leepacey:

leepacey:

hey so it turns out that brian moylan, the journalist who outed lee pace and caused that whole situation, also wrote an article in 2012 titled “I don’t regret outing Anderson Cooper” 

and here’s what brian’s up to now (after lee had to clarify everything on twitter and defend his existence and desire for privacy):

so can we like. get rid of this guy

i’ve been trying to come up with something to add to this but i can’t. i have no words

chiaroxoscuro:

solarpunkcast:

reverseracism:

“In the same episode, Volitich boasted about bringing her white nationalist beliefs into the classroom and hiding her ideology from administrators. She said that when parents complained to the school’s principal about how she is injecting political bias into the classroom, Volitich lied to the principal and said it was not true.

“She believed me and backed off,” she said.

Volitich also agreed with her guest’s assertion that more white supremacists need to infiltrate public schools and become teachers. “They don’t have to be vocal about their views, but get in there!” her guest said. “Be more covert and just start taking over those places.”

“Right,” Volitich said. “I’m absolutely one of them.”

After HuffPost made inquiries about Volitich’s white nationalism to the Citrus County School District on Friday, “Tiana Dalichov” tweeted that she “might disappear for a while” and then set her account to private. She also scrubbed the website for her podcast.”

Eon: I remember checking stormfront a couple of times when I was younger. One of the top threads was a step by step instruction on how to teach black and brown students when you’re a white supremacist that included misinformation and propaganda. This is the second time I’m reading about a white supremacist being outed as a teacher this year and, no doubt, there are more of them.

I’m not even surprised that the principal didn’t believe the parents. Make sure to do a background check on all your kids’ teachers.

Your daily reminder that white supremacists are not all tatted skinheads!

They are not all poor white people!

They are not all men!

They have an active plan to infiltrate every level of society and exert influence. Keep your eyes open, and don’t tolerate any level of racism. 

smitethepatriarchy:

zinge:

weepycat:

weepycat:

imagine being such a limp-dicked weakling that you remove a female character’s belly fat, tattoo, dyed hair, skin tone, and half of her lips. and then you add a cross necklace for some goddamn reason.

female design: *has belly fat*
men: fucking tumblrina design. i can fix u babe
men: *draw her skinny*
design: *dyed hair & tattoos*
men: tsk tsk. oh no no, baby. here’s a cross necklace.
design: *has unique facial features*
men: how about bedroom eyes, a skinnier jaw, and pouty lips

They changed her eyes from brown/green to blue/grey, lightened her skin, gave her a thong tanline, (which implies that that white complection is meant to be t a n n e d), and replaced her lipstick with a bullet because god forbid a woman wear any make-up, even though ALSO god forbid a woman look like she didn’t put make-up on this morning.

Thry also made it do you can see very unrealistically defined nipples and areolas through her… shirt? Bra?

Her nose it smaller, too.

She’s been white-supremacized.

Walmart quietly lays off thousands of workers after bonus announcement

drst:

rcmmacgregor:

Thursday morning, Walmart had a flashy announcement: Thanks to corporate tax cuts, it was giving its employees bonuses of up to $1,000. Walmart and President Trump pointed to the announcement as proof that the corporate tax cuts are really a boon to working-class Americans.

Great news, as a result of our TAX CUTS & JOBS ACT! pic.twitter.com/SLvhLxP3Jl

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 11, 2018

This announcement, as ThinkProgress reported earlier, was much more complicated than it first sounds.

Walmart employees are eligible for the $1,000 bonus only if they’ve worked at the company for 20 years. Most Walmart employees, of course, haven’t worked there that long. Those employees will receive a smaller bonus based on seniority. Walmart didn’t explain exactly how the sliding scale will work but said the total value of the bonuses will be $400 million. Walmart has about 2.1 million employees, which works out to be an average bonus of about $190.

The one-time bonus Walmart announced this morning amounts to just over 2 percent of the total value of the tax cut to the company.

In the fiscal year 2017, Walmart had pre-tax profits of about $20.5 billion and paid an effective federal tax rate of around 30 percent. With a new corporate tax rate of 21 percent, the corporate tax cut is worth at least $1.85 billion to Walmart every year. Since this cut is permanent, the true benefits to Walmart will grow much larger over time. But it’s safe to say that, over 10 years, this corporate tax cut will be worth over $18 billion to Walmart.

But now it appears the announcement was timed carefully to cover for thousands of unannounced layoffs.

Business Insider reports that today, Walmart is abruptly closing numerous Sam’s Clubs stores across the United States. In some cases “employees were not informed of the closures prior to showing up to work on Thursday” and “learned that their store would be closing when they found the store’s doors locked and a notice announcing the closure.”

Sam’s Club shutdown? Employees at this S Loop store tell me they showed up to work and were told store is closed effective today. Sign on door says the same thing. Hearing other stores also affected. Waiting for answers from parent company, Walmart #khou11 pic.twitter.com/RtbY7EhiIK

— Jason Miles (@JMilesKHOU) January 11, 2018

Walmart confirmed the abrupt closings and offered an explanation of sorts on Twitter. “Closing clubs is never easy,” the company said through its verified corporate account.

After a thorough review of our existing portfolio, we’ve decided to close a series of clubs and better align our locations with our strategy. Closing clubs is never easy and we’re committed to working with impacted members and associates through this transition.

— Sam’s Club (@SamsClub) January 11, 2018

Business Insider identified at least 68 stores across the country that closed today. Three of the stores are located in Hurricane ravaged Puerto Rico. More stores are slated to be closed in the coming days.

Walmart’s behavior is part of a pattern of corporate misdirection related to the GOP tax cuts. AT&T and Comcast both announced bonuses for their employees while also laying off thousands.


While Trump talks about a “jobs boom,” job growth was slower in 2017 than in any year since 2010.

MULTIPLE OTHER COMPANIES HAVE DONE THIS AS WELL INCLUDING COMCAST AND AT&T.

Walmart quietly lays off thousands of workers after bonus announcement

sailorbryant:

weavemama:

trump’s 1 year anniversary of being president is starting off with the government shutting down that’s the perfect representation of how american politics has been going for the past year

HOW DO WE HAVE A GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN WHEN ONE PART CONTROLS THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE THIS IS FUCKING RIDICULOUS