Chinese consulate closure in Houston: it’s really about ratcheting up a nativist national security panic

It’s meant to ratchet up fear and further tenderize our frail and confused minds.

The latest news from the frontlines of Our Patriotic War Against China: Mike Pompeo is forcing China to close its consulate in Houston. The pretext is the country’s supposed hacking of America’s precious COVID vaccine data, which is part of a bullshit spy-fed propaganda campaign that I wrote about last week.

The State Department said in a statement that …