A progressive daily ledger of Trump-world self-owns, legal pain, policy blowback, and bad-faith chaos.
1 verified report published on January 5, 2024.
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This was not the biggest Trump screwup of the cycle, but it was another brick in the wall: more litigation, more Jan. 6 baggage, and more evidence that the former president’s campaign could not escape the consequences of the last one. The story only gets worse for him if the courts or election officials decide the post-2020 chaos is a qualification issue, not just a talking point.
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Five Massachusetts voters filed a challenge to Donald Trump’s eligibility for the state’s presidential primary and general-election ballot, saying his conduct around Jan. 6 makes him disqualified under the 14th Amendment. The filing came as the Supreme Court agreed to hear the Colorado ballot case the same day.