the hypocrisy displayed daily by the empire is sickening;

Following Wednesday's unprecedented crackdown against Hong Kong media, specifically the forced permanent closure of Hong Kong's 26-year long running Apple Daily newspaper under the far-reaching China-backed 'national security law', two leading US senators are urging the White House to unleash more sanctions in response to the crackdown.

In a letter to President Biden on Thursday Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa), ranking member of the Senate Banking Committee, and Sen. Chris Van Hollen, (D-Md), a committee member, wrote that the recently passed Hong Kong Autonomy Act requires the US secretary of state to identify and take action against any foreign person or foreign businesses "materially contributing" to the "inability of the people of Hong Kong to enjoy the freedom of assembly, speech, press, or independent rule of law."

This from the nation that just shut down all those Iranian media websites?............https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/senators-tell-biden-hong-kongs-apple-daily-forced-closure-requires-mandatory-sanctions