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The Trump administration is blaming Democrats for the government shutdown in internal federal agency communications as well as public agency websites, in what experts say could be a violation of federal ethics laws.

A bright red banner and pop-up message first appeared Tuesday on the Department of Housing and Urban Development's website. It was updated early Wednesday morning and warns: "The Radical Left in Congress shut down the government. HUD will use available resources to help Americans in need."

Wednesday morning, a banner added to the top of Department of Justice websites reads "Democrats have shut down the government" with a link to its shutdown plans.

Forty percent of registered US voters think Israel is intentionally killing civilians in its war on Gaza, according to a national poll published Tuesday.

When asked if Israel was taking enough precautions to avoid civilian casualties, 62 percent said they were not, with just 25 percent saying Israel was taking enough precautions.

More than half of registered US voters disapprove of Israel’s war, and 59 percent said they believe that Israel should stop its "military campaign" even if Hamas has not been fully "eliminated". Only 27 percent said the campaign should continue.

Much of the federal government is now shut down after Republicans and Democrats in the Senate failed to agree on a pair of dueling funding bills to keep the government open.

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In a blistering opinion, a federal judge in Boston said the Trump administration used the threat of deportations to systematically intimidate certain campus demonstrators into silence.

By Zach Montague
Reporting from Washington
Sept. 30, 2025 Updated 7:32 p.m. ET

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The Texas Republican and avid traveler is in hot water for remarks during a Tuesday morning Senate hearing in which he inexplicably urged colleagues, “Let’s stop attacking pedophiles,” Mediate reports.

Look, we know that you voted against releasing the Epstein files, but you’re saying the quiet part out loud, Rafael!

The Texas senator blocked a bill that would have prevented data brokers from selling personal data on anyone in the United States, and not just federal lawmakers and government officials.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — On a visit to New Zealand, FBI Director Kash Patel gave the country’s police and spy bosses gifts of inoperable pistols that were illegal to possess under local gun laws and had to be destroyed, New Zealand law enforcement agencies told The Associated Press.

The plastic 3D-printed replica pistols formed part of display stands Patel presented to at least four senior New Zealand security officials in July. Patel, the most senior Trump administration official to visit the country so far, was in Wellington to open the FBI’s first standalone office in New Zealand.

Pistols are tightly restricted weapons under New Zealand law and possessing one requires an additional permit beyond a regular gun license. Law enforcement agencies didn’t specify whether the officials who met with Patel held such permits, but they couldn’t have legally kept the gifts if they didn’t.

It wasn’t clear what permissions Patel had sought to bring the weapons into the country. A spokesperson for Patel told the AP Tuesday that the FBI would not comment.

US FBI Director Kash Patel visits New Zealand, immediately provides local officials with 3d printed, potentially operable firearms...

... which is a crime, that could carry up to a 3 year prison/jail sentence in NZ...

... and would also potentially be somewhere between a misdemeanor and a felony depending on where you are in the US, as 3d printed firearms are generally without serial numbers and are thus 'ghost guns', which are often illegal if unregistered, if not outright banned, though this differs from state to state and city to city.

(Oh also, I guess he is so concerned about properly investigating the death of Charlie Kirk that he is uh, personally looking for leads in New Zealand, or something.)

EXCLUSIVE: Leaked letter from Guard leader levels with troops on unpopular mission

Resubmitting this from a just-archived copy because the content appears to have substantially changed from a prior version of the article, to highlight Trump's implications on the domestic role of the military.

The Federal Trade Commission is suing real estate giants Zillow and Redfin, alleging the two illegally conspired to reduce competition in the online multifamily rental listing market, the agency said Tuesday.

In the complaint, the FTC alleges the companies violated federal antitrust laws earlier this year when Zillow paid Redfin $100 million to essentially re-host Zillow multifamily rental listings on Redfin and its sites.

On that subject, and since it is his big day, there are three (3) articles about Shitfaced in the internet newspapers this week that we want you all to look at. They really capture a lot about the man, we think.

The first comes from the Daily Mail, yeah yeah yeah “British tabloid,” but it’s a reported story with specific sources — one from directly inside his office, they say — and literally none of it doesn’t sound like Hegseth. It is about his TEMPY TANTWUMS! Would you be surprised to learn that Hegseth is reportedly a man who is “crawling out of his skin” and prone to TEMPY TANTWUMS?

We should note at the outset, of course, that Pentagon spox and fellow prissy yelly boy Sean Parnell says this whole story is COMPLETELY FALSE and he spent the rest of his response insulting the reporters. So that all tracks.

Daily Mail says that (paraphrases):

• Pete like really insisted on doing the pussy ass bitch “Department of War” name change, like really insisted on it, long before anybody was ready, and he just WENT OFF on anybody who didn’t like it.

• He gets really mad when people suggest that maybe it’s not cool for the administration to just be randomly murdering innocent daddies on boats in the middle of the Caribbean and suggesting that might be against so-called “international law.” (Yes, that’s what it looks pretty clear these evil motherfuckers are doing.)

• “He takes things personally when challenged - like full-blown tantrums,” said their source.

Oh noooooo! TEMPY TANTWUMS!

You wouldn’t like Secretary Shitfaced when him is having a TEMPY TANTWUMS!

cross-posted from: https://fedia.io/m/politics@lemmy.world/t/2789990

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