Notices by Dave Troy :toad: (davetroy@toad.social)

📻 NEW EPISODE: What do you really know about Taiwan? A new book, “Ghost Nation: The Story of Taiwan and its Struggle for Survival” aims to fill the knowledge gap for Western audiences. Dave sits down with the author, Chris Horton.
https://america2.news/podcast-ghost-nation-tells-the-story-of-taiwan-and-why-it-matters/

📄 EXCLUSIVE: We mapped the entire Epstein-Musk-Trump social network. What we found may surprise you — and one person is threatened most: Donald Trump.
https://america2.news/we-mapped-jeffrey-epsteins-social-network-heres-what-we-found/

Preliminary network study I'm working on. The notion that Musk is the pure one and only Trump is dirty is highly questionable. Question Musk's claims.

📄 NEW: The debt ceiling has been a source of constant political gamesmanship. Lawmakers are (finally) looking to eliminate it as a source of chaos and uncertainty when it comes up for review again in 2027. My latest.
https://america2.news/lawmakers-eye-plan-to-abolish-debt-ceiling-in-2027/

Trump’s announcement on Russia/Ukraine is not significant. 1) we’re not paying for weapons, we are selling them to NATO, 2) secondary 100% tariffs isolate the US from Russia sphere of influence, a strategic goal for Putin, 3) 50 day window provides pretext for attack escalation.

@minorusaba yeah. just keeping up with regular updates. doesn't seem materially different, just a bit to re-learn.

🚨Massie now says he has 10 votes to block Trump's Big Bill; Musk and RU propaganda apparatus are lined up behind him. This means BBB WILL NOT PASS until his faction is appeased. Dems must propose a CLEAN DEBT CEILING BILL now!

Great crowd and good energy at the “No Kings” protest in Baltimore! Sen. Van Hollen just arrived to speak.
#NoKings #Baltimore

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

You can watch the whole live event on YouTube here!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LP4hd--3iO8

📄 NEW: Mass media is pushing the false narrative that Musk has 'left' government to focus on his companies. But the reality is that Musk fronts a cartel of related and accelerating interests. My latest.
https://america2.news/musk-isnt-gone-and-tech-fascism-is-running-rampant/

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.

Trump’s stupid Pope picture should be seen through the lens of “Project Russia” and “Third Rome” ideology; what they are broadcasting is a (desired) merger between US-Russia-Russian Orthodox Church-Catholic Church. Really.

https://washingtonspectator.org/project-russia-reveals-putins-playbook/

You will be pleased to know that the FBI says they have no information on the Russia-backed TEXIT initiative which has been brewing for the last decade. Because we stopped doing real counterintelligence 50 years ago.
https://www.sacurrent.com/news/to-texas-with-love-what-russias-support-of-texit-tells-us-about-the-frayed-nature-of-us-politics-33862864

Worth remembering that the main guy behind the self-imposed destruction of global markets just got out of prison last July. And now he's decimating your retirement.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/peter-navarro-releasd-prison-trump-trade-adviser/

📄 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/

Baltimore stands against fascism. #HandsOff

COMING THIS AUGUST: “If you loved LIBERATION DAY, you’ll love X-DATE even more!” (Hey, if they can use AI slop to wreck the world, we can use AI slop to mock them.)

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.

📄 NEW: With 'Signalgate' we have officially abandoned the rule of law and entered a liminal realm governed by end times cult ideology. And we have never been in more danger.
https://america2.news/why-signalgate-marks-our-official-descent-into-end-times-ideology/