Edition · November 10, 2022

The Daily Fuckup — November 10, 2022

2 verified reports published on November 10, 2022.

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Closing take

By November 10, the story around Trump was no longer just that he was loud, relentless, and impossible to ignore. It was that his loudness had become a liability, his political touch had failed a stress test, and his business empire was now living under court supervision. For Trump, that is what a bad day looks like: the spin cycle starts, the legal machinery keeps grinding, and the people around him begin looking for someone else to blame.

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Judge orders Trump Organization monitor and injunction in November 3 ruling

★★★★★Fuckup rating 5/5 Five-alarm fuckup

On November 3, 2022, a New York judge granted a preliminary injunction and ordered an independent monitor in the Trump Organization case. November 10 was the deadline for each side to propose monitor candidates, not the date of the order. The ruling added notice and disclosure requirements while the fraud case continued.

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Trump’s midterm drag becomes the party’s problem

★★★★☆Fuckup rating 4/5 Serious fuckup

The midterm autopsy started fast on November 10, and Trump was already looking like the easiest thing for Republicans to argue about. The “red wave” that had been promised by Trump’s orbit did not materialize, and early coverage that day centered on a party still counting votes while quietly sorting through who had cost it the most. For Trump, the embarrassment was not just that his endorsed candidates had mixed results. It was that the Republican conversation was quickly shifting from victory lap to blame assignment, and his name was at the center of it.

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