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Edition · November 14, 2017
The Daily Fuckup — November 14, 2017
3 verified reports published on November 14, 2017.
This edition is the complete daily record. Reports remain separate so readers can see each claim, source set, correction, and update without one article being mislabeled as the entire edition.
Closing take
The basic problem for Trump on November 14 was not one bad headline. It was the accumulation of them. Each new filing, briefing, and public remark made the same point: this presidency was still spending enormous political capital defending old conduct instead of moving past it.
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