First of all most agency branches' simply tweeted of the news.
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The Department of Treasury were by far more creative:


The Department of Defense tweeted Obama's message that the troops are pretty much the only government employees that can depend on getting paid.


The Library of Congress tweeted its closure:


So did the Smithsonian, which runs 18 national museums and the National Zoo:


The Center for Disease Control and the Department of Agriculture also tweeted about their closure.


Meanwhile the White House's tweets are getting ornery and self-promotional at the same time:


So the government has no budget for social media anymore but a few stern and surly 140-character laments were released into the confounded blogosphere.


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