I tried the purple cushion and it wasn't worth it. But besides that I don't have a recommendation.

Yea I have the dry on the fly pants and shorts. I know the undies are supposed to be good but I'm 100% on exofficio.

You can also find steelcase chairs on eBay for reasonable prices. They have all the adjustments and a wide variety of material options.

What tactic should they have used to get those big things passed? Shutting down the government is pretty much the only thing they weren't willing to do.

Again incremental change is the only thing that could get done with the power they were given. They still support major change but they don't have enough power to get it done. Yes it sucks that one party is trying to improve things and they can't get more done. But what else would you have them do with the amount of power they were given?

What policies changed when they courted Republicans? Because as far as I can tell nothing changed for that but they did say that even with our policy differences, Republicans advocated voting for Dems. Dems have lgbtq+ and black people and immigrants and unions and many other groups that don't have a single unifying cause. Republicans have Christian white people for the most part.

I don't disagree. Different parties have different makeups. Dems are big tent and Repubs are unified single issue voters.

Since when did Dems abandon those things? They have repeatedly had them in the platform or at least verbally supported them and have pushed bills in Congress to get them done. The complaint was that they weren't done under Dems control not that Dems didn't support the issues.

Dems will make compromises to get incremental change. I don't fault them for that. They fight for every inch they can get. That's not a flaw it's a feature. Giving up something that is minor for bigger progress on something else can be worth it. Just like when Pelosi and Schumer gave up minor concessions to Trump for significant protection on the budget fight.

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Few things here.

1. The war didn't take Congressional action to start. Bush started it unilaterally and was later authorized in a bipartisan manner.
2. Republicans almost always act as a unified block regardless of what's happening. There was one or two that acted like they might not vote with them but still had a 95%+ voting record. That's why it was so amazing when John McCain prevented the killing of the ACA.
   3.The Senate heavily favors Republicans because of the number of small states so it's much easier for them to get 50+ members and the house mildly favors the Republicans because of gerrymandering.
3. It's easier to kill things and change the tax code than pass positive programs/laws. Because funding/tax bills have to originate from the House, the Senate historically just requires an up/down vote instead of requiring 60 votes like normal. This in association with 2 means programs can be starved of funding and tax changes are much easier for Republicans.
4. Democrats will vote for Republican sponsored things if it benefits the people. Like keeping the government open or the minor crime reform bill the was passed during Trump. The reverse largely isn't true.

This isn't defeatist. It's a realistic understanding of how the systems work. The fact that we got so many major things passed with such a tiny amount of control and in such a small amount of time is amazing.

Again requires Congressional action and there have been multiple bills that have passed through a democratic controlled house or Senate but stalled in the other half of Congress because Republicans wouldn't vote for it and there wasn't a large enough majority of Dems to get it done. Go check out mpp.org for more info. It doesn't take but 10-15 minutes of looking up information to find out Dems attempted to get it done but once again Republican obstruction (like has been happening since 2008) prevented real reforms.

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