No guarantees. No guarantees for health care subsidies. No guarantees not to continue an assault on transgender peoples’ existence. No guarantees to stop armed thugs from abducting innocent people in the streets.

Starving poor people didn’t work. Making air travel a bit more complex was all it took to make fewer than a dozen thin-skinned politicians (who aren’t facing re-election in 2026 †) cave.

† Names and statuses of all the senators involved in the deal:

• Dick Durbin - not running for re-election
• Jeanne Shaheen - not running for re-election
• Maggie Hassan - could face primary in 2028
• Catherine Cortez-Masto - could face primary in 2028
• Jacky Rosen - could face primary in 2030
• Angus King (Independent) - could face Democratic opponent in 2030
• John Fetterman - could face primary in 2028
• Tim Kaine - could face primary in 2030

If I ever have to sit thru another debate over what a monad is, it will be too soon.

This is precisely what the fascists want. They want people rioting so they can take pictures of cities on fire and use it as justification to escalate.

Mass action: yes. But people need to be smart about it.

General strike. Hunger strike.