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Edition · January 9, 2021
The Daily Fuckup — January 9, 2021
3 verified reports published on January 9, 2021.
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 immediate damage was reputational and operational, but the larger problem was structural: a defeated president whose refusal to accept reality kept generating new crises even after a mob had already stormed the Capitol. January 9 showed that the aftermath of January 6 was not a cleanup phase; it was a live wire.
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