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   mekka okereke :verified: (mekkaokereke@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 13-Jan-2025 04:13:17 JST mekka okereke :verified:

   @gleick

   I do blame Biden.

   Because he made specific policy choices that resulted in this outcome, despite millions of Black people 🙋🏿♂️ telling him not to do those things, and telling him exactly what the outcome would be.

   Black folk are only 12% of the population, but +30% of the homeless. Overall homelessness rose 12% in 2023, and 18% in 2024. Not typos. 

   https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/u-s-homelessness-rose-18-percent-in-2024-continuing-multi-year-upward-trend

   Many of them were first time homeless, from climate disasters like Maui and Carr fires, or from Covid after effects, who could have used some of that *checks notes* $52 billion in American Rescue Plan Covid relief, that was instead transferred to other uses, half of which went to cops. Not a typo.

   https://www.themarshallproject.org/2022/09/07/how-federal-covid-relief-flows-to-the-criminal-justice-system

   It was transferred specifically at Biden's demand.

   https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/biden-urge-cities-spend-covid-relief-money-police-crime-prevention-rcna28656

   Biden bragged about being more pro-increase in police spending than Trump.

   It's tone deaf to look at the greatest rise in homelessness since the great depression, and say "👴🏻Dude, Tesla stock was 

   ~$30 when I became president and it's ~$300 now. Don't you get it?! Economy is booming! "

   Homeless people typically don't worry about the price of Tesla shares.