Phil Mandelbaum
@philmandelbaum.bsky.social
21K followers 860 following 160 posts
Nonprofit x Political x Digital Strategy + Activation | Web Design | Journalism | Work: AP, Stand Up For Science, National Writers Union, Unicorn Riot, Counterpunch, Melina Abdullah, Cat Brooks, Noelle Cook • philmandelbaum.com • aka @awkword.bsky.social
Posts Media Videos Starter Packs
philmandelbaum.bsky.social
"Musk has set a new standard for being washed. Let us not forget that he bought and tanked a beloved website as part of a years-long campaign to get people to think he's cool and funny."
Reposted by Phil Mandelbaum
tendemands.bsky.social
“Simply marching in the streets once every few months will not stop fascism. We have to draw people into concrete organizing and activity. No one else is going to do this for us.” - @crimethinc.com

#NoKings
Reposted by Phil Mandelbaum
philmandelbaum.bsky.social
CDC layoffs mean an even greater need for *neighborhood* public health and safety solutions.

“Aim to build communities of people with longstanding friendships and experience acting together” - @crimethinc.com

www.counterpunch.org/2025/10/05/i...
Reposted by Phil Mandelbaum
philmandelbaum.bsky.social
“I had high hopes for the ICEBlock app, so it’s a shame that the developer is both overly confident and doesn’t know what he’s doing” - @micahflee.com

The @iceblock.app has 1+ million users.

They’re the people on Bluesky, joining @50501movement.bsky.social and attending @teslatakedown.com rallies.
Reposted by Phil Mandelbaum
awkword.bsky.social
They’ve long had it out for Portland.

This is a clip from my now-infamous 2020 conversation with the Portland DA

And a link to the story I wrote after Andy Ngo seemed to take it to heart.

youtu.be/i6ugxEWYkJg?...

medium.com/@philmandelb...
Reposted by Phil Mandelbaum
leftistlawyer.com
In a world where most politicians won't mention trans people except to throw us under the bus, this ad from @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social is honestly such a breath of fresh air.

youtu.be/bEvVSpN0BXg?...
Until It's Done: Sylvia Rivera
YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC
youtu.be
Reposted by Phil Mandelbaum
rcw-wilpf.bsky.social
During the opening days of the First Committee’s general debate, most states demanded a course correction from dominance and destruction to disarmament and diplomacy. Find out more with our latest report, covering all topics mentioned so far: reachingcriticalwill.org/images/docum...
Reposted by Phil Mandelbaum
deanspade.bsky.social
Shuli Branson recently invited me on The Breakup Theory podcast to talk about a listener letter from someone who had a difficult experience with a community accountability process and was left feeling isolated and defeated.

You can listen to the whole episode wherever you get podcasts.
Reposted by Phil Mandelbaum
audhd-psychnp.com
in 11 days, Robert Roberson is scheduled to die by lethal injection for the murder of his daughter who wasn't murdered but just died tragically after being a medically fragile kiddo, struggling for a long time

everyone agrees: she wasn't murdered

so then WHY is this Autistic man scheduled to die?
Robert Roberson thanks his supporters from death row as they rally at Texas Capitol
Roberson, 58, is set to die by lethal injection in Huntsville in less than two weeks, marking the state’s third attempt to execute him for the death of his...
www.dallasnews.com
Reposted by Phil Mandelbaum
philmandelbaum.bsky.social
CDC layoffs mean an even greater need for *neighborhood* public health and safety solutions.

“Aim to build communities of people with longstanding friendships and experience acting together” - @crimethinc.com

www.counterpunch.org/2025/10/05/i...
Reposted by Phil Mandelbaum
jeff.doctor
"[Ford] is currently trying to pass Bill 40, the Protect Ontario by Securing Affordable Energy for Generations Act, which includes amendments to the Electricity Act that would give the province the power to be picky about which data centres they allow to connect to the power grid." wtfffffffffffff
Reposted by Phil Mandelbaum
ashkenaz89.bsky.social
🚨 New episode out now on The Glitterpill Podcast 🎙️

@allsourcenews.bsky.social breaks down #cartels, intelligence & why understanding these networks matters more than ever.

open.spotify.com/episode/5aSM...
Reposted by Phil Mandelbaum
iwriteok.bsky.social
as a kid growing up right-wing i regularly heard people express their desire for "a government so small I can drown it in the bathtub". imagine my surprise growing up to realize i was the only one who actually believed that.
Reposted by Phil Mandelbaum
mark-bray.bsky.social
Spoke with cnn while sitting on the floor of my hotel room hallway bc my family were asleep in the other room.
6a E Mark.mp4 - 6a E Mark - Frame.io
next.frame.io
Reposted by Phil Mandelbaum
jtischauser.bsky.social
"In my community where I teach, there’s kids not coming to school for a month at a time because they’re scared of what can happen to them,” he said. “I’m overwhelmed with blinding anger and depression for the people who are being affected.”

blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/08/h...
Chicago Protesters Take To The Streets To Denounce National Guard Deployment, ICE
The latest protest against the federal government's militarized presence in Chicago saw hundreds march past Trump Tower.
blockclubchicago.org
Reposted by Phil Mandelbaum
laurajedeed.bsky.social
This video is everywhere because it's a hilarious visual refutation of Portland being on fire. You can't get a mass movement going without convincing the masses

so yes, this does do something actually
Post

Dallas Steele

@Cherrykickstart

Follow

This literally does nothing. You are not beating fascism by dressing up in inflatable suits and dancing

Quote tweeting Claude Taylor @TrueFactsStated

Follow

|

Portland is leading the way. This is how you (non violently) beat Fascism. Humor and ridicule are key.

Stillframe from a video of Portland protesters dancing in inflatable suits 

9:17 AM 08 Oct 25 758K Views

13:01 09 Oct 25 32.6K Views

88 Reposts

11 Quotes

1,049 Likes
Reposted by Phil Mandelbaum
willpollock.com
incomplete list of media outlets that typed up "snubbed" covering Donny's "losing" an award for which he was not in contention #NobelPrize

- @nbcnews.com
- @aljazeera.com
- @timesofindianews.bsky.social
NBC, Al Jazeera & Times of India all ran "snubbed"
Reposted by Phil Mandelbaum
joshuaclarkdavis.bsky.social
Have a piece today in TEEN VOGUE from my new book POLICE AGAINST THE MOVEMENT detailing how the NYPD, LAPD, cops in Chicago and Memphis surveilled the civil rights movement—and then destroyed millions of surveillance files in the ‘70s, including ones that may have shed like on MLK’s assassination.
Police Departments Tracked Activists in the 1960s and 70s — Then Erased Records by Joshua Clark Davis