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Trump’s Shutdown Standoff Came With Layoff Warnings
Congressional leaders left the White House without a shutdown deal as the administration kept telling agencies to prepare for possible mass layoffs if funding lapses.
Edition · September 29, 2025
The Daily Fuckup — September 29, 2025
3 verified reports published on September 29, 2025.
This edition is the complete daily record. Reports remain separate so readers can see each claim, source set, correction, and update without one article being mislabeled as the entire edition.
Closing take
The day’s throughline was simple: Trump keeps treating governance like a combination revenge tour and content strategy. Sometimes that produces noise, sometimes it produces legal exposure, and sometimes it does both at once. Either way, the wreckage is the point.
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Trump’s Comey case keeps reviving questions about DOJ weaponization
The Comey indictment, returned on Sept. 25, kept drawing scrutiny over how the case was built and who moved it forward. Critics called it a political payback move; the Justice Department said the charges were based on the facts and the law.
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Trump Posted a Bizarre AI Medbed Video and Made Himself Look Gullible on Main
Trump amplified a fake video pushing “medbed” conspiracy nonsense, then deleted it after the embarrassment had already traveled everywhere. The clip undercut the president’s credibility, fed the worst impulses of his online base, and raised the uncomfortable question of whether he can tell propaganda from his own feed.