@Television news organizations may believe that avoiding a term like Gulf of Mexico is a fairly harmless concession. But … cute linguistic gymnastics amount to a surrender. Words are the front lines of truth, and once they’re ceded, it becomes far easier for strongmen like Trump to shape reality.”
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Oliver Darcy
GULF OF FEAR: This past week, when NASA astronauts returned to Earth, TV news networks avoided calling the body of water they splashed down in as the Gulf of Mexico.
Instead, they performed linguistic gymnastics to stay out of Trump’s crosshairs.
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Instead, they performed linguistic gymnastics to stay out of Trump’s crosshairs.
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#Protest
#Resist
#GetInvolved
& legacy news organizations dont do ENOUGH reporting on whats going on.
+ ... A single interview COULD do a lot to bring Trump down.
He's dumb as a rock, & an interviewer could make that apparent, like they did w Sarah Palin.
Why don't they?
We've been dealing with different names for the same landmarks since we've been a country.
Yes it's stupid. But if it gets you past it, why not?
Eventually Trump will die and all will be forgotten
Just a small overview.
Corporate America should not be running the country!
Project 2025 is just getting started. (No guardrails).
Heading to Dictatorship.
Once all immigrants are gone…
America will become Russia 2.0
#maganomore join me ♥️🤜🏼🤛🏼♥️
alien space territory? @jaketapper.bsky.social: No it’s me bending down!
trump is a tiny tiny COWARD with tiny tiny hands. An asshole cheetoputin punk.
DAM!!! This only one person. He A FELON. BERN CHARGE RAPE... and there BENDING A KNEE.. GULF OF MEXICO
DAM IT SAY!!!! IT LOUD!!!!
That’s not on him.
That’s on us.
Were the real problem.
We’re the only resolution.
Just one cheap shot: Reports say he has a very strong odor. That I can accept.
“Excuse me can you help me find the sunscreen? I’m headed back to the Gulf Of Mexico.”
“I need a car with good gas mileage since I like vacationing in the Gulf of Mexico.
You get the idea…..
I understand Trumpers using it as propaganda but no one else should label Musk's unconstitutional carnage with it.
Elon's destruction of government.
Gulf of Mexico
Gulf of Mexico
If you say it 3 times while looking in the bathroom mirror you get a spine
The gulf of America.
So the harmless actions they took are just warm-ups for the real gutting of the body of our country. Time to stop these people before their rounding all of us up
Surrendering power of the purse is really bad.
Citizens United was a really bad thing.
Power and money destroying the greatest country in the free world.
Step Two: Evil words
Step Three: Evil actions
Welcome to my Ted Talk
Between the glorious array of biodiversity 🐳
And profit making
Heartfelt thanks to the enviros heading to court:
https://biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press-releases/lawsuit-launched-to-protect-critically-endangered-rices-whale-from-trump-administration-2025-03-20/
Give up all MAGA, MAGA-friendly, and MAGA-complicit media. We did, it’s easy.
News organizations give more power to a crazed man at the expense of their own jobs eventually.
Challenge him. Don’t become part of the demise.
Another WTF moment 🤦♀️
https://www.yahoo.com/news/gov-ron-desantis-used-pronounce-220301302.html
And let's hope that the Trump name is so deeply despised that by the time we get rid of him, nothing bears his name... including his descendants.
You don’t see it in Ger, UK, Fr, Can, even India
Leave aside FOX, the once respected MSM has been bought, from CNN to NYT & WaPo & there’s not much anyone can do except not watch & not read their output
It’s a sad reflection on the USA
--George Orwell, 1984
It seems American journalists.
ExxonMobil thanks you.
They shape thoughts, influence actions, and ignite change.
They are always our first line of defense and our ultimate tool for initial impact.
Control the media.
When the media are in your pocket then you can say anything you want and it will become "the truth"
Everything else is "fake news"
If the people have no other means to discover the real truth then you have won.
'Land of the Free... Home of the Brave... From My Cold Dead Hands'...
Kowtows to an Orange Felon Hun...
White Baby Jesus...
#GolfvonMexiko
the Democratic Party became..
the 'Democrat Party' because repubs decided to disrespect them.
same with ObamaCare..
over time the dems have conceded little by little until now..
folks actually believe that the repubs are the voice of the working man.
Such a golden missed opportunity.
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/irs-doge-cuts-tax-filing-b2719911.html
When they object I say "yeah, having someone suddenly decide to rename you, though you've had that name your whole life, because THEY want to kinda sucks, doesn't it?",
I'd focus on changing the names of
Big balls
Medium balls
Little balls
Tiny balls
Micro balls
Stinky balls
Rotten balls
No balls
And
Bad glued on balls