Goose

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International tax policy nerd/lawyer by day, fowl-mouthed sweetheart by night. Tax policy, law, social security, art, gaming, parenting, geese, politics, life, etc.

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As he’s being dragged away by the prison guards, Rohrshach says “None of you seem to understand. I’m not locked in here with you. You’re locked in here with me!”
Two wooden street signs in a penguin village in the arctic, pointing in opposite directions. One reads “перестройка” (perestroika), and the other reads “гласность” (glasnost)
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Today, all of us, including our grandmas, truly are headed for a cliff: If, as projected, the Social Security Trust Fund runs out in the 2034 fiscal year, benefits will be cut by about 23 percent.
The First Circuit Court of Appeals ruled AGAINST Trump's efforts to stop November SNAP payments after Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson sent them the case. She KNEW the 6-3 Supreme Court vote would screw us, so she sent it back down to the lower courts to decide. AND she's the one who revealed that the contingency SNAP funds are GONE. $5 BILLION HAS VANISHED DUE TO THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH. They stole from the poor to further enrich the wealthy and she told us.
WaPo headline: The secretive donor circle that lifted JD Vance is now re-writing MAGA's future Chris Buskirk put tech elites at the center of power in Trump's Washington. His efforts are grounded in a controversial theory — an "aristocracy" is needed to move the country forward. Picture: a man with a short salt-and-pepper beard, and, inexplicably, a page boy haircut, looks grumpy at the camera.
NY Times headline: A Tariff Loophole on Cheap Imports Has Closed. How Will It Affect Shoppers? The end of the “de minimis” exemption — which allowed packages less than $800 to enter the U.S. tariff-free — is leading to confusion.
A chart of presidents since Hoover, with incorrect names including Richard Ford, Lyndon I. inson, Barack Obam2, and a number of very AI-looking fake photos.
U.S. plans to ease human rights criticism of El Salvador, Israel, Russia Leaked draft reports show the Trump administration is planning to eliminate or downplay accounts of prisoner abuse, corruption, LGBTQ+ discrimination and other alleged abuses. The administration says the reports are shorter for “readability.”
On September 15, 2014, WWE and Warner Bros. announced a direct sequel to WrestleMania Mystery to be released in 2016. In February 2016, it was announced it will be named Scooby-Doo! and WWE: Curse of the Speed Demon.[6] Hulk Hogan was billed to be prominently featured.[7] However, on July 23, 2015, WWE terminated their contract with Hogan due to his racist comments; he has no role in the final version of the film. This film also marks the final film for Dusty Rhodes who already did voicework prior to his death a year before the film's release. It is the third co-production between Warner Bros. Animation and WWE Studios after Scooby-Doo! WrestleMania Mystery and The Flintstones & WWE: Stone Age SmackDown!
Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett: We shouldn't need a Black Women's Equal Pay Day, but here we are. Still underpaid. Still undervalued. 66 cents on the dollar means we lose thousands every year, for doing the same job. Over a lifetime? That's hundreds of thousands gone. Pay Black women. Period. Reply by …We Hold These Truths 4 Pay WOMEN Reply by dwarrowdane.osky.social Or... You know... Workers.
Audrey Hepburn says, "I already know an awful lot of people, and until one of them dies I couldn't possibly meet anyone else."
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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent: After months of productive dialogue with other countries on the OECD Global Tax Deal, we will announce a joint understanding among G7 countries that defends American interests. President Trump paved the way for this historic achievement. On January 20, the President issued two Executive Orders instructing Treasury to defend U.S. tax sovereignty, and as a result of President Trump's leadership we now have a great deal for the American people. OECD Pillar 2 taxes will not apply to U.S. companies, and we will work cooperatively to implement this agreement across the OECD-G20 Inclusive Framework in coming weeks and months. I want to thank my G7 counterparts for their partnership and collaboration towards achieving this historic outcome.
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"Scott said, 'You're a fraud. You're a total fraud," Bannon said in an interview. Musk then rammed his shoulder into Bessent's rib cage "like a rugby player," Bannon said, and Bessent hit him back. Multiple people stepped in to break up the scrum as the two men reached the
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WSJ headline: Suspect in Colorado Flamethrower Attack in U.S. With Expired Visa, Homeland Security Says
Vanilla ice tweets: Happy memorial day happy because we have the freedom to have a backyard cookout, sports, and sharing smiles. Thanks to the soldiers. Picture of Leonardo of the teenage mutant ninja turtles wearing an American flag
A passage from a WSJ editorial, sarcastically asking, « If marginal rates don’t matter, why not 50%, or 70% »
sale of slaves. Tax dodging is as old as taxation itself, but these particular offenses were considered so serious under Roman law that penalties ranged from heavy fines and permanent exile to hard labor in the salt mines and, in the worst case, damnatio ad bestias, a public execution in which the condemned were devoured by wild animals.
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Obviously fake Trump tweet says “I should be impeached immediately!”
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A Canada goose sits sadly at an empty birthday party, wearing a birthday hat. A cake sits next to him and there is a banner reading “happy brithday” in the background.
The Trump administration intends to eliminate Environmental Protection Agency offices responsible for addressing the disproportionately high levels of pollution facing poor communities, according to a memo from Lee Zeldin, the agency administrator.
On the left, a Canada goose with human feet in red pumps, with a flower and feather on its head, a single curl on its forehead, and long, thick eyelashes. On the right, the same goose but with a human body in a short strapless red dress with a contoured bodice. The goose is lifting the front of the dress up, showing off its legs.
Quote from Wikipedia saying that Bella Ramsey plays the guitar and sings.
'Baby in a dumpster. ‘A spate of abandoned newborns unsettles Texas.
WaPo Headline: Democracy in America Majority of Americans oppose Trump's proposals to test democracy's limits
A cartoon dog with a brown derby hat sits on a red chair at a coffee table in an apartment that is being engulfed I flames. He wears a vacant, uncomfortable expression on his face as he says, “This is fine.”
WSJ headline : Trump Advisers Seek to Shrink or Eliminate Bank Regulators. Advisers asked potential nominees whether Trump could abolish the FDIC
Screen capture of my query to chat-got asking “How many trees do I have to plant to offset the carbon emissions from asking you this question?” It produced the following error message: “upstream connect error or disconnect/reset before headers. reset reason: remote connection failure, transport failure reason: delayed connect error: 111”
The House on Wednesday passed an $895.2 billion defense policy bill, after Democrats blasted the inclusion of a provision - pushed at the 11th hour by Speaker Mike Johnson - to prohibit the military's health-care system from providing specialized treatments to the transgender children of U.S. service members. The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) passed 281 to 140, with fewer than half of the chamber's Democrats voting in favor of what is typically a bipartisan piece of legislation. The NDAA sets Pentagon and U.S. national security policy for the year ahead, and Republicans and Democrats alike lauded the bill's 14.5 percent pay increase for junior enlisted troops, along with its authorization for spending increases on military "quality of life" issues, like housing and child care, and its expanded emphasis on new military technologies and strengthening U.S. defenses against China. But despite those advances, the spotlight landed on Johnson's (R-Louisiana) culture-war provision, which senior lawmakers from both parties said was forced into the legislation after months of negotiation between the House and Senate armed services committees had arrived at the final 1,813-page document, a move that lawmakers said dampened its bipartisan support.
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Social media post announcing the impending sale of shirts with “be geese, do crimes” printed on them.
Social Security Fun Facts • Social Security and Medicare are paid for with a separate tax. They add nothing to the national debt. • Social Security has a $2.5 trillion surplus. • Congress has "borrowed" trillions from Social Security to pay for government spending. So when Republicans say we need to cut Social Security in order to balance the Federal Budget, here's what they really mean: "We've taken trillions from Social Security to pay for unfunded wars, tax cuts for the rich and corporate subsidies. We need to cut your benefits so we won't have to pay it back."
Tweet from Nori Reed: I just told a story at work about my childhood that I thought was really funny but now everyone is super quiet and someone said I'm so sorry
A knife-wielding goose wears a fake waddle and a decorative leopard-print fan to disguise himself as a turkey
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FBI: Female Body Inspector T-shirt
Child’s pencil drawing of two minks; one dancing with a disco ball and musical notes over her head, and one shrugging
WaPo Headline: Economic Policy Trump allies eye overhauling Medicaid, food stamps in tax legislation Republican leaders, looking for ways to offset the cost of lower taxes, are considering changes to safety net programs for the poor.
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"It's a masterpiece,' Eileen Margolis, 58, who lives in Weston, Fla., and owns a tattoo business, said of Mr. Trump's cabinet picks unveiled over the past week. "If it was a painting, it would be a Picasso."
A picture of a judgmental looking goose with the caption “Be the person your dog think you are, not the person this goose knows you are.”
Sam the Eagle, possibly from the band The Eagles
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