Publisher and Editor, America 2.0. Baltimore/Washington. Pilot, chef, coder. america2.news Signal: davetroy.69https://bsky.app/profile/davetroy.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/davetroy.com/post/3mldmz2u2q225📄 EXCLUSIVE: With the White House set to launch a new website about "aliens," we dug into the backstory — with new, original reporting on the networks and motives behind the effort. https://america2.news/trump-administration-set-to-launch-new-ufo-information-offensive/08 May 2026 11:31 +0000at://did:plc:hhaay6m47grq5cyim2fjphpb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mldmz2u2q225https://bsky.app/profile/davetroy.com/post/3mjz4osd4cs2fAre we witnessing the final unraveling of Donald Trump and the fragile coalition that brought him to power? His choice to pursue war in Iran has all but sealed his fate. My latest. https://america2.news/the-unraveling-of-donald-trump/21 Apr 2026 13:47 +0000at://did:plc:hhaay6m47grq5cyim2fjphpb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjz4osd4cs2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/davetroy.com/post/3mhxi74j5ac2mBeen hard at work on tools that can be helpful for journalism and research. If you use Signal on a Mac desktop, check out SignalRAG, a new library for full text searching Signal messages w/RAG support + integrated into Claude Code. https://github.com/davetroy/signalrag/26 Mar 2026 11:18 +0000at://did:plc:hhaay6m47grq5cyim2fjphpb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhxi74j5ac2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/davetroy.com/post/3mfp6xjdz2k2oWhat does it mean for democracies when dissent becomes impossible? In this moving talk, whistleblower Miles Taylor shares his very personal account of speaking truth to power, what it cost him, and his hope that others will continue to do the same. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqCnUxA-BIU25 Feb 2026 17:21 +0000at://did:plc:hhaay6m47grq5cyim2fjphpb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfp6xjdz2k2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/davetroy.com/post/3mfoj4qukc2221/One overlooked Epstein figure is Sigal Mandelker, who negotiated his 2008 deal with Acosta and Barr. In 2017, she was named Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intel, but faced scrutiny for missing FinCEN reports in Mueller’s Trump-Russia probe. https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/democrats-protest-treasury-division-nominee-over-missing-trump-financial-documents/2017/05/23/3f7c3854-3fc1-11e7-adba-394ee67a7582_story.html25 Feb 2026 10:50 +0000at://did:plc:hhaay6m47grq5cyim2fjphpb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfoj4qukc222https://bsky.app/profile/davetroy.com/post/3mfoj4qukc2221/One overlooked Epstein figure is Sigal Mandelker, who negotiated his 2008 deal with Acosta and Barr. In 2017, she was named Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intel, but faced scrutiny for missing FinCEN reports in Mueller’s Trump-Russia probe. https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/democrats-protest-treasury-division-nominee-over-missing-trump-financial-documents/2017/05/23/3f7c3854-3fc1-11e7-adba-394ee67a7582_story.html25 Feb 2026 10:50 +0000at://did:plc:hhaay6m47grq5cyim2fjphpb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfoj4qukc222https://bsky.app/profile/davetroy.com/post/3mexpm7kghk2vWithdrawal from NATO. Abolishing the Federal Reserve. Terminating aid to Ukraine. These are the positions of both Vladimir Putin and Rep. Thomas Massie. Epstein transparency is good — Massie is not, and shouldn’t be given power. https://america2.news/thomas-massie-is-no-american-hero/16 Feb 2026 09:15 +0000at://did:plc:hhaay6m47grq5cyim2fjphpb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mexpm7kghk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/davetroy.com/post/3mevrvylpbs22📄 NEW: Thomas Massie has gained a following for his dogged pursuit of Epstein transparency, but few have examined his longstanding alignment with Russia's policy agenda, and why Putin is a big winner in this exposure operation. https://america2.news/thomas-massie-is-no-american-hero/15 Feb 2026 14:51 +0000at://did:plc:hhaay6m47grq5cyim2fjphpb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mevrvylpbs22https://bsky.app/profile/davetroy.com/post/3metkz7cqds2a📄 EXCLUSIVE: Did Jeffrey Epstein Try to Sabotage the Lawyers Fighting Him? Soon after Epstein tried (and failed) to infiltrate Brad Edwards' database system, Stan Pottinger, an old Epstein partner, and David Boies waltzed in to “help” victims. https://america2.news/part-seven-did-jeffrey-epstein-try-to-sabotage-the-lawyers-fighting-him/14 Feb 2026 17:42 +0000at://did:plc:hhaay6m47grq5cyim2fjphpb/app.bsky.feed.post/3metkz7cqds2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/davetroy.com/post/3melv6idsus2dFor those who have mirrored the entire EFTA dataset locally on a Mac, here's a hack: use Claude Code with 'mdfind' to identify relevant documents, and then query and summarize that dataset. Insanely helpful.11 Feb 2026 16:22 +0000at://did:plc:hhaay6m47grq5cyim2fjphpb/app.bsky.feed.post/3melv6idsus2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/davetroy.com/post/3meloayolcc2mNEW: Epstein advanced Russian goals on behalf of a Russia-aligned network of contacts. "What We've Learned from the Latest Epstein Documents" https://america2.news/what-weve-learned-from-the-latest-epstein-documents/11 Feb 2026 14:19 +0000at://did:plc:hhaay6m47grq5cyim2fjphpb/app.bsky.feed.post/3meloayolcc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/davetroy.com/post/3mdijmxu3hk25🚨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/28 Jan 2026 14:53 +0000at://did:plc:hhaay6m47grq5cyim2fjphpb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdijmxu3hk25https://bsky.app/profile/davetroy.com/post/3mc6yynlaw22xThis is a good time to revisit my seminal 2022 piece on the long-running war between gold-obsessed propertarians and the Federal Reserve. The DOJ action against Powell is revenge for FDR’s 1933 Executive Order 6102. https://washingtonspectator.org/paranoia-on-parade/12 Jan 2026 02:36 +0000at://did:plc:hhaay6m47grq5cyim2fjphpb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mc6yynlaw22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/davetroy.com/post/3mc3q2nrrks2wPeople 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/10 Jan 2026 19:18 +0000at://did:plc:hhaay6m47grq5cyim2fjphpb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mc3q2nrrks2whttps://bsky.app/profile/davetroy.com/post/3mbrkm33wkk2j🚨 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/06 Jan 2026 18:14 +0000at://did:plc:hhaay6m47grq5cyim2fjphpb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbrkm33wkk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/davetroy.com/post/3madzplattk2pKey Epstein fact: the anticommunist zealots who led Iran-Contra merged with the KGB network that pillaged the USSR to establish Putin and his oligarchs. Epstein and Robert Maxwell were embedded in both networks.19 Dec 2025 15:42 +0000at://did:plc:hhaay6m47grq5cyim2fjphpb/app.bsky.feed.post/3madzplattk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/davetroy.com/post/3m7kiylthu225📄 NEW: American and European democracy share common fates, and Europe must take the lead now in pushing back against corporatist assaults if democracy is to survive on either continent. https://america2.news/we-must-stand-together-america-and-europe-share-a-common-fate/09 Dec 2025 12:06 +0000at://did:plc:hhaay6m47grq5cyim2fjphpb/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7kiylthu225https://bsky.app/profile/davetroy.com/post/3m73oawjcbk2t📄 EXCLUSIVE: We untangle Epstein's web at Santa Fe Institute to make sense of "Game B," a design for a new utopian society, and look at some of its downstream effects. Featuring an interview with Jim Rutt, former SFI Chair. Part 6 in our series. https://america2.news/part-six-epstein-and-the-dangerous-game-of-evolution/03 Dec 2025 14:30 +0000at://did:plc:hhaay6m47grq5cyim2fjphpb/app.bsky.feed.post/3m73oawjcbk2t