Edition · December 10, 2023

The Daily Fuckup — December 10, 2023

2 verified reports published on December 10, 2023.

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 here is simple: Trumpworld kept trying to turn fantasy into doctrine, and the documents kept turning it back into a liability. When your best defense is to insist reality is partisan, you’re not winning the argument so much as admitting you’ve run out of one.

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Trump’s voting-machine claims were undercut by prosecutors’ summary of former officials’ answers

★★★★☆Fuckup rating 4/5 Serious fuckup

A special counsel filing made public on Dec. 10, 2023, said prosecutors asked former Trump administration and election-security officials whether they knew of evidence that any domestic or foreign actor flipped votes in voting machines. The filing says none reported such evidence. The brief itself is dated Dec. 11, 2023.

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