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Look, there's a particular sound I recognize when institutions start to bend.

It isn't the shouting.

Washington's always shouting.

It isn't even the finger pointing.

That's practically a prerequisite for entry.

No, it's something subtler.

It's when oversight starts being described as politicizing.

When legitimate constitutional questions are refrained as partisan attacks, when transparency becomes optional and narrative

becomes strategic.

Watching the February 11th House Judiciary hearing, I didn't see just raise voices between

the Attorney General Pam Bondi and

Democratic leaders. No, I saw something more familiar and more troubling. I saw what happens when

power begins to resent scrutiny. Both the New York Times and the Associated Press described

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