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Edition · December 9, 2022
The Daily Fuckup — December 9, 2022
3 verified reports published on December 9, 2022.
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 throughline on December 9 was simple: Trump and his allies were still trying to litigate, spin, and slogan their way out of a pileup of their own making. None of it looked like a clean reset. It looked like a franchise that keeps expanding the damage radius.
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