Rakhel Shapiro

IFS practitioner, PhD candidate in clinical psychology, very rarely on here

[Sen. Bernie Sanders @SenSanders]

Eisenhower once said: “Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed.”

It's time to cut the Pentagon budget by 10% and invest in human needs.

[Be A King @BerniceKing]

Love is resistance.
Love isn’t passive.
Love makes justice happen.

[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC]

🚨NYC: If you plan on voting absentee, make sure you mail your ballot TODAY so it will be postmarked in time to count.

If you mail your ballot tomorrow, it may get postmarked too late and your vote may not count!

🗳(You can still vote in person instead if you got an absentee.)

[Andrew Yang🧢⬆️🇺🇸 @AndrewYang]

The coronavirus doesn’t care if you’re tired of the coronavirus.

[Andrew Yang🧢⬆️🇺🇸 @AndrewYang]

Poverty is unnecessary.

[Chuck Schumer @SenSchumer]

Being killed by police is now the sixth-leading cause of death for young men in America

Young Black men are 2.5 times more likely than their white peers to be killed by police

Senate Democrats are demanding bold and broad-scale change with the #JusticeInPolicing Act

[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC]

Teachers are paying out of pocket for school supplies, yet police are given extra tanks.

Budgets convey priorities.
We should question ours.

[Rakhel Shapiro @Rakshapiro]

The people for the win — try as they might with the voter suppression

[Stacey Abrams @staceyabrams]

Breaking: With more votes left to count, more Georgia Dems voted in last week’s primary than ever. 1,074,766 counted so far, surpassing 2008. This of course does not include all those who were unable to vote because of suppression. But Georgia Dems are fired up. #gapol

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

Throughout history, the rich have used racism to divide people and thereby entrench themselves.

Fuelling racism reduces the odds that Americans will join together to threaten an unjust system that benefits the oligarchs.

[Kamala Harris @KamalaHarris]

We must demilitarize police departments.

[Coldest Winter Soldier Ever @TatianaKing]

ARREST THE COPS THAT MURDERED BREONNA TAYLOR.

KEEP BEING LOUD ABOUT THIS.

JUSTICE IS REQUIRED.

[Yamiche Alcindor @Yamiche]

SOME NEEDED CONTEXT:

Activists calling for defunding the police are not always calling for dismantling departments.

In many cases, it means redirecting funds from police departments to other parts of society that help people like housing, education, and communities.

[Democrats @TheDemocrats]

Trump’s economy reflects what he values most: supporting the wealthiest Americans and leaving everyone else behind.

[Rakhel Shapiro @Rakshapiro]

@NYGovCuomo Yes! And demilitarization of the police!

[Rakhel Shapiro @Rakshapiro]

This is what democracy looks like

[Rakhel Shapiro @Rakshapiro]

YES. Thank you .@NYCMayor We want more funding for services and investment in communities and less for policing and prisons!

[Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @NYCMayor]

This morning we committed to move resources from the NYPD to youth and social services as part of our City’s budget.

Our young people need to be reached, not policed.

We can do this AND keep our city safe.

[Rakhel Shapiro @Rakshapiro]

No coincidence protests are taking hold when so many are unemployed. Free market capitalism keeps us so worried & overworked providing for our families we have little time & energy for political engagement. Free market capitalism is an undergirding structure of systemic racism.

[Rakhel Shapiro @Rakshapiro]

.@NYCMayor along with overall demilitarization of the police force and strong accountability for police brutality and misconduct

[Rakhel Shapiro @Rakshapiro]

.@NYCMayor I voted for you and this is what I want for our city!