Same machine, new costume

So the governor taps Letitia James as special prosecutor in a campus gang rape case, and we are all supposed to clap because the right official from the right political tribe has entered the chat. The problem is not just the crime, it is the ritualized trust theater around it: when institutions have burned credibility on everything else, they suddenly expect moral authority on demand. This special prosecutor moment feels less like justice and more like regime damage control with a law degree.

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