{"channel":"usconst","content":"an article title: [# An Obituary for the FBI #] / << America's dream of a politically independent bureau is officially dead >>\r\n no additional information about the article is necessary.\r\n\r\n----\r\n\r\nthe concept of a \"politically independent bureau\" is, largely, a polite fiction.\r\n in two ways. first, \"everything is political, eventually\". but, second, \"independent from the president\". the second one is at least theoretically remediable.\r\n\r\nit has survived for a while, but Trump is committed to ignoring that fiction. as it *is* a fiction, he will largely succeed at this.\r\n\r\n----\r\n\r\nthis is not entirely a good thing.\r\n\r\nbut: if you want a separate category of \"independent agencies\", maybe it should be in the constitution somewhere?","created_at":"2025-02-24T19:45:24.754627","id":262,"llm_annotations":{},"parent_id":null,"processed_content":"

an article title: An Obituary for the FBI / America's dream of a politically independent bureau is officially dead\r

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the concept of a \"politically independent bureau\" is, largely, a polite fiction.\r

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\n \ud83d\udca1\n in two ways. first, \"everything is political, eventually\". but, second, \"independent from the president\". the second one is at least theoretically remediable.\r\n

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it has survived for a while, but Trump is committed to ignoring that fiction. as it is a fiction, he will largely succeed at this.\r

this is not entirely a good thing.\r

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but: if you want a separate category of \"independent agencies\", maybe it should be in the constitution somewhere?

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