Notices by Dave Troy :toad: (davetroy@toad.social), page 3

NEW: I recently joined my old friend from the tech industry, Dave Beckemeyer, on his podcast, "Outrage Overload" to talk about what Musk, Thiel, and Putin are aiming to do to the dollar — and to your savings. This episode cannot be more timely!
https://outrageoverload.net/outrage-bonus-how-tech-bros-like-elon-musk-and-peter-thiel-are-shaping-our-future-david-troy/

📻 NEW EPISODE: "The October Surprise" — Journalist Craig Unger worked 33 years to find definitive proof that the Reagan campaign delayed the release of American hostages in 1980 — and found it. We discuss his book, Den of Spies, and what he found!
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dave-troy-presents/id1610914569?i=1000673909142

NEW: Many people only know Opus Dei from its depiction in The Da Vinci Code. The reality is both more mundane — and in many ways, much more sinister. Listen to my new interview with Gareth Gore, whose new book OPUS uncovers the truth about this secretive sect aiming to seize power worldwide.

https://open.spotify.com/episode/2OtOe3gP5bq6jcmUS5kQbz?si=dc59dc9e4e644ce4&nd=1&dlsi=70ddb1761b874605

My latest for Byline Times, on Elon Musk’s dangerous arc — and what may be next. A must-read deep dive into the man serving as an avatar for the world’s dictators.
/cc @BylineTimes https://bylinetimes.com/2024/10/02/elon-musk-a-dangerous-evolution/

📄NEW: "RFK Jr Ballot Access Operation Has Far-Right Ties" My latest investigation for The Washington Spectator details the far-right anarcho-libertarian anti-government groups behind the Kennedy campaign's ballot access operation. He is not what he appears to be.
https://washingtonspectator.org/kennedy-ballot-access-operation-has-far-right-ties/

20% of Americans identify as Catholic, and 60% believe abortion should be legal. And a majority are also disgusted by the apostate faction running a coup on the US government in the name of religion, in some cases violating the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment. Enough. Time to show our numbers. See you Tuesday!
https://bit.ly/catholicsforharris

📄 NEW: “Peter Thiel and the American Apocalypse” The election is top of mind, but the debt ceiling remains an existential threat to the global economy — and Thiel’s network is signaling US debt default in Q1 2025. The dollar and your savings are at risk.
https://washingtonspectator.org/peter-thiel-and-the-american-apocalypse/

We have updated to Mastodon 4.2.10 on toad.social. This release, published today, addresses security and bug fixes. :toad:

The shockwaves from this week's events, culminating with the relatively less-consequential immunity decision on Monday, will be felt for the rest of our lives and likely into our childrens' dotage. Plan accordingly.

Project 2025 is, for the most part, a backup plan, Plan B; Plan A is the stuff that's already happened this week, and will have massive consequences no matter who becomes president.

Yes, it is possible that if an institutionalist president is elected, they can reshape the court in ways that eventually reverse these cases, but that realistically will take many years, if not decades.

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.

We are now running Mastodon 4.2.9 on toad.social, which includes various minor bugfixes. :toad:

While it’s reasonable to celebrate one institution doing the right thing this one time, the threat is nowhere near neutralized. Expect the forces threatened by this to push even harder for destabilization and chaos. We should be prepared for that, and keep working.

Curious about Buckminster Fuller and his wide-ranging influence? My friend Alec Nevala-Lee wrote the definitive biography of Fuller, and is hosting a two-part online history course on him via the 92nd Street Y in NYC. May 13 and 20. Open to everyone — sign up here!
https://roundtable.org/live-courses/history/the-visionary-life-of-buckminster-fuller

📄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/

"A little-remembered magazine interview from 1987 may hold clues about what Trump and Putin are ultimately up to. What was on Trump’s mind back then — besides dispensing unsolicited foreign policy advice in full page newspaper ads? Nothing less than making a deal with the Soviets to jointly seize the world’s nuclear weapons and thus bring about world peace."

From @CatherineBelton — "Russia is increasingly confident that deepening economic and diplomatic ties with China and the Global South will allow it to challenge the international financial system dominated by the United States and undermine the West"
https://archive.is/bccDX

I’m hosting an “X” Space on today at 12:00pm EST to discuss the geopolitical outlook for 2024, addressing Russia, Ukraine, China, the Middle East, the US election, and ongoing information warfare. Please join, and share with your networks.

If you (understandably) have left X entirely and prefer to listen later, I'm planning to make an edit for my podcast.

https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1ZkKzjQORVLKv?s=20

Having followed him since first encountering him around 2007, I have long felt Sam Altman is something of a con man. And evidently that’s the ultimate consensus of the OpenAI board. He is a parlay-preneur: a fast-talker who takes the work of others and whips it to stiff peaks to make exquisite meringues and confections, which hold great appeal and earn him praise until they ultimately crumble.

📃 NEW: "Reality in Taiwan Differs from Perception in DC," my latest for Washington Spectator. While US media hints at an imminent war over Taiwan, the facts on the ground tell a different story altogether. Politics and economics, not war, are the focus in Taipei.
https://washingtonspectator.org/reality-in-taiwan-differs-from-perception-in-dc/