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

The Spectre@lemmy.ml · edit-2 4 days ago

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

The Spectre@lemmy.ml · 4 days ago

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

Sovereign@lemm.ee · 4 days ago

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

The Spectre@lemmy.ml · 4 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 · 3 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?

Spookyghost@sh.itjust.works · 4 days ago

What police budget?

The Spectre@lemmy.ml · 4 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

Spookyghost@sh.itjust.works · 44 minutes ago

Not seeing the word triple there at all, weird.