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David Troy

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  • Columnist and Investigative Journalist, Freelance
Baltimore, Toronto, Washington
As seen in: Apple Podcasts, Elemental, Medium, Metro (UK), TED, Technical.ly, Byline Times, The Washington Spectator
Covers:  Geopolitics, history, geo-economics, technology, information warfare, social phenomena, culture.
Doesn't Cover: Political horse races.
Publisher & Editor, America 2.0 • Writer, Washington Spectator • Spy tracker • Curator, @TEDxMidAtlantic • Tips? Signal: davetroy.69

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David Troy’s Biography

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Dave Troy is an investigative journalist focused on exposing threats to democracy. Based in Baltimore, his background as a technologist with an interest in studying online extremism affords him a unique perspective. His work has appeared at MoMA in New York, and he is a fellow with New America Foundation’s Future Frontlines. Dave writes regularly about information warfare, history, and politics. He is the host of the podcast Dave Troy Presents, and speaks regularly at conferences on disinformat…

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Paranoia on Parade: How Goldbugs, Libertarians and Religious Extremists Brought America to the Br...

Paranoia on Parade: How Goldbugs, Libertarians and Religious Extremists Brought America to the Br...

Listen to "Paranoia on Parade", a 3-part audio podcast with commentary from author Dave Troy, Jack Bryan, dir…

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The Wide Angle: Understanding TESCREAL - the Weird Ideologies Behind Silicon Valley's Rightward T...

The Wide Angle: Understanding TESCREAL - the Weird Ideologies Behind Silicon Valley's Rightward T...

For decades, the conventional wisdom about Silicon Valley was that it leaned progressive. And by many measure…

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Season 2: The War on the Dollar

Season 2: The War on the Dollar

Sometimes life happens all at once. That's what it's been like for me the last few months, and I've been amas…

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The Wide Angle: Financial Unreality and The Cult of Pinochet

The Wide Angle: Financial Unreality and The Cult of Pinochet

The recent collapse of Silicon Valley Bank demonstrated in clear terms that financial reality is a shared hal…

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'Musk's Twitter Buy Makes No Sense - Unless It's Part of Something Bigger' - Byline Times

'Musk's Twitter Buy Makes No Sense - Unless It's Part of Something Bigger' - Byline Times

Ever since Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, plunged the world into an endless stream of speculation and co…

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The Wide Angle: Combatting Putin's War with a Forward Vision for the West

The Wide Angle: Combatting Putin's War with a Forward Vision for the West

War, beyond being just a struggle for territory, is a process. Long-running wars, in particular, have the pot…

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Peter Thiel’s Least Secret Network Is Just One Small Part of a Global Influence Machine

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By David Troy Verified
| Byline Times Verified
Recent reporting has cast Dialog, an invitation-only network founded in 2006 by the Silicon Valley investors Auren Hoffman and Peter Thiel, as a secret society of global elites directed by Thiel. A Byline Times investigation finds something more consequential, if less sensational: a long-running influence network, run by Hoffman and built around light-touch social engineering, that trades on Thiel’s name while operating at arm’s length from him.
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Trump Administration Set to Launch New UFO Information Offensive

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By Dave Troy, David Troy Verified
| america2.news
A new website being prepared by the White House has led to speculation about what information it may contain, as well as the motives behind the project. In mid-March 2026, the Executive Office of the President registered the domains aliens.gov and alien.gov, which currently go to a placeholder website.
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The Unraveling of Donald Trump

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By Dave Troy, David Troy Verified
| america2.news
In the weeks since Donald Trump's assault on Iran, it has been difficult to extract a clear signal about what is happening and where things are heading. I've reached out to experts across the spectrum — former government officials, Iran experts, and my regular network of well-connected analysts. Overwhelmingly, the thread that has connected these conversations was the sense that there are too many geopolitical factors in play to get a sense of where things may be headed.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

I started writing a monthly technology column called "Myths and Mysteries" for a magazine called Current Notes in about 1990.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Oh, mos' def. Starting at about age 4.

How is social media changing news?

It's being used as an instrument to shape our social topology, so news is changing to reflect that purpose, unfortunately.