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Scott Alves Barton

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Scott Alves Barton, African Diaspora PhooD scholar relatively newly midwestern. Harlem all~ways on my mind...

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Scott Alves Barton @senhorokra.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
“Maine isnt here as your happy place-your wind-down from your hard work destroying my civil liberties & democracy” wrote Becca Shaw Glaser in local paper after @SCOTUS eliminated federal right to abortion- 2022. “No. May you never feel welcome here again.” www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/u...
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John Roberts and His Island
After decades of potlucks and paddle-boarding on Maine’s midcoast, rising anger and protests have left the Supreme Court’s chief justice more isolated than ever.
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Scott Alves Barton @senhorokra.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
“@SCOTUS has really let our Country down!” trump complained on social media after the voting-by-mail decision. “It'll go down as having rendered some of the most destructive, hurtful & damaging decisions in our Country’s history.” - Who knew I'd agree with #POTUS www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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Only Trump Gets to Criticize the Supreme Court
“These are not the people I interviewed to serve.”
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Scott Alves Barton @senhorokra.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Tape muffled captures #Paxton being asked, “Do you feel like he’s a little bit of a drag?” Mr. Paxton responds: “So to be honest with you, the numbers — when we did that convention — it dropped our numbers. Everybody’s numbers dropped. Right now, yeah, not good.” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/u...
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Ken Paxton, G.O.P. Nominee in Texas, Privately Said Trump’s Convention Hurt Him
Ken Paxton, one of the party’s top Senate candidates and a Trump loyalist, said that “everybody’s numbers dropped” after the event, according to audio obtained by The Times.
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Scott Alves Barton @senhorokra.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
When, Oh When can Karma be initiated? www.war.gov/News/Release...
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Scott Alves Barton @senhorokra.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Trump admin officials made clear that #POTUS wanted things to move quickly. “What the president likes is action,” Jarrod Agen, the top White House energy adviser, said in Caracas in April. “He also likes deals, and he likes progress.” IT DIDN'T WORK OUT THAT WAY... www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/w...
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Trump Brought Venezuelan Gold to the U.S., but Refiners Won’t Touch It
The administration is brokering deals in a notoriously corrupt industry, including one with a company that the United States deems a security threat.
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Raphael De La Ghetto🇺🇲🌊💙 @stoneyyw.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Scott Alves Barton @senhorokra.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
suspensions were issued “to protect the immediate physical health/safety of students” Faculty Senate vote 80-16 Nov 2025-held interim suspensions cease if risk gone. Men on campus=danger passed & community owed changes-or not suspensions lifted. @Cornell WTF. www.cornellsun.com/article/2026...
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EDITORIAL | Cornell Won’t, We Will
The Editorial Board demands that Cornell stops protecting the alleged Chi Phi rapists through the University's opaque sexual assault policies.
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Scott Alves Barton @senhorokra.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
...What can be worse than sitting for over 20 minutes on hold with the dominant Muzak transmogrification being a reductive drivel version of Bob Marley's elegiac Redemption Song. $#%&@!
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Scott Alves Barton @senhorokra.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
UNCONSCIONABLE. Keyweapon?! evgrieve.com/2026/09/line...
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Line tensions boil over: East Village bookseller Bonnie Slotnick arrested outside Harry Styles pop-up on 2nd Street
EV Grieve is the leading news, entertainment and lifestyle blog about the East Village of New York City.
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Alyssa S. @alyssamakes.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Low key very frustrated with many parts of how this article was written but at the same time, it is one of the better bits of coverage about this particular instances of censorship.
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Scott Alves Barton @senhorokra.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Keep on keepin' on peoples! The #kennedycenter will not be demolished by a despot! www.nytimes.com/video/us/pol...
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Video: People Rally Amid Fears of Kennedy Center Demolition
A large crowd of demonstrators gathered outside the Kennedy Center to oppose President Trump’s efforts to shut down the institution and remake it in his image.
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Scott Alves Barton @senhorokra.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
hope springs eternal! www.youtube.com/shorts/RgpS7...
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Goat vs Robot Dog
YouTube video by Variety Vault
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Scott Alves Barton @senhorokra.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Olivette Otele, a distinguished prof of the legacies & memory of slavery at SoAS University of London, said while the lack of comparable detail about enslaved African women remained startling, “the more we know about enslavers, the better chance we have to know of enslaved women from the archives 1
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Scott Alves Barton @senhorokra.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
“It’s not every day you get to be part of an entire herd of bison and charge through the streets of New York and bring awareness to, you know, the meaning of it all,” he said. “So it happens once in your life.” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/17/t...
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Conjuring a Herd of Buffalo From Steel, Wood and Burlap
Over the summer, 40 life-size bison puppets were handmade at St. Ann’s Warehouse in Brooklyn. This weekend, they’ll stampede through New York.
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Scott Alves Barton @senhorokra.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
“She was clear from the very beginning, and never swayed from her conviction, that her feminism was taught to her by Black women,” says #KimberléCrenshaw, a law professor at UCLA and Columbia and leading scholar on race and feminism who knew Steinem well. 1/
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Scott Alves Barton @senhorokra.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
V-O-T-E! #operationmidwayblitz Judge Debra Seaton 'was protecting residents from danger.' “This court is not making anybody homeless" Hightower, 41, begs to differ. Nearly a year postraid he & many neighbors are in limbo-unable to secure housing or where to go... chicago.suntimes.com/bearing-the-...
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Nearly a year after the South Shore raid forced him from his home, one former resident is still homeless
The military-style raid was one of the definitive moments of Operation Midway Blitz. It also set off a chain of events that laid bare the precariousness of Chicago’s housing system for low-income rent...
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Scott Alves Barton @senhorokra.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
changeagent! www.nytimes.com/video/obitua...
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Video: In Her Words: Gloria Steinem
In a never-before-seen 2008 interview with The New York Times, Ms. Steinem reflected on her career as a writer, organizer and fund-raiser.
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Scott Alves Barton @senhorokra.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
VOTE!
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Scott Alves Barton @senhorokra.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
VOTE! Trump signed a proclamation in July cutting 91% of Bears Ears-red-rock canyons rich w/ archaeologically significant-reducing it by +1.2 million acres. He shrank a 2nd Utah monument-Grand Staircase-Escalante, by nearly 1.7 million acres, or 90%. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/02/c...
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Patagonia Sues Trump Over Reduction of Bears Ears National Monument in Utah
The outdoor apparel maker joined environmental and Native American groups in challenging President Trump’s reduction of Bears Ears National Monument.
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Scott Alves Barton @senhorokra.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Land of the Free, Home of the Brave! "Mr. Sánchez said federal agents knocked him onto the ground-knelt on his bulging abdomen-leaving him in agony-his pants damp with urine. Other deportees shouted“‘You abuser! If he dies, it’s on you!’” www.nytimes.com/2026/08/30/w...
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Deportees Sent to Liberia Recount Harrowing Details of U.S. Expulsion and Treatment by ICE
Ten deportees said they experienced or witnessed what they called abusive or violent treatment by ICE. They spent months in detention, they said, before being sent to nations where they had no ties.
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Scott Alves Barton @senhorokra.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
“I see her as the Rosa Parks of rape culture,” David Stenn, the reporter, said in an interview. “She stood up against the culture of silence when no one else did.” www.nytimes.com/2026/08/21/o...
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Overlooked No More: Patricia Douglas, Who Challenged Hollywood’s Culture of Abuse
Eight decades before the #MeToo groundswell, she took MGM to court after alleging she was attacked at a studio party in 1937.
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Scott Alves Barton @senhorokra.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Gee Secy, #RFKJr your #MAHA policies aren't helping...their killing folks.
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Scott Alves Barton @senhorokra.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Melissa Dixon, 46, eats spaghetti standing up at the kitchen counter with the help of an LED light. The family’s home has been without power for 12 days in the Glen Park neighborhood in Gary, Indiana.Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times chicago.suntimes.com/graphics/wea...
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12 nights without power in Gary, Indiana, ‘Why is this OK?’ | Chicago Sun-Times
With no power and a spotty generator, every day is a struggle for a family of seven as they approach two weeks without electricity in Northwest Indiana.
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Scott Alves Barton @senhorokra.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
The contract provisions, taken together, allow wealthy donors with business before the federal government to contribute anonymously to a sitting president’s pet project, while exempting the White House from key conflict of interest safeguards and limiting scrutiny by Congress and the public…
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Scott Alves Barton @senhorokra.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
I've added my name to the open letter calling for a public inquiry into the tragic death of Professor Jason Arday. Will you join me? goodlaw.social/625453
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Jason Arday: Demand a public inquiry now | Good Law Project
Commission an immediate public inquiry into how to ensure a responsible press given its contribution to Dr Arday’s tragic death.
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Lynn Tramonte @lynntramonte.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
One of our friends is in Eswatini. We have a plan to get him out + he has a terrific lawyer, but we are trying to raise some money to make it happen. He needs to get to a country that is safe for a gay man in Africa. Appreciate any help + boost! ohioimmigrant.app.neoncrm.com/campaigns/he...
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Help Issa Start Over in a Safe Place
Issa is outgoing, justice-minded, and loves people from every background. For most of his life, he called the United States home, and Cincinnati is where he feels safest. But today, he sits in a maxim...
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Scott Alves Barton @senhorokra.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
In case you weren't sure how mendacious #MAGA is here's some facts www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Opinion | Trump’s Economic Record Doesn’t Come Close to His Campaign Promises
The president likes to boast about the “greatest economy we’ve ever had.” His record falls far short.
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Ty🇬🇩🇱🇨 @tycallion.blacksky.app · 18/08/2026
I’m going have to check this out
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Bandi – Official Trailer | Netflix
YouTube video by MVSRS
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Scott Alves Barton @senhorokra.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
2 Stories. 2 Geographies/governments. 2 men. Yet… are they the changing same? I DO NOT Condone murder or violence...but, it does make you think a bit. If they can be denied #DueProcess, what's to stop you and I from being denied it too?: 1. Robert Gilman was detained in 2022 on charges of beating
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Steven Nelson @snelsonus.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
I wrote an essay on the moving of the 2025 Wyeth Symposium from the National Gallery and the implications of such an action. Titled “Soft Censorship,” the piece recently appeared in the journal "October." Today the NYT published this article based on the essay. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/10/a...
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National Gallery Accused of ‘Soft Censorship’ to Avoid Provoking Trump (Gift Article)
A former executive with the Washington museum says it moved a symposium about race in art to avoid political blowback.
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Scott Alves Barton @senhorokra.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Flock systems allow law enforcement to see w/i seconds where a car is, or where it's been. Flock has contracts w 7,000 police agencies-40% of all in US. A Texas officer used Flock to track a woman across state lines suspected of self-administering an abortion... maps.deflock.org?lat=41.8642&...
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DeFlock Maps | ALPR Camera Map & Privacy Routes
Explore ALPR camera locations and plan privacy-optimized routes across the United States.
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Scott Alves Barton @senhorokra.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
My mother Sylvia Alves Barton help initiate and taught at the first #headstart program where I grew up in Norwalk, Ct. I wish the NYT reporter covering this story had been more forthright with her answers. I assume their legal counsel advised her to preclude federal litigation. Thanks @pbsnews.org
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Scott Alves Barton @senhorokra.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
I wish he wouldn't use his anus to communicate
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Team Orca @blkthemyscira.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Yooo this is so true. Every time 😂😂😭😭😫😫
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TheeDemFairy510🖤 @theedemfairy510.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Good Sunday morning!
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Blacksky Algorithms @blackskyweb.xyz · 29/07/2026
🔥 The Blacksky mobile app is here. Today we're opening up our public beta on both iOS and Android. If you've been waiting for a native mobile experience, now's your chance to try it before our full public launch and help us make it even better. 🧵👇
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Political cartoon by @deadder.bsky.social.
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Scott Alves Barton @senhorokra.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
akin to bubonic plague.
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Scott Alves Barton @senhorokra.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
WORD.
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Scott Alves Barton @senhorokra.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Decision equal millions 65 & older could face higher #Medicare drug premiums next year-cost of living is already a major concern. Politically damaging for @GOP midterms. Leading up to Nov-beneficiaries'll experience shock shopping for 2027 plan." - P.S. Fuck Dr. Oz! www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/b...
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Trump Will End Subsidies for Medicare Drug Premiums
Millions of older Americans could pay more for their prescription drug coverage next year.
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Scott Alves Barton @senhorokra.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
all screws are lose, rusted and outdated.
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Scott Alves Barton @senhorokra.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
#bullseye.
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Scott Alves Barton @senhorokra.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Eatherly’s sizable fanbase is built on livestreams in which he sidles up to random Black people, provokes them w racist abuse & dares them to react while threatening to shoot them with the gun & bear mace he carries. This little routine realized its Chekhovian inevitability this past Wed May 13, 1/
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Chud the Builder and America’s Tradition of White Racial Terror
We are not in unprecedented territory. We are returning to form.
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Scott Alves Barton @senhorokra.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Admiral Caudle: If he strode naked thru forests coated in honey he shouldn't be surprised if attacked by a bear. Wearing gold chains & a fancy watch in Harlem-he risked getting robbed. At least 1 sailor believed Caudle blamed assault victims 4 provoking their attacks. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/26/u...
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An Admiral’s Rise Reveals the Politics Driving Hegseth’s Pentagon
Before he was picked to lead the Navy, Adm. Daryl Caudle found ways to signal his support for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s anti-diversity goals.
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Blue Oleta @blue-oleta.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
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Scott Alves Barton @senhorokra.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
sounds right.
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Sharon 🪳🌹 @sharonk.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
“Put your sword back in its place,” Jesus said to him, “for all who draw the sword will die by the sword."
This is my politics: [priest holding a gun]
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
A retired Air Force colonel named Matt Orlando just beat a sitting Republican for mayor of Chandler, Arizona. By 17 points. In a seat the GOP thought was safe. This is what the ground shifting looks like. 👇 www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/great-news...
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Scott Alves Barton @senhorokra.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Dearest Emmett Louis "Bobo" Till #angelboy #happybirthday #85th #emmetttill #egun Blessings all~ways! #2 is with his cousins...
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Ohwoisme @kmohwoisme.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
BREAKING: A reporter asked Mike Johnson at a press conference today, “Should we bother asking you any questions about Trump reigniting his illegal Iran War without any Constitutionally mandatory Congressional deliberation and authorization... or have you not heard about it yet?"
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