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Then Delta removed the quiet cushion that had protected lawmakers from that reality. No more escorts, no more backdoor shortcuts, just the same lines and uncertainty faced by everyone else. Officially, it was a resource decision. Unofficially, it forced the people who design the system to stand inside it. In that rare moment, the distance between power and the public narrowed, not through speeches or reforms, but through shared inconvenience\u2014and the uncomfortable clarity that came with it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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