Aliens.gov: A Newly Registered .gov Domain and the Questions It Raises About Intent and Access

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Aliens.gov was registered, which is unusual since .gov domains are normally reserved for the federal government, a BlueSky federal-domain bot flagged it and the Executive Office of the President claimed ownership, Whois records show the registration with a timing lag, and it has sparked speculation about intent—whether “aliens” refers to illegal immigrants to be placed in a database or whether the move is meant to distract from issues like Iran or Epstein.

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Aliens.gov domain registered - National Zero

Important preface to this reporting from 404 Media: Normal consumers cannot go on GoDaddy or any other registrar and buy up a .gov domain for $6.99 a year and slap up some generic dogshit “site builder” page with “OFFICIAL GOVERNMENT TAXXES COLLECTION DEPOSIT BOX, U PAY UR TAXES HERE THRU VENMO @USAtaxPayOnlineNow1776! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 U GET A 10 PERCNT DISCOUNT IF U PAY THIS WAY!!!11!!” because the previous quotation would be the inevitable end result of such availability to the general public. Or the start result and the scams – and hoaxes – would get considerably more sophisticated from there. Which is why, since its inception in 1984, ICANN has restricted the .gov TLD’s access to the federal government and the federal government alone. And why Aliens.gov being detected at 6:34 AM EDT this morning – and flagged by “Federal US domain bot” on BlueSky, its name self explanatory enough – is noteworthy even more so because the bot specified that […]