Edition · March 10, 2021
The Daily Fuckup — March 10, 2021
3 verified reports published on March 10, 2021.
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Closing take
The through-line on March 10 was simple: Trump’s political operation had no forward-looking message that matched reality, and his legal/personal orbit kept generating its own liabilities. That is not a sign of momentum. It is a sign of a brand still feeding on its own exhaust.
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Court collapse
Confidence 3/5
★★★★☆Fuckup rating 4/5
Serious fuckup
A fresh round of legal and procedural setbacks on March 10 showed that the post-election fantasy tour was still colliding with judges, deadlines, and facts. Trump’s allies were still trying to litigate a lost election by other means, but the rack-up of rulings and rejections kept undercutting the myth that the claims were going anywhere.
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Weak recovery
Confidence 5/5
★★★☆☆Fuckup rating 3/5
Major mess
The March 2021 jobs report, released April 2, showed solid gains and a lower unemployment rate, but also a labor market that was still short of pre-pandemic levels and not yet fully healed.
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Legal cloud
Confidence 5/5
★★★☆☆Fuckup rating 3/5
Major mess
Michael Cohen said he was returning to the Manhattan district attorney’s office for a seventh interview on March 10, 2021, as prosecutors kept pursuing their criminal investigation into Donald Trump’s finances.
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