"What's the right hill Steve? What would your strategy be if you were leading Dems in Congress, eying 2026 ..................."

I'm not Steve, but I disagree with him on this being the wrong hill.
Trump and MAGA sure as hell ain't gonna negotiate a healthcare
agreement after a CR is passed. And I am somewhat amazed that anybody
thinks they will act in good faith after a CR is passed. So yeah, this
is a hill to die on. MAGA gonna have them die post-CR agreement anyways.

Hate to say it, take no pleasure in my fellow Americans getting hurt,
but the voters need to really feel what their vote for Trump and MAGA
has done to their life.
Trump is President, the buck stops with the President. If things have
gone to Hell in a Handbasket, that noose needs to hang around Trumps
neck ( I mean that as a metaphor, but wouldn't bother me to see Trump
meet the same fate as Mussolini ).

ACA and SNAP cuts are going to hit what, 60+ Million Americans ??
A bunch of them voted for this. They need to feel it.

Will Trump be able to baffle these voters with his usual line of inane
bullshite ? That's what we are all going to find out, in about a year.

( assuming elections are not rigged by Trump and the MAGA junta by 2026 )