A progressive daily ledger of Trump-world self-owns, legal pain, policy blowback, and bad-faith chaos.
1 verified report published on February 19, 2024.
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The larger problem for Trump is that none of this is going away on the campaign calendar he prefers. Each court date, each filing, and each ruling keeps yanking attention back to the same question: whether the Republican front-runner is trying to win back power, or trying to outrun the consequences of losing it.
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February 19 brought more amicus filings in Donald Trump’s stay application, not a Supreme Court merits ruling. The justices granted review and paused the mandate nine days later, on February 28, 2024.