A progressive daily ledger of Trump-world self-owns, legal pain, policy blowback, and bad-faith chaos.
1 verified report published on December 18, 2023.
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December 18 was one of those in-between Trump days that never stays in-between for long. The system was already moving against him, and the only real question was how loud the blowback would get once the next domino fell.
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On Dec. 18, 2023, the Colorado Supreme Court had already heard the Trump ballot-disqualification case and was expected to rule soon. It issued its decision the next day, removing Trump from the state’s 2024 Republican primary ballot before the ruling was stayed pending review.