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Paul in Philly

@paulsocolar.bsky.social
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Recently retired, still resisting. Working for justice in public education and at large. Indy media veteran (at Public School Notebook) and media specialist. Grew up in NYC, but Philly and the Phillies won my heart. He/him.

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I was deputy M.E. at the WSJ when Murdoch took over, with a similar “editorial independence board.” Within 4 months, our top editor was gone, replaced by a loyal Murdoch deputy. That board raised a quivering objection, but the deed was done. If the Ellisons own CNN, they’ll do whatever they want.
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Dan Gillmor @dangillmor.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
No one covers the pernicious, pervasive reality of American racism than Nikole Hannah-Jones, and this is a must-read example of her work:
nytimes.com
In Fighting for Every Black Child, Did I Betray My Own?
A decade ago, I made a decision about my daughter’s education that I hoped would challenge New York City’s separate and unequal school system. Now 16, she thinks I made the wrong choice.
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Paul in Philly @paulsocolar.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Has anyone on the #Phillies studied Schwarber's splits and noticed that he has a .564 OPS in 165 at-bats when leading off? Last year it was much better but still below his overall OPS.
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Larry Feinberg @lfeinberg.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Vaccine enforcement gaps in Pennsylvania charter schools put thousands of children at risk Of the state’s 170 charter schools, nearly two-thirds allowed children who didn’t meet the required vaccine thresholds to attend the schools. www.post-gazette.com/news/health/... via @PittsburghPG
post-gazette.com
Vaccine enforcement gaps in Pennsylvania charter schools put thousands of children at risk
With Pennsylvania steeped in one of the largest measles outbreaks in the country, charter schools across the state are allowing children into classes without...
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Michael Baumann @baumann.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Derek Hill this season: Low leverage: 88 PA, .218/.284/.338, 37.5% K%, 74 wRC+ Medium leverage: 67 PA, .210/.246/.387, 38.8% K%, 72 wRC+ High leverage: 24 PA, .364/.391/.773, 16.7% K%, 214 wRC+, not counting a pinch hit RBI single tonight
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Paul in Philly @paulsocolar.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
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Paul in Philly @paulsocolar.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Unbelievable corruption …
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Paul in Philly @paulsocolar.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
#Phillies bright spots: We were worried with Duran on the IL that there could be a bunch of blown saves. But that hasn’t been a problem!
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Paul in Philly @paulsocolar.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
“We are using military force to take the side of precisely the countries who have enriched Trump and his family.”
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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
In 1854, after watching the federal government deploy 2000 federal troops and spend $40,000 sending Anthony Burns back into slavery, Boston's Amos Adams Lawrence said “we went to bed one night old-fashioned, conservative, Compromise Union Whigs and waked up stark mad Abolitionists.”
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Sol J Brager @soljbrager.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
The Super Bowl may be over but you can still read my comic with Chris Blackwell about football and the complicated role it plays in our relationships in @thenation.com, supported by @economichardship.bsky.social www.thenation.com/article/soci...
thenation.com
The Pain and Glory of My Football-Loving Life
A comic about the Eagles, fathers, incarceration, and the holes that sports can't fill.
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Sarah Tolcser @tolcser.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
In case anyone was wondering how it’s going over on American Girl doll Instagram
User @backintimeag: 
The text “Kirsten will be happy when ICE gets the fuck out of Minnesota” over a picture of 1850s immigrant and Minnesota-dwelling doll character Kirsten Larson in the snow.
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Paul in Philly @paulsocolar.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Our Democratic senator is out to lunch.
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Paul in Philly @paulsocolar.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Another murder- recorded on video. This fascism must end.
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Paul in Philly @paulsocolar.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Go Minnesota
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Paul in Philly @paulsocolar.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Here’s what the #PHLed closing proposal looked like in 2013. The SRC had used its authority to waive the requirement that it hold individual hearings on closings 3 months before a final decision. Less than 3 months after the plan was announced, the SRC voted to close 23 schools and relocate 5 others
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Paul in Philly @paulsocolar.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Shades of 2013. But the timeline this time at least could provide for a little more thoughtful deliberation and revision. #PHLed
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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 21/01/2026
Attn news commentators: Trump saying he could use force to obtain Greenland but won’t is not Trump saying he won’t use force to obtain Greenland. It is Trump using force as a threat to obtain Greenland. That is why he mentions it.
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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
"The lies this administration is telling about Ms. Good aren’t those you deploy as part of a cover-up. They’re those you use when you want to show you can get away with anything. They’re a projection of power." - @radleybalko.bsky.social
nytimes.com
Opinion | I’ve Covered Police Abuse for 20 Years. What ICE Is Doing Is Different.
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Paul in Philly @paulsocolar.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
And it’s coming soon to a theater/bakery/gas station near you
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Celeste Headlee @celesteheadlee.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Go earn the hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars you receive for salary, benefits, and staff.
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 26/12/2025
Imagine watching Sinatra, son of Dolly & Antonini born in Genoa & Sicily, respectively, and Martin, son of Gaetano & Angela, born in Montesilvano, Italy & Ohio respectively, (Angela to parents born in Monasterolo, Italy), and crusading against the value of children of immigrants to the U.S.
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
A reminder that seven years ago almost to the day, the CIA determined that Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the killing of @washingtonpost.com journalist Jamal Khashoggi. I hired and worked with Jamal for a year. www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
washingtonpost.com
CIA concludes Saudi crown prince ordered Jamal Khashoggi’s assassination
Audio recordings, intercepted phone calls and other intelligence link Mohammed bin Salman to killing that Saudis say was conducted by rogue elements.
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Paul in Philly @paulsocolar.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
#Philly folks at the polls – send your voter counts to 66 wards for their turnout tracker. Turnout so far doesn’t look bad. www.jonathantannen.com/turnout_trac...
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Turnout Tracker
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Paul in Philly @paulsocolar.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Rob earned this. Smile! #Phillies
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Paul in Philly @paulsocolar.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
The takedown of Stonewall Jackson has taken an interesting and dramatic turn. Kudos to Walker and Walker.
nytimes.com
Kara Walker Deconstructs a Statue, and a Myth
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Chris Lombardi @chrisblue.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
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Paul in Philly @paulsocolar.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
"Minutes after right-wing activist Charlie Kirk was fatally shot while speaking at an event in Utah on Wednesday, far-right influencers and extremist communities lit up social media with calls for violence against the left."
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Dave Zirin @edgeofsports.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Trump: fascism time Bmore Mayor: fuck off Md Governor: fuck off DC Mayor: “DC Mayor Bowser on Wednesday credited President Trump's directed surge of fed. law enforcement. ‘We greatly appreciate the surge of officers that enhance what MPD has been able to do in this city.’” We have a Vichy mayor
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Jay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
"The top story of the moment is the one story that our most influential newsrooms won’t touch: That the United State has become an authoritarian state." — Dan Froomkin @froomkin.bsky.social presswatchers.org/2025/08/we-h...
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Paul in Philly @paulsocolar.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
Land of the free?
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
6 months ago, in the shadow of the night, Israeli soldiers took 16-year-old American Muhammad Zaher Ibrahim from his family. He’s been imprisoned ever since. He’s suffered from scabies & lost 25 pounds. Remember Sayfollah Musallet, the young American killed by settlers last month? They’re cousins.
zeteo.com
A US Teenager Has Been Locked in an Israeli Prison, With No Trial, for 6 Months. Where’s the Outrage?
The family of 16-year-old Muhammad Zaher Ibrahim, who was taken by Israeli soldiers in the middle of the night, says they feel abandoned by the Trump administration.
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Paul in Philly @paulsocolar.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
Much voter education needed in PA this fall.
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Paul in Philly @paulsocolar.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
Avelo Airlines has a contract with ICE to fly deportation flights for profit. Join the Hell No, Avelo campaign. Avelo is expanding. Their "Philadelphia" flights operate out of Wilmington. Sign the pledge. Spread the word. This must stop. Hell no, Avelo. #OneMillionRising www.GroundAvelo.org
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
Israel's massacre of Palestinian journalists has been unconscionable. And the silence of western journalists has been an utter abomination to our profession. And to humanity. www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/...
aljazeera.com
Anas al-Sharif among five Al Jazeera journalists killed by Israel in Gaza
Al Jazeera staff killed in targeted Israeli attack on a tent housing journalists near al-Shifa Hospital, Gaza City.
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Mary Grace @emgeekay.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
This is an interesting spreadsheet that @maggiekat.bsky.social shared. It’s the work of @jonathancohn.bsky.social and it shows the percentage of times Democratic Senators voted against Trump. Senator Ed Markey is the winner! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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Tracking Senate Votes 2025
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
Lemme just say if President Bernie Sanders had unilaterally imposed, by executive fiat, hundreds of billions of new taxes, personally browbeat executives about job cuts and investments and then fired the head of BLS, the Chamber of Commerce and the business orgs would not be sitting idly by.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
The very clear message is that the BLS head will be fired if they do not produce numbers that meet Trump's approval. In related news, these are the last set of BLS job numbers we can assume have not been doctored.
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Paul in Philly @paulsocolar.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
One small but impactful retreat by this cruel regime.
chalkbeat.org
Trump administration releases billions in education funding after a weekslong freeze
The funding delay had schools scrambling to figure out how they might fill an unexpected budget gap, and some after-school programs abruptly closed.
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Paul in Philly @paulsocolar.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
"The answer came back days later in an email from Spencer Chretien, the highest-ranking official in the State Department's refugee and migration bureau, saying the program is intended for white people."
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Conrad Benner @streetsdept.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Behold, Philly Hoagie Roll Rat!
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Dan Hicks @profdanhicks.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
a rough translation of the final sentence: “Since AFP was founded in August 1944 we’ve lost journalists in conflicts, and have had wounded and imprisoned co-workers, but none of us have any memory of having to watch a colleague die of hunger.”
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Paul in Philly @paulsocolar.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Why is the @nytimes.com reporting that Trump is said to have a “benign condition“ without noting that CVI is actually a progressive disease? Is it that hard to point out obviously false statements?
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Paul in Philly @paulsocolar.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Interesting call to action from Terry Moran
substack.com
Justice for Jeffrey Epstein’s 1,000-plus Victims
The issue that unites all decent Americans
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Paul in Philly @paulsocolar.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
I was just with ~100K people on the #OneMillionRising call, learning about authoritarianism & how people power & acts of noncooperation can stop the attacks on our basic rights & our democracy You can learn more, there are 2 more calls in this series. Sign up! www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...
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Paul in Philly @paulsocolar.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Go #Phillies
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Paul in Philly @paulsocolar.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Have you told your PA legislator we need cyber charter funding reform now? "If the legislature punts... they're going to really harm a lot of students and a lot of districts."
penncapital-star.com
With budgets already approved, some Pa. school districts are banking on cyber charter reform • Pennsylvania Capital-Star
Public school districts across Pennsylvania faced a deadline of June 30 to approve a budget for the coming fiscal year. Many balanced their budgets, banking on the legislature’s approval of a proposal...
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Paul in Philly @paulsocolar.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
“Maybe the real revelation here is that we've reached a point where Superman's core values — helping others, welcoming strangers, standing up to bullies, believing in hope — are considered controversial.”
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Paul in Philly @paulsocolar.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
It is still unclear to me what lessons have been learned from the 2012-13 #PHLed school closings fiasco. (A thread based on my recollections of that experience). www.inquirer.com/education/ph...
inquirer.com
Philly is nearing a decision on closing some schools. Here’s a look inside the process.
Addressing “enrollment trends that have created financial and operational inefficiencies” at Philly schools is imperative, Superintendent Tony B. Watlington Sr. said.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Trump's Big Ugly Bill also... -Gives huge tax breaks to Big Oil and private jet owners -Limits Medicare drug-pricing negotiations -Undermines the IRS' free tax filing program -Delays minimum staffing requirements for nursing homes An ugly nightmare from top to bottom.
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