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Edition · October 12, 2024

The Daily Fuckup — October 12, 2024

2 verified reports published on October 12, 2024.

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Closing take

The through-line here is simple: Trump’s operation keeps behaving like every rally is both a campaign stop and a stress test, and on October 12 it failed the optics test again. Security forces caught the problem in time, but the campaign’s culture of menace, grievance, and nonstop escalation keeps turning basic political events into potential liabilities.

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Loaded guns outside Trump’s Coachella rally turn a campaign stop into a security scare

Security scare Confidence 4/5
★★★★☆Fuckup rating 4/5 Serious fuckup

A Nevada man was arrested at a security checkpoint outside Donald Trump’s Saturday rally in Southern California after deputies said they found a shotgun, a loaded handgun, ammunition, and multiple fake passports in his vehicle. Authorities said the incident did not endanger Trump or rallygoers, but it added fresh evidence that the former president’s events now carry a constant security hangover. For a campaign already defined by rage politics and repeated threats, that is not exactly a reassuring visual.

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