MEDIA · The Intercept

Civic Sentinel Assessment

The Intercept presents state compliance with patriotism as a threat to press freedom. This logic mirrors Marxist information control, where any state assertion of national identity is labeled as repression to subvert our sovereignty.

As the piece puts it,“The Alabama legislature passed a bill in late March requiring all state and local entities to refer to the Gulf of Mexico as the “Gulf of America,” in line with one of the many executive orders Trump signed on his first day in office. The legislation does not set forth penalties for noncompliance, but its sponsor, state Rep. David Standridge, called it “an opportunity to make a patriotic statement” on the House floor in January.”