90-year old Holocaust survivor, Ph.D. in Political Science from Columbia University. I have strong opinions about politics, economics, societal problems and a life well lived.https://bsky.app/profile/gisele600.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/gisele600.bsky.social/post/3mrbczdwzlk2aIf Jasmine Crockett cared about Texas and the USA, she would be out rallying the Black vote for James Talarico. #news #following [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Jul 2026 21:58 +0000at://did:plc:v53yhaf5ml3d3yntuxtj2yly/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrbczdwzlk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/gisele600.bsky.social/post/3mran77foqk2bThis is what a leader sounds like. #news #following #EconSky #AcademicSky [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Jul 2026 15:28 +0000at://did:plc:v53yhaf5ml3d3yntuxtj2yly/app.bsky.feed.post/3mran77foqk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/gisele600.bsky.social/post/3mqujye5g4s2gSo true which is why you have to transform our health system before we implement Medicare for all. [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Jul 2026 19:58 +0000at://did:plc:v53yhaf5ml3d3yntuxtj2yly/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqujye5g4s2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/gisele600.bsky.social/post/3mqmqj52wps26What Mamdani is doing is proving that you can have a government FOR the people. And the people are those who have been neglected by our political and economic systems for decades. #news #following #universal #EconSky #AcademicSky [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Jul 2026 17:34 +0000at://did:plc:v53yhaf5ml3d3yntuxtj2yly/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqmqj52wps26https://bsky.app/profile/gisele600.bsky.social/post/3mqmq5lndpc26Let's see if the Democrat in Maine who will be running against her makes hay with the fact that she cast the deciding vote in the Senate to fund ICE without any reforms and is thus responsible for this obscenity. #news #following #universal #EconSky #AcademicSky [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Jul 2026 17:27 +0000at://did:plc:v53yhaf5ml3d3yntuxtj2yly/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqmq5lndpc26https://bsky.app/profile/gisele600.bsky.social/post/3mqhtgfb32s2cA wealth tax and a land use tax would be the first steps in transforming the US’ economic system. These measures are not only rational but they’re moral as well since it’s only because of man made rules that these obscene inequalities exist. #news #following #EconSky #universal #AcademicSky [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 Jul 2026 18:43 +0000at://did:plc:v53yhaf5ml3d3yntuxtj2yly/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqhtgfb32s2chttps://bsky.app/profile/gisele600.bsky.social/post/3mpwkfune4b2vIt grew because Mamdani proved that you can have a government for the people instead of for the rich. [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Jul 2026 21:46 +0000at://did:plc:v53yhaf5ml3d3yntuxtj2yly/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpwkfune4b2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/gisele600.bsky.social/post/3mpvxoofxyc2jOn a TV show about a crime family, one participating member, relegated to an ordinary life, is asked if he is envious. He answers that he has what the others don’t “ENOUGH.” That’s the rub, with our technological advances, we could all live a good life but they are never satisfied. #news #following [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Jul 2026 16:11 +0000at://did:plc:v53yhaf5ml3d3yntuxtj2yly/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpvxoofxyc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/gisele600.bsky.social/post/3mpu6c3wke22hWHY ATE THEY MASKED? COWARDICE! [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Jul 2026 23:04 +0000at://did:plc:v53yhaf5ml3d3yntuxtj2yly/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpu6c3wke22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/gisele600.bsky.social/post/3mprqelwoh226But they are all Democrats aren’t they, all under the Big Tent. And the party had better heed their message and start to read the room. #news #following #universal #EconSky #AcademicSky [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Jul 2026 23:49 +0000at://did:plc:v53yhaf5ml3d3yntuxtj2yly/app.bsky.feed.post/3mprqelwoh226https://bsky.app/profile/gisele600.bsky.social/post/3mprdsbgr532qThe Reps make it sound like these are things we can't afford and that they will increase the govt's power. But by just eliminating the profit motive from the necessities of life like food, housing, education, and health care, these things can be delivered as Mamdani is showing the way in NYC. #news [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Jul 2026 20:04 +0000at://did:plc:v53yhaf5ml3d3yntuxtj2yly/app.bsky.feed.post/3mprdsbgr532qhttps://bsky.app/profile/gisele600.bsky.social/post/3mprdc5ugtp2qHere is the basic idea formulated by Karl Marx that underlies communism and socialism: "From each according to his ability, to each according to his need." Of course, this didn't work out in practice but then, neither did "government of the people, by the people, for the people." #news #following [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Jul 2026 19:55 +0000at://did:plc:v53yhaf5ml3d3yntuxtj2yly/app.bsky.feed.post/3mprdc5ugtp2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/gisele600.bsky.social/post/3mprcqwmwxn2qSen. Ossoff has globbed on to the winning argument about corruption which saw Magyar unseat Orban who had served as president for 16 consecutive years in Hungary. That's one of the major things Dems should be talking about instead of wringing their hands about the DSA. #news #following #universal [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Jul 2026 19:46 +0000at://did:plc:v53yhaf5ml3d3yntuxtj2yly/app.bsky.feed.post/3mprcqwmwxn2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/gisele600.bsky.social/post/3mprchucaa52qHe's an amazing orator and gives the most powerful voice to the DSA's vision. He's also shown in NYC that government of the people, by the people, for the people works. Democrats better heed the call. #news #following #universal #EconSky #AcademicSky [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Jul 2026 19:41 +0000at://did:plc:v53yhaf5ml3d3yntuxtj2yly/app.bsky.feed.post/3mprchucaa52qhttps://bsky.app/profile/gisele600.bsky.social/post/3mprbubfwk52qThe rock bottom policy of socialism (and communism) is for the state to own the means of production. That has never happened in the US except now when this administration is willy-nilly demanding and acquiring percentages of corporations. #news #followig #universal #EconSky #AcademicSky [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Jul 2026 19:30 +0000at://did:plc:v53yhaf5ml3d3yntuxtj2yly/app.bsky.feed.post/3mprbubfwk52qhttps://bsky.app/profile/gisele600.bsky.social/post/3mppeq36ip52qJasmine Crocket who lost the Dem primary to James Talarico "has no idea" if she will help his campaign for the Senate, saying that Black voters will be turned off because there are no Black candidates on the ballots. She should be doing everything she can to convince them to vote. #news #following03 Jul 2026 01:16 +0000at://did:plc:v53yhaf5ml3d3yntuxtj2yly/app.bsky.feed.post/3mppeq36ip52qhttps://bsky.app/profile/gisele600.bsky.social/post/3mppcafxgdc2iRemember that Magyar got rid of Orban in Hungary who had been in power for 16 years by talking about how corrupt he and his administration were all across the land including the conservative countryside. That’s what Sen. Ossoff is doing. #news #following #universal #EconSky #AcademicSky [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Jul 2026 00:31 +0000at://did:plc:v53yhaf5ml3d3yntuxtj2yly/app.bsky.feed.post/3mppcafxgdc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/gisele600.bsky.social/post/3mpoogp2buf2qThis is what Mamdani's administration in NYC is proving, government can work for the people. The Dems had better read the room and incorporate that truth into their party platform. #news #following #universal #EconSky #AcademicSky [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Jul 2026 18:37 +0000at://did:plc:v53yhaf5ml3d3yntuxtj2yly/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpoogp2buf2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/gisele600.bsky.social/post/3mpmmccmjhf2qYes, the DNC is lagging behind but that's because it's so out of step with the base. In the meantime, individual Democrats are raising tons of money: https://www.npr.org/2026/04/23/nx-s1-5795841/democrats-senate-fundraising-republican-maga-cash-on-hand-campaign-finance #news #following #universal #EconSky #AcademicSky [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Jul 2026 22:53 +0000at://did:plc:v53yhaf5ml3d3yntuxtj2yly/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpmmccmjhf2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/gisele600.bsky.social/post/3mpmlfkskqf2qBut SCOTUS has given the people the tools to smite them forever when we elect a Democrat president in 2028 and she/he has a Congress committed to transforming our institutions to move us forward not backward like the current incumbent does. #news #following #universal #EconSky #AcademicSky [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Jul 2026 22:37 +0000at://did:plc:v53yhaf5ml3d3yntuxtj2yly/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpmlfkskqf2q