The Daily Fuckup — December 8, 2021

Edition · December 8, 2021

The Daily Fuckup — December 8, 2021

1 verified report published on December 8, 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 broader story here is not one headline or one subpoena. It is the accumulated mess: the more Trump’s allies try to avoid the record, the more the record seems to harden against them. December 8 was another reminder that the election-overturning era was not over just because the calendar had moved on.

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Meadows Ducks Jan. 6 Deposition and Hands the Committee a Bigger Fight

Contempt fallout Confidence 5/5

★★★★☆Fuckup rating 4/5 Serious fuckup

Mark Meadows blew off a scheduled deposition before the House January 6 committee, and that refusal immediately moved the panel toward contempt proceedings. The committee was already sitting on documents Meadows had turned over, including material referencing alternate electors and a PowerPoint on election fraud and January 6 options. The result was a fresh embarrassment for Trump’s former chief of staff and another sign that the White House’s post-election crew had no appetite for sunlight.

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