That's an unusual name, like a character in a work of fiction, isn't it? Like "Remington Steele" or something.
For the last two years of Obama's term (2015-2017), Ashton Carter was the Secretary of Defense and John Forbes Kerry was the Secretary of State.
It is just a coincidence, right?
I would hang in there, stay in the fight. I think we're getting closer and there's more water pushing against the dam than there's ever been.
Just taking the MH370 example, I've noticed two quite distinct kinds of posts on r/conspiracy, or more specifically posts with distinct sets of comments. The posts themselves are innocent enough, along the lines of, "Whatever happened to MH370?"
One kind is absolutely, completely overrun with shills pushing any and every kind of nonsense, including this "Ashton Forbes" line. Sometimes I'll post the Diego Garcia info and I've even been attacked by the OP himself! That leads me to believe the post is either targeted for cognitive warfare or completely set up by them (and why wouldn't it be?).
But there are others that are "unmolested", and they are full of solid info: Diego Garcia, Philip Wood, MH17, all the good stuff. That tells me there are plenty of awake people out there that "They" are working hard to drown out.
Who wins in this battle? Well, one indication is that They have had to step up Their game, so clearly They are feeling more pressure. I say we keep turning up that pressure.