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American corporate media love catchphrases that they all repeat in unison, across network and cable television and through social media. One recent example is “viral blizzard” referring to the omicron variant of COVID.

The US Senate has passed its National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) military spending bill for the fiscal year of 2022, setting the budget at an astronomical $778 billion by a vote of 89 to 10.

Dr. Leana Wen says people should use "a 3-ply surgical mask when indoors and around others of unknown vaccination status."

According to a South African government panel, the Omicron variant is so mild there’s no need for quarantines and contact tracing.

Data from all over the world suggests that this variant is mild and similar to the common cold.

While the Omicron variant accounts for 3% of coronavirus cases nationwide, the rate is 13% in densely populated New York and New Jersey.

Health officials and vaccine makers call for boosters after studies show Pfizer vaccine is less effective against Omicron, but data on breakthrough cases suggest the vaccine hasn’t been effective against other strains, either.

Campaign to kill Justice Department’s "China Initiative" intensifies despite Beijing’s continuing espionage activities.

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is committing at least three genocides, aimed to eradicate Falun Gong adherents, Uyghurs and Tibetans, according to a former senior state department official.

Over the past half-century or so, American law enforcement and popular culture have conferred an extra level of seriousness and gravity to “hate crimes” as opposed to regular crimes. The definition of a hate crime, according to the FBI, is a regular crime with an added element of bias. “A ‘criminal’ offense against a person or property motivated in whole or in part by an offender’s bias against a race, religion, disability, sexual orientation, ethnicity, gender, or gender identity,” the FBI.gov website states.