Edition · February 12, 2022

The Daily Fuckup — February 12, 2022

1 verified report published on February 12, 2022.

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Closing take

Even when Trump wasn’t the headline object, his movement was still being measured by its wreckage. February 12, 2022 reads like one of those days when the fever dream of the stolen-election era started looking less like political theater and more like a long bill coming due.

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The Jan. 6 fallout kept widening around Trump’s orbit

★★★★☆Fuckup rating 4/5 Serious fuckup

New court and Justice Department material kept pushing the Capitol attack deeper into the Trump story, reinforcing that the post-election pressure campaign was not just rhetoric but a live criminal and political problem.

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