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Edition · April 2, 2019
The Daily Fuckup — April 2, 2019
2 verified reports published on April 2, 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
The through-line on April 2 was simple: Trump-world kept testing how much Congress would tolerate, and Congress kept answering with more formal pressure. None of these fights was over yet, but the day added to a pattern that was becoming impossible to miss — a White House and its orbit treating oversight like an annoyance, and oversight responding by getting meaner, more organized, and more public.
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