The Goblin
@usngoblin.bsky.social
Disabled Navy Veteran, Fed Auditor (GAGAS, FISCAM), and UofKY grad. Discoverer of fraud, waste and abuse. It is ALWAYS where mgt doesn't have controls.
Nothing to hock. Just sharing my experiences and expertise with fellow Resisters.
Nothing to hock. Just sharing my experiences and expertise with fellow Resisters.
When even the college sports are pricing out the die hard fans…. The disparity between the rich and everyone else is utterly out of control.
We need a reset and a new tax code that hits billionaires on their wealth, not just income.
We need a reset and a new tax code that hits billionaires on their wealth, not just income.
What happens when college football games are only for the rich? Some faithful fans are finding out
Special moments and memories attending college football games are priceless — until they aren't.
www.nytimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 6:08 PM
When even the college sports are pricing out the die hard fans…. The disparity between the rich and everyone else is utterly out of control.
We need a reset and a new tax code that hits billionaires on their wealth, not just income.
We need a reset and a new tax code that hits billionaires on their wealth, not just income.
Didn’t he & his Treasury Sec say tariffs weren’t affecting prices?
Why does he keep talking anyways?
Why does he keep talking anyways?
Trump scraps tariffs on beef, coffee and tropical fruit in a push to lower grocery store prices
President Donald Trump has announced the removal of U.S. tariffs on beef, coffee, tropical fruits and other commodities.
apnews.com
November 15, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Didn’t he & his Treasury Sec say tariffs weren’t affecting prices?
Why does he keep talking anyways?
Why does he keep talking anyways?
Everyone is talking to a convicted pedophile because of connections? AFTER HIS CONVICTION?
Does anyone believe these same folk would give a damn about the Cheeto and what he did except for how using it against him would benefit them?
Does anyone believe these same folk would give a damn about the Cheeto and what he did except for how using it against him would benefit them?
Epstein appeared to text with House member during Cohen hearing, documents show
Newly released documents from the convicted sex offender’s estate include text messages from him that appear to influence the lawmaker’s questions to President Donald Trump’s personal attorney at a 20...
www.washingtonpost.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Everyone is talking to a convicted pedophile because of connections? AFTER HIS CONVICTION?
Does anyone believe these same folk would give a damn about the Cheeto and what he did except for how using it against him would benefit them?
Does anyone believe these same folk would give a damn about the Cheeto and what he did except for how using it against him would benefit them?
SHEESH but the politicians and the money people are so interconnected one would never know where one ends and the other begins.
There are WAY too many secrets being kept.
Everyone in these circles are bought and paid for.
There are WAY too many secrets being kept.
Everyone in these circles are bought and paid for.
The Epstein Email Cache: 2,300 Messages, Many of Which Mention Trump
An analysis of documents released this week by Congress shows President Trump was mentioned in more than half of the messages.
www.wsj.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:41 PM
SHEESH but the politicians and the money people are so interconnected one would never know where one ends and the other begins.
There are WAY too many secrets being kept.
Everyone in these circles are bought and paid for.
There are WAY too many secrets being kept.
Everyone in these circles are bought and paid for.
Great article for how to read the Cheeto and mitigate against him. Really, really good article and kind of sad it had to come from a Sports writer but... hey! right?
The NFL and Roger Goodell Are Providing a Blueprint for Tussling With Donald Trump
The President would like to use the league for political gain, but the owners and the commissioner haven’t been willing partners.
www.si.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Great article for how to read the Cheeto and mitigate against him. Really, really good article and kind of sad it had to come from a Sports writer but... hey! right?
These immediate, predictable, and unchallenged harms facing forty-two million Americans who rely on SNAP benefits -- including fourteen million children -- weigh heavily against a stay.
Judge blocks administration from acting to 'undo' issuance of full SNAP benefits
A federal judge says she will continue to block the Trump administration from enforcing a memo directing states to "undo" the issuance of full SNAP benefits.
abcnews.go.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:45 AM
These immediate, predictable, and unchallenged harms facing forty-two million Americans who rely on SNAP benefits -- including fourteen million children -- weigh heavily against a stay.
Strong analysis from a news org.
Eventually the moral issue just has to take precedent or the legal really doesn't matter.
The alternative is what caused us to rebel against King George in the first place.
Eventually the moral issue just has to take precedent or the legal really doesn't matter.
The alternative is what caused us to rebel against King George in the first place.
In SNAP appeal, Trump administration says it faces more harm than people who can't buy food: ANALYSIS
The Trump administration is appealing a federal judge's requirement that it make full November SNAP payments.
abcnews.go.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Strong analysis from a news org.
Eventually the moral issue just has to take precedent or the legal really doesn't matter.
The alternative is what caused us to rebel against King George in the first place.
Eventually the moral issue just has to take precedent or the legal really doesn't matter.
The alternative is what caused us to rebel against King George in the first place.
Marie AnTrumpette....
Let them eat cake!
Let them eat cake!
In SNAP appeal, Trump administration says it faces more harm than people who can't buy food: ANALYSIS
The Trump administration is appealing a federal judge's requirement that it make full November SNAP payments.
abcnews.go.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Marie AnTrumpette....
Let them eat cake!
Let them eat cake!
Reposted by The Goblin
So Trump and the GOP, fresh off a massive electoral rout, are digging in behind starving people and kicking millions off health care? Make it make sense
November 8, 2025 at 1:16 AM
So Trump and the GOP, fresh off a massive electoral rout, are digging in behind starving people and kicking millions off health care? Make it make sense
Reposted by The Goblin
Sure seems like it.
The President Is Perfectly Fine If You Starve
The message behind the government shutdown is loud and clear: Hunger is acceptable collateral damage in service of Trump’s agenda.
interc.pt
November 8, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Sure seems like it.
This Administration is seeking judicial relief to be allowed to let US citizens to starve.
The Supreme Court has a legal and moral decision to make.
The Supreme Court has a legal and moral decision to make.
LATEST: Trump admin goes to #SCOTUS to head off order requiring full states be paid fully for November SNAP benefits today. SG asks for high court action by 9:30 P.M. today, fears money can't be recouped if paid out. 1st Cir. denied stay. w/@Marcia_Brown9 www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Trump administration asks Supreme Court to block full SNAP payments
The 1st Circuit Court of Appeals denied the Trump administration's emergency request for a stay of a lower court's order to pay full food stamp benefits during the government shutdown.
www.politico.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:05 AM
This Administration is seeking judicial relief to be allowed to let US citizens to starve.
The Supreme Court has a legal and moral decision to make.
The Supreme Court has a legal and moral decision to make.
I sure how the goons had body cameras to record the citizen's consent to searching his vehicle. Otherwise he is going to be a very, very rich man.
Immigration Agents Arrest Man in L.A. Raid and Drive Off With His Toddler
www.nytimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:01 AM
I sure how the goons had body cameras to record the citizen's consent to searching his vehicle. Otherwise he is going to be a very, very rich man.
Inappropriate but the response is also TONE DEAF...
Three former residents ... expressed frustration that a senior officer was not living at the home, which they said would cause a ripple effect and make it more difficult for admirals and generals posted in the area to find affordable housing.
Three former residents ... expressed frustration that a senior officer was not living at the home, which they said would cause a ripple effect and make it more difficult for admirals and generals posted in the area to find affordable housing.
Trump Officials Move Into Military Residences in D.C. Area
www.nytimes.com
October 31, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Inappropriate but the response is also TONE DEAF...
Three former residents ... expressed frustration that a senior officer was not living at the home, which they said would cause a ripple effect and make it more difficult for admirals and generals posted in the area to find affordable housing.
Three former residents ... expressed frustration that a senior officer was not living at the home, which they said would cause a ripple effect and make it more difficult for admirals and generals posted in the area to find affordable housing.
If NDAs are not legal at the Federal level, how could they be legal at the state or local level?
One gets the feeling it is political choice making them legal. Perhaps I am wrong???
One gets the feeling it is political choice making them legal. Perhaps I am wrong???
How Big Tech uses NDAs to hide AI data center details from Americans
Big Tech companies use secrecy agreements with local governments to keep communities from knowing who is building in their backyards.
www.nbcnews.com
October 30, 2025 at 10:56 AM
If NDAs are not legal at the Federal level, how could they be legal at the state or local level?
One gets the feeling it is political choice making them legal. Perhaps I am wrong???
One gets the feeling it is political choice making them legal. Perhaps I am wrong???
Nothing says “Bought and paid for” like this kind of headline.
Trump Administration Live Updates: President Shelves Plan to Deploy Federal Agents to San Francisco
www.nytimes.com
October 23, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Nothing says “Bought and paid for” like this kind of headline.
The conclusions from this opinion piece are to, emotionally, turn boys into girls.
This female writer has failed to understand males from any generation and how they are wired.
This is the real problem.
This female writer has failed to understand males from any generation and how they are wired.
This is the real problem.
We've spent generations helping girls succeed. We're leaving boys behind. | Opinion
How do I help my son who is struggling? We have to break the cycle. Encourage boys to speak and share their feelings. Understand their point of view.
ca.news.yahoo.com
October 22, 2025 at 12:22 PM
The conclusions from this opinion piece are to, emotionally, turn boys into girls.
This female writer has failed to understand males from any generation and how they are wired.
This is the real problem.
This female writer has failed to understand males from any generation and how they are wired.
This is the real problem.
Who didn’t see this coming?!?!
Artillery Shell Detonated Over Interstate 5 During Marines’ Celebration, California Officials Say
www.nytimes.com
October 20, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Who didn’t see this coming?!?!
Epic fail on our part. It makes us more vulnerable, not less.
Dutch intelligence suspends sharing arrangements with the US after concluding that high level intel was routinely being shared by the White House with their friends in the Kremlin. www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/n...
Nederlandse diensten delen minder informatie met de VS: ‘Soms vertellen we dingen niet meer’
Het aantal dreigingen dat op Nederland afkomt is groot, zien de hoofden van de AIVD en de MIVD elke dag: niet alleen Russische agressie, maar ook de opmars van China als digitale macht en binnenlands ...
www.volkskrant.nl
October 20, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Epic fail on our part. It makes us more vulnerable, not less.
Know thy enemy
How did Trump’s “shadow president” Russ Vought execute his vision of dismantling the government and putting bureaucrats “in trauma”?
On Wednesday, Oct. 22 at 6 p.m. ET, join our reporter @andykroll.bsky.social for a Reddit AMA about Vought’s playbook: www.reddit.com/r/fednews/co...
On Wednesday, Oct. 22 at 6 p.m. ET, join our reporter @andykroll.bsky.social for a Reddit AMA about Vought’s playbook: www.reddit.com/r/fednews/co...
October 18, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Know thy enemy
A peace frog!
October 18, 2025 at 10:11 PM
A peace frog!
Yeah, exactly what I was saying as well. You cannot spend money appropriated for one purpose for another one.
Taken to the extreme, and taken alongside impoundments, Trump’s ADA violations renders Congress completely irrelevant for spending.
The president is claiming the ability to not spend even if Congress makes him spend, and also the ability to spend even if Congress doesn’t let him spend.
The president is claiming the ability to not spend even if Congress makes him spend, and also the ability to spend even if Congress doesn’t let him spend.
October 17, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Yeah, exactly what I was saying as well. You cannot spend money appropriated for one purpose for another one.
After being caught with your hand in the cookie jar is the worst time to accuse others of having planted the cookies in the jar.
It would have been impossible for a Dem operative to identify only GOP staff to hand these to.
No, a fascist is a fascist.
It would have been impossible for a Dem operative to identify only GOP staff to hand these to.
No, a fascist is a fascist.
Multiple GOP offices received flags with 'optical illusion' swastikas earlier this year, Republicans say
After a flag with a swastika was seen behind one of GOP Rep. Dave Taylor's staffers, two Republican sources said that several offices had received similar flags earlier this year.
www.nbcnews.com
October 17, 2025 at 12:01 PM
After being caught with your hand in the cookie jar is the worst time to accuse others of having planted the cookies in the jar.
It would have been impossible for a Dem operative to identify only GOP staff to hand these to.
No, a fascist is a fascist.
It would have been impossible for a Dem operative to identify only GOP staff to hand these to.
No, a fascist is a fascist.
His staffer had it in his cubicle.
He didn't care until it was noticed and called out during a video call.
That is all we have to know.
He didn't care until it was noticed and called out during a video call.
That is all we have to know.
Capitol Police called to investigate swastika in GOP congressional office
An American flag altered to include an image of a swastika was found in Rep. Dave Taylor’s office.
www.politico.com
October 16, 2025 at 7:50 PM
His staffer had it in his cubicle.
He didn't care until it was noticed and called out during a video call.
That is all we have to know.
He didn't care until it was noticed and called out during a video call.
That is all we have to know.
Yeah… these RIFs were REALLY thought out well.
Only the best people.
Only the best people.
Trump Administration Will Rehire Scores of Experts Fired in Error
www.nytimes.com
October 11, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Yeah… these RIFs were REALLY thought out well.
Only the best people.
Only the best people.
R&D funds repurposed for Operations seems… dubious at best. I bet GAO would say this was illegal…. If it mattered any more.
Trump Says He Will Pay Troops Despite Government Shutdown
www.nytimes.com
October 11, 2025 at 11:37 PM
R&D funds repurposed for Operations seems… dubious at best. I bet GAO would say this was illegal…. If it mattered any more.