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Patrick Abdalla

@paddyabs.bsky.social

Educator and journalist. Penn Stater. Phillies and Sixers. NEPA proud. Alumni of: The Keystone, The Citizens’ Voice, York Daily Record, The Hanover Evening Sun, The Towanda Daily Review, The Daily Collegian

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Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social

14.02.2026 02:37 — 👍 22297    🔁 7806    💬 556    📌 1298
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The kind of utter confusion Brooks is going to inflict on Yale undergrads.

14.02.2026 17:05 — 👍 1058    🔁 139    💬 100    📌 80

I see one of the Bob Ewell Jr. here said “balkanize” when he desperately wanted to said “mongrelize.”

12.02.2026 23:10 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

So, the attorney general laughed at a woman losing her grandfather in the holocaust!
I don’t want to hear one word about looking forward in 2027 or 2029.
Hold these racist, bigoted, antisemitic ghouls accountable.

11.02.2026 19:15 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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a man in a blue jumpsuit says good morning in front of a brick wall ALT: a man in a blue jumpsuit says good morning in front of a brick wall
11.02.2026 19:07 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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BALINT: We have evidence that three senior officials within the Trump administration have ties to Jeffrey Epstein--

BONDI: What does 'ties' mean?

BALINT: I think Americans would be shocked to learn that you are not interested in talking to these officials who have ties to Epstein

11.02.2026 19:00 — 👍 1950    🔁 524    💬 78    📌 24
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A group of people gathered outside ICE HQ.

A group of people gathered outside ICE HQ.

An organizer hands out song sheets and whistles.

An organizer hands out song sheets and whistles.

Happening now: a large group of rabbis and Jewish demonstrators have gathered outside of ICE headquarters in DC to stage a protest.

Organizers are handing out song sheets — and whistles.

11.02.2026 18:27 — 👍 665    🔁 218    💬 7    📌 5

Late to this, but this is wrong.

Trump lies right and left about how the BLS is against him and - as you know - fired the commissioner. But the data - so far - have not been tampered with.

11.02.2026 16:07 — 👍 305    🔁 32    💬 29    📌 5

I really do not understand the Nick Castellanos dialogue. He sucks, he is getting paid regardless, every other team knows he sucks. The Phillies are under no obligation to release him because he sucks and it is in their best interest to see if another team decides they want him.

11.02.2026 16:32 — 👍 34    🔁 7    💬 5    📌 2
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I'm still long on AOC, I think she'd consolidate the progressive lane if she ran while half a dozen centrist assholes duke it out to see which one can most convincingly refuse to imagine a better world

11.02.2026 02:17 — 👍 261    🔁 7    💬 9    📌 1

TBH, I don't think the horrors of Syria got enough coverage here. Everyone who made excuses for Assad should be ashamed.

11.02.2026 02:49 — 👍 384    🔁 9    💬 14    📌 0

GOP members of congress.

10.02.2026 22:40 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

File under things he should have begun advocating for _before_ the outbreak started.

09.02.2026 21:39 — 👍 55    🔁 20    💬 5    📌 0

No one has ever tried to sell me drugs as hard as people try to sell me on AI.

03.05.2025 01:16 — 👍 2372    🔁 806    💬 34    📌 48

⚾️⚾️🍑🍑

09.02.2026 03:29 — 👍 72    🔁 19    💬 0    📌 0

kind of funny that an olympian said they are here to represent "compassion, respect, and love for others" and some people automatically knew that was a statement against them

07.02.2026 22:25 — 👍 39654    🔁 7216    💬 306    📌 144

If true, they’re afraid of losing the senate.
This guy is only giving up power if that’s the case.
He still hasn’t seen enough of his agenda forced through.

06.02.2026 18:42 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Catholic “Bishop” Robert Barron must be removed as a Catholic Bishop. No one who plays footsie (IYKYK) with this racism can be a Catholic Bishop.

06.02.2026 16:54 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

Adult men hitting on teenage girls is so broadly reviled that it cost the Republicans a Senate seat in Alabama. But yes, of course, it's actually something everyone is secretly okay with and we would all admit it if it weren't for the woke scolds

05.02.2026 19:22 — 👍 165    🔁 27    💬 3    📌 0
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NEPA's Role in Breaking Baseball's Color Barriers Wilkes-Barre and Scranton served prominently during the integration of professional baseball.

I spent some time over the last few weeks researching NEPA’s connection to the breaking of baseballs many color barriers.

patrickabdalla.substack.com/p/nepas-role...

05.02.2026 18:18 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Subscribe • Pennsylvania Capital-Star

Another way you can support our efforts is to subscribe to our morning newsletter -- The Morning Guide.

It comes straight to your inbox every Monday through Saturday.

04.02.2026 22:59 — 👍 1    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Pa. House panel approves bill to limit exceptions to Sunshine Act notice requirement • Pennsylvania Capital-Star In a 4-3 decision, the majority held that school boards and other public agencies can take official action on items not included in an agenda before a public meeting, if a majority of members vote to ...

State lawmakers hope to close a loophole in one of Pennsylvania’s government transparency laws with a bill headed to the House for consideration.

From @petehallpa.bsky.social

04.02.2026 22:31 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

I think it's best for everyone to understand that the unified class project of billionaires right now is to do to white collar workers what globalization and neoliberalism did to blue collar workers.

04.02.2026 19:41 — 👍 12935    🔁 3436    💬 239    📌 241
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Inside James Franklin's rapid recruiting overhaul at Virginia Tech In a sprint to the early signing period, Franklin gutted his former school and brought life to the Hokies.

james franklin kept actively recruiting penn state's 2026 class without a program to recruit them to, while the loyalists he left behind in state college were busy ratfucking psu's chances with those same kids, and his reward for all this cloak-and-dagger was the 6th best recruiting class in the ACC

04.02.2026 03:19 — 👍 12    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1

Commonsense reform is abolishment and prosecution where justified.
Be a leader or step aside.

03.02.2026 23:21 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Until 5 minutes ago, I was blissfully unaware of her existence. I wish I could return to that glory.

03.02.2026 20:33 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Imagine screaming “Doctor” into your phone the way you scream “Representative” now when you my call your utility company.
These nitwits are going to bring just so much more joy in life.

02.02.2026 21:03 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Just got confirmation from BLS: "The Employment Situation release for January 2026 will not be released as scheduled on Friday, February 6, 2026. The release will be rescheduled upon the resumption of government funding." #EconSky

02.02.2026 17:45 — 👍 69    🔁 23    💬 3    📌 7

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