Scott Alves Barton
@senhorokra.bsky.social
Scott Alves Barton, African Diaspora PhooD scholar relatively newly midwestern. Harlem all~ways on my mind...
Ménage à trois ou 4: DJT, Chavez/Maduro & Paul Singer: In #Citgo’s 115-year history its been quietly & entirely owned by Venezuela & state-owned oil co. PDVSA since '90. Targeted in legal fights to pay lost assets to creditors->then expropriated by Hugo Chavez
www.commondreams.org/news/paul-si...
www.commondreams.org/news/paul-si...
Meet Paul Singer, the Billionaire Trump Megadonor Set to Make a Killing on Venezuela Oil | Common Dreams
Trump megadonor Paul Singer bought Citgo, the US subsidiary of Venezuela's state oil company, at a rock-bottom price last month. Now, the hedge fund "vulture" is expected to make a killing from Trump'...
www.commondreams.org
January 10, 2026 at 7:12 PM
Ménage à trois ou 4: DJT, Chavez/Maduro & Paul Singer: In #Citgo’s 115-year history its been quietly & entirely owned by Venezuela & state-owned oil co. PDVSA since '90. Targeted in legal fights to pay lost assets to creditors->then expropriated by Hugo Chavez
www.commondreams.org/news/paul-si...
www.commondreams.org/news/paul-si...
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Right after Renée Good’s disgusting murder, a ICE goon was filmed kicking her memorial candles.
Absolutely vile.
Absolutely vile.
January 8, 2026 at 12:04 PM
Right after Renée Good’s disgusting murder, a ICE goon was filmed kicking her memorial candles.
Absolutely vile.
Absolutely vile.
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The Maduro regimes continues to run Venezuela without Maduro. How did US removal of Maduro to steal their oil help the people of Venezuela? If this was about helping the Venezuelan people, Trump would not be backing the current regime. But it’s about stealing oil, nothing else.
January 8, 2026 at 2:52 PM
The Maduro regimes continues to run Venezuela without Maduro. How did US removal of Maduro to steal their oil help the people of Venezuela? If this was about helping the Venezuelan people, Trump would not be backing the current regime. But it’s about stealing oil, nothing else.
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The Trump regime’s internal security enforcers murdered an American citizen in broad daylight.
The regime is illegally blocking the release of evidence of Trump’s extensive collaboration with Epstein. They’re agitating for war with France and Germany.
It’s completely insane anyone supports them.
The regime is illegally blocking the release of evidence of Trump’s extensive collaboration with Epstein. They’re agitating for war with France and Germany.
It’s completely insane anyone supports them.
January 7, 2026 at 10:23 PM
The Trump regime’s internal security enforcers murdered an American citizen in broad daylight.
The regime is illegally blocking the release of evidence of Trump’s extensive collaboration with Epstein. They’re agitating for war with France and Germany.
It’s completely insane anyone supports them.
The regime is illegally blocking the release of evidence of Trump’s extensive collaboration with Epstein. They’re agitating for war with France and Germany.
It’s completely insane anyone supports them.
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Posts may be a bit more sporadic from me today as my kids are home from school because my city is being brutalized by the federal government to the extent that it's unsafe for schools to be open
January 8, 2026 at 2:12 PM
Posts may be a bit more sporadic from me today as my kids are home from school because my city is being brutalized by the federal government to the extent that it's unsafe for schools to be open
Ten of the 992 members of the Tuskegee Airmen — called Robbins their home. In 1931, the Airport was known as the 1st all-Black airstrip. Jim Crow laws/social attitudes, many Black pilots were arrested by neighboring police for landing planes in Robbins. news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/robb...
Robbins: A small Chicago suburb with a big part in Black history - Medill Reports Chicago
By Autumn Coleman Medill Reports In 2019, Dawn Colquitt-Anderson walked into her small hometown’s history museum with her 8- and 9-year-old nieces in tow. She expected to find family photos and fun fa...
news.medill.northwestern.edu
January 7, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Ten of the 992 members of the Tuskegee Airmen — called Robbins their home. In 1931, the Airport was known as the 1st all-Black airstrip. Jim Crow laws/social attitudes, many Black pilots were arrested by neighboring police for landing planes in Robbins. news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/robb...
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Rep. Bacon is right. It is silly. And dangerous. Where is the rest of the GOP in condemning this?
January 7, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Rep. Bacon is right. It is silly. And dangerous. Where is the rest of the GOP in condemning this?
I just donated to Keep The Edit Suite Open for "My Mom, The Scientist" in support of Family Pictures Institute familypicturesinstitute.betterworld.org/campaigns/do...
Keep The Edit Suite Open for "My Mom, The Scientist" supporting Family Pictures Institute
Keep The Edit Suite Open for "My Mom, The Scientist"
familypicturesinstitute.betterworld.org
January 1, 2026 at 12:46 AM
I just donated to Keep The Edit Suite Open for "My Mom, The Scientist" in support of Family Pictures Institute familypicturesinstitute.betterworld.org/campaigns/do...
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When they fired him, I bet the folks at CNN had no idea that Don Lemon would carry on his success just fine!
That Black community support is something else!
That Black community support is something else!
Don Lemon is done using his magic to make someone else’s NYE pooaaarty pop.
On 12/31/25 the former CNN star is throwing his own - no rules.
Don Lemon Live: New Orleans New Year’s Eve simulcasts live from
The Spotted Cat Music Club and d.b.a. #BlackskyNews
www.myneworleans.com/don-lemon-ho...
On 12/31/25 the former CNN star is throwing his own - no rules.
Don Lemon Live: New Orleans New Year’s Eve simulcasts live from
The Spotted Cat Music Club and d.b.a. #BlackskyNews
www.myneworleans.com/don-lemon-ho...
Don Lemon Hosts New Year's Eve Block Party on Frenchmen St
Join Don Lemon in New Orleans for a spectacular New Year's Eve celebration on Frenchmen Street. Don't miss the festivities!
www.myneworleans.com
December 31, 2025 at 4:08 AM
When they fired him, I bet the folks at CNN had no idea that Don Lemon would carry on his success just fine!
That Black community support is something else!
That Black community support is something else!
...then I remembered: Oracle’s underground data centers in Jerusalem. Built for Israeli military intelligence. 9stories into bedrock, designed to survive missile strikes, built for life-&-death AI systems. 90k sq' . $319 million. Specs like DJT wants... thedreydossier.substack.com/p/trump-isnt...
Trump Isn’t Building a Ballroom
When Trump announced a $300 million ballroom at the White House, something went off in my brain.
thedreydossier.substack.com
December 23, 2025 at 4:06 PM
...then I remembered: Oracle’s underground data centers in Jerusalem. Built for Israeli military intelligence. 9stories into bedrock, designed to survive missile strikes, built for life-&-death AI systems. 90k sq' . $319 million. Specs like DJT wants... thedreydossier.substack.com/p/trump-isnt...
It is beyond time for serious gun control. In an interview recently rebroadcast between @danrather.bsky.social (94), #carlreiner & #RobReiner (both gone), Rob recalls an early episode of "All in the Family" that addressed, #guncontrol. That was in the 1970s. www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuxd...
Parkland and Brown: What It's Like to Survive Two School Shootings | Amanpour and Company
YouTube video by Amanpour and Company
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December 18, 2025 at 10:48 PM
It is beyond time for serious gun control. In an interview recently rebroadcast between @danrather.bsky.social (94), #carlreiner & #RobReiner (both gone), Rob recalls an early episode of "All in the Family" that addressed, #guncontrol. That was in the 1970s. www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuxd...
speaks volumes!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUHq...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUHq...
78ft Statue of Liberty replica collapses after being battered by high winds in Brazil
YouTube video by The Independent
www.youtube.com
December 17, 2025 at 2:05 PM
speaks volumes!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUHq...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUHq...
Thank you, David! www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
Donald Trump’s Remarks on the Death of Rob Reiner Are Next-Level Degradation
On a weekend of terrible violent events, you would not expect a President of the United States to make matters even worse. But, of course, he did.
www.newyorker.com
December 17, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Thank you, David! www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
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An Ohio family will gather for their fifth holiday season without Casey Goodson. The 23-year-old was fatally shot by a sheriff’s deputy while entering his home in 2020. He was holding keys in one hand and Subway sandwiches in the other. https://capitalbnews.org/casey-goodson-retrial-police-shooting/
5 Years After Casey Goodson’s Death in Ohio, His Family Faces a New Legal Hurdle
The 23-year-old was shot five times in the back by a former Franklin County sheriff's deputy.
capitalbnews.org
December 16, 2025 at 11:30 AM
An Ohio family will gather for their fifth holiday season without Casey Goodson. The 23-year-old was fatally shot by a sheriff’s deputy while entering his home in 2020. He was holding keys in one hand and Subway sandwiches in the other. https://capitalbnews.org/casey-goodson-retrial-police-shooting/
Yup. I sure as hell don't know the way to San José! www.ktvu.com/news/san-jos...
San Jose students under investigation for 'human swastika'
The school district says the students are facing unspecified disciplinary action.
www.ktvu.com
December 15, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Yup. I sure as hell don't know the way to San José! www.ktvu.com/news/san-jos...
“This dollar total will likely be reported in the news,” she wrote in the post that was updated on Tuesday, “but any dollar amount is a vanishingly tiny fraction of the personal expressions of care being shared into communities this year.” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/b...
MacKenzie Scott Announces $7 Billion of Charitable Giving This Year
www.nytimes.com
December 11, 2025 at 8:20 PM
“This dollar total will likely be reported in the news,” she wrote in the post that was updated on Tuesday, “but any dollar amount is a vanishingly tiny fraction of the personal expressions of care being shared into communities this year.” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/b...
Texas A&M recently instituted administrative rules requiring ideological review and approval of certain course content, which represents a dramatic departure from the norms that have governed leading research universities for generations. alumni.standforcampusfreedom.org/petitions/co...
CODE MAROON at Texas A&M: Protect academic freedom and reject political control
Texas A&M recently instituted administrative rules requiring ideological review and approval of certain course content, which represents a dramatic departure from the norms that have governed lead...
alumni.standforcampusfreedom.org
December 9, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Texas A&M recently instituted administrative rules requiring ideological review and approval of certain course content, which represents a dramatic departure from the norms that have governed leading research universities for generations. alumni.standforcampusfreedom.org/petitions/co...
What's not in the press release is while equity financing is “backstopped” by U.S. individuals & entities, the majority of the equity $ — $24 billion — comes from sovereign wealth funds of Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi, & Qatar. Buried on p. 42 of a separate SEC filing popular.info/p/kushner-an...
Kushner and Saudis back hostile takeover of Hollywood giant
Jared Kushner is funneling $24 billion from Middle Eastern governments to back a hostile bid for Warner Bros. Discovery—all while advising President Trump on foreign policy.
popular.info
December 9, 2025 at 12:32 PM
What's not in the press release is while equity financing is “backstopped” by U.S. individuals & entities, the majority of the equity $ — $24 billion — comes from sovereign wealth funds of Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi, & Qatar. Buried on p. 42 of a separate SEC filing popular.info/p/kushner-an...
“They said they didn’t want to use a pregnant teenager because it would be controversial and the people would talk about the pregnancy more than the boycott,” Claudette Colvin
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December 2, 2025 at 12:59 AM
“They said they didn’t want to use a pregnant teenager because it would be controversial and the people would talk about the pregnancy more than the boycott,” Claudette Colvin
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Joseph Cornell: The House on Utopia Parkway gagosian.com/quarterly/20...
Joseph Cornell: The House on Utopia Parkway | Gagosian Quarterly
The filmmaker Wes Anderson and the curator Jasper Sharp are collaborating on an exhibition for Gagosian, Paris, that will re-create the legendary studio of Joseph Cornell at 37-08 Utopia Parkway ...
gagosian.com
December 1, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Joseph Cornell: The House on Utopia Parkway gagosian.com/quarterly/20...
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After many years of reporting and writing, the day is finally here: THERE IS NO PLACE FOR US is out today.
I poured everything into this book, and I hope it ignites outrage at the fact that so many people in the richest nation on earth have been deprived of one of the most basic human necessities.
I poured everything into this book, and I hope it ignites outrage at the fact that so many people in the richest nation on earth have been deprived of one of the most basic human necessities.
March 25, 2025 at 10:16 AM
After many years of reporting and writing, the day is finally here: THERE IS NO PLACE FOR US is out today.
I poured everything into this book, and I hope it ignites outrage at the fact that so many people in the richest nation on earth have been deprived of one of the most basic human necessities.
I poured everything into this book, and I hope it ignites outrage at the fact that so many people in the richest nation on earth have been deprived of one of the most basic human necessities.