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It is noise. The whole thing is noise. I've never heard it referred to as the "Gulf of America" before this stupid substanceless news cycle. At first glance I don't suppose it really makes any difference if the entire continent is referred to by the name "America", but changing a name as a nod to a certain group of people is exactly the kind of empty noise I'd expect in the year of our Lord 2025. Time to tune back out.

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It's not noise, it's a shibboleth, a way of identifying conformance and compliance.

It is to distract everyone from more significant acts of corruption. Exactly like 2017-2021 but this time with a planning committee to take advantage of the distractions.

Yes, this. Choose one important piece, focus on that, move the needle if you can. Do not let yourself get bogged down with all this nonsense!

There's the Frontline interview with Steve Bannon where he discusses the plan to hit the "opposition party" that is the media with so much nonsense because they're so dumb and lazy they can only focus on one thing. Then push the agenda while they're focused on the nonsense. Now, you have Jefferies saying they're not going to swing at every pitch and wait for the right pitch. It's all just so ridiculous it's hard to believe this is real life

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