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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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[–] Spookyghost@sh.itjust.works -2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Tripled the police budget?

[–] Confidant6198@lemmy.ml 12 points 2 days ago (2 children)

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

[–] Sovereign@lemm.ee -3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] Confidant6198@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] Sovereign@lemm.ee -2 points 1 day 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?