Phil Mandelbaum
@philmandelbaum.bsky.social
Nonprofit x Political x Digital Strategy + Activation | Design | Journalism | Work: AP, NWU, Stand Up For Science, National Writers Union, Unicorn Riot, Counterpunch, Melina Abdullah, Cat Brooks, Noelle Cook • philmandelbaum.com • aka @awkword.bsky.social
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How White Supremacist Fearmongering Broke Apart Black Lives Matter
"Black lives matter — I get it now,” my aunt declared in 2020. “You’ve been saying it for years.” Yes, I told her. I have. It shouldn’t have taken the
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The *real* story of Black Lives Matter
Based off my interview with Dr. Melina Abdullah, original BLM founding member and co-founder of BLM-LA and @blmgrassroots.bsky.social
My first for @counterpunchmedia.bsky.social
www.counterpunch.org/2025/06/15/h...
Based off my interview with Dr. Melina Abdullah, original BLM founding member and co-founder of BLM-LA and @blmgrassroots.bsky.social
My first for @counterpunchmedia.bsky.social
www.counterpunch.org/2025/06/15/h...
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These assholes want people to die of preventable disease. 🦠 I wish there was a vaccine for for fukery.
The CDC has turned off its vaccine search tool.
The vaccines.gov site now gives an error when you enter a valid zip code.
Also missing: the text saying “Vaccines can help you stay healthy”
The vaccines.gov site now gives an error when you enter a valid zip code.
Also missing: the text saying “Vaccines can help you stay healthy”
November 26, 2025 at 1:47 PM
These assholes want people to die of preventable disease. 🦠 I wish there was a vaccine for for fukery.
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Because in America, you too can die of preventable causes
November 26, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Because in America, you too can die of preventable causes
The CDC has turned off its vaccine search tool.
The vaccines.gov site now gives an error when you enter a valid zip code.
Also missing: the text saying “Vaccines can help you stay healthy”
The vaccines.gov site now gives an error when you enter a valid zip code.
Also missing: the text saying “Vaccines can help you stay healthy”
November 26, 2025 at 1:42 PM
The CDC has turned off its vaccine search tool.
The vaccines.gov site now gives an error when you enter a valid zip code.
Also missing: the text saying “Vaccines can help you stay healthy”
The vaccines.gov site now gives an error when you enter a valid zip code.
Also missing: the text saying “Vaccines can help you stay healthy”
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WE’RE SHUTTING IT DOWN!
“Blackout The System has called for a nationwide boycott, urging participants to refrain from working or spending money from Nov. 25 to Dec. 2 as a protest against a damaged government and economic system.”
www.blackenterprise.com/economic-bla...
“Blackout The System has called for a nationwide boycott, urging participants to refrain from working or spending money from Nov. 25 to Dec. 2 as a protest against a damaged government and economic system.”
www.blackenterprise.com/economic-bla...
November 1, 2025 at 1:53 PM
WE’RE SHUTTING IT DOWN!
“Blackout The System has called for a nationwide boycott, urging participants to refrain from working or spending money from Nov. 25 to Dec. 2 as a protest against a damaged government and economic system.”
www.blackenterprise.com/economic-bla...
“Blackout The System has called for a nationwide boycott, urging participants to refrain from working or spending money from Nov. 25 to Dec. 2 as a protest against a damaged government and economic system.”
www.blackenterprise.com/economic-bla...
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More than than 25% of those unemployed have 4-year college degrees. Before Trump, this had *never* happened.
November 25, 2025 at 1:58 PM
More than than 25% of those unemployed have 4-year college degrees. Before Trump, this had *never* happened.
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Marjorie Taylor Greene broke up with Trump with a literal 'Why I divorced him' video. At first glance, this might look like a victory for Trump but it's one of several cracks forming in the MAGA coalition. open.substack.com/pub/ctrlaltr...
Messy Breakup
What Trump and Marjorie Taylor Greene’s fallout says about the future of MAGA
open.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Marjorie Taylor Greene broke up with Trump with a literal 'Why I divorced him' video. At first glance, this might look like a victory for Trump but it's one of several cracks forming in the MAGA coalition. open.substack.com/pub/ctrlaltr...
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Founders on LinkedIn still seem to be struggling with the difference between telling people about their humble beginnings and admitting to straight up committing fraud.
November 24, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Founders on LinkedIn still seem to be struggling with the difference between telling people about their humble beginnings and admitting to straight up committing fraud.
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Pardoned J6er punched in the face after Quran burning fails at anti-Muslim protest
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Pardoned J6er punched in the face after Quran burning fails at anti-Muslim protest
Jake Lang, a pardoned Jan. 6 rioter, was punched in the face while leading a march against Muslims in Dearborn, Michigan.Before the Dearborn protest began, Lang arrived on a bus obtained from a former...
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November 19, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Pardoned J6er punched in the face after Quran burning fails at anti-Muslim protest
www.rawstory.com/trump-promis...
www.rawstory.com/trump-promis...
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They are pushing hard for war. All legacy media outlets have been doing this for two days. Trump will likely tank any potential talks with Maduro and blame him for it.
This is what manufacturing consent looks like.
We've seen all of this before.
This is what manufacturing consent looks like.
We've seen all of this before.
November 18, 2025 at 1:36 PM
They are pushing hard for war. All legacy media outlets have been doing this for two days. Trump will likely tank any potential talks with Maduro and blame him for it.
This is what manufacturing consent looks like.
We've seen all of this before.
This is what manufacturing consent looks like.
We've seen all of this before.
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❣️Mabrook + Mazal Tov to JFREJ Board Members, @kungernyc.bsky.social & Rabbi Ellen Lippman, for their respective appointments to @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social ‘s transition team & the more than a dozen other JFREJ members also named in this powerful list of NYers ready to roll up their sleeves & work!
November 25, 2025 at 2:26 AM
❣️Mabrook + Mazal Tov to JFREJ Board Members, @kungernyc.bsky.social & Rabbi Ellen Lippman, for their respective appointments to @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social ‘s transition team & the more than a dozen other JFREJ members also named in this powerful list of NYers ready to roll up their sleeves & work!
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Propaganda is increasingly a global issue. Education in the forms it takes, levers and strategies deployed, has never been more important. I created this Udemy course to empower people to see through coordinated operations, understand influence and evaluate credibility. www.udemy.com/course/propa...
Propaganda & Disinformation (Beginners)
Understand how manipulative propaganda and new technologies can be used to influence our world
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November 22, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Propaganda is increasingly a global issue. Education in the forms it takes, levers and strategies deployed, has never been more important. I created this Udemy course to empower people to see through coordinated operations, understand influence and evaluate credibility. www.udemy.com/course/propa...
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A federal appeals court on Friday upheld the hate crime convictions of the three men who chased Ahmaud Arbery through their Georgia subdivision with pickup trucks before one of them killed him with a shotgun.
#News #AhmaudArbery #Georgia
#News #AhmaudArbery #Georgia
November 15, 2025 at 3:22 AM
A federal appeals court on Friday upheld the hate crime convictions of the three men who chased Ahmaud Arbery through their Georgia subdivision with pickup trucks before one of them killed him with a shotgun.
#News #AhmaudArbery #Georgia
#News #AhmaudArbery #Georgia
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Help us send 2,000 books to readers who are incarcerated this winter through our Books Not Bars program
Books Not Bars 2025 Holiday Campaign
BOOKS NOT BARS FOR THE HOLIDAYS
Haymarket Books is committed to making our books available for free to people who are incarcerated.
In an effort to support those inside who are dealing with the imm...
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November 23, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Help us send 2,000 books to readers who are incarcerated this winter through our Books Not Bars program
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Opinion on the potential and future of so-called "generative AI" is polarized to the point of hyperbole. But if you peel back the extremes, we're having an important debate.
My take on the ethics of AI.
conservechange.medium.com/is-ethical-a...
My take on the ethics of AI.
conservechange.medium.com/is-ethical-a...
Is “ethical AI” possible?
In which I discuss Luddites, skilled labor, and the difference between an LLM and a hammer.
conservechange.medium.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Opinion on the potential and future of so-called "generative AI" is polarized to the point of hyperbole. But if you peel back the extremes, we're having an important debate.
My take on the ethics of AI.
conservechange.medium.com/is-ethical-a...
My take on the ethics of AI.
conservechange.medium.com/is-ethical-a...
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EU Commission registers European citizens initiative calling for the full suspension of the EU/Israel association agreement
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Commission registers European Citizens\' Initiative on the EU-Israel Association Agreement
Today, the European Commission has registered the European Citizens\' Initiative (ECI) entitled ‘Demand the full suspension of the EU-Israel Association Agreement in view of Israel\'s violations of hu...
ec.europa.eu
November 25, 2025 at 3:22 PM
EU Commission registers European citizens initiative calling for the full suspension of the EU/Israel association agreement
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
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wrote about AI slop fraud in journalism, which is successful not because AI is magic superintelligence, but because journalism has already been hollowed out and turned into slop. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/journalist...
Journalists Have Been Turning Into AI Slop For Years
ChatGPT is the ideal employee
www.everythingishorrible.net
November 25, 2025 at 3:16 PM
wrote about AI slop fraud in journalism, which is successful not because AI is magic superintelligence, but because journalism has already been hollowed out and turned into slop. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/journalist...
More than than 25% of those unemployed have 4-year college degrees. Before Trump, this had *never* happened.
November 25, 2025 at 1:58 PM
More than than 25% of those unemployed have 4-year college degrees. Before Trump, this had *never* happened.
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Masked mercenaries are only able to kidnap people off our streets at random today because Democrats refused to defund ICE when they had the chance.
The same goes for the epidemic of police violence.
The movement against ICE should revitalize anti-police organizing.
crimethinc.com/antipolice2025
The same goes for the epidemic of police violence.
The movement against ICE should revitalize anti-police organizing.
crimethinc.com/antipolice2025
Abolishing ICE is only the beginning. Have you looked at your local cops?
..
According to mappingpoliceviolence.us, police kill at least three people per day; from a meta analysis published in NYT, we now know the number could be six or even more.
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According to mappingpoliceviolence.us, police kill at least three people per day; from a meta analysis published in NYT, we now know the number could be six or even more.
November 24, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Masked mercenaries are only able to kidnap people off our streets at random today because Democrats refused to defund ICE when they had the chance.
The same goes for the epidemic of police violence.
The movement against ICE should revitalize anti-police organizing.
crimethinc.com/antipolice2025
The same goes for the epidemic of police violence.
The movement against ICE should revitalize anti-police organizing.
crimethinc.com/antipolice2025
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The sad but very real odds are that most of the folks who've lost their life due to police violence are likely sex-working trans BIPOC women and femme persons. Police are the #1 killers of sex workers. Always have been
#AbolishthePolice
#AbolishthePolice
Abolishing ICE is only the beginning. Have you looked at your local cops?
..
According to mappingpoliceviolence.us, police kill at least three people per day; from a meta analysis published in NYT, we now know the number could be six or even more.
..
According to mappingpoliceviolence.us, police kill at least three people per day; from a meta analysis published in NYT, we now know the number could be six or even more.
November 24, 2025 at 5:48 PM
The sad but very real odds are that most of the folks who've lost their life due to police violence are likely sex-working trans BIPOC women and femme persons. Police are the #1 killers of sex workers. Always have been
#AbolishthePolice
#AbolishthePolice
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“Down with woke,” they crowed.
Abolishing ICE is only the beginning. Have you looked at your local cops?
..
According to mappingpoliceviolence.us, police kill at least three people per day; from a meta analysis published in NYT, we now know the number could be six or even more.
..
According to mappingpoliceviolence.us, police kill at least three people per day; from a meta analysis published in NYT, we now know the number could be six or even more.
November 24, 2025 at 8:38 PM
“Down with woke,” they crowed.
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Abolishing ICE is only the beginning. Have you looked at your local cops?
..
According to mappingpoliceviolence.us, police kill at least three people per day; from a meta analysis published in NYT, we now know the number could be six or even more.
..
According to mappingpoliceviolence.us, police kill at least three people per day; from a meta analysis published in NYT, we now know the number could be six or even more.
November 24, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Abolishing ICE is only the beginning. Have you looked at your local cops?
..
According to mappingpoliceviolence.us, police kill at least three people per day; from a meta analysis published in NYT, we now know the number could be six or even more.
..
According to mappingpoliceviolence.us, police kill at least three people per day; from a meta analysis published in NYT, we now know the number could be six or even more.
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“… About the raping, murdering, civilized aristocrats
Scramble For Africa, like rats trample through trash
Assailants for cash, plus control and domination
Political plans, to stranglehold the population…”
(2012! What’s changed?)
Scramble For Africa, like rats trample through trash
Assailants for cash, plus control and domination
Political plans, to stranglehold the population…”
(2012! What’s changed?)
November 22, 2025 at 5:59 PM
“… About the raping, murdering, civilized aristocrats
Scramble For Africa, like rats trample through trash
Assailants for cash, plus control and domination
Political plans, to stranglehold the population…”
(2012! What’s changed?)
Scramble For Africa, like rats trample through trash
Assailants for cash, plus control and domination
Political plans, to stranglehold the population…”
(2012! What’s changed?)
Gmail privacy has always been a misnomer.
This is a crisis.
This is a crisis.
FBI Caught Spying on Signal Group Chat of Immigration Activists
Keep a close eye on who’s joining your group chats.
newrepublic.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Gmail privacy has always been a misnomer.
This is a crisis.
This is a crisis.
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The Kids are OK…
“As thousands took to the streets to protest ICE in the offline world — Roblox players protested within the game, battling cops, breaking down barricades, waving Mexican flags, and facing off across a line of players dressed in police SWAT gear”
www.teenvogue.com/story/kids-a...
“As thousands took to the streets to protest ICE in the offline world — Roblox players protested within the game, battling cops, breaking down barricades, waving Mexican flags, and facing off across a line of players dressed in police SWAT gear”
www.teenvogue.com/story/kids-a...
September 16, 2025 at 12:19 PM
The Kids are OK…
“As thousands took to the streets to protest ICE in the offline world — Roblox players protested within the game, battling cops, breaking down barricades, waving Mexican flags, and facing off across a line of players dressed in police SWAT gear”
www.teenvogue.com/story/kids-a...
“As thousands took to the streets to protest ICE in the offline world — Roblox players protested within the game, battling cops, breaking down barricades, waving Mexican flags, and facing off across a line of players dressed in police SWAT gear”
www.teenvogue.com/story/kids-a...