Today, Rich compares CNN's commentary to George Orwell's "1984" novel that describes the policing of one's own thoughts. Then, the Omicron variant is mild but the left is freaking out and grabbing power already. Plus, updates on the Ghislaine Maxwell trial for serving as Jeffrey Epstein's child sex trafficker, and the latest on the Jussie Smollett case.

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