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The Goblin

@usngoblin.bsky.social
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Disabled Navy Veteran, Fed Auditor (GAGAS, FISCAM), and UofKY grad. Nothing to hock. Just sharing my experiences and expertise with fellow Resisters.

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The Goblin @usngoblin.bsky.social · 21h
There is something up with that right leg. It's the one he pats when he is walking and also goes along with his need to sit during his oval office charades.
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The Goblin @usngoblin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
But there is no Russian meddling going on right?
source-material.org
UK oil refiner shifted Russian loans offshore – SourceMaterial
Essar shifted billions to tax haven following Ukraine invasion
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The Goblin @usngoblin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
reuters.com
India's Essar seeks $350 mln from Russia-backed Nayara in brand pact -sources
India's Essar Group has asked Nayara Energy to pay about $350 million upfront for a brand licensing deal struck 5 years ago when Essar Oil was sold to the Russian-led group, instead of staggering the ...
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The Goblin @usngoblin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Oh.. and ties to Russia. Sheesh.
theguardian.com
Revealed: UK oil refinery owner moved Russian loans to offshore subsidiary where sanctions did not apply
MPs call for investigation into Essar Energy, owner of Stanlow refinery, which shifted loans from ‘Putin’s piggy bank’ VTB to Mauritius
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The Goblin @usngoblin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Its BS when you dig just a bit into it. A family business with a net worth of somewhere around $1B to $2B is suddenly going to build a steel plant, in Iowa of all places. I bet they are selling a bridge in San Fran to finance the deal and the plant will be on the Iowa ocean front.
foxrochester.com
Trump announces $15 billion Iowa steel plant, building US supply chain from mine to mill
President Donald Trump will announce plans on Monday for a gigantic steel plant in Iowa that the White House is touting as the largest in American history.
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The Goblin @usngoblin.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Civil Servants still standing up and delivering on behalf of the American people. Every single one of them risking their jobs deserve our thanks.
nytimes.com
Kennedy Center Shelved Repairs Now Cited for Closure, Whistle-Blowers Say
In a letter to Congress, former employees say the center delayed a plan to address the leaks that its officials now cite as a serious safety risk.
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The Goblin @usngoblin.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Oh wait... I don't care what this crazy person thinks any more than I care what any of the other tech crazies think. Feel free to talk to the sycophants that hope paying attention will result in paydays. I don't want that kind of money.
politico.com
Peter Thiel slams pope’s AI encyclical as gift to Chinese Communist Party
The tech billionaire argued that Pope Leo XIV’s call to regulate AI could slow the West while China surges ahead with the technology.
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The Goblin @usngoblin.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
There are few poor performers in Govt below the mgt level. Giving managers the ability to fire those they promoted into management positions is asking a manager to admit they screwed up. It will not happen.
federalnewsnetwork.com
OPM wants more feedback on proposed federal firing overhauls | Federal News Network
After new data and one organization's findings, OPM is looking for additional feedback on its planned changes to federal employee adverse action processes.
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The Goblin @usngoblin.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Not surprised but.... damn.... At least try to be tricky about it. She won't get prosecuted but the unemployment line is a good 2nd.
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The Goblin @usngoblin.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Unity is the only way through this. United we stand divided we fall.
nytimes.com
Networks Suspend Pool Coverage of Trump After White House Bans CNN
The move was an escalation of President Trump’s showdown with the White House press corps after he moved to bar journalists from CNN, MS NOW and Politico.
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The Goblin @usngoblin.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I am shocked! 🤥
theguardian.com
US datacenters face further backlash over wastewater pollution
From rare bacteria to ‘forever chemicals’, a series of cases of violations or alleged pollution has prompted alarm
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The Goblin @usngoblin.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Pretty much what the rest of the world wants too right now. Imagine finding common ground with Iran on... anything.
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The Goblin @usngoblin.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
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The Goblin @usngoblin.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Imagine being this guy and being placed in holding... anywhere.
thehill.com
ICE officer wanted on assault charges arrested in Minneapolis
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer facing charges in the alleged shooting of a Venezuelan migrant during the Trump administration’s enforcement crackdown in Minneapolis earlier th…
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The Goblin @usngoblin.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Yeah... NO. This is nothing for contract/contractor oversight. It might assist in financial statement preparation but might also result in a DILUTION of oversight ability regarding contractors. It is a shell game intended to change the narrative because they still do not have audited statements.
federalnewsnetwork.com
DoD moves to replace government-unique accounting standards with GAAP | Federal News Network
“This is a huge step, but it's going to be a long journey between this memo and actually implementing it in contracts,” David Berteau said.
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The Goblin @usngoblin.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Yeah, I am DEFINITELY not wrong about his outlook. Its days, weeks, maybe months. Not years.
dailymail.com
Mitch McConnell, 84, struggles to speak in Senate meeting
Kentucky Republican Senator Mitch McConnell, was recorded visibly struggling to speak during a Wednesday meeting on Capitol Hill.
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The Goblin @usngoblin.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
What a series of headlines from local Indianapolis reporting. The takeaway is not to trust anyone building a data center. Headline 1
indystar.com
Indianapolis briefly halts work at future east side data center site
City officials ordered a stop on preliminary work on an east side data center site this week. Later, the city said the stop was issued by mistake.
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The Goblin @usngoblin.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
With Canada seeking EU membership, it is entirely possible. Perhaps the arrogance MAGA is showing at present justifies this result although the harm will be to all of us.
theatlantic.com
The American Age Is Over
A period of global dominance has ended in plain sight.
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The Goblin @usngoblin.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Yes, more young people who have no clue what they are doing but given too much authority and wreck in weeks what took decades to build and work. Kupor should slink away. Hopefully he is investigated and spends time behind bars in 2 to 3 years time.
govexec.com
More ‘Big Balls’-type young feds are what the OPM chief wants
In an interview on Monday, Scott Kupor also discussed implementing skills-based hiring, which had been a priority of the Biden administration as well.
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The Goblin @usngoblin.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Oh.. is it close to an election or something? DoJ will never move forward with it until 2029.
forbes.com
Billionaire Leon Black Gets Closer To Being Held In Contempt Over Epstein Testimony
The billionaire walked out of his first interview with the House Oversight Committee, and failed to show up for his second one.
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The Goblin @usngoblin.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
It's always about the money.
washingtonexaminer.com
Fetterman attended Fox News retreat at Rupert Murdoch's Montana ranch
The event, hosted at the Murdoch family ranch, featured a panel on social media that Fetterman headlined with Sen. Katie Britt (R-AL).
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The Goblin @usngoblin.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
5th paragraph, last sentence... Congress appropriated $250 million for the project last year. Project means renovation. This reminds me of the children's holiday song, "You can't stop Christmas."
nbcnews.com
Trump’s handpicked Kennedy Center board votes to immediately close venue for renovations
The board made the move after finding the structure of the main building is “unsafe” and “hazardous.”
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The Goblin @usngoblin.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Ok, I was wrong about the returning. Let's see if he is alive same time next year.
apnews.com
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The Goblin @usngoblin.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
He won't return. His party doesn't want a Democrat Governor appointing anyone in his seat due to his invalidism. His staff will remain quiet cause they need their jobs till the new Congress in January when they can get new positions. He will be dead within the year, write it down.
cnn.com
What we know about when Mitch McConnell will return to the Senate | CNN Politics
The Senate is set to return Monday after a five-week recess, and it is still unclear if GOP Sen. Mitch McConnell will end his three-month absence from the Capitol due to health issues.
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The Goblin @usngoblin.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
When WaPo buries the facts that counter Trump's claims deep in the article, they are doing it for clicks and sales and to get people worked up. They are playing straight into his world and for Bezos' benefit. WaPo needs to go away.
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The Goblin @usngoblin.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Oh, wait... The Center for the Performing Arts funding in the recent bill passed by Congress is an annual federal appropriation... to support capital repairs and operations and maintenance in its congressionally mandated role as the living memorial... and federal building. It ain't going bankrupt.
kennedy-center.org
Clarification on Federal Funding | Kennedy Center
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The Goblin @usngoblin.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
He won't return. His party doesn't want a Democrat Governor appointing anyone in his seat due to his invalidism. His staff will remain quiet cause they need their jobs till the new Congress in January when they can get new positions. He will be dead within the year, write it down.
cnn.com
What we know about when Mitch McConnell will return to the Senate | CNN Politics
The Senate is set to return Monday after a five-week recess, and it is still unclear if GOP Sen. Mitch McConnell will end his three-month absence from the Capitol due to health issues.
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The Goblin @usngoblin.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Yeah, he doesn't need any help from any Democrat elected official any further. Trump bought and paid for him.
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The Goblin @usngoblin.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Yeppers. Efficient Markets FTW. It's like the shell game but either with a peanut under each of the 3 shells or using transparent shells.
nbcnews.com
Bessent’s move to tamp down rising rates backfires, as bond yields jump and stocks tumble
The 10-year bond yield surged to more than 4.85%, its highest level since November 2023.
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The Goblin @usngoblin.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
These things have never worked more than just a bump. It's pretty much like a stock split. Yields are what they are until you fix the inputs.
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The Goblin @usngoblin.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
1. We have no confidence in the accuracy of the report. 2. Threatening to start more trade wars that harm the citizenry... unless he gets rate cuts that would also harm the citizenry... means... he doesn't give a damn about harming the citizenry.
thehill.com
Trump threatens trade war if rates aren’t cut after strong jobs report
President Trump called on the Federal Reserve to lower interest rates Friday after the August jobs report came in stronger than expected, threatening to cut off trade with several countries if the …
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The Goblin @usngoblin.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
x.com/HQNewsNow/st... One KY politician, Congressman James Comer, calls his constituents Village Idiots while another KY politician gets arrested over retroactive Child Support due. Guess which party... 1 guess...
x.com
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The Goblin @usngoblin.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Worse than the initial reporting...
dailymail.com
Georgia cop who shot and killed baby donkey named Heehaw is named
Heehaw, a bottle-fed baby donkey, was fatally shot by a Georgia police officer late Saturday night. The cop who pulled the trigger has since been identified as Trenton Garner, 24.
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The Goblin @usngoblin.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
I see folk griping about sailor/sex jokes. I do hope all locals are treated with respect and participating in human trafficking (prostitution) is a UCMJ violation. But, anyone projecting their morals/values onto 20-year-old sailors is living in their own bubble. Been THERE, learned to live with it.
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The Goblin @usngoblin.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Every Navy Supply Officer is taught how to resupply their warship from any location in the world. The failure point would only be if the Navy doesn't have enough air/sea assets to get what they need to them when they need it. THIS is why a sustained war with Iran received 4-star non-concurs.
nytimes.com
Inside Supplying U.S. Warships During the Iran War
Iranian attacks have upended the Navy’s supply chain in the Middle East, causing a strain on the aircraft carriers, destroyers and amphibious ships that are being kept in the region indefinitely.
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The Goblin @usngoblin.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
From the guy who owns Gray Construction….
kentucky.com
Kentucky has been here before: What data centers can offer the state | Opinion
Opinion: Kentucky can replicate past industrial successes by thoughtfully welcoming data centers that boost wages, suppliers, and long-term economic resilience.
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The Goblin @usngoblin.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Yeppers. Its simple. Long range logistics is how the Navy project US power all over the world. Navy Supply runs the Navy's ability to project sustained power abroad.
nytimes.com
Video: The Navy’s Logistical Nightmare in the Iran War
Amid a crew morale crisis, the military has replaced the U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln in the Middle East with another aircraft carrier. Our Pentagon reporter John Ismay, a Navy veteran, explains how the cha...
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The Goblin @usngoblin.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Says yet another billionaire who got there learning how to run a hedge fund from... George Soros He missed out on the biggest lessons apparently Just another empty suit that lives off Other People's Money
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The Goblin @usngoblin.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
As a gamer, I doubt I would ever buy from a business that said I am buying a perpetual license to a game but, on a whim, they could revoke that license and leave me out the money and with no recourse. For younger games, dropping $100 a game is still a pretty big deal.
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The Goblin @usngoblin.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Crazy that this was even a headline but... here we are and it is not going to go backwards.
on3.com
Jack Pyburn claimed off waivers by Kansas City Chiefs amid eligibility lawsuit
Jack Pyburn has been claimed off waivers by the Kansas City Chiefs after being cut by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers this week.
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The Goblin @usngoblin.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Georgia man is beginning to give Florida man a run for his money on the most idiotic actions possible. An actual police officer shooting this little guy because he felt threatened? Really?
tmz.com
Trespassing Cops Shoot and Kill Baby Donkey Named HeeHaw, Farm Says
A Georgia farm owner is gutted after she says cops came onto her property and fatally shot her baby donkey, HeeHaw.
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The Goblin @usngoblin.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
A mic drop kind of life. One allows for the next and for the next but the discipline, dedication and intelligence he had to demonstrate is utterly insane. Not one of those groups just hands those things out.
taskandpurpose.com
Jonny Kim, Navy astronaut, doctor and former SEAL, departs NASA
Navy Lt. Cmdr. Jonny Kim was selected as an astronaut in 2017 and went on to spend eight months in space last year.
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The Goblin @usngoblin.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
And there it goes... States not working with other states. If Federal activities were all moved out of Texas, they wouldn't be a net contributor to Federal revenue. Then, of course, if decisions were made based on being a net contributor or user... Texas could REALLY be hurting. Just saying.
apnews.com
ICE officer charged in Minneapolis shooting released in Texas after immediate extradition rejected
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer charged with shooting a man and lying about it during the immigration crackdown in Minneapolis has been released from a Texas jail after a judge refused ...
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The Goblin @usngoblin.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Per a Federal Judge in Texas, states don't have to extradite anymore. Red states will really be hard pressed to find a way to enforce state abortion laws now.
apnews.com
Judge denies Minnesota's bid to compel the extradition of an ICE officer from Texas
A federal judge has refused to order Texas to extradite an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer who is charged with shooting and wounding a man in Minneapolis.
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The Goblin @usngoblin.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
My child signed up for Instagram. When I found out I cracked down on his device usage and email acct. Aggravatingly, no matter what I try, I cannot stop Instagram’s emails from coming to him trying to get him to log back in. This is after I told Facebook he was a child and the acct was unapproved.
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The Goblin @usngoblin.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Of course it'll fail, it isn't changing the basic numbers just when things will come due. It is what companies, who are struggling financially, do to keep afloat.
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wilbursmom.bsky.social @wilbursmom.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
“Show me a manager who needs to see you physically working to know how to run their group, and I’ll show you a crappy manager.” Obviously some work can only be done on-site, but with regard to typical office work, I find this axiom rings true.
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The Goblin @usngoblin.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Watch the exchange rate change as Lincoln pulls in and those sailors start spending ROFLMAO. Pattaya Beach was my 1st liberty port as a young, married Ensign from the bible belt. I think I learned more about a sailor's life from that liberty port than all the others combined.
usatoday.com
USS Abraham Lincoln headed for port in Thailand after 250 days at sea
Crew aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln spent months without a port call. Texts shared by family members show that's about to change.
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The Goblin @usngoblin.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Estimated 140,000 saw the race. That's it. Just 140,000. Obama's inauguration drew 1.8 MILLION. Everything Trump touches falls apart.
nbcnews.com
Kyle Kirkwood wins IndyCar race in downtown D.C. celebrating U.S. 250th birthday
Reaching top speeds of about 180 mph, the cars zipped down Pennsylvania Avenue between the Capitol and the White House, the longest straight on the track.
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The Goblin @usngoblin.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
"Director Kupor was out of office that day. He works around the clock, including nights and weekends" Boondoggling around the country to network for the next scam is NOT the same as running OPM, doing OPM's business.
fortune.com
Exclusive: The man leading Trump’s RTO charge for government workers says he filmed a video in front of a blank wall to avoid work-from-home suspicion | Fortune
“I was in my bedroom,” OPM director Scott Kupor said in an all-hands meeting this week. “I was trying to find something that was not recognizable as being in my house, basically.”
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