But obviously this too comes at a cost. This is a philosophical position that might make sense at a macro level but what about the families going hungry right now? If I needed food and hadn’t eaten in days idk that I’d care about any of that, I’d just want access to food.

100% agree. In my mind the way out of this (which has its risks) would have been for Ds to double down and not give in; let it get sufficiently bad that Rs get forced to cede ground.

Would be curious to hear why we can (or can’t) imitate what Tokyo does with their train stations.

My impression is that they’re stuck between a rock and a hard place. They chose ACA subsidies as their battleground. But the costs so far have been furloughed/fired federal workers + SNAP. But also, if they *never* put up a fight, they’d be criticized for that too (and rightly so IMO).

I’ll be curious to hear what they end up claiming RE healthcare. The current NYT reporting sounds like the best they got was an agreement to bring the issue to a vote in December - not exactly a guarantee… Feels like they fought and didn’t achieve anything but pissing off their own base.

Let us rejoice together in this moment of glad tidings (please give the branch manager several pets and treats on my behalf)

How long would it take us to spin up an online tracker for these folks with a FB style “poke” button to remind them

Excellent performance, he deserves a raise.

Car, subway, airplane, car, bike, walk. Just needed a bus and I’d have transit bingo?

Have you ever read about how we almost had free public toilets in the 1990s and then we didn’t because “oh no but what if crime”?

Just call it granola and no one will question anything