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Edition · January 14, 2025

The Daily Fuckup — January 14, 2025

2 verified reports published on January 14, 2025.

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Closing take

The through-line here is simple. Even on a comparatively quiet day, Trump’s orbit kept finding ways to turn process into spectacle and spectacle into a credibility problem. One story showed the legal wreckage of Jan. 6 still hanging over him. The other showed that, for all the talk of “restoring respect,” Trump’s first instinct remained to test how far he could push a national norm and then act surprised when people noticed.

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Smith’s report keeps the Jan. 6 case alive even after Trump’s comeback

Jan. 6 reckoning Confidence 4/5
★★★★☆Fuckup rating 4/5 Serious fuckup

Jack Smith’s report on Trump’s effort to overturn the 2020 election landed as a fresh reminder that the former president’s attempt to erase the result was, in prosecutors’ view, far more than a political tantrum. The report said the team believed it had enough evidence to convict Trump had he not won back the White House. That is not a normal footnote for an incoming president. It is a giant blinking warning light about the legal and historical mess he is taking into office.

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