Are we going to ignore the giant national Democratic victory a few years ago?

We're talking about the Government shutdown and SNAP benefits in this thread. There has only been one set of national elections during this shutdown.

You could have been substantially more clear by, you know, actually saying something substantial. The only statement that you've made is that we should continue to give fascists everything they ask for because they keep threatening suffering if we don't. And let's be clear, the suffering is happening either way.

I'm not sure what you think the concept of holding someone hostage is, if not exactly this. You literally said they're not holding anyone hostage and then described a hostage situation, as "we're going to keep killing people until you meet our demands" is perhaps the most clear cut hostage situation that can exist. Additionally, if the dems had no bargaining chips, they wouldn't have anything to cave on, but the fact that we're even having this conversation proves otherwise. They have something the GOP wants, and the GOP is threatening to kill the population they're supposed to represent until they get it.

The more I read back your statement, the more completely batshit delusional it sounds. It's like you're using words with no understanding of what they mean.

And "stemming the bleeding" is literally a strategy of appeasement.