President Donald Trump speaks to the media outside the White House on Sunday. Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA/Bloomberg/Getty Images

If there’s a metaphor that epitomizes President Donald Trump’s attempts to consolidate power, it’s the boiling frog.

Through a steadily escalating barrage of provocations, he challenges people to keep paying attention and (most importantly) challenges Republicans to object. GOP lawmakers often let it go, and over time the president significantly moves the line – to the point where things that would once have been unthinkable become normalized. It’s been a very successful political strategy.

The problem comes when Trump tries to move that line too quickly.

The past two weeks may fall in that category.

First came Attorney General Pam Bondi’s sudden suggestion, which

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