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Edition · November 23, 2023

The Daily Fuckup — November 23, 2023

2 verified reports published on November 23, 2023.

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Closing take

The throughline here is simple: Trump keeps mistaking discipline for weakness, and the courts keep treating his rhetoric like the public-safety problem it has become. On a day when most political operations were quieting down for the holiday, his was still manufacturing fresh material for judges, opponents, and voters who are sick of the chaos. That is not a strategy. It is a recurring ethics complaint with better branding.

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Court Filing Cites Threats and Harassment After Trump’s Attacks on Engoron and His Clerk

Threats and gag order Confidence 5/5
★★★★☆Fuckup rating 4/5 Serious fuckup

New York court officials asked an appeals court on Nov. 23, 2023, to keep gag-order restrictions in place while Donald Trump’s challenge was pending, citing threats and harassment aimed at Judge Arthur Engoron and his principal law clerk. The request came after an Oct. 3 gag order, a Nov. 3 supplemental order, and a temporary pause issued Nov. 16, all in response to Trump’s public criticism of court staff.

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