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Edition · March 19, 2019
The Daily Fuckup — March 19, 2019
2 verified reports published on March 19, 2019.
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
Trump spent months selling the wall emergency as a power play. By March 19, the power play was looking more like a dare to the courts — and the courts, as usual, were not impressed.
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