Reread it as an adult: Heathcliff is a sociopath.

Appeasement, which is what this is, does not work. What the Republicans have learned is that the Democrats will always cave. Always. So they have NO incentive to offer any real compromise. Dems didn't even wait for the legal defense of SNAP to make its way through the courts.

The perspective to keep is that in the face of a rising authoritarian takeover of the government the Democrats are either unwilling or able to fight back. This is the end of the ACA.

If I’d known you were giving out pizza I would have come to your house!