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
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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Patrick Abdalla
@paddyabs.bsky.social
· Nov 16
I’m going to try to be a better person on here than I was on the other site. More positive, more fun.
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In which Zack Budryk perfectly captures the feeling many #ActuallyAutistic people feel in this particular moment of RFK Jr.'s resurgence: We felt like we were turning the corner on autism acceptance. And now we are seeing that door closed off.
www.welcometohellworld.com/i-will-not-g...
www.welcometohellworld.com/i-will-not-g...
I will not give up that which I have tasted
Promotion of the myth
www.welcometohellworld.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:54 PM
In which Zack Budryk perfectly captures the feeling many #ActuallyAutistic people feel in this particular moment of RFK Jr.'s resurgence: We felt like we were turning the corner on autism acceptance. And now we are seeing that door closed off.
www.welcometohellworld.com/i-will-not-g...
www.welcometohellworld.com/i-will-not-g...
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I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
Our cultural decline wasn’t because of jeans and ball caps.
It was decades of whiny people complaining about having to be nice to others, fetishizing the individual over the community, and every single person involved with “A Nation at Risk” and the reaction to it.
It was decades of whiny people complaining about having to be nice to others, fetishizing the individual over the community, and every single person involved with “A Nation at Risk” and the reaction to it.
George was right, and the trend of men dressing like little boys with baseball caps and shorts year round was part of our overall cultural decline.
I remember when George Will wrote a whole op ed on how distasteful wearing blue jeans was.
washingtoncitypaper.com/article/3956...
washingtoncitypaper.com/article/3956...
November 25, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Our cultural decline wasn’t because of jeans and ball caps.
It was decades of whiny people complaining about having to be nice to others, fetishizing the individual over the community, and every single person involved with “A Nation at Risk” and the reaction to it.
It was decades of whiny people complaining about having to be nice to others, fetishizing the individual over the community, and every single person involved with “A Nation at Risk” and the reaction to it.
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If the Republican position is "Republicans should get away with committing crimes in public office" and the Democrat position is "Republicans should get away with committing crimes in public office" then the result will be that Republicans keep getting away with committing crimes in public office
There are going to be prominent Democrats and mainstream media voices who insist that we have to "turn the page" and "forgive and forget" and they should all be roundly ignored, if not mercilessly mocked.
It’s crazy to think about the crimes we’re going to learn about after this regime ends.
We’re already hearing about Watergate level crimes every week. Imagine what will come out after it’s over.
We’re going to need a full accounting of all that’s been done in violation of the constitution.
We’re already hearing about Watergate level crimes every week. Imagine what will come out after it’s over.
We’re going to need a full accounting of all that’s been done in violation of the constitution.
November 22, 2025 at 11:29 PM
If the Republican position is "Republicans should get away with committing crimes in public office" and the Democrat position is "Republicans should get away with committing crimes in public office" then the result will be that Republicans keep getting away with committing crimes in public office
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him: you will be my gremlin and i will be your water
her: im so turned on
her: im so turned on
November 22, 2025 at 12:23 PM
him: you will be my gremlin and i will be your water
her: im so turned on
her: im so turned on
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Remember how just months ago we were reading from political reporters how Democrats were lost and in a terrible position as a party? Political scientists like me said that was wrong & it reflected reporters' lack of contextual & historical understanding of politics. We were right.
November 22, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Remember how just months ago we were reading from political reporters how Democrats were lost and in a terrible position as a party? Political scientists like me said that was wrong & it reflected reporters' lack of contextual & historical understanding of politics. We were right.
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Pope Leo to young people just now: The Church doesn't belong to any political party. Rather, She helps form your conscience.
A needed message for young people, who are too often being falsely told by conservatives, like white evangelicals were, that if you're Catholic you must be a Republican.
A needed message for young people, who are too often being falsely told by conservatives, like white evangelicals were, that if you're Catholic you must be a Republican.
November 21, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Pope Leo to young people just now: The Church doesn't belong to any political party. Rather, She helps form your conscience.
A needed message for young people, who are too often being falsely told by conservatives, like white evangelicals were, that if you're Catholic you must be a Republican.
A needed message for young people, who are too often being falsely told by conservatives, like white evangelicals were, that if you're Catholic you must be a Republican.
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This absurd oversensitivity about professors having sex with minors procured for them by sex criminals shows that campus cancel culture is out of control.
by Alan Dershowitz and Larry Summers
by Alan Dershowitz and Larry Summers
November 20, 2025 at 1:30 AM
This absurd oversensitivity about professors having sex with minors procured for them by sex criminals shows that campus cancel culture is out of control.
by Alan Dershowitz and Larry Summers
by Alan Dershowitz and Larry Summers
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Paramount CEO David Ellison is set to attend tonight's East Room dinner with President Trump and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, per a source.
November 18, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Paramount CEO David Ellison is set to attend tonight's East Room dinner with President Trump and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, per a source.
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Wut
Based on this link, it seems Olivia Nuzzi's debut pop single was titled "Jailbait." www.popjustice.com/briefing/tha...
November 18, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Wut
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The Trump administration is trying to sell federal student loans to private companies.
This sale would be a giveaway to wealthy insiders at the expense of working-class borrowers and taxpayers.
It’s a tremendous mistake, and I’m fighting back.
This sale would be a giveaway to wealthy insiders at the expense of working-class borrowers and taxpayers.
It’s a tremendous mistake, and I’m fighting back.
Warren urges Trump administration to 'immediately cease' student loan selloff plans
Sen. Elizabeth Warren is attempting to stop the reported selloff of the $1.6 trillion student loan portfolio to private companies.
abcnews.go.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:26 PM
The Trump administration is trying to sell federal student loans to private companies.
This sale would be a giveaway to wealthy insiders at the expense of working-class borrowers and taxpayers.
It’s a tremendous mistake, and I’m fighting back.
This sale would be a giveaway to wealthy insiders at the expense of working-class borrowers and taxpayers.
It’s a tremendous mistake, and I’m fighting back.
If I have to read about a Nuzzi, Lizza Cilizza throuple, I’m going to march into the sea.
November 18, 2025 at 2:32 AM
If I have to read about a Nuzzi, Lizza Cilizza throuple, I’m going to march into the sea.
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collecting failed Republican presidential candidates like horcruxes and infinity stones!
November 18, 2025 at 2:28 AM
collecting failed Republican presidential candidates like horcruxes and infinity stones!
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Lizza is just as much of a bastard kiss-ass as she is. I have no sympathy for him, but he’s a better writer and he knows how to hate.
November 18, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Lizza is just as much of a bastard kiss-ass as she is. I have no sympathy for him, but he’s a better writer and he knows how to hate.
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Olivia Nuzzi needs an editor. I would be happy to meet her for a private session.
by Larry Summers
by Larry Summers
November 17, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Olivia Nuzzi needs an editor. I would be happy to meet her for a private session.
by Larry Summers
by Larry Summers
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POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success
November 17, 2025 at 7:20 PM
POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success
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You just know that “Did Women Ruin the Workplace?” bit would have done NUMBERS in this little clique
Something absolutely perfect about Larry Summers riffing about the scourge of woke cancel culture being unfair to predatory men in a friendly email to his pal JEFFREY EPSTEIN.
November 13, 2025 at 3:26 PM
You just know that “Did Women Ruin the Workplace?” bit would have done NUMBERS in this little clique
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Good statement from the US conference of Catholic Bishops
November 14, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Good statement from the US conference of Catholic Bishops
“I’ve done stuff I ain’t proud of, and the stuff I am proud of is disgusting”
WASHINGTON (AP) — In reversal, Trump says House Republicans should vote to release Epstein files to move on from 'hoax.'
November 17, 2025 at 2:35 AM
“I’ve done stuff I ain’t proud of, and the stuff I am proud of is disgusting”
It looks like Ken Burns is avoiding what makes “The Civil War” cringe and sticking with what makes “Baseball” great.
November 17, 2025 at 2:29 AM
It looks like Ken Burns is avoiding what makes “The Civil War” cringe and sticking with what makes “Baseball” great.
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Right, if someone asks you this, your response should be to raise your eyebrows as high as possible, blink twice in an exaggerated fashion and then say slowly, "I'm sorry ... are you asking me why we should *care* about a sex trafficking ring of pedophiles that apparently includes the president?"
The question is ridiculous, but the smugness in the delivery is what really gets me. Also, Suozzi's namby pamby answer is pretty weak too, so all around good times.
Margaret Brennan to Tom Suozzi: "Can you explain the focus this past week in the House by Democrats on the Jeffrey Epstein files? Is this a tactic to distract from the failure to extract healthcare changes?"
November 16, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Right, if someone asks you this, your response should be to raise your eyebrows as high as possible, blink twice in an exaggerated fashion and then say slowly, "I'm sorry ... are you asking me why we should *care* about a sex trafficking ring of pedophiles that apparently includes the president?"
How is it that none of these people have ever read a book that wasn’t “written” by Hannity or O’Reilly?
Bessent on tariffs: "This is one of President Trump's signature policies, and traditionally the Supreme Court does not interfere with a president's signature policy."
November 16, 2025 at 9:15 PM
How is it that none of these people have ever read a book that wasn’t “written” by Hannity or O’Reilly?
Someone has to publish this.
I'm wrapping up a narrative long-form feature on the opioid epidemic with a news hook of Trump's fentanyl-related tariffs that are part of the SCOTUS case. My editor decided to kill the story Friday, less than a month until the targeted publication date.
Mind if I pitch it to you, please?
Mind if I pitch it to you, please?
November 16, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Someone has to publish this.
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A real loss. Rest in power, Alice Wong.
November 15, 2025 at 6:16 AM
A real loss. Rest in power, Alice Wong.
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Nuzzi's fawning coverage of the sociopathic conspiracy crank she was having an affair with aided his rise to political power, which he is using to perpetrate the worst intentional public health catastrophe of our unnecessarily shortened lifetimes, and THAT is the STORY.
November 15, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Nuzzi's fawning coverage of the sociopathic conspiracy crank she was having an affair with aided his rise to political power, which he is using to perpetrate the worst intentional public health catastrophe of our unnecessarily shortened lifetimes, and THAT is the STORY.