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

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.

🚨 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/

📄 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/

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/

2/Epstein was introduced to Murray Gell-Mann by Ghislaine Maxwell; he had been close to Robert Maxwell, who supported Gell-Mann's Santa Fe Institute. In 1990, Maxwell donated $100,000 to SFI to catalyze its shift into economics and 'complexity', away from hard sciences.

4/This is the first part of a multi-part deep dive into the network around Epstein and SFI. And while SFI has produced otherwise interesting work, there are also aspects that have led to unexpected outcomes. In short, it's 'complex,' and we've been blinded by prurient, monotonous coverage that primarily benefits Russia.

3/And we exclusively report that SFI was cited in Project Russia, the Kremlin's plan for undermining the West which had not been previously translated into English. Whatever Epstein and the Maxwells (Robert, Ghislaine, and Christine) believed they were doing with SFI, the Kremlin believed that SFI was waging societal warfare.

Quick sketch of Ghislaine Maxwell testimony relationships, July 24-25, 2025. Generated from DOJ transcripts, August 22, 2025. (Click to zoom)

ICYMI... My new talk from TEDxBerlin asks the question few are willing to face: why is democracy in retreat globally, and what can we do about it? Here's one possible way forward, and we should consider it — before it's too late.
https://america2.news/is-democracy-dying-heres-why-and-what-to-do-about-it/

📻 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/