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Something that I realized about the fediverse is that you seem to be able to criticize the USA as a whole, but if you criticize the Democrats you get downvoted. Democrats suck they are not sacred cows (lemmy.ml)

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[-] Confidant6198@lemmy.ml 8 points 3 days ago

Yes, Joe “We have to back the blue” Biden tripled the police budget during and after the BLM protests

[-] Spookyghost@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 days ago

What police budget?

[-] Confidant6198@lemmy.ml 5 points 3 days ago

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/white-house-adds-334-mln-boost-community-policing-hire-more-officers-2023-11-02/

https://www.yahoo.com/news/president-biden-2023-budget-increases-154615051.html

https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/31/us/biden-police-budget-increase/index.html

[-] Sovereign@lemm.ee 1 points 3 days ago

Also curious what police budget he doubled, I thought congress handled money

[-] Confidant6198@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 days ago

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/white-house-adds-334-mln-boost-community-policing-hire-more-officers-2023-11-02/

https://www.yahoo.com/news/president-biden-2023-budget-increases-154615051.html

https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/31/us/biden-police-budget-increase/index.html

[-] Sovereign@lemm.ee 1 points 2 days ago

Thank you for the links! So grants and budget proposals, that makes sense. Those are the only 2 vehicles for the white house to add funding, right? The white house cant just “increase the police budget” right?

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