Also 19th century. Also at a stretch 4th century BC.

This deal funds SNAP through the end of next year, right? So starving children would be off the table in a February shutdown fight. Maybe that makes a difference or maybe not.

???

There's going to be a healthcare vote in December. If the GOP refuses compromise, the Dems have another pressure point in January. That's not nothing.

It may not be enough though. I honestly don't know whether the Dems will get another bite of the apple.

3/ But this is a key front in the battle against Trump's autocracy, for a dignified life for ordinary people. The Republicans are getting mauled. If they insist on continuing this let them.

The thing these people are really doing is permission-structuring themselves to support actual political violence against their opponents in the coming years.

Somehow I doubt they were this concerned about the Melissa Hortman assassination.

Less bang for inventing easy technology.

Is there a movie covering Orban in Hungary, Erdogan in Turkey, Nicaragua post-Somoza , etc.? Because what we are dealing with here is a possible slide into bog-standard middle income country authoritarianism.

Fingers crossed that we'll have another good election in a year.

Perhaps, but your claim was, "Honestly say what you think", which sounds a lot like a good topic of discussion for early elementary school students.

According to google AI, "Children begin to learn to not say everything that crosses their mind around age 3, as their social and emotional awareness grows, but this ability is a gradual process that continues through adolescence and into adulthood."

I'm a simple man, but I think you're asking a lot

The Republican base reveres both Reagan and Trump, which makes me think their views are shaped around hero worship.

The website's latest blog post is dated Jan 31, 2019. This year there's a total of one 2 page document released. Press articles also date from about 2018.