Should the Democrats shut down the government to try to rein in ICE?

a) There's nothing in the original post that's contradictory to increasing existing services. That's a valid way of accomplishing the sentence-long goal

b) I was arguing that there's benefit to a Meals-on-Wheels-like program that wouldn't be captured by just giving people money for food

One of the points of a service like Meals on Wheels is for people who can't easily make it out of the house. And it gives those people not just food, but someone to talk to for a bit, which is especially important when you aren't able to easily make it out of the house.

Being driven is way more important to success than being smart. And that's true whether you're driven for good or ill.

I just listened to this one (I'm a bit behind) and given how things are going in universities, it felt uncomfortably timely

I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world.

Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO

I had a professor call them upstairs and downstairs, which I've always liked

Just sitting here having some tea...thinking about the tremendous amount of fraud that's gonna get done over the next four years.

So, you're saying I shouldn't say that if Manchin and Sinema had just gotten on board with Build Back Better, Harris would have won?