered to brief them further. Same offer stands for any member of Congress or the IC. Please send them my way.

2024-12-21 15:52:45 GMT

Many are using the word “oligarchy” to describe what Musk is trying to achieve, but that’s wrong. The truth is he and Putin are trying to bring about a supranational monarchy. And this is the playbook.
https://washingtonspectator.org/project-russia-reveals-putins-playbook/

2024-12-21 15:03:36 GMT

Wake up babe, new exposé of Putin’s sleeper agents in the West just dropped. 👀
https://www.wsj.com/world/europe/sleeper-agents-putin-global-hunt-a7978f84

2024-12-20 14:40:39 GMT

Folks think Musk and Trump are engaged in politics, but this is a military operation being executed out of Moscow. If you are playing politics right now, you literally have brought a butter knife to a gun fight.

2024-12-19 16:45:37 GMT

Q: “What is Musk’s role? Who is actually in charge in terms of who you’re actually negotiating with?”
Jeffries: “That’s a good question, and I don’t have a great answer for you on that right now.”
Press conference, just now. 🤦

2024-12-19 14:40:16 GMT

📄 NEW: "The American Meltdown Begins"
Elon Musk is now running our government, and is executing an agenda that is against our national interests. But many have not yet awakened to the reality that American democracy has been fatally compromised.
https://america2.news/the-american-meltdown-begins/

2024-12-16 14:58:45 GMT

ICYMI: "Project Russia," a popular Russian book series but nearly unknown in the West, outlines the Kremlin's long-term plan to overthrow the world's democracies in favor of a "supranational monarchy" ruled by a new elite. Read my latest for Washington Spectator !
https://washingtonspectator.org/project-russia-reveals-putins-playbook/

2024-12-13 17:50:25 GMT

📄 EXCLUSIVE: The Kremlin's "Project Russia" poses a potent framework for mobilizing illiberal forces against the United States and its allies — and it's all but unknown to Western analysts. We must act to counter it.
https://america2.news/project-russia-the-kremlins-playbook-for-undermining-democracies/

2024-12-09 19:06:36 GMT

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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 GMT

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 GMT

📄 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 GMT

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 22:41:51 GMT

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that's just not factual. A good many think they signed up for something other than what's coming.

2024-12-03 22:09:32 GMT

📄 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 GMT

📃 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 GMT

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.

2024-11-27 17:48:20 GMT

The collapse of the Ruble says more about Russia's final abandonment of central banking than anything else. This will necessarily result in a shift into oil/gold commodities-backed trading envisioned by Glazyev/BRICS. Don't count Russia out until it's properly decapitated.

2024-11-26 23:59:10 GMT

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
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2024-11-26 22:13:49 GMT

📻 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 GMT

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 09:40:55 GMT

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/

2024-11-23 21:02:53 GMT

For the record, I want to recommend the “Ice Cubes” 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

2024-11-20 09:25:45 GMT

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/

2024-11-18 22:42:04 GMT

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/

2024-11-18 16:00:54 GMT

Everybody is waiting for Trump to turn on Musk. The better frame is what happens when Musk turns on Trump; also, the best chance to stop this is to awaken R’s to the fact that they will soon be broke unless Musk is stopped.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vQZj9-tPe4uvyqobUYd1BUs7xjeDSWUH-TGgy8VHFQwrLK8zZIGcYBf_dhWUhZ69pe-jgO6FNimCOra/pub

2024-11-16 16:16:31 GMT

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what they realized was that their decentralized tech wasn’t what users really wanted. They are following the path of Twitter now which is why Dorsey left. It is a cash burning machine.

2024-11-16 16:15:32 GMT

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 GMT

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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 GMT

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
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2024-11-15 18:58:10 GMT

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

2024-11-13 21:14:19 GMT

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 GMT

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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 GMT

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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 GMT

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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 GMT

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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 GMT

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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 GMT

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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