Influencer Imperialism, AoT484

This new year is proving difficult to keep up with. On both the domestic and international fronts, there is no end of trouble. Whatever you do, don't trust Nick Shirley. 

Topics include: different ways to support the show, wild new year, Venezuela military operation, Maduro NY court case, Cartel de los Soles not a real cartel, criminal government, no rules or accountability, Global propaganda Matrix, new digital propaganda not properly understood, influencers are propagandists, social media, selling us brain chips, big money tech bought up media and government, Post-Truth World, Minnesota child care scandal, Nick Shirley, evolution of Truth Movement/alternative media, JD Vance promotion of Shirley, PPP scandal forgotten, noticing recurring narratives and talking points, executive branch blocking legislation based on YouTube videos, video titles, video from inside El Salvador prison, young people caught up in attention economy, testing the public, fake tough guys, pretending to be anti-Neocon, American imperialism, Rubio, plans for Cuba, Mexico, Greenland, Network State, New World Order under construction, dangerous international tensions, US break from NATO, China military drills around Taiwan